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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Students will gain competency in confined spaces as well as earn their OSHA 10hr for electrical transmission and distribution. In addition, time will be spent on soft skill development and career preparedness important for the Lineman field of work.
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3.00 Credits
General Psychology introduces the field of psychology, surveying the psychological elements of human behavior. It includes physiological mechanisms, cognitive skills, and intrapersonal elements of perception, motivation, and personality, as well as mental health problems. The student will understand the difference between subjective and objective evidence, points of view other than own, and how to apply theory in their personal lives.
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2.00 Credits
The student will learn ethical standards for the counseling and psychological professions, including how to apply them in practice and research. The student will also: learn how prejudice and discrimination affect members of minority and majority groups; become aware of how being victimized by prejudice has felt to various people belonging to physical, cultural, economic and behavior minority groups; thoughtfully consider how one's own membership in a racial, ethnic or social group has influenced one's life; and explore ways in which people can move beyond stereotypes to reduce prejudice and learn to value differences.
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2.00 Credits
This course surveys the issue of domestic violence and sexual assault from both an information and advocacy perspective. Battering and sexual assault within families and within society will be explored as will elder abuse. Training will include means of responding to the victim and to addressing the wider social implications of violence.
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to psychological methods of research. Students will apply various forms of descriptive and experimental designs and will produce a final research project which they have designed and executed. There is a heavy emphasis on application and APA writing.
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3.00 Credits
Students will study the major theories of counseling such as psychoanalysis, person centered, gestalt, and behavioral therapy. Students will also study, through role-play, the skills needed to be a helper and the various techniques that may be utilized in both formal counseling and informal helping situations. They will also begin their study of ethics as applied to counseling situations.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores behavior from an evolutionary perspective. Topics addressed include cooperation, mate choice, partnering, pair bonding, aggression, language and culture. Empirical data presented on these topics derive from non-human primate comparisons, cross-cultural data sets and case studies from a range of societies.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces biological bases of behavior. Includes ethology and comparative behavior, psychobiological development, physiological and sensory mechanisms of behavior, and evolution and behavioral genetics. Presents basic structural and functional properties of the nervous system.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the interface of psychology and the law, with an emphasis on forensic psychology. Landmark legal cases that pertain to psychology will be discussed. Students will explore the various options for careers in the field of forensic psychology. Principles of forensic psychology covered include topics such as perspectives of criminal behavior, law enforcement, eyewitnesses, and the manner in which forensic psychologists are involved in the justice system.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys drugs which affect behavior, emphasizing drugs with abuse potential. Includes brief introduction to the chemistry of the brain and how drugs may have their effects. Discusses behavioral, social, historical and medical aspects of each major class of psychoactive drugs.
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