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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. This course involves the examination of the field of abnormal psychology, surveying the major psychological disorders and their classification. Causes and treatments of the major disorders are explored from various theoretical perspectives.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. This course is an introduction to the professional practice of clinical psychology. Clinical and research activities (assessment, therapy, consultation, and system intervention), training models, settings (clinic, hospital, school, and court), and professional issues (roles, ethics, and laws) are among the topics examined.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. This is an introduction to behavioral theory, assessment, and modification techniques. Consideration of several skills central to adjustment in contemporary society,such as assertion, active listening, anger and stress management, rational thinking, and decision-making are covered. Students are required to conduct a behavioral self-management project that attempts to change a personally relevant behavioral concern and then describe the project in a detailed paper.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. This course provides students with a balanced presentation of theory, data, and practical application in the area of human sexuality. Students explore their attitudes, beliefs, and feelings about human sexuality. The course helps students become more comfortable with their own sexuality; develop greater sensitivity to the attitudes, beliefs, and feelings of others, and create and maintain healthy and fulfilling relationships with others.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. The impact of behavior, cognition, and affect on biological function and dysfunction is examined from theoretical and empirical perspectives. Stress and coping styles, behavioral medicine (such as compliance, pain management, behavioral factors in acute and chronic illness), lifestyle choices, and habit control are among the topics considered in relation to the prevention and treatment of disease.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. This course involves examination of theories of differences and their application to behavioral change. Diversity across race, gender, and class is explored.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSY 101 and and at least one psychology course at the 200 level, or permission of instructor. This course introduces students to the subject matter of humanistic/transpersonal psychology both in terms of underlying concepts and in terms of selected experiential components. Humanistic/Transpersonal psychology addresses questions of value, meaning, and purpose. Some key concepts are peak experiences, self transcendence, optimal mental health, and transpersonal development.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. This is an examination of a wide range of material relevant to the understanding of human consciousness. Topics include the nature and history of human consciousness, altered states of consciousness, sleep and dreams, meditation, biofeedback, hypnosis, and behavior-altering drugs.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. This course is a detailed review of human sensory and perceptual processes with applications to psychological issues (such as visual form perception, auditory sensory analysis, perceptual constancies, and attention). The visual and auditory modalities are emphasized.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. This course is a survey of research findings and theoretical issues in the study of basic learning processes, such as habituation and sensitization, varieties of conditioning, contingencies of reinforcement and punishment. Such processes contribute to understanding and treating behavioral problems.
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