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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Nilsen Content: Broad survey of human-computer interaction (HCI). Project-based exploration of the processes for creating technologies that expand human capability (functionality) while adapting to the abilities of users (usability). HCI topics including cognition, perception, personality, learning, motivation, and social, developmental, abnormal, and educational psychology studied from a psychological perspective. Primary source materials from the fields of psychology, computer science, and allied disciplines. Prerequisite: Psychology 100, 200, 300, or consent of instructor. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Schoeneman Content: Scrutiny of historical and contemporary Western conceptions of madness. Theoretical position of social constructionism used to understand how professional taxonomies and public stereotypes of insanity are reflections of culture. Analysis of movies, fiction, poetry, drama. Prerequisite: Psychology 100, 200, 240, 300, or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Davidson, J. Detweiler-Bedell, LaBounty, Schoeneman Content: Applied field learning experience and exposure to psychologically oriented occupations. Building human relations skills; becoming acquainted with important human service institutions and their social impact. Theoretical and practical frameworks for intervention. Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing. Psychology 100, 200, 300, or consent of instructor. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
J. Detweiler-Bedell Content: Community agencies dealing with mental health, homelessness, child abuse, substance abuse, criminal justice, or AIDS. How agencies provide services to diverse populations, including the elderly, adolescents, children, gays, mentally ill, and others. The politics of funding. How grassroots organizations develop and change. Students evaluate how effectively a community agency or organization provides needed services to specific populations. Prerequisite: Psychology 100, 200, 300, or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
B. Detweiler-Bedell Content: Advanced undergraduate seminar examining current theoretical and empirical advances in social psychology. Extensive reading and discussion of primary sources focusing on three selected topics: social cognition, social influence, and group relations. Topics may include emotion, social judgment, the self, nonverbal communication, attitude change, advertising and marketing, stereotyping and prejudice, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, and group dynamics. Prerequisite: Psychology 100, 200, 260, 300, or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Independent research project suitable for the granting of departmental honors. Details determined by the student in conference with supervising faculty member and honors committee, then approved by department. Prerequisite: Psychology 100, 200, 300, or consent of instructor. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Same as Psychology 299 but requiring work at the junior or senior level. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Taught: As needed, 1-4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Introduction to various themes, theories, and methods in the academic study of religion. Selected topics illustrating how religious discourses are formed, develop, and interact with other spheres of human thought and action. Historical, literary, and sociological approaches to a variety of religious phenomena, such as scripture, religious biography, material culture, film, ritual performance. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Kugler Content: Literature of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and the historical, cultural, and political situation from which it came. Modern historical-critical methods used for a deeper appreciation of the Bible's history and its impact on Western heritage. Issues arising from the biblical tradition including feminism, religion and politics, and use of the Bible in religious communities. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Kugler Content: Literature of the New Testament and the cultural, social, and political situation of early Christianity. Modern historical-critical methods used to focus on the interaction of early Christianity with its Jewish heritage and the Greco-Roman world into which it moved. Social and religious issues attending the emergence of Christianity including feminism, social class stratification, cultural dislocation, urbanization. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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