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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce you to theory, methods and practice involved in approaches predicting and evaluating the environmental consequences of a proposed action or undertaking in an urban context. Urban Impact Assessment or Environmental Impact Assessment can be defined as: "The process of identifying, predicting, evaluating and mitigating the biophysical, social, and other relevant effects of development proposals prior to major decisions being taken and commitments made." (IAIA 1999 - http://www.iaia.org/modx/ ). Impact assessment is critical in decision making and identifying possible mitigations for negative consequences of projects. Prerequisite: PS 2104.
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3.00 Credits
The development of humans across the lifespan. The main focus is on the effects of aging on the social and cognitive development of the person. Issues in parenting, child's care, education, elder care, death and dying are also discussed. Lab and field examples are used to illustrate main themes in this course. Prerequisite: PS 2104.
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3.00 Credits
Covers a variety of different psychological disorders. Common examples are depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and personality disorders. Major theories such as psychoanalytical, behavioral, cognitive, and biological are discussed in terms of why people develop such disorders and how to treat them. Prerequisite: PS 2104.
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3.00 Credits
The study of psychological theories related to personality theory. Its goal is to ask the question why we think and act the way we do. Exploration of topic through many of the major theories of psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, traits and biological perspectives. Prerequisite: PS 2104.
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3.00 Credits
Focus on a special topic in psychology completed under the guidance of faculty member. May be repeated for credit on a different topic. Agreement of instructor required before registration.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses ecological understanding of interactions of human with nonhuman environments through relevant topics: ecosystems, human interaction with ecosystems, human societies as self-regulating systems, attitudes toward nature, case studies in ecological history, present environmental crises and attempts at resolutions. Prerequisite: PS 2104.
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3.00 Credits
This course is concerned with all aspects of time, including its measurement, time scales in nature, psychological issues, and the nature of time itself. Topics include origin and evolution of calendars and clocks, psychological and physiological basis of time and timing, time in the arts and, finally, the nature of time itself in philosophy and modern physics, from Einstein's relativity to modern cosmology. Prerequisite: PS 2104.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to review the psychological bases of environmental problems, investigate theories of behavior change as they relate to environmental issues, and introduce practical strategies that foster behavior change. It will focus on identifying the general conditions that encourage or constrain environmental behavior, describing psychological approaches to the study of environmental problems, analyzing a particular target behavior, developing a plan to investigate barriers to this behavior and implement a workaround to overcome these barriers, and integrating some of the necessary foundations of environmental behavior change into their own lives and bring them to others through their communication and teaching. Prerequisite: PS 2104.
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3.00 Credits
One-or two-semester research project to be completed under the guidance of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Agreement of instructor required before registration.
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3.00 Credits
Selected problems in psychology. Individual or group studies/projects under faculty supervision involving guided reading and/or research, topics to be arranged. For mature students wishing to undertake specialized in dependent study under tutorial guidance. Prerequisite: junior standing or departmental permission. Agreement of instructor required before registration.
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