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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The course explores the relationship between women and politics in different countries of the world. Women's political status and participation will be examined within the cultural, social and economic context in which they live and operate. Women's roles as citizens, voters, activists, freedom fighters, election candidates, leaders and development workers are particularly emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the student with an understanding of how the scientific method is applied to the study of human and animal behavior. Topics include: research results, the major principles and perspectives of psychology, applications of contemporary psychology, the structure and function of the nervous system, foundations of learning, intelligence, social behavior, personality, feeling and emotion, motivation, abnormal psychology and its causes and therapies, developmental patterns and the measurement of behavior.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents the psychological principles shaping the personality of African Americans. The course includes a critique of the applicability of theories and measures across societal and culture gropus such as "traditional" statistics, racial myths, discriminatory thinking and behavior. Analysis of attitudes and behaviors which develop in non-prejudiced and prejudicial socio-economic, educational and political systems and ways to counteract them are reviewed. This course emphasizes proactive African-American leadership and the lifestyle of individual African Americans and their community.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores personal and group values across societal and cultural groups. Emphasis is on the use of the psychological set and the science of attitude change in developing leadership and on employee-employer, family and community interaction.
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3.00 Credits
This course combines specific areas of human development, for example, physical, cognitive, emotional and social development and specific developmental time periods: prenatal, infant, toddler, young childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood and older adulthood. Multiple developmental theories plus biological and ecological influence in each period demonstrate how the individual and the individual's world interact in human development. The history of the study of human development and research methodologies specific to human development are included.
Prerequisite:
PSY 101
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3.00 Credits
This course combines specific areas of human development, for example, physical, cognitive, emotional and social development and specific developmental time periods: prenatal, infant, toddler, young childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood and older adulthood. Multiple developmental theories plus biological and ecological influence in each period demonstrate how the individual and the individual's world interact in human development. The history of the study of human development and research methodologies specific to human development are included.
Prerequisite:
PSY 101
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys psychological assumptions in the shaping of the female personality across societal and cultural groups. Experimental research is examined. Emphasized are attitude, aptitude, self-concept formation, gender role-learning and the physiological and psychopathological bases of personality. Examination of the interaction of institutional, philanthropic, social economic, educational, political, legal and religious effects on attitudes, pathology and behavior is included.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores Thanatology, the study of death and dying. The course covers American attitudes toward death, biological and psychological definitions of death, crisis and grief, the psycho-social impact of terminal illness, contemporary funeral and burial rituals, ethical issues related to death and dying, the dynamics of suicide, prevention and intervention, the psychosocial management of dying patients and relatives, children, adolescents and death, old age and death and issues of loss and grief for the bereaved.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the study of the human sexual experience which, provides practical information for everyday living in a digital age. Topics include psychosocial development, sexual biology, sex roles, human sexual responses, human sexual inadequacy, sexual attitudes and practices, sexual diseases and disorders and sex and society.
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1.00 Credits
This course helps students develop a research-based understanding of the manifestation of stress. Students develop stress management skills through the application of techniques for physical, mental and emotional wellness.
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