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3.00 Credits
Explores the status and roles of women and men from cross-cultural and historical perspectives. Among the enduring issues to be examined are the concepts of masculinity and femininity; role acquisition; gender inequality; and the connections between ideologies and the organization of work and unequal sex roles. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of social science or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the fundamental issues and current literature on health psychology. This course includes material on the social and cultural bases of illness and looks at issues that affect wellness such as stress, pain, and personality. Also discussed are factors related to health care providers such as communication, utilization, and ethics. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of psychology or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the role of cultural, social, ethnic, and political contexts in human development. Assumptions, theories, methods, and interventions of traditional western psychology are critically examined for relevance to people outside the western world. Human development and family life are studied from a cross-cultural perspective. Recommendations for training global psychologists are reviewed. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of psychology or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Examines human sexual behavior within the cultural, social, and political context. Topics discussed include historical/cross-cultural sexual attitudes, reproductive health and rights, the range of sexual experience, gender differences and roles, sexual orientation, sex and disease, sex and the law, and sex and social responsibility/personal ethics. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of social science or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the history, pharmacology, and physiological effects of a variety of commonly abused substances. Emphasis is on the behavioral and social implications of drug use and abuse, treatment, and treatment methods for drug abuse. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of social science or permission of the instructor.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Designed for individual student exploration of a given body of knowledge or a specific area of interest. Selected topics agreed upon between student and a member of the departmental faculty. Topic of the course, detailed learning outcomes, and means of evaluation to be negotiated between student and faculty member. Intended for majors. Prerequisites: senior standing and permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the physiological concomitants of behavior and acquaints the student with the methods and major findings of the interaction that has recently taken place between biology and psychology. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of psychology or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a survey of psychological testing and principles of test construction and evaluation, including characteristics, administration, and interpretations of psychological and educational tests. Students will examine the development and use of objective tests, rating scales, attitude-scale construction, etc. Prerequisite: PSYC 2825 and 12 credit hours of psychology or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Examines data analysis techniques for complex research designs, emphasizing the application of advanced statistical techniques, such as complex analysis of variance and multivariate statistics. Introduces the student to the use of statistical software as a tool for data analysis. Prerequisite: PSYC 2825 and 12 hours of psychology, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a focused investigation of a particular research methodology (e.g., quantitative, qualitative) used in the social sciences. Topics vary each semester. The focus of the course is on the theory and practice of social science research, covering research concept formation, research design, data collection, and data analysis. In addition, students will apply this knowledge to their own independent research project. Prerequisite: PSYC 2825 and 12 credit hours of social science or permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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