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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to orient students to urban political systems. It includes study of institutions, informal operations and dynamics, and complexities associated with economic developments in contemporary urban society. Students analyze both primary and secondary sources of information and examine various planning and policy development suggestions put forth by social scientists and others to cope with existing problems. Each student conducts a case study of a particular public or private agency whose expressed purpose is to provide some social service to the metropolitan community. Prerequisite: "C" or better in POL 101.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the implications of the concept and reality of power and ideologies on the response of Black Americans to their experience of oppression. The relationships between black organizations and the sources of national power as represented by political parties and pressure groups are considered. Prerequisite: "C" or betterin POL 104.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to educate students on the political process. Discussions focus on how parties organize and function to influence public opinion. Manipulative tactics adopted by politicians, media, pressure groups, and party organizational machinery are also covered. Prerequisites: "C" or better in POL 101 or POL 104.
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1.50 Credits
This is a thinking skills course designed to help the precollege level student learn to solve problems that pertain to course work and to everyday life situations. Emphasis is placed on developing the student's ability to think things through, make decisions, solve problems, and understand the processes of thinking and decision-making. This course is limited to Special Programs students. Co-requisite: Any skills development course.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the structure and function of our various senses as starting points for all human knowledge. Visual perception and illusions, along with concepts related to human learning and forgetting is studied. An understanding of the nature of thinking, problem solving, and language is developed. Prerequisite: "C" or better inPSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores current approaches and theories of personality development and organization. Emphasizing healthy adult personality development, selective theories of personality that guide research, as represented by the psychoanalytic, sociocultural, trait, learning, sociobiological, and existential-humanistic paradigms, are presented and critically evaluated. Prerequisite: "C" or better inPSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the different types of mental illness that exist within modern society. The influence of heredity and environment upon mental illness is considered and recent therapeutic methods are critically examined. Prerequisite: "C" or better in PSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the fundamental concepts of understanding interpersonal behavior in the context of small groups. By integrating group theory and research with experiential activities, students gain a better understanding of group processes and improve their interpersonal skills as group members. The course is of special value to students entering mental health, social work, education, business, or similarly related professions in which the knowledge of group processes are beneficial. Prerequisite: "C" or better in PSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to help students understand and explain social-psychological phenomena. Concepts such as conformity, fear, humor, gratitude, lying, selfishness and attitude, and impression formation are examined. Various methods are applied to enable students to understand the behavior and thoughts of individuals and groups. The course objective is to develop students' ability to independently analyze social-psychological phenomena. Prerequisite: "C" or better in PSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the interrelationships between the psychological and physical development of the child from birth through adolescence. Topics covered include physical and emotional influences on growth, intellectual development, the significance of interpersonal relations, and cultural aspects of personality development. Prerequisite: "C" or better in PSY 101.
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