PSY 118 Psychology of Interpersonal Relations -
This course examines behavior in a variety of interpersonal situations including groups, family and the workplace. Students explore the dynamics of communication, group process, and other behavioral concepts. They share experiences in the classroom and participate in group projects that combine theory and practice. The course emphasizes varied and changing work environments. Students utilize a wide range of interpersonal skills to gain a more complete learning experience, greater personal satisfaction, and improved work efficiency in a variety of situations. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Placement into college level English Semester Offered: F

PSY 121 Survey of Life Span Development -
This course examines the span of human development from conception to death. Students will explore biological, cognitive and socioemotional domains of development and their interaction across the lifespan, with a focus on the influence of culture and individual differences. The course emphasizes understanding and applying both developmental theories and empirical research, with a focus on continuity and the diversity of developmental pathways. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PSY 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

PSY 123 Child Development -
This course surveys human development from conception to adolescence. Topics include the central issues of biological, cognitive and socioemotional development and their interaction, with a focus on the influence of culture and individual differences. Students explore major theories of child development, associated empirical research, and their application. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PSY 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

PSY 124 Adolescence -
This course surveys the major theories and research of adolescent development, with a focus on biological, cognitive, and socioemotional transitions. There is an emphasis on understanding the influence of culture, history and individual differences upon adolescent development. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PSY 101 Semester Offered: S

PSY 142 Human Sexuality -
This course covers social, cultural, and psychological perspectives of human sexuality. Students explore differences related to gender role formation, sexual orientation, sexual attraction, premarital sex, teenage pregnancy, sexually-transmitted diseases, and other related topics within a context of multicultural diversity. Students study specific topics of human sexuality and the research and the professionals in that field. Students examine their own values, beliefs, and behaviors with respect to these topics, and establish ways of applying this information to their own sexuality. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Placement into college level English Semester Offered: F/S/SU

PSY 158 Human Relations in Organizations -
This course examines the nature of organizations to facilitate students' entry into, and success within, organizational settings. Topics include the factors that influence individual behavior in organizations and the interrelationships between psychological and other social sciences. Students learn how these sciences contribute to overall organizational experiences and self-development. They examine types of organizations, effective motivational techniques, communication essentials, team development, and leadership practices. Students also examine global and multicultural influences that contributing to the nature of organizations and organizational success. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Placement into college level English Semester Offered: F/S/SU

PSY 231 Introduction to Counseling -
This course provides an overview of the major theoretical approaches to conducting counseling and psychotherapy. Students critically examine the theories and research as it applies to counseling and psychotherapy. Topics include the basic skills necessary to be an effective counselor; assessment, goal setting and intervention; ethics; diversity; and self-awareness as a beginning professional. Students learn beginning counseling skills and develop an appreciation of the current and relevant issues in the field. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PSY 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

PSY 250 Psychological Statistics -
This course covers how quantitative methods are used to answer questions in psychology. Students examine psychological applications of measures of central tendency, measures of variability, frequency distributions and standardization of scores (z-scores). Students learn to conduct, interpret, and report effect sizes and significance testing for comparing means (z-tests, t-tests and ANOVAs with one and two factors), and for assessing relationships (bivariate correlation and regression) within research scenarios commonly encountered in psychology. Special attention is given to identifying the appropriate statistics to use for a given research question and data set, to ethical issues in data analysis, and to the use of statistical software. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, MAT 122, PSY 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

PSY 251 Research Methods in Psychology -
Through instruction in research design and the application of the scientific method to psychology, students learn to evaluate the validity of claims about behavior and mental processes as they appear in both popular media and the professional scientific literature, to design and conduct psychological research, and to report on the results of psychological investigations using APA style. Topics covered include measurement and validity, ethics, survey research, correlational research, experiments with one and with multiple independent variables, identification and control of confounds, and quasi-experiments. Students conduct hands-on psychological studies involving appropriate statistical analyses that will be written up as APA style reports. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, MAT 122, PSY 101 Semester Offered: F/S

PSY 252 Introduction to Cognition -
This course serves as an introduction to the field of cognitive psychology, familiarizing students with theories and research regarding learning, memory, and thinking. Topics include: the history and foundations of cognitive psychology; neural bases; learning, memory and knowledge; language; reasoning and problem-solving; social and emotional influences, and changes in cognition across the lifespan. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, PSY 101

PSY 253 Social Psychology -
This course introduces students to the scientific study of how humans influence, relate to, and think about each other as practiced in social psychology. Major topics covered include social cognition, attributions, the self, attitudes and persuasion, conformity, group dynamics, interpersonal relationships, helping behavior, aggression, and prejudice. Themes emphasized throughout the course include the role of culture in influencing social psychological phenomena, the application of the scientific method to the study of social behavior, and the use of social psychological theories to better understand behavior encountered in daily life and in the world around us. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, PSY 101 Semester Offered: F

PSY 261 Theories of Personality -
This course introduces personality theories and theorists, definitions of personality, development and structure of personality, motivation, and concepts of self. Students examine various theories of structure and development of personality, human motivation, concepts of self, and the mature personality as proposed by Freud, Skinner, Jung, Fromm, Allport, Rogers, Frankl, and Perls. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PSY 101 Semester Offered: F/S

PSY 262 Abnormal Psychology -
This course focuses on issues of mental health and mental illness. Topics include examination of various symptoms and causes of mental illness, current trends in treatment, and new developments in community health resources. Students explore the various approaches used to define and treat abnormal behaviors, including the statistical and absolute models, in order to understand and adopt a sensitive approach toward individuals whose behaviors are symptomatic of a disorder. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PSY 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

PSY 273 Chemical Dependency -
This course covers the biological, psychological, and social factors involved in licit and illicit drug use and abuse. Students examine the types of drugs most commonly used and abused; psychosocial consequences of prolonged drug use and abuse; Federal, state, and local regulations governing drug use; efforts made to deal with drug use and abuse and drug related problems; and the nature and varied patterns of drug use and abuse in today's society. The course emphasizes types of drug treatment and counseling and the probable effects of different treatments upon the drug-dependent client. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PSY 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

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