Courses: Psychology (PSYC)

³ 2301: Introduction to Methods in Psychology
Cr. 3. (2-2). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and MATH 1310. Understanding the evaluation of research in psychology, including the conceptual basis of descriptive and inferential statistics and design techniques.

2335: Introduction to Health Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Interaction of psychosocial and physical factors in health and illness with emphasis on relevant research, health care delivery and health policy.

2344: Cultural Psychology (formerly 4344)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300. Satisfies 3 hours core Social Sciences Writing Intensive requirement. Relationship between ethnicity, socialization, personality, behavior, and issues related to current race relations.

2350: Child Development (formerly 3360)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Satisfies 3 hours core Social Sciences requirement. Intellectual and social development in children and the factors that affect this process.

2351: Psychology of Adolescence (formerly 3361)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Satisfies 3 hours core Social Sciences requirement. Theory and research concerning normal adolescent behavior.

2361: Psychology of Advanced Age
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Review of the many adjustments required by advancing age; role changes, performance decrements, physical changes, social and economic problems, imminent death of self and friends.

2380: Introduction to Social Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Issues and findings in social behavior, interpersonal influences, group membership, and the relations between persons and social systems.

2385: Introduction to Environmental Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Satisfies 3 of 6 hours of core curriculum Level 2 (Social Sciences) requirement. An introduction to the study of how human behavior affects and is affected by the environment.

3301: Introduction to Psychological Statistics
Cr. 4. (3-3). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and either PSYC 2301, ECON 2370, SOC 3400, or POLS 3382; and either MATH 1314 or MATH 1313 or MATH 1330. Statistics, experimental design, and their interrelationships in psychological research.

3310: Industrial-Organization Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Applications of psychological theory and methodology to the problems of recruiting, selecting, training, and motivating individuals in organizational settings.

3325: Psychology of Personality
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300 and 3 additional semester hours in psychology. Required for all psychology majors. Theories of personality and their applications to current individual and societal psychological problems.

3331 (formerly PSYC 2340): Psychology of Gender
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and 3 additional hours in psychology. Empirically based gender differences as they impact individual and social behaviors, roles and public policy.

3337: Psychology of Human Sexuality
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and 3 additional hours in psychology. Empirical studies regarding adult sexual behaviors, the physiology of sexual behaviors and sexual disorders.

3338: Psychology of Older Adults
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and 3 additional hours in psychology. Lifespan, research-based perspective of the biopsychosocial stages of older adulthood, age 55 and over.

3339: Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and 3 additional hours in psychology. Survey of the science and practice of clinical psychology and its specialty areas, including discussions or diagnoses and evaluations, empirically-validated interventions and prevention strategies for use with clinical populations.

3341: Physiological Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Structural, electrical, and chemical properties of the nervous systems as they relate to behavior, including consideration of current research methods and techniques.

3347: Problems of Normal Life
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: at least junior standing or consent of instructor. Examines psychologically issues, decisions, and stresses characteristic of modern living. Presents and discusses coping strategies used to manage these problems.

3350: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. An information-processing approach to human functioning introducing topics in memory, language, thought, judgment, and skilled performance.

3351: Health Psychology Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300 or consent of instructor. Assessment of the connection between social psychological theory and research based applications in health related settings; combines traditional lectures and readings with participation in actual field intervention projects.

3352: Psychology of Knowledge Acquisition
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and junior standing or consent of instructor. Psychological processes of knowledge acquisition and training in organizations. The study of knowledge by cognitive type and the design of in-service training for cognitive strategies, intellectual skills, information, motor skills and attitudes.

3399-4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of chair. Open to students with a minimum 3.00 grade point average based on a minimum of 90 semester hours and a psychology grade point average of 3.20. Qualified student selects faculty member to supervise the topic choice and writing of the thesis.

4198;4298;4398;4498;4598: Special Problems
Cr. 1-5 per semester, up to seven by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisites: PSYC 1300, 2301 ⁶, and six additional semester hours in psychology; consent of instructor; and minimum 3.00 cumulative grade point average. May be repeated, but no more than six semester hours may count toward psychology major 30-hour requirement. Independent student projects supervised by a faculty member. Forty-five hours of work on the project are expected for each semester hour of credit.

4304: History and Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and nine additional semester hours in psychology. Approaches of major figures and schools to the abiding philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual issues in psychology.

4305: Persuasion and Behavior
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Social psychological theory analysis and application to social communication, self concept, attitude and behavior change, and information processing.

4306: Community Service Practica
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300, PSYC 2301, minimum of 3.0 cumulative grade point average and junior or senior standing in psychology. Direct experience in the application of psychological theory to a community service program. May be repeated once for credit.

4307: Research Practica
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300, PSYC 2301, and a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average and junior or senior standing in psychology. Intensive experience on a research project which culminates in the production of a scholarly effort such as a professional article or presentation. May be repeated once for credit.

4320: Theories of Interventions
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300, PSYC 2301 and 3 additional hours psychology. Empirically-validated treatment strategies for clinical populations, including psychophamaracological and psychotherapeutic approaches.

4321: Abnormal Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and six additional semester hours in psychology. Behaviors considered deviant or pathological and the various approaches to understanding and treating them.

4343: Perception
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and at least junior standing or consent of instructor. Perception in vision and related senses; including sensory processes and organization, motion and space perception, pattern recognition, perceptual learning and development, and sensory-motor coordination.

4345: Emotion and Motivation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Basic concepts of emotions and motivation in both their normal and abnormal mode, with emphasis on their psychological bases.

4347: Tests and Measurements (formerly 4402)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and PSYC 2301 ⁶. Assessment: tests used in education, industry, psychology; determination and interpretation of reliability and validity; laboratory experience with several tests.

4352: Human Memory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and either PSYC 2301 ⁶, ECON 2370, SOC 2400, or POLS 3382; or PSYC 3350, or consent of instructor. Analysis of empirical evidence and theoretical issues regarding human memory. Topics include organization, coding, and levels of processing.

4354: Brain and Behavior
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300 and either PSYC 3341 or Biology equivalent. Relationship between the structure and function of the human central nervous system and the behavior of both normal and impaired individuals.

4361: Psychology of Parent-Child Relations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300 or consent of instructor. Theory and research on parent-child relations from infancy through adolescence with emphasis on parental influence on children's social, emotional, and cognitive development.

4371: Organizational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 3310 or consent of instructor. Theory and research on work motivation, leadership, and related aspects of group behavior in organizations.

4372: Interviewing (formerly 4472)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300 and junior standing. Skill development in personnel interviewing; includes tape-recorded practice interviews and discussion of theoretical issues and research findings.

4373: Personnel Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 3310. Psychological knowledge and methods applied to personnel problems of selection and training, including job behavior description and evaluation, assessment strategies, employee development, and fair employment concerns.

4375: Applied Organizational Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and at least junior standing, or consent of instructor. Focuses on the concepts and practice of changing real organizations. Includes study of change techniques and skill exercises for intervention and consultation.

4376: Work Motivation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite. PSYC 3310 or consent of instructor. Theories and paradigms of motivation in the work place. Research and applications of motivational theories used to describe employee behaviors.

4380: Applied Social Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and either PSYC 2380 or SOC 3330. Application of social psychological theory and research to significant social issues.

4383: Social Psychology of Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and three additional semester hours in psychology. Theory and research related to analysis of propaganda vs. education, survey research methodology, mass media, persuasive communication strategies and models.

4387: African American Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300. The psychological experience and contribution of African Americans in a multi-cultural world.

4396: Selected Topics in Child Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 2301 ⁶ and 3360, or consent of instructor. Review and evaluation of literature in areas of special interest in development psychology.

4397: Selected Topics in Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300, junior or senior standing, consent of instructor, and a minimum 2.50 cumulative grade point average. May be repeated, but no more than six semester hours may count toward 30-hour psychology major requirement.

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