Courses: Psychology (PSYC)College: Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Any TCCN equivalents are indicated in square brackets [ ].

PSYC 1300:Introduction to Psychology
[TCCN—PSYC 2301]
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1303 or equivalent. Principles and theories of psychology including methodology and brief analysis of major content areas ranging from development, perception, and learning to motivation/emotion, personality, and social processes.

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

PSYC 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.

PSYC 2344: Cultural Psychology (formerly PSYC 4344)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Relationship between ethnicity, socialization, personality, behavior issues related to current race relations.

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

PSYC 2351: Psychology of Adolescence (formerly PSYC 3361)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Theory and research of normal adolescent behavior.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 3301: Introduction to Psychological Statistics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MATH 1310. Introduction to statistical principles and strategies for research on behavior.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 3325: Psychology of Personality (formerly PSYC 4325)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and 3 additional hours in psychology. Required for all psychology majors. Theories of personality and their applications to current individual and societal psychological problems.

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

PSYC 3334: Psychology and Law
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and junior standing. Presentation and critique of research of human behavior in, or regulated by, legal institutions. Includes a survey of criminal procedure and an analysis of the legal techniques for predicting dangerousness and inferring intent.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

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

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 3399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of department 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. PSYC 3399 and 4399 must be satisfied in order for any to apply to a degree.

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

PSYC 4298: Independent Study
Cr. 2 per semester, up to seven by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisites: PSYC 1300, PSYC 2301, and six additional semester hours in psychology; consent of instructor; and minimum 3.00 cumulative grade point average. Independent student projects supervised by a faculty member. Forty-five hours of work on the project are expected for each semester hour of credit. May be repeated, but no more than six semester hours may count toward psychology major 30-hour requirement.

PSYC 4301: Psychology and the Arts
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and six additional semester hours in PSYC. Explores the arts as source material for understanding those parts of the psyche which are unknown, and how they become known. This course is an open Honors course.

PSYC 4302: The Psychology of Humor
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300. Analysis of humor including what makes jokes funny, how they are constructed, and their typologies. Concentration on humor as social commentary, and the historical bases behind the social content.

PSYC 4303: Advanced Seminar in Psychological Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 2301, 2380, 3301, six additional credit hours in psychology couses, overall GPA of at least 3.0, and consent of instructor. Designing and conducting a psychology research project, including; translating ideas into a research question, research design, measures and materials, data analysis and interpretation, ethical concerns, and writing a psychology manuscript.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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 psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 4322: Behavior Modification
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 4342. Applied operant behavior theory; operant and respondent paradigms, case studies, and current issues in behavior therapy.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

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

PSYC 4350: Applied Cognitive Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 3350 or consent of instructor. Applications of cognitive psychology and cognitive science. Emphasis on cognitive approach to learning, thinking, instructional design and communication.

PSYC 4352: Human Memory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and either PSYC 2301, 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 4360: Child Abuse: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300, six additional semester hours in psychology, junior standing, and an overall GPA of 3.0. Dynamics of child maltreatment, consequences of abuse for victims and society, and the impact and limitations of current interventions and public policy.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 4363: Abnormal Child Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300 and three additional semester hours in psychology. Introduction to childhood psychopathology, in the context of normal child development, with emphasis on psychological factors responsible for deviations.

PSYC 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.

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

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

PSYC 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.

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

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

PSYC 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.

PSYC 4398: Independent Study
Cr. 3 per semester, up to seven by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisites: PSYC 1300, PSYC 2301, and six additional semester hours in psychology; consent of instructor; and minimum 3.00 cumulative grade point average. Independent student projects supervised by a faculty member. Forty-five hours of work on the project are expected for each semester hour of credit. May be repeated, but no more than six semester hours may count toward psychology major 30-hour requirement.

PSYC 4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 3399 and approval of department 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. PSYC 3399 and 4399 must be satisfied in order for any to apply to a degree.

PSYC 4498: Independent Study
Cr. 4 per semester, up to seven by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisites: PSYC 1300, PSYC 2301, and six additional semester hours in psychology; consent of instructor; and minimum 3.00 cumulative grade point average. Independent student projects supervised by a faculty member. Forty-five hours of work on the project are expected for each semester hour of credit. May be repeated, but no more than six semester hours may count toward psychology major 30-hour requirement.

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

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Catalog Publish Date: August 22, 2012
This Page Last Updated: April 11, 2013