Psychology (PSY)
PSY 1010 — General Psychology
Credit Hours: 3.00 Total Contact Hours: 3.00 Lecture Hours: 3.00
Provides an introduction to psychology; a prerequisite to advanced courses. The emphasis of this class is on the application of the scientific method to individual behavior and thought processes. The five major theoretical perspectives discussed are physiological, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic and psychoanalytic perspectives. Topics include physiology, learning, cognition development personality, social and abnormal behavior and therapy.
Transfer: TAG, TM.
Prerequisites: Placement
Corequisites: COM 0990.
PSY 1730 — Abnormal Psychology
Credit Hours: 3.00 Total Contact Hours: 3.00 Lecture Hours: 3.00
Provides the student an opportunity to study many forms of mental disorders and abnormalities. Students will be presented with the major theoretical perspectives in terms of causation and treatment of these disorders. Students will study, evaluate, and apply the following approaches: psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive, behavioral, and biological. Included also will be the classification of personality and behavior disturbances as defined by the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Additionally, examples of the current therapeutic techniques will be presented.
Transfer: TAG, TM.
Prerequisites: PSY 1010 or SOC 1010.
PSY 2150 — Lifespan Psychology
Credit Hours: 3.00 Total Contact Hours: 3.00 Lecture Hours: 3.00
Provides a broad overview of development and change physiologically, psychologically, socially and cognitively from conception to death. Influences on development such as heredity, environment, culture and diversity will also be examined based on research and major psychological theories.
Transfer: TAG, TM.
Prerequisites: PSY 1010 or SOC 1010.
PSY 2200 — Social Psychology
Credit Hours: 3.00 Total Contact Hours: 3.00 Lecture Hours: 3.00
Provides an overview of the study of social psychology emphasizing how individual and social interactions influence the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings of an individual. This course balances research and application topics covering social cognition, attitude formation and change, conformity/obedience, group processes, pro-social behavior, aggression, and stereotyping/prejudice.
Transfer: TAG, TM.
Prerequisites: PSY 1010.
PSY 2301 — Educational Psychology
Credit Hours: 3.00 Total Contact Hours: 3.00 Lecture Hours: 3.00
Examines major theories of human development and learning, motivation, instructional strategies, assessment, and similarities and differences in learners are examined. The role of factors in the student's environment that influence student's learning and development are considered. Research literature will serve as the foundation for course exploration.
Transfer: TAG, TM.
Prerequisites: PSY 1010.
PSY 2311 — The Brain and Human Behavior
Credit Hours: 3.00 Total Contact Hours: 3.00 Lecture Hours: 3.00
Provides students with an introduction to the biological bases of behavior through a behavioral science perspective and is a prerequisite to advanced courses in psychology. Topics include history, functional anatomy, genetics and evolution, research methods, hearing and language, motor movement, sleep/circadian rhythms, homeostasis, emotions and stress, drugs, addiction, developmental disorders, and other complex disorders and behaviors.
Prerequisites: PSY 1010.
PSY 2530 — Psychology of Personality
Credit Hours: 3.00 Total Contact Hours: 3.00 Lecture Hours: 3.00
Introduces students to the psychological study of personality. Emphasis is placed on theoretical and scientific explanations for individuals' characteristic patterns of perception, thought, emotion and behavior and the different ways in which these theories are validated. The course examines both historical and modern-day approaches to the study of personality including biological, psychoanalytic, cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, social, and developmental theories.
Prerequisites: PSY 1010.