Course Descriptions

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Psychology Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
PSY 101 Psychology of Personal Development (3) Spring 1986
PSY 111 The Logic and Psychology of Critical Thinking (3) Fall 2009
PSY 171 Quantitative Reasoning in Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 200 General Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 298 Community Service Learning in Psychology (1) Spring 2008
PSY 299 Community Service in Psychology (1-3) Effective Fall 1998
PSY 299 Variable topics:
  PSY 299 Community Service in Psychology (1) Spring 2008
  PSY 299 Community Service in Psychology (2) Spring 2008
  PSY 299 Community Service in Psychology (3) Spring 2008
PSY 300 Current Issues in Psychology (3) Summer 2009
PSY 301 Psychological Foundations I: Cognition, Motivation, Physiology (3) Effective Fall 2008
PSY 302 Psychological Foundations II: Social, Personality, and Developmental (3) Effective Fall 2008
PSY 303 Psychology: The Major and the Profession (1) Fall 2009
PSY 305 Contemporary Issues in Psychology (1-3) Effective Fall 2008
PSY 305 Variable topics:
  PSY 305 Controversial Issues in Psychology (3) Fall 2006
PSY 320 Sex and Relationships (3) Fall 2009
PSY 330 Child Development (3) Summer 2009
PSY 371 Introductory Psychological Statistics (3) Fall 2009
PSY 400 Introduction to Research in Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 430 Adolescent Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 430 Adolescent Psychology (3) Effective Spring 2010
PSY 431 Developmental Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 431 Developmental Psychology (3) Effective Spring 2010
PSY 432 Cognitive Development: Language, Thinking, and Perception (3) Fall 2009
PSY 432 Cognitive Development: Language, Thinking, and Perception (3) Effective Spring 2010
PSY 433 Social, Emotional, and Personality Development (3) Fall 2009
PSY 433 Social, Emotional, and Personality Development (3) Effective Spring 2010
PSY 435 Behavior Problems of Children (3) Fall 2009
PSY 435 Behavior Problems of Children (3) Effective Winter 2010
PSY 436 The Development of Femaleness and Maleness (4) Summer 2008
PSY 440 Social Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 440 Social Psychology (3) Effective Spring 2010
PSY 441 The Psychology of the Family (3) Summer 2009
PSY 442 Health Psychology (3) Effective Fall 2008
PSY 450 Variations in Human Sexuality (3) Fall 2009
PSY 451 Theories of Personality (3) Fall 2009
PSY 452 Abnormal Psychology: Minor Variants of Personality (3) Fall 2009
PSY 452 Abnormal Psychology: Minor Variants of Personality (3) Effective Winter 2010
PSY 455 Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 455 Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Psychology (3) Effective Spring 2010
PSY 456 Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior (3) Spring 2009
PSY 456 Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior (3) Effective Spring 2010
PSY 457 The Nature of Self (3) Effective Fall 2008
PSY 461 Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3) Summer 2009
PSY 462 Personnel Psychology (3) Spring 2009
PSY 463 Human Factors (3) Fall 2009
PSY 464 Environmental Psychology (3) Fall 2008
PSY 465 The Psychology of Work Life Stress (3) Summer 2008
PSY 465 The Psychology of Work Life Stress (3) Effective Spring 2010
PSY 466 Training and Development in Organizations (3) Spring 2009
PSY 472 Introduction to Legal Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 472 Introduction to Legal Psychology (3) Effective Winter 2010
PSY 474 Psychology of Social Justice (3) Effective Fall 2008
PSY 475 Psychology of Policing (3) Spring 2009
PSY 475 Psychology of Policing (3) Effective Spring 2010
PSY 477 Psychological Measurement (3) Effective Fall 2008
PSY 491 Learning (3) Fall 2009
PSY 492 Perception (3) Spring 2009
PSY 493 Motivation (3) Fall 2009
PSY 494 Cognitive Psychology (3) Spring 2009
PSY 497 General Experimental Psychology (3) Summer 2004
PSY 498 Cognitive Neuroscience: Psychological Models (3) Spring 2009
PSY 521 Introduction to Clinical Psychology (3) Summer 2009
PSY 525 Community Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 531 Psycholinguistics (3) Fall 2009
PSY 531 Psycholinguistics (3) Effective Spring 2010
PSY 540 Introduction to Psychological Field Research (3) Spring 2008
PSY 547 Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution (3) Fall 2009
PSY 558 Field Services Seminar (2) Fall 2009
PSY 559 Psychological Field Service (1-3) Effective Spring 1980
PSY 559 Variable topics:
  PSY 559 Psychological Field Service (1) Fall 2009
  PSY 559 Psychological Field Service (2) Fall 2009
  PSY 559 Psychological Field Service (3) Fall 2009
PSY 571 Statistical Analysis of Psychological Research (3) Fall 2009
PSY 581 Physiological Psychology I (3) Fall 2009
PSY 582 Physiological Psychology II (3) Spring 2009
PSY 601 Theoretical Backgrounds in Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 630 The Psychology of Aging (4) Spring 2006
PSY 645 Group Processes (3) Summer 2009
PSY 650 Research on Sexual Identity (3) Spring 2008
PSY 671 A Statistical Package for Analysis of Psychological Research (3) Effective Fall 2008
PSY 680 Peer Advising in Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 685 Projects in the Teaching of Psychology (1-4) Effective Spring 1998
PSY 685 Variable topics:
  PSY 685 Projects in the Teaching of Psychology (1) Fall 2009
  PSY 685 Projects in the Teaching of Psychology (2) Fall 2009
  PSY 685 Projects in the Teaching of Psychology (3) Fall 2009
  PSY 685 Projects in the Teaching of Psychology (4) Fall 2009
PSY 690 Future Directions for Psychology Majors (1) Fall 2009
PSY 691 Applied Behavior Analysis: Selected Topics (3) Effective Spring 1980
PSY 693 Proseminar I (3) Fall 2009
PSY 694 Proseminar II (3) Spring 2009
PSY 697 Senior Project Preparation (3) Fall 2009
PSY 698 Senior Project in Psychology (3) Spring 2009
PSY 699 Special Problems in Psychology (1-4) Effective Spring 2006
PSY 699 Variable topics:
  PSY 699 Special Problems in Psychology (1) Fall 2009
  PSY 699 Special Problems in Psychology (2) Fall 2009
  PSY 699 Special Problems in Psychology (3) Fall 2009
  PSY 699 Special Problems in Psychology (4) Fall 2009
PSY 721 Clinical Methods: Assessment of Intelligence and Perceptual-Motor Functioning (3) Fall 2009
PSY 722 Clinical Methods: Personality Appraisal and Projective Techniques (3) Spring 2009
PSY 728 Conference to Accompany Psychology Practicum (3) Fall 2009
PSY 729 Psychology Practicum (3) Fall 2009
PSY 730 Seminar in Current Issues in Developmental Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 735 Seminar in Developmental Psychology (3) Effective Fall 1983
PSY 735 Variable topics:
  PSY 735 Adolescence and Young Adult (3) Spring 2006
  PSY 735 Child Therapy (3) Spring 1993
  PSY 735 Early Parent-Child Relations (3) Spring 2009
  PSY 735 Individual Differences in Cognitive Development (3) Fall 2009
  PSY 735 Love and the Life Span (3) Spring 2005
  PSY 735 Prevention, Intervention, and Family Transition Events (3) Spring 2008
  PSY 735 Social and Personality Development (3) Fall 2005
PSY 737 Laboratory in Observation of Children's Behavior (3) Fall 2009
PSY 739 Technical Writing for Psychological Journals (1) Fall 2009
PSY 740 Seminar in Social Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 742 Seminar in Survey Research (3) Spring 2009
PSY 747 Seminar in Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution (3) Fall 1985
PSY 748 Seminar to Accompany Field Problems in Social Psychology (3) Spring 2007
PSY 749 Field Problems in Social Psychology (3) Spring 2007
PSY 751 Seminar in Current Trends and Issues (3) Spring 2009
PSY 753 Seminar in Therapeutic and Developmental Change I (3) Fall 2009
PSY 754 Seminar in Therapeutic and Developmental Change II (3) Spring 2009
PSY 760 Seminar in Organizational Psychology (3) Spring 2009
PSY 761 Industrial and Organizational Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 762 Seminar in Industrial Psychology (3) Spring 2009
PSY 765 Industrial Training Program Development (3) Fall 2009
PSY 766 Psychological Foundations of Organizational Change (3) Fall 2008
PSY 767 Emerging Issues in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3) Fall 2007
PSY 768 Seminar to Accompany Field Experience in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 769 Field Experience in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 770 Research Methods and Techniques (3) Fall 2009
PSY 771 Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design (3) Fall 2009
PSY 772 Applications of Multiple Regression to Psychological Research (4) Spring 2009
PSY 777 Statistical Analysis of Multivariate Data Using Computers (4) Spring 2005
PSY 792 Preseminar in Foundations of Contemporary Psychological Research (3) Fall 2009
PSY 798 Research Colloquium (3) Spring 2009
PSY 799 Supervised Selected Research (2-6) Effective Spring 1980
PSY 799 Variable topics:
  PSY 799 Supervised Selected Research (2) Fall 2009
  PSY 799 Supervised Selected Research (3) Fall 2009
  PSY 799 Supervised Selected Research (4) Fall 2009
  PSY 799 Supervised Selected Research (5) Fall 2009
  PSY 799 Supervised Selected Research (6) Fall 2009
PSY 821 Clinical Methods: Diagnosis and Advanced Psychopathology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 822 Clinical Methods: Marital and Family Systems Theory and Therapy (3) Spring 2009
PSY 828 Conference to Accompany Advanced Psychology Practicum (3) Fall 2009
PSY 829 Advanced Psychology Practicum (3-6) Effective Summer 2006
PSY 829 Variable topics:
  PSY 829 Advanced Psychology Practicum (3) Fall 2009
  PSY 829 Advanced Psychology Practicum (6) Fall 2009
PSY 839 Field Experience in Developmental Psychology (1-3) Effective Fall 1983
PSY 839 Variable topics:
  PSY 839 Field Experience in Developmental Psychology (1) Fall 2009
  PSY 839 Field Experience in Developmental Psychology (2) Fall 2009
  PSY 839 Field Experience in Developmental Psychology (3) Fall 2009
PSY 855 Seminar in Professional School Psychology (3) Spring 2009
PSY 857 Behavior Management (3) Fall 2009
PSY 858 Conference to Accompany Psychology Internship (3) Spring 2000
PSY 859 Psychology Internship (3-6) Effective Spring 1980
PSY 859 Variable topics:
  PSY 859 Psychology Internship (6) Spring 2000
PSY 865 Ethics and Professional Responsibilities (3) Fall 2007
PSY 891 Seminar in Selected Problems (3) Fall 2009
PSY 896 Directed Reading (3-6) Effective Fall 1985
PSY 896 Variable topics:
  PSY 896 Directed Reading (3) Fall 2009
  PSY 896 Directed Reading (4) Fall 2009
  PSY 896 Directed Reading (5) Fall 2009
  PSY 896 Directed Reading (6) Fall 2009
PSY 898 Master's Thesis (3) Fall 2009
PSY 899 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
PSY 899 Variable topics:
  PSY 899 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  PSY 899 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  PSY 899 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
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