The Courses

The Psychology department typically offers two to five 200+ level elective courses and ten to fifteen courses that satisfy the advanced seminar, small course, or lab course requirement each semester.  Topics vary from semester to semester. All Psychology required courses (see: The Major) are offered every semester.

(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

100 Introductory Psychology (SB) 4 cr.

191B Principles of Biology 1 cr.

217 Psychology of Cruelty and Kindness

240 Statistics in Psychology (R2) 4 cr

241 Methods of Inquiry in Psychology 4 cr

295 Departmental Honors Seminar 1 cr

304 Brain, Mind and Behavior

305 Educational Psychology

310 Sensation and Perception

315 Cognitive Psychology 

318 Psychology of Language

320 Learning and Thinking (SB)

330 Behavioral Neuroscience 

335 Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

350 Developmental Psychology

355 Adolescent Psychology

360 Social Psychology

365 Psychology of Aging

370 Personality (SB)

380 Abnormal Psychology

383 Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy

391 Seminar

393P Psychology Career Preparation 1 cr

392 Junior Year Writing Seminar 4 cr

430 Laboratory in Neuroscience

480 Intellectual Disability: Concepts and Controversies

491 Seminar

494RI Interdisciplinary Directions in Psychology

581 Applied Behavior Analysis

591 Seminar

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