17 courses with the subject PSYC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PSYC 1108Death and Dying3
Catalog Description Death is a natural part of the life cycle and a universal event, but it is still a topic that is often not discussed or examined. This course will explore historical and contemporary theories and research about grief and death issues. The course will examine death and grief from psychological, sociological, biological, and cultural perspectives. It will include topics such as the understanding of death across the lifespan, legal definitions of death, advance directives, religious and cultural death rituals, and grief trajectory research. It will also include a consideration of controversial issues related to death and dying, such as physician assisted suicide.
Catalog Description This course is a comprehensive introduction to psychology, which is the science concerned with behavior and mental processes. Psychology studies the environmental, biological, social, and individual forces that help to describe, explain, predict, and control behavior. Students will examine the scientific and historical foundations of psychology, the major domains of knowledge in psychology (biological, cognitive, developmental, social and personality, and mental and physical health), and cross-cutting themes relevant to all knowledge domains (cultural and social diversity, ethics, variation in human functioning, and applications of psychology). This course is designed to meet the goals of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2014) for introductory psychology.
Catalog Description This course is designed to provide students with a scientific basis for understanding stress along with pragmatic tools for dealing with stress in real-life situations. Students will learn about theories and research to gain a better understanding of stress and will also gain direct experience using stress-management techniques such as breathing control, meditation, perception and thought modification, nutrition, exercise, time management, and many others.
PSYC 1117Introduction to Meditation and Mindfulness1
Catalog Description Students will develop an understanding of the cultural and historical background of various forms of meditation. Current research on meditation and mindfulness practices in relation to mental and physical well-being will be examined. Students will develop the ability to enter a calm and centered state of awareness through working with the body, the breath, and the mind.
Catalog Description This course involves the investigation of various parenting styles and techniques. It is designed to help parents develop an understanding of child development with a focus on effective parenting techniques, including behavior modification, modeling, active listening, problem-solving, and others.
Catalog Description This course will serve as an introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Content covered will include common characteristics, assessment and diagnoses, theories of causes, and an overview of treatments and interventions. Society’s response toward neurodiversity will be examined. Family dynamics related to Autism Spectrum Disorders will also be explored.
PSYC 1145Positive Psychology: The Study of Happiness and Well-Being3
Catalog Description What is well-being, who experiences it, and which practices best foster it? Positive psychology attempts to answer these questions through the scientific investigation of happiness. This course will introduce you to theoretical concepts and scientific research regarding happiness and psychological well-being. You will examine human behaviors that contribute to psychological well-being through topics such as hardiness, hope, flow, meaning, optimism, and resiliency.
Catalog Description This course is an introduction to the theories and research concerning the psychology of women. The course will explore the way that biological, cultural and psychosocial issues affect the psychological development of women. It will include topics such as sexism, the construction of gender categories, gender comparisons, and female identity formation. It will also explore contemporary women’s issues related to education, work, and family.
Catalog Description This course will provide an introduction to the science of child psychology, emphasizing physical, psychological, cognitive, and social development from conception through adolescence. This course will examine how children and adolescents learn, grow, develop, and change.
Catalog Description This course serves as an introduction to the science of lifespan psychology emphasizing physical, psychological, cognitive, and social development from conception through death. The concern is with those aspects of human behavior that change from childhood to death and with the factors that account for those changes. Students who take this course are advised not to take PSYC 2215 or PSYC 2225 because of an overlap in content with that course.
Catalog Description Abnormal Psychology studies the diagnosis, cause, and treatment of psychological disorders. The course includes discussion of historical foundations, theoretical approaches, and research methodology related to psychopathology, with a focus on biological and psychological foundations. The course also covers important social and ethical issues such as labeling, confidentiality, civil commitment, and clinical decision making.
Catalog Description This course will explore the psychology behind media and technology use and their impact on the emotional, cognitive, behavioral, psychological, and social experience of humans. The depiction of psychological issues in the media will be examined, with a focus on a critical analysis of media portrayals and their influence on human thought and behavior.
Catalog Description Social Psychology mainly focuses on the point of interaction between the individual and society and groups. The basic questions studied are how the individual shapes society and groups and how society and groups affect the individual’s behavior. This course examines some of the major social psychological concepts such as social cognition, development of self/social identity, and group processes, in addition to assumptions, methods, findings, and applications of social psychological research.
Catalog Description Educational Psychology focuses on how psychological theory and concepts can be understood to inform effective classroom practices. Topics include cognitive and social development, theories of motivation and learning, classroom management, individual and group differences, and student assessment. Attention will be directed toward the nature and conditions of learning, critical aspects of learning, and the problems encountered in fostering and directing learning.
Catalog Description This course examines various aspects of one’s personality and their underlying psychological mechanisms by carefully evaluating major theoretical approaches and contemporary research in personality psychology. Topics learned in the course include assessment of personality (personality tests), the role of personality in understanding one’s behavior, the relationship between intra-personal and inter-personal perception, and personality functioning in social, cognitive, and biological domains. Applications of personality psychology principles to enhance one’s understanding of self and others are also discussed.
Catalog Description Students use basic mathematical and computerized procedures to analyze data in the behavioral sciences. Use statistical software (e.g., SPSS, “R,” “PSPP”) to conduct descriptive and inferential data analyses. Students choose and apply statistical procedures to help to answer psychological and behavioral scientific research questions. Students read, interpret, and write APA-style results sections for behavioral science research.
Catalog Description This course provides an introductory survey of the fascinating psychological sub-field of forensic psychology. This course includes examinations of the roles of psychological science in criminal courts, juvenile courts, family and civil courts, corrections, and policing and public safety.
