12 courses with the subject APSY, 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.
APSY 200General Psychology (3 cr.)
This course provides a broad survey of the major topics and issues in contemporary psychology. Students receive an overview of the major psychological theories and the principal contributors to the discipline. Students are also introduced to the following topics: psychological research, biological bases of behavior, multicultural psychology, personality, perception, learning, cognition, emotion, motivation, individual development, psychological disorders, methods of treatment, and social psychology.
This course provides an overview of theories and research in human development. Physical, cognitive, emotional, behavioral, cultural, and social aspects of lifespan development are covered.
This course explores the theoretical and empirical foundations of learning, cognition, cognitive development, and information processing. The nature of the mind and fundamental concepts of learning and cognition are examined. Topics include pattern recognition, memory, attention, decision making, language, problem solving, and creativity. Students apply concepts and principles to professional and personal situations.
This course provides an opportunity to learn about research in the social sciences focusing on applied psychology. Students learn how to find, examine, and evaluate research that deals with a psychological issue. Emphasis is placed on reading and understanding the elements of research, including the need for research studies, types of research methods, ethical considerations in research, data collection and analysis, and research findings and recommendations. Students choose a topic of interest and apply research findings to create a solution to a problem within their topic.
APSY 400Contemporary Issues in Applied Psychology (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of contemporary issues in the field of applied psychology. Students select a topic from the broad issue chosen for this course. Emphasis is placed on evaluating research on the issue and developing creative psychological strategies for real world solutions. Topics that could be chosen for the course include, but are not limited to pandemic stressors, disparities in dealing with mental health, racism, aging, creating culture change, immigrant needs.
APSY 405Positive Psychology: Research and Application (3 cr.)
This course explores the scientific foundations of positive psychology. Students investigate key research findings contributing to a science of well-being at individual, communal, and global levels. Students learn about research-based skills and exercises to increase well-being and positive emotion and begin to practice these skills in their interpersonal lives. Additionally, students develop and evaluate a new positive intervention for an audience of their choice.
APSY 425Measurement and Statistics for Health Professionals (3 cr.)
This course introduces students to the use of data, measurement, and basic statistics in the field of public health. This introduction to biostatistics provides an overview of data collection, sample sizes, normality of data sets, basic measurement statistics, parametric and non-parametric statistical comparisons, and statistical significance. Students apply concepts through in-class labs and real world data collection.
