23 courses with the subject PSY, 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.
PSY 101Introduction to Psychology3
3 Lecture Hours Description This course provides the student with an understanding of how the scientific method is applied to the study of human and animal behavior. Topics include: research results, the major principles and perspectives of psychology, applications of contemporary psychology, the structure and function of the nervous system, foundations of learning, intelligence, social behavior, personality, feeling and emotion, motivation, abnormal psychology and its causes and therapies, developmental patterns and the measurement of behavior. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description This course presents the psychological principles shaping the personality of African Americans. The course includes a critique of the applicability of theories and measures across societal and culture gropus such as “traditional” statistics, racial myths, discriminatory thinking and behavior. Analysis of attitudes and behaviors which develop in non-prejudiced and prejudicial socio-economic, educational and political systems and ways to counteract them are reviewed. This course emphasizes proactive African-American leadership and the lifestyle of individual African Americans and their community. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description This course explores personal and group values across societal and cultural groups. Emphasis is on the use of the psychological set and the science of attitude change in developing leadership and on employee-employer, family and community interaction. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description This course surveys psychological assumptions in the shaping of the female personality across societal and cultural groups. Experimental research is examined. Emphasized are attitude, aptitude, self-concept formation, gender role-learning and the physiological and psychopathological bases of personality. Examination of the interaction of institutional, philanthropic, social economic, educational, political, legal and religious effects on attitudes, pathology and behavior is included. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description This course explores Thanatology, the study of death and dying. The course covers American attitudes toward death, biological and psychological definitions of death, crisis and grief, the psycho-social impact of terminal illness, contemporary funeral and burial rituals, ethical issues related to death and dying, the dynamics of suicide, prevention and intervention, the psychosocial management of dying patients and relatives, children, adolescents and death, old age and death and issues of loss and grief for the bereaved. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description This course examines the study of the human sexual experience which, provides practical information for everyday living in a digital age. Topics include psychosocial development, sexual biology, sex roles, human sexual responses, human sexual inadequacy, sexual attitudes and practices, sexual diseases and disorders and sex and society. Learning Outcomes
1 Lecture Hours Description This course helps students develop a research-based understanding of the manifestation of stress. Students develop stress management skills through the application of techniques for physical, mental and emotional wellness. Learning Outcomes
1 Lecture Hours Description This course helps students develop a research-based understanding of the manifestation of stress. Students develop stress management skills through the application of techniques for physical, mental and emotional wellness. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description This course is designed for students in the technologies. It is a course in psychological theories and principles to improve supervisor and employee performance. Emphasis is on developing organizational behaviors that enhance employee satisfaction and produce profitable results in business, social institutions and governmental agencies. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description This is a course in the therapeutic techniques used to prevent, manage and diffuse crisis situations. Theoretical background is also provided. Focus is on passive resistance. Learning Outcomes
