Current version - Indiana University South Bend

IU SOUTH BEND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 4387
PSY-P 459 History and Systems of Psychology
(3 cr.)
P: Twelve credit hours of psychology.
Historical background and critical
evaluation of major theoretical systems
of modern psychology: structuralism,
functionalism,
associationism,
behaviorism, Gestalt psychology,
and psychoanalysis. Methodological
problems of theory construction and
system making. Emphasizes integration
of recent trends. I, II
PSY-P 460 the psychology of Women (3 cr.)
P: Twelve credit hours psychology, or 3
credit hours psychology, and 3 in women’s
studies. Basic data and theories about the
development and maintenance of gender
differences in behavior and personality. II
PSY-P 481 Laboratory in Clinical Psychology
(3 cr.)
P: PSY-P 101 and PSY-P 102, PSY-P
103, PSY-P 106, PSY-P 211, PSY-P
324, PSY-P 354, PSY-P 403. Principal
research methods in clinical psychology
and applied research for understanding
development and treatment process for
mental illness. Meets liberal arts and
sciences junior/senior-level writing
requirement.
PSY-P 495 Readings and Research in Psychology
(1-3 cr.)
P: Consent of instructor. Without special
consent of the departmental chairperson,
a student may enroll in only one PSY-P
495 independent study section during a
given semester.
PSY-P 495 Readings and Research in Psychology
(1-3 cr.)
VT: Professional Practice Program
Internship
P: Consent of instructor. Participation in a
practicum in an applied area. The applied
areas focus on problems in the community,
such as problems of the mentally retarded,
children, aged, family relations, industrial
relations, and mental health. Students
must register through the professional
practice program as well as have approval
of the psychology instructor.
PSY-P 495 Readings and Research in Psychology
(1-3 cr.)
VT: Supervised Research
Active participation in research. An
independent experiment of modest size;
participation in ongoing research in a
single laboratory.
PSY-P 499 Honors Thesis Research (1-12 cr.)
P: Approval of departmental Honors
Committee. May be substituted for
advanced laboratory requirement in the
program for major (with approval of
departmental chairperson).
PSY-P 537 Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
A maximum of 15 credit hours in independent study
courses (PSY-P 495 and PSY-P 499) may be counted toward
graduation except as authorized by the student’s advisor, the
instructor concerned, and the departmental chairperson.
REL: Religious Studies
REL-R 152 JEWS, CHRISTIANS, AND MUSLIMS (3 cr.)
Patterns of religious life and thought
in the West: continuities, changes, and
contemporary issues.
REL-R 153 Religions of ASIA (3 cr.)
Modes of thinking, views of the world and
the sacred, the human predicament and
paths to freedom, human ideals and value
systems in the religions of India, China,
and Japan.
REL-R 160 Religion and American Culture (3 cr.)
Traditional patterns of encounter with the
sacred. Secularization of Western culture.
Religious elements in contemporary
American culture.
REL-R 210 INTRODUCTION TO THE old testament/
HEBREW BIBLE (3 cr.)
Development of its beliefs, practices, and
institutions from the Patriarchs to the
Maccabean period. Introduction to the
biblical literature and other ancient Near
East documents.
REL-R 220 Introduction to THE New Testament
(3 cr.)
Origins of the Christian movement and
development of its beliefs, practices, and
institutions in the first century. Primary
source is the New Testament, with due
attention to non-Christian sources from
the same environment.
REL-R 335 Religion in THE UNITED STATES, 1600-
1850 (3 cr.)
European background of American
religious history, Puritanism, Pietism,
religious aspects of the Enlightenment,
religious experiences and ideas of African
Americans and Native Americans,
religion in the American Revolution, the
impact of immigration on religion in the
early nineteenth century, and the role of
religion in the Civil War.