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C OLLEGE OF A RTS AND S CIENCES<br />
PSY3221 LAB IN<br />
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213; co-requisite:<br />
PSY3213. Labora<strong>to</strong>ry work<br />
emphasizing a presentation of<br />
methods of research assessing<br />
human attention, memory, and<br />
problem-solving processes.<br />
Research, design, data analysis,<br />
and research report writing are<br />
also emphasized. Lab 1 hr.<br />
1 hour credit<br />
PSY3313 INDUSTRIAL<br />
PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213.<br />
Psychology as applied <strong>to</strong> business<br />
and industry. Major areas of<br />
industrial psychology: selection,<br />
placement, and training procedures;<br />
human fac<strong>to</strong>rs research.<br />
Industrial social psychology:<br />
motivational and organizational<br />
research and <strong>the</strong>ory. Lect. 3 hrs.<br />
3 hours credit<br />
PSY3323 ORGANIZATIONAL<br />
PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213. Major<br />
concepts, <strong>the</strong>ories, and empirical<br />
research related <strong>to</strong> organizational<br />
psychology. Includes: work motivation,<br />
leadership, decision making,<br />
and job satisfaction as well as<br />
more recent trends such as cultural<br />
diversity, work teams, workfamily,<br />
and quality issues.<br />
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit<br />
PSY3413 SENSATION AND<br />
PERCEPTION<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213. Reading<br />
and discussion concerning psychophysical<br />
methods, sensory<br />
physiology, phenomenology of<br />
various sensory systems, and <strong>the</strong>ories<br />
of <strong>the</strong> perceptual process.<br />
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit<br />
PSY3421 SENSATION AND<br />
PERCEPTION LAB<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213; co-requisite:<br />
PSY3413. Labora<strong>to</strong>ry work is<br />
coordinated and designed <strong>to</strong><br />
increase comprehension of psychology<br />
as a labora<strong>to</strong>ry science in<br />
general and <strong>the</strong> experimental<br />
study of <strong>the</strong> perceptual process in<br />
particular. Emphasis on <strong>the</strong> development<br />
of skills involved in <strong>the</strong><br />
design of experiments, data collection,<br />
data analysis, reasoning<br />
about experimental results, and<br />
scientific report writing. Lab 1 hr.<br />
1 hour credit<br />
PSY3613 DEVELOPMENTAL<br />
PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213 or permission<br />
of instruc<strong>to</strong>r. The biological,<br />
cognitive, and personality changes<br />
that take place as a person ages<br />
and <strong>the</strong> causes of those changes.<br />
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit<br />
PSY3623 SOCIAL<br />
PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213. The psychology<br />
of group behavior: <strong>the</strong><br />
interaction between <strong>the</strong> psychological<br />
and social systems.<br />
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit<br />
PSY3633 ABNORMAL<br />
PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213. The causes,<br />
symp<strong>to</strong>ms and treatment of<br />
behavior disorders, personality<br />
disturbances, and mental illness.<br />
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit<br />
PSY4111-3 INTERNSHIP OR<br />
SENIOR PROJECT<br />
Prerequisite: Junior/senior standing<br />
and permission of advisor.<br />
Under <strong>the</strong> supervision of an advisor,<br />
students apply knowledge<br />
gained in course work <strong>to</strong> a practical<br />
work environment, through<br />
internship with a local company,<br />
practice, or hospital, or a specially<br />
designed work project. May be<br />
taken up <strong>to</strong> six credits.<br />
1-3 hours credit<br />
PSY4213 BEHAVIORAL<br />
NEUROSCIENCE<br />
Prerequisite: PSY3213. A comprehensive<br />
study of <strong>the</strong> relationship<br />
of <strong>the</strong> nervous and o<strong>the</strong>r organ<br />
systems <strong>to</strong> behavior. Research on<br />
both human and o<strong>the</strong>r animal<br />
species is considered. Lect. 3 hrs.<br />
3 hours credit<br />
PSY4221 BEHAVIOR<br />
NEUROSCIENCE LAB<br />
Prerequisite: PSY3413; co-requisite:<br />
PSY4213. Labora<strong>to</strong>ry course<br />
designed <strong>to</strong> introduce <strong>the</strong> techniques<br />
and procedures of physiological<br />
psychology. Scientific<br />
report writing, problems of<br />
research design, and data analysis<br />
also are emphasized. Lab 1 hr.<br />
1 hour credit<br />
PSY4313 DRUGS<br />
AND BEHAVIOR<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213. Function<br />
of neurotransmitters and neurochemicals.<br />
Effect of drugs on<br />
brain chemistry. Addiction and<br />
associated behavior. Lect. 3 hrs.<br />
3 hours credit<br />
PSY4413 HISTORY AND<br />
SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213. A study of<br />
<strong>the</strong> origins, development, and<br />
nature of psychology and its relation<br />
<strong>to</strong> external events; emphasis<br />
on <strong>the</strong> period since 1875.<br />
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit<br />
PSY4513 ANIMAL BEHAVIOR<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213. A study of<br />
behavior of diverse animals for<br />
<strong>the</strong> understanding of <strong>the</strong> relationship<br />
between nervous integration<br />
and <strong>the</strong> behavior manifested by<br />
<strong>the</strong> organism, as well as <strong>the</strong> evolution<br />
and adaptive significance of<br />
behavior as a functional unit.<br />
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit<br />
PSY4633 CLINICAL<br />
PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Prerequisite: PSY1213. A broad<br />
survey of problems and practices<br />
in <strong>the</strong> diagnosis and treatment of<br />
behavioral disorders. Lect. 3 hrs.<br />
3 hours credit<br />
SOCIAL SCIENCES<br />
The writing proficiency exam<br />
is a prerequisite <strong>to</strong> all social<br />
sciences (SSC) junior/senior<br />
elective courses.<br />
SSC2303 PRINCIPLES OF<br />
ECONOMICS<br />
Co-requisite: MCS0054 or equivalent.<br />
Survey of macroeconomics<br />
and microeconomics, with emphasis<br />
on fundamental <strong>to</strong>ols of economic<br />
analysis and policy.<br />
Introduction of supply and<br />
demand, national income determination,<br />
<strong>the</strong>ory of <strong>the</strong> firm, and<br />
market structure. Lect. 3 hrs.<br />
3 hours credit<br />
SSC2313 PRINCIPLES OF<br />
MACROECONOMICS<br />
Co-requisite: MCS0054 or equivalent.<br />
Introduction <strong>to</strong> macroeconomics,<br />
including measurement of<br />
aggregate economic variables,<br />
determination of national income,<br />
Keynesian model, monetary and<br />
banking policy; international economics.<br />
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit<br />
SSC2323 PRINCIPLES OF<br />
MICROECONOMICS<br />
Co-requisite: MCS0054 or equivalent.<br />
Introduction <strong>to</strong> microeconomics,<br />
including utility <strong>the</strong>ory,<br />
elasticity, <strong>the</strong>ory of <strong>the</strong> firm, market<br />
structure, market failure, and<br />
regula<strong>to</strong>ry policy. Lect. 3 hrs.<br />
3 hours credit<br />
SSC2413 FOUNDATIONS<br />
OF THE AMERICAN<br />
EXPERIENCE<br />
Prerequisite: COM1075 or corequisite:<br />
COM1103. Aspects of<br />
philosophy, political <strong>the</strong>ory, science,<br />
art and religion, from<br />
ancient Egypt <strong>to</strong> 1789, as <strong>the</strong>y<br />
have contributed <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> formation<br />
of <strong>the</strong> American experience.<br />
Readings include selections from<br />
Pla<strong>to</strong>, Aris<strong>to</strong>tle, Machiavelli,<br />
Hobbes, and o<strong>the</strong>r important<br />
thinkers. The student’s ability <strong>to</strong><br />
reflect critically upon <strong>the</strong> major<br />
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