2006-2008 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

POLS 4383 Internship in Political SciencePrerequisite: permission of instructor.Directed work experience in a variety of public and private organizations. The primaryobjective of this course is to provide students with opportunities to apply what theyhave learned in class in a career-oriented setting. Also provides students with theopportunity to attain applied research experience and develop analytic skills.PSYCHOLOGYPSYC 1313 General PsychologyAn introductory course dealing with the major content areas in psychology. Topicsmay include heredity and environment, emotions and motivation, perception,learning, personality, and intelligence. This course may be taken to meet SmithCollege requirements and as an elective by non-psychology majors. It is required forpsychology majors.PSYC 2115 Introduction to Professional Psychology/SociologyThis course is designed to familiarize students with constructing formal papers accordingto the guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA). Students will beintroduced to critical thinking for social scientists. Careers for social scientists willbe examined as well. (Offered also as SOCI 2115.)PSYC 2301 Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral SciencesPrerequisite: MATH 1305, 1313 or equivalentThe course provides an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, correlation,probability, and regression-with applications in behavioral sciences. (Offered also asSOCI 2301.)PSYC 2311 Schools and LearningThis course does not count toward a psychology major. (Offered also as EDUC 2311and SOCI 2311.)PSYC 2364 Abnormal PsychologyPrerequisite: PSYC 1313A study of normal and abnormal psychological functioning, psychological disorders,behavioral disorders, psychosomatic illnesses, and substance abuses. May be taken bynon-psychology majors as an elective. Recommended for majors in nursing, education,and areas which deal with problems of persons.PSYC 3303 Research MethodsPrerequisites: PSYC 2115, 2301 and WRIT 3303 or 3304 or permission of instructorThis is an applied research course for psychology majors. Students are instroducedto research design and methods for behavioral sciences to include experiments andcorrelational studies. Applied projects include using library databases, reading andcritically reviewing current empirical literature, proposing original research, writinghypotheses, and discerning appropriate data analyses and statistics. (Offered also asSOCI 3303.)PSYC 3305 Psychology of PersonalityPrerequisites: PSYC 1313, 2115 and WRIT 3303 or 3304 or permission of instructorThis course reviews the major theories of personality as they relate to explanationsof human behavior, mental processes, and development. Issues of formal theorydevelopment and evaluation of formal theories are addressed. May be used as anadvanced elective by psychology majors.336 / Courses