PENN SUMMER - University of Pennsylvania

PsCI 198 910 MW 6:00-9:00om Funke
Neoliberalism and the Global Justice Movement
This course examines the relationship between neo-liberal globalization
and transnational social movement based resistance to that kind
of globalization. We will start by examining the shifts in the global
political economy to what has been called Neo-Liberalism and Global
Governance. Theoretical as well as empirical readings will provide
us with a solid understanding of what these shifts entail. The second
part will start out by reviewing social movement theory to learn how
scholars seek to understand when, where, and why social movements
emerge, mobilize, and decline. We then examine in more detail the
emerging “new protest cycle” of the alter-globalization movements or
the Global Justice Movement, which surfaced since the mid-1990s,
when movements and groups around the world started massive protests
against the neo-liberal agenda. Among others we will be looking
at the Zapatista Movement, the Peoples Global Action Network,
“The Battle of Seattle,” the Indymedia Movement, and the World
Social Forum as well as the massive protests that are taking place at
every important meeting of multilateral organizations.
PsCI 358 910 Tr 6:00pm–9:10pm Fetni
International Law
This course intends to familiarize the student with the concept of
“law,” its use as a constitutive and regulative force in the international
arena, and the expanding scope of international law through the inclusion
of transnational law and human rights.
PSYCholoGY
PsYC 001 910 MTWr 9:00am–10:35am Mukherjee
Introduction to Experimental Psychology
Fulfills Living World Sector
Introduction to the basic topics of psychology, including learning,
motivation, cognition, development, abnormal, physiological, social,
and personality.
PsYC 109 910 TBa staff
Introduction to Brain and Behavior
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001 / Fulfills Living World Sector
Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous
system, including the physiological bases of sensory activity, perception,
drive, motor control and higher mental processes. This course is
intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior.
PsYC 162 910 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm holmes
Abnormal Psychology
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001
The concepts of normality, abnormality, and psychopathology;
symptom syndromes; theory and research in psychopathology and
psychotherapy.
PsYC 166 910 MW 5:30pm–8:40pm gohar/schueller
Introduction to Positive Psychology
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001
An introduction to the study of positive emotions, positive character
traits, and positive institutions. The positive emotions consist of
emotions about the past (e.g., serenity, satisfaction, pride), about the
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future (e.g., hope, optimism, faith), and emotions about the present
(pleasure and gratification). The distinction among the pleasant life,
the good life, and the meaningful life is drawn. The positive traits
include wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and spirituality,
and the classification of these virtues is explored. The positive
institutions are exemplified by extended families, free press, humane
leadership, and representative government. The course meets for one
two-hour lecture and one two-hour ten-student recitation weekly.
PsYC 170 910 MW 6:00pm–9:10pm Jayawickreme
Social Psychology
Fulfills Society Sector / Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001
An overview of theories and research across the range of social behavior
from intra-individual to the group level including the effects of
culture, social environment, and groups on social interaction.
PsYC 180 910 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm gentes
Developmental Psychology
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001 / Fulfills Society Sector
A developmental perspective on the general empirical and theoretical
psychology of perception, cognition, language, learning, comparative
ethology, and socialization.
PsYC 262 910 MW 5:30pm–8:40pm Parks
Special Topics in Abnormal Psychology: Positive
Interventions
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 162
This advanced seminar will focus on how theory and research in positive
psychology helps individuals live more satisfying, meaningful,
and fulfilled lives. Topics will include happiness-increasing exercises
that target positive emotion, optimism, social connections, gratitude,
strengths, and living in the present (e.g., mindfulness) with an emphasis
on nonclinical populations. Students will be encouraged to explore
how the current research may be applicable to their own lives.
Other more general topics of relevance to the study of happiness and
well-being (e.g., theories of well-being, measurement of well-being,
assessment of intervention research) will be examined as well.
PsYC 262 911 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm sockol
Special Topics in Abnormal Psych: Gender and
Psychopathology
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 162
Why are adolescent girls twice as likely as their male peers to be
depressed? Why are boys four times more likely to be diagnosed with
autism than girls? This course will cover a range of topics on the relationship
between gender and mental health, including methodological
issues in psychopathology research, gender differences in specific
psychological disorders (including depression, eating disorders, Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder, ADHD, autism and conduct disorder), and
processes and mechanisms that may contribute to gender differences
in psychopathology.
reliGioUS STUDieS
rels 005 910 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm Comeau
Women and Religion
Fulfills Humanities & Social Science Sector