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Specific areas of focus include group dynamics, inter-group
relations, interview skills, familiarity with testing in industry,
organizational communication, person-machine interactions
and effective styles of leadership. Prerequisite: SB 120
Introduction to Psychology or SB 130 Introduction to Sociology
SB 323 Abnormal Psychology
3 credits (AS)
This course is an introduction to the issues and problems
associated with defining, understanding, and relating to
maladaptive behavior. The major schools of thought and
systems of classifying abnormal behavior are presented and
discussed. Questions relating to diagnosis, treatment and
research are raised and societal issues concerning maladaptive
behavior are examined. (Offered fall term) Prerequisite: SB 120
Introduction to Psychology
SB 324 Childhood Disorders
3 credits (AS)
This course considers basic issues in the etiology, diagnosis,
and treatment of common behavioral disorders and
developmental deviation. Topics included are antisocial
behavior, hyperactivity, autism, mental retardation, and
specific learning disabilities. Students examine possible shortterm
and long-term consequences of these disorders for both
the child and his or her family. Prerequisites: SB 120 Introduction
to Psychology and SB 121 Child Psychology or SB 122 Adolescent
Psychology
SB 325 Educational Psychology
3 credits (AS)
This course is a study of psychological principles and research
as applied to classroom organization, teaching, learning and
the various psychological tests used in the school setting.
Prerequisite: SB 120 Introduction to Psychology
SB 326 Personality Theories
3 credits (AS)
This course provides an overview of the nature of personality
theory as well as comprehensive summaries of specific
theories of personality. Works of Freud, Adler, Jung, Horney,
Sullivan, Fromm, and others are considered. Students
examine theories concerning the nature and development of
human personality and the factors producing integration or
disorientation. The course also examines personality
dynamics in relationship to stress, frustration, and conflict.
(Offered spring term) Prerequisite: SB 120 Introduction to
Psychology
SB 327 Brain and Behavior
3 credits (AS)
The known universe’s most amazing organ, the brain, is
explored in this course; specifically, its role in lower-level
functions to sustain basic drives and upper-level functions to
enable thinking, speaking, and perceiving is considered.
(Offered spring term) Prerequisite: SB 120 Introduction to
Psychology
SB 329 Women and Culture
3 credits (AS)
This course will look at crucial aspects of the role of women
in selected global societies, including the United States. Using
an interdisciplinary approach, changes in social roles and
expectations of women in more traditional societies are
compared with women in newly and advanced industrialized
countries. Students research gender issues in a particular
culture or country of their choice. (Offered on a rotating
basis) Prerequisites: EN 101 Academic Writing I, EN 201Academic
Writing II and CM 121 Effective Speaking
SB 330 Sensation and Perception
3 credits (AS)
How do we see and hear? How does the brain make sense of
all the sensory input it gets to produce the rich perceptual
world we experience? Through lectures, in-class
demonstrations, and discussions, students learn how the
anatomy and physiology of the eye and ear (and related parts
of the brain) allow us to understand speech, perceive color,
see motion and depth, and even recognize faces. Prerequisite:
SB 120 Introduction to Psychology
SB 333 Human Rights and Genocide
3 credits (AS)
This course will examine the United Nation’s Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, and consider violations of
human rights in the form of genocidal atrocities. The course
introduces students to the major debates surrounding the
study of genocide and how genocide should be defined. It
will look at major theories explaining genocide; students will
consider the uniqueness of each case in order to look for
potential consistent patterns. A focus on the prevention of
future genocide is included. Readings on the Armenians in
Turkey, the Sudan, the Holocaust, Rwanda, Cambodia, the
former Yugoslavia, and the experiences of Native Americans
are required. (Offered on a rotating basis) Prerequisites: EN
101 Academic Writing I and EN 201 Academic Writing II or
permission of the instructor
SB 335 Comparative Social Institutions in the United
States
3 credits (AS)
Students examine the key social and cultural institutions in
the United States today: family, religion, education, politics,
and the economy. These institutions are examined in terms of
historical origins, underlying values, current functions and
possible future evolution. The course includes an analysis of
how individuals participate in American society through these
social institutions. The experiences of selected subcultures are
also examined. (Offered fall term)
SB 336 Social Welfare Policies
3 credits (AS)
This course introduces students to the theories and methods
used to analyze the policies of American social welfare.
Students will focus on various social welfare programs, such
as income maintenance and employment, the American
health care system, child welfare policy, housing policies and
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