undergraduate

PS 334 Sports Psychology (3) B
Sport psychology is the scientific study of people involved
in sport and exercise activities. In this course, students will
learn about how factors such as personality, motivational
and emotional states can affect sport performance and
exercise. Topics covered will include: sport and exercise
environments, group processes, performance
improvement, enhancing health and well-being, and
facilitating psychological growth and development.
Students will also learn how to effectively apply the latest
knowledge and theories into various real life situations.
Sport psychology is a foundational course for students
who plan on pursuing a career in coaching, sport and
exercise psychology, as well as kinesiology.
Prerequisite: PS 121
This course has an existing transfer credit agreement
through Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer. Visit
www.transferalberta.ca for details.
PS 335 Personnel Psychology (3) B
This course will provide an overview of the methods and
procedures used to select, place, and evaluate personnel.
Topics considered include design of selection systems,
training, job performance analysis, work motivation, work
stress, legal issues involving protected classes and
discrimination; measurement, interpretation and ethical
use of job performance scores.
Prerequisite: PS 250 or permission of the department
PS 336 Health Psychology (3) B
A survey of health psychology, this course will take a biopsychosocial
approach to understand health and wellness,
exploring the history of the discipline, research/clinical
methods used to measure wellness, underpinnings of
health behaviour change and treatments and the
evaluation of their effectiveness.. Health issues considered
will include stress, pain management, injuries, substance
abuse, eating disorders, chronic and terminal illness, and
the future of health research.
Prerequisite: PS 121
PS 341 Psychology of Religion: Development over the
Lifespan (3) B
The psychology of religion is an interdisciplinary field that
examines religious experience from a psychological
perspective. This course focuses on spiritual and moral
development through the lifespan, from early childhood
through the late adult years. Related issues will also be
included, such as perspectives on mortality and the impact
of religion on health and copying.
Prerequisite: PS 220 or PS 230
PS 342 Culture and Psychology (3) B
This course will examine the influence of the cultural
environment on the development of psychological
characteristics by exploring the fields of sensation and
perception, human development, emotion, motivation,
social perception and interaction, and mental disorders
from a cross-cultural perspective. The strengths and
limitations of the basic methodologies for cross-cultural
research will be considered as well.
Prerequisite: 3 credits in Psychology at the 200-level
This course has an existing transfer credit agreement
through Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer. Visit
www.transferalberta.ca for details.
PS 343 Psychology of Religion: Spiritual Experience (3)
B
The Psychology of Religion is an interdisciplinary field that
examines religious experience from a psychological
perspective. This course surveys research and theory
pertaining to a wide range of spiritual experience including
conversion, mysticism, morality, extremism, doubt,
apostasy and atheism. The biology of religious experience
and the views of psychological theorists on the place of
religion in personality are also considered.
Prerequisite: 3 credits in Psychology at the 200-level
PS 345 Interpersonal Communication (3) B
An introduction to social psychological theory and
research on interpersonal relationships. A range of topics
will be covered including attraction, communication,
friendship and intimacy, conflict and violence, love, and
sexuality. Group projects will be an integral part of the
course.
Prerequisite: 3 credits in Psychology at the 200-level
This course has an existing transfer credit agreement
through Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer. Visit
www.transferalberta.ca for details.
PS 350 Cognitive Psychology (3) B
Cognitive psychology is a branch of psychology that
investigates human mental functions such as perception,
memory, general knowledge, language, problem solving,
and decision making. The course will focus on material
related to the course text. Classes will be comprised of
relevant material presented in lecture format and class
discussion.
Prerequisite: 3 credits in Psychology at the 200-level
This course has an existing transfer credit agreement
through Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer. Visit
www.transferalberta.ca for details.
PS 400 Narrative Psychology (3) B
Employing a seminar format, this course examines the
various ways in which psychologists use narrative in
research and applied work. Particular attention will be
paid to autobiographical memory, self-narrative and
identity development, narrative interpretations of
psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, and the cultural and
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