3 Credits

This course overviews the foundations of psychology as the field applies to everyday life. The physical and mental aspects of psychology are traced through lifespan development with emphasis on psychological health and wellness. Further study focuses on personality; thinking, learning and memory; motivation and emotions; and gender and sexuality. Based in various historical traditions, the course is set in the context of contemporary psychological principles.

3 Credits

This course focuses on a historical view of human development leading to the current life span approach to form an understanding of the developing individual, and it explores influences on human development, ranging from individual models to cross-cultural groups. Emphasis is given to personality, social, intellectual, and physical development, and the major theories used to describe how people change throughout their life span.

3 Credits

Digital Skills for the 21st Century is a course focused on the impact of digital technology on today's businesses, the economy, and society. Rapid advances in technologies are creating benefits and efficiencies for those businesses that recognize their advantages and pitfalls, and harness them to their advantage; those who can't are left behind with competitive disadvantages. Today's workforce needs to understand these trends, recognize key differences among features and approaches of these technologies, and apply them effectively.

3 Credits

This course is designed to expose you to the underlying physiological mechanisms of behavior. Physiological psychology is a complex but fascinating field of study. It explores the relationship between our biological systems and behavior. Structure and function of the nervous system from the neuron to the brain, as well as the interrelationships between the brain and such behaviors as eating, sleeping, learning, memory, emotion, and mental disorders will be discussed using examples from the behavior of both humans and lower organisms.

3 Credits

This course concerns the study of learning from the most basic associationistic ideas to complex cognitive behaviors such as problem solving and thinking. Various ideas regarding the nature of the mind are presented along with the fundamental concepts of learning and conditioning. Strengths and weaknesses of the memory system are discussed as they relate to higher cognitive processes such as language, problem solving, and eyewitness identification. Neurophysiological correlates of cognitive phenomena and memory disorders are also discussed.

3 Credits

This course covers the fundamentals of research and evaluation in the field of psychology. Topics include critical analysis of research literature, quantitative methodologies, and an introduction to qualitative methods. Emphasis will be placed on understanding connections between research design, theories, and the application of results in psychology. Legal and ethical issues pertaining to research with human subjects will also be covered.

3 Credits

This course provides a unified view of the field of social psychology organized around the concepts of social influence and power and exchange in social life and explores in-depth human thoughts, feelings, and actions as influenced by other people. Specific topics include socialization, perception of self and others, pro-social and anti-social behavior, attitudes, interpersonal attraction, social influence, and group behavior.

3 Credits

This is an introductory course in applied statistics, with particular emphasis in psychology. Both descriptive and inferential statistics are included. In addition, this course provides the basic statistical background and understanding needed.

3 Credits

This course is an introduction to principles of learning and behavior analysis and how they relate to the profession of psychology. Topics to be covered include conditioning, social learning, and philosophical and historical antecedents of behaviorism. The environmental influences of behavior, to understand the antecedent-consequence link and functions of behaviors, will also be covered. An emphasis will be placed on behavior-analytic strategies in a variety of settings including business and industry, education, and health and human services.

3 Credits

This course surveys the field of personality from a scientific perspective, examining the general approaches to understanding personality. The key theorists and concepts associated with each perspective are highlighted, along with the strengths and limitations of the different approaches.

3 Credits

This course introduces students to the evolution of technologies used in contemporary society to communicate, associate, learn, and build social and material capital. A special focus is on the benefits technology accrues to humans and communities, as well as potential harmful effects of engaging with technology.

3 Credits

This course focuses on social media technologies and their use and misuse in human relationships. Topics will include emerging cyber communication interfaces, building healthy technology-mediated relationships, and social etiquette in cyberspace.

3 Credits

This course explores the ways in which contemporary media shape cultures and human behaviors, including the role that media plays in influencing behaviors related to nutrition, body image and violence, and the impact on teenagers and children. Other topics include media literacy, education, and celebrity culture.

3 Credits

This course examines relationship and communications theories and their practices in cyberspace. Topics will include digital etiquette, regulatory considerations, the conservation of interpersonal relations and cyber commerce.

3 Credits

This course will survey contemporary learning in non-traditional environments and explores the applications of continuous, lifelong and contextualized learning to social, community, and organizational settings.