Become familiar with core conceptual approaches to understanding how people who appear to be decent human beings could engage in moral transgressions and play a role in the victimization of others.
Prereq: PSY 205 or PSY 209 or intro to psychology course
Limited enrollment: Psychology majors may take more than one Psychology (PSY) course, all others limited to one PSY course during the semester.
This course provides a thorough review of the fundamentals of psychoactive drugs and their effects on human behavior. The course approaches drug use and abuse from a social, psychopharmacological and clinical view, and is divided into six modules. We will draw on basic pharmacology, neurobiology (how drugs affect the nervous system), and we will examine the historical contexts of drug use, as well as the short- and long-term effects of various psychoactive drugs. This course will also cover the treatment and prevention of substance use disorders.
Registration restriction: Enrollment is limited, with priority given to Psychology majors and students accepted to the Health and Science special program. Enrollment during online registration may be limited to only one Psychology course for non-majors.
Prereq: PSY 205 or 209, or equivalent foundational psychology course
Unless you had the great fortune of being born independently wealthy, you will spend at least some portion of your adult life (a large portion for most of us) working in a formal organization. Work, organizations, and the psychological phenomena surrounding them are areas that many of us are both familiar with and interested in. The goal of this course is to become familiar with Industrial/Organizational Psychology (I/O Psychology). Most definitions of I/O Psychology will represent this subarea of psychology as an applied science. An applied science takes the principles of human behavior identified by basic research and applies them to specific “real-life” situations. In the case of I/O Psychology the “real-life” situation is the workplace. (PSY 4003)
Positive psychology has emerged approximately in the last 10 years. This course aims to provide you with an insight into this rapidly growing field. At the end of the semester, you should have an enhanced understanding of the ways leading to a happier and more satisfying life, as well as of certain human strengths such as forgiveness, resiliency, and hope. (PSY 3051)
The course will provide an introductory survey of physiological basis of behavior and describe basic structure and function of the nervous system. The topics include: organization of the cerebral cortex and the neural systems in the brain, physiological basis of learning, memory, and attention, relations between hormones and behavior, physiological basis of psychiatric and neurologic disorders. SU students may not earn credit for both this course and PSY 321. (PSY 3004/PSY 3096)
This course aims to define human development throughout the life-span, from birth to death. We discuss theories of development and examine physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development from infancy through middle childhood. We review biological, social and cultural factors that interact in developmental changes in a growing child’s life. SU students cannot take both this course and PSY 335. (PSY 2001)
This course introduces human cognitive processes, including attention, perception, decision making, intelligence, language, creativity, problem solving and short term and long term memory. This course consists of both theoretical and practical applications. SU students cannot take both this course and PSY 322. (PSY 3005)
History of psychopathology and mental illness, definitions of abnormal and treatment, psychological assessment, diagnosis and basic diagnostic systems, anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders, somatoform disorders and mood disorders will be discussed in this course. SU students may not earn credit for both this course and PSY 395. (PSY 4001)
This course aims to provide an overview of assessment and testing, including principles of assessment interviewing, testing, evaluation and report writing. The class will also cover ethical issues of psychological assessment. SU students may not earn credit for both this course and PSY 353. (PSY 4004)
Learn how to apply and interpret results of the following statistical tests: t-tests, ANOVA, correlation, regression to chi-square. You will be able to identify the appropriate statistical test to use for a range of data sets after taking this course. SU students may not earn credit for both this course and PSY 252. (PSY 2098)
