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Pitt-Greensburg offers a variety of special courses that students may use to enhance their educational experience. The special courses include independent studies, internships, excellence courses, study abroad courses, and capstone courses. Most of the special courses are optional, but for some majors (e.g. criminal justice) an internship is required, and the capstone course is required of all majors.

An independent study allows a student to explore a topic for which no course is available at Pitt-Greensburg or extend the exploration of a topic begun in a regular course. To arrange for an independent study, a student must find a faculty sponsor and work with the sponsor to develop a course plan. Independent study courses are available in every department. See an advisor for more details.

Internships allow students to earn credits toward graduation while gaining on-the-job experience in their majors. An internship is required in some majors (e.g. criminal justice and the journalism track in English writing), but it is available as an elective in most majors. Students are expected to find their own internship opportunities, but faculty advisors and the Office of Career Services may be aware of employers looking for interns and can provide suggestions about seeking an internship. Some departments ask students to complete an internship application. See a faculty advisor for more information.

Pitt-Greensburg students have an opportunity to study abroad in a country/region of their choice. Academic credits are earned while abroad and will transfer directly back into the student’s academic degree requirements. See the study abroad coordinator for more information.

As part of the new Pitt-Greensburg curriculum that took effect in fall 1999, every Pitt-Greensburg student must complete a senior seminar or a senior project as a capstone to the work in the major program. The faculty views the capstone course as a significant enhancement to the UPG degree program because it provides students with the opportunity to bring together the themes and skills of the major. Capstone work typically involves research and both written and oral reports.

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Political Science
	PS 1261 - AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will focus on a variety of public policy issues. The issues include social welfare programs, management of the economy, governmental regulation of business activities, environmental programs, urban problems, civil rights, civil liberties, crime control efforts, and foreign policy. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0200 or PS 0300 Course Attributes: Urban Studies
	PS 1311 - WESTERN EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course covers the politics and government of Western European countries at the national and local levels. It also considers some aspects of the relationships between the European Union and its member states. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0300
	PS 1314 - GERMAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines political institutions and developments in Germany following the second World War, first tracing them through the eras of postwar occupation, Cold War partition and consolidation of the two German states, through the East German revolution of 1989 that set the state for unification. The course will pay special attention to the domestic and international public policy challenges facing post-unification Germany. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0300 or PS 0500 or GEOG 0101 or HIST 0101 or HIST 0180 or HIST 1367 Course Attributes: SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., West European Studies
	PS 1317 - POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed to introduce students to the European community. It will provide a historical overview of the immediate post-war period and introduce students to the community’s four major governing institutions. It also considers the single European act and its significance and explores the role of the “big four” countries within the community. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1318 - EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will encompass the comparative study of the political systems of Western Europe including the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, and Scandinavia. The primary themes will include political development and institutions, security, European integration, political culture, political economy, and democratization. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0300 or PS 0500 Course Attributes: Hourly Final
	PS 1321 - LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course compares and contrasts the governments and political processes throughout Latin America. It offers a detailed look at several countries, and also provides a comparative framework to discuss the rise, fall, and quality of democracy. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0300 or PS 0500 or HIST 0101 or HIST 0180 or HIST 0500 or HIST 0501 or HIST 1367 or GEOG 0101 Course Attributes: DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, Latin American Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.
	PS 1346 - POLITICAL EAST EUROPE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The lives and times of the people and states of “the lands between” of eastern Europe are examined in terms of three forces that have shaped their contemporary cultures, their chronic and multi-dimensional “between-ness” on the political and cultural map of Europe, and the influence of a succession of modern ideologies (from nationalism and liberalism to fascism and communism) on their institutions and behavior. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1361 - COMPARATIVE POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEMS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course compares the political party systems, electoral processes, and other institutions of governance in four or more countries, which vary by instructor and term. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1369 - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course comparatively examines political developments and institutions in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Special attention will be focused on issues of the periods of troubles from the 1960s to 1990s, politics of and since the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, and current issues of policy, governance, and politics in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: LVL: Sophomore
	PS 1396 - REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides an overview of the cultural, social, and political dynamics that underpin reproductive choices and technologies cross-culturally. Some of the questions that are addressed in the course are: How is reproduction strategized? What are the inequalities of gender and class at play? Which types of technologies are utilized and accessible. What are the configurations and expectations of the family (however defined) and social roles? The course approaches the subject by using a limited number of ethnographic case studies representing the range of “traditional” small-scale and technologically “advanced” large-scale societies. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1501 - THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course explores central concepts and theories employed by political scientists to explain how world politics functions. You will be introduced to theoretical orientations such as realism, institutionalism, and constructivism, and we will discuss how constructs such as power, interests, identity, legitimacy, and order provide insight into political behavior. Much of the material examined in the course is abstract and you will need to think carefully about how the various concepts and arguments can be integrated. By the end of the course, you should have developed a relatively sophisticated conceptual framework with which to analyze events in world politics. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1503 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course focuses on the interplay among states, intergovernmental organizations, civil society organizations, and multinational corporations. Cases are drawn from a broad range of issue areas, including economic relations, human rights, peace and security, and the environment. The objective is to better understand the dynamics and evolution of formal and informal international institutions and what difference they make, in light of globalization and emerging geopolitical changes. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0300 or PS 0500 Course Attributes: DSAS Global Issues General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., West European Studies
	PS 1504 - NATIONALISM Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Theories of nationalism, ethnicity, and race are examined and are contrasted with theories of modernization and socialism. Particular emphasis is placed on ethnonationalism in developed Western countries, such as Britain, France, Spain, Belgium, and Canada, and on ethnic politics in the U.S. Comparisons are drawn with nationalism in other types of political systems, particularly the USSR, Yugoslavia, and selected Middle East and African countries. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1511 - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Provides a historical survey of American foreign policy from the end of World War II until the present, an analysis of the decision making process led by the president of the United States, and a discussion of the impact of both the international political system and American domestic politics on this process. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0200 or PS 0300 or PS 0500 or GEOG 0101 or HIST 0600 or HIST 0601 Course Attributes: Global Studies
	PS 1513 - FOREIGN POLICIES—CHANGING WORLD Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The aim of this course is to introduce students to the analysis of foreign policy as a form of political behavior and to the specific factors influencing the foreign policies of several of the world’s most powerful states. The lectures and readings follow several intertwining themes, covering: 1) the conceptual and analytical tools utilized to investigate and compare the foreign policies of states; 2) the nature of certain phenomena which present countries with complex and dangerous international problems, e.g. security, interdependence; 3) the particular sources, processes and outcomes involved in the foreign policies of several states including the United States, Russia and others. The approach is analytical and though some of the readings and lectures are historical, the emphasis is on the contemporary context. It is also comparative, offering students a look at how these states’ domestic culture, processes and institutions affect their foreign policies. (International relations field) Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1514 - POLITICAL STRATEGY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Strategic interdependence dominates international relations - how one state behaves not only affects its own outcomes but other states’ outcomes as well. Game theory has become a primary method of studying strategic interdependence. This class offers a brief primer in elementary game theory and then surveys the major formal findings in international relations, with focuses on explanations for war and design of international institutions. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1531 - NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 National security is becoming a crucial issue with an impact both in the international system and in the domestic environment. This course will discuss the different approaches to national security and the policies through which they have been implemented, such as military buildup, political and military alliances, military and economic consequences, and nuclear policies. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0300 or PS 0500 Course Attributes: SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.
	PS 1541 - POLITICS GLOBAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the connections between power and wealth, states and markets, and economics and politics in order to gain a better understanding of the political underpinnings of the global economy as well as the influences that international economics has on national and international politics. It is an introduction to what political scientists call international political economy (or simply IPE). Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0300 or PS 0500 or GEOG 0101 or ECON 0110 or ECON 0130 or HIST 0711 Course Attributes: DSAS Global Issues General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.
	PS 1601 - ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course surveys the work of major thinkers in the Western political tradition from ancient Greece through the middle ages, such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and others. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0600 Course Attributes: SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., West European Studies
	PS 1602 - EARLY MODERN AND ENLIGHTENMENT POLITICAL THOUGHT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course surveys the work of major thinkers in the Western political tradition from the early modern period through the enlightenment, such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and burke. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0600
	PS 1603 - MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides a three-part introduction to modern and contemporary political thought with a focus on identity and identity politics. The first third of the course will explore major modern and contemporary theories about how identities are formed and experienced. The second portion of the course will focus on the relationship between identity and law. The final third of the course will use case studies from U.S. history and current events to explore how identity shapes and is shaped by social movements and public policy. Throughout the semester, students will develop a research project that uses the case of their choosing to explore the ways in which identity affects and is affected by the political world. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req.
	PS 1607 - AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides a survey of American political thinking from the founding to the present. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0200 or PS 0600 Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req.
	PS 1610 - POLITICAL THEORY OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDING Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will examine the political theory of the American founding period through reading and discussion of the political thought of some of the leading figures. The main emphasis will be on the thought of Jefferson, Adams, Madison, and Hamilton, along with selections from others such as Franklin, Paine, and the anti-federalists. Major political and constitutional documents from the period, and their background, will also be examined. The materials will largely be from 1760-1800, including pre-revolutionary developments, the revolution, the confederation, transition and how they do so. The second part of the course will then examine why some countries are more successful in their transition, based on an examination of civil society and the types of political institutions (such as political parties, the executive system, and the judiciary) that countries develop. What influences these choices and how do these choices affect success and stability of the new democracy? Has international aid been successful in helping countries develop democratic practices? Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1629 - TOPICS IN POLITICAL THEORY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course focuses intensely on a specific topic or problem in political theory; topics vary by instructor and term. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1664 - POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHYy Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy devoted to assessing the authority, legitimacy, and justification of various kinds of political arrangements, ideologies, and approaches to politics. Key concepts that will be investigated in this course include justice, rights, laws, and property. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1836 - POLITICS THROUGH FILM Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course uses cinema from a variety of countries to explore, in comparative perspective, central concepts and themes of politics, such as power, authority, conflict, leadership, ideology, propaganda, revolution, justice, and participation. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1900 - INTERNSHIP Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 12 Credit for internships per se is normally limited to the Washington center for learning alternatives or other special centers with which the University of Pittsburgh has formal arrangements. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	PS 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 6 Independent study is normally associated with internships or special programs like the Washington center on learning alternatives. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1902 - DIRECTED READING Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Readings on special topics for which courses are not currently offered. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1903 - DIRECTED RESEARCH Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 6 Research on special topics for which courses are not currently offered. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1904 - INTERNSHIP Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 12 Practical experience in political science in a professional setting. Work is directed by the employer and evaluated jointly with the faculty supervisor. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	PS 1906 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Open to senior Political Science majors, the teaching assistantship consists of providing instructional support to a faculty member as well as taking on some instructional responsibilities under faculty supervision. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Practicum Grade Component: Letter Grade
	PS 1954 - POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS & WRITING Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course fulfills the final composition requirement for the degree (COMP3) and is a prerequisite to enrollment in the Political Science Capstone (PS1955) at Pitt Greensburg. The course seeks to engage students in understanding political science research methodologies, developing and matriculating research questions, best practices, and extensive development of writing, editing, and revision skills Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: LVL: Senior and PREQ: ENGCMP 0020
	PS 1955 - POLITICAL SCIENCE CAPSTONE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Capstone course for senior political science majors. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 1954 or ENGCMP 0030; LVL: Senior
	PS 1969 - STUDY ABROAD CONFLICT AND PEACEBUILDING IN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This course explores the sources and development of conflict and subsequent peace-building in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The focus is on the development of the Irish state, the rise of conflict during the Troubles in Northern Ireland between the 1960s and 1990s, and finally the establishment of a peace process and system of governance from the 1990s to present. The course includes a one week study abroad component in Ireland and Northern Ireland during Spring Break. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Psychology
	PSY 0004 - PSYCHOLOGY CAREER PLANNING SEMINAR Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 The psychology career planning seminar will acquaint you with some of the many opportunities for employment and graduate school after obtaining your bachelor’s degree. This seminar will also familiarize you with the procedures necessary to pursue those opportunities with particular emphasis on identifying and applying to graduate programs. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit Course Requirements: PLAN: PSY Major
	PSY 0010 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Summary of our present knowledge in fundamental areas of learning, sensation and perception, biological basis of behavior, developmental patterns, motivation, emotion, personality and adjustment, and measurement of behavior. Information and concepts are applied to problems in understanding human behavior. Additional out-of-class experiments or an equivalent research paper are a part of the course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req.
	PSY 0022 - INTRODUCTION TO EXISTENTIALISM Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This introductory level course explores the central existentialist question of how to be a genuine individual or self through readings of several major authors, such as Pascal, Kierkegaard, Dostoievski, Nietzsche, and Sartre. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 0032 - RESEARCH METHODS 1 Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 Laboratory course dealing with research methods in the study of behavior, with particular attention toward understanding individual social behavior. Offers a combination of field and lab research. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: STAT 0200 or STAT 1000 or STAT 1100 or NUR 0088
	PSY 0105 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 An overview of social psychology. The scientific study of how one person’s behavior and/or characteristics can influence the thoughts, feelings and behaviors of others. Topics covered include social perception, attitude formation and change; prejudice and discrimination; altruism and aggression; cooperation, competition, and bargaining; group decision making, leadership; and environmental effects on behavior. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 Course Attributes: DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
	PSY 0160 - PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Survey of major approaches to the study of personality, focusing on their relative abilities to provide coherent explanations for individual behavior. Issues involved in the assessment of personality will also be discussed and several assessment procedures evaluated. Recent research in personality psychology is reviewed and analyzed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 Course Attributes: DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement
	PSY 0175 - PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Examines the scientific study of thoughts, behaviors, emotions, and experiences that relate to the sacred. Includes a comparison of the terms religion and spirituality, and explores research methods used in the field. Surveys research and theory concerning the following topics: religious development across the lifespan, religious motivations, spiritual and mystical experiences, conversion, cults, religious fundamentalism, images of and relationships with god, the neuroscience of religion, religious coping, and religion/spirituality in applied settings (i.e., psychotherapy, assessment, consultation). Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 0177 - MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION, AND LIFE SKILLS Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 A study of mindfulness, mediation and other life skills that promote well-being. Students will learn about mindfulness, practice mindfulness exercises and participate in various mindfulness-promoting activities in and out of the classroom. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: Letter Grade
	PSY 0184 - PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is an introduction to psychological theories and research on the impact of gender on the human experience. Experiences of cisgender men and women as well as trans individuals and those who identify outside of the gender binary will be discussed. Although the focus will be on societal constructs within the United States, we will also discuss cross-cultural research. Intersections with race and sexual orientation and the influence of power will be considered in the discussion of the effects of cultural factors that determine the gendered nature of cognitive abilities, emotional expression, interpersonal relationships, victimization, labor, and health. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, Gender, Sexuality & Women’s St, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
	PSY 0186 - CROSS CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The systematic, scientific study of human behavior takes into account the diverse ecological and cultural settings in which we live. The course covers traditional topics in human psychology-perception, cognition, personality development, intergroup relations and impact of social change. Research data are emphasized. Approach is interdisciplinary, integrating material from anthropology as well as psychology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 0205 - PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides an overview of the major issues in the area of mental illness. This course emphasizes the scientific approach to understanding the major psychological and behavioral disorders. The research and clinical literatures regarding the etiology, course and treatment of these disorders will be presented. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 AND ENROLLMENT NOT PERMITTED IF CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED PSY 1205.
	PSY 0310 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The course focuses on development of the child from birth to adolescence, the current theory and research concerning social, emotional, intellectual, perceptual and language development. The organization of the course is topical. Coverage is confined to normal development; what develops, how and why in the average child. Little attention to abnormal development. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 AND ENROLLMENT NOT PERMITTED IF CURRENTLY ENROLLED, OR PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED IN PSY 0311. Course Attributes: Children’s Literature
	PSY 0311 - LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course follows human development from fetal stages until the end of life. The course includes theory, research and practical applications. Lecture topics include genetic/environmental influences; prenatal and birth factors; physical, cognitive, social, personality, and cultural variables which influence normal and abnormal development in infancy, childhood, adolescence, early-, middle-, and late adulthood. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 AND ENROLLMENT NOT PERMITTED IF CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED PSY 0310.
	PSY 0330 - EXPERIMENTAL CHILD Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 Introduces students to the scientific basis of theories and issues in child and developmental psychology. Students will learn about and apply basic methods of research in child development, including conducting a study and writing it up according to American psychological association (APA) style. Primarily organized around the child’s cognitive development, but other topics will be discussed as well. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 0335 - CHILDREN, MEDIA, AND TECHNOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Children are exposed to a large variety of media. Using the scientific studies, we will examine how media affect children’s intellectual, social, and personal development, reviewing several theories about how children and media interact Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 0402 - EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 Laboratory course offering an overview of principles of learning and behavior. Topics include Pavlovian and operant procedures, vicarious learning, generalization, and discrimination. Individual behavior modification project and lab report required. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 0405 - LEARNING AND MOTIVATION Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 This course elucidates fundamental principles of learning and motivation as derived predominantly from animal research. Focus is given to the empirical and conceptual processes underlying the facilitation and suppression of behavior, e.g. primary and conditioned reinforcement, non-reinforcement, punishment and avoidance as well as the generalization and discrimination of these processes. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 0410 - HUMAN COGNITION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course introduces students to theory and research regarding human cognition. Topics covered include how humans: sense, perceive, and attend to objects in the environment, remember certain stimuli, events, and skills, form concepts, learn, and solve problems. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 0505 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOPSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This is a survey course in which the biological bases of certain classes of behavior are explored. The behaviors studied are limb movement, sleep and wakefulness, feeding, sexual behavior and learning and memory. Each of these behaviors is considered from the point of view of which brain structures and which neurotransmitters are involved in the production of that behavior. Emphasis is also placed on experimental techniques used to obtain relevant data and on the type of inferences which can be made from these experiments. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 or any introductory BIOSC course Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req.
	PSY 0510 - SENSATION AND PERCEPTION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the nature of the mechanisms that transform sensory input into our perceptual experience of the world. Topics include structure and function of sensory system, perception of color, object, motion, etc. Both information-processing and ecological approaches to the study of perception are considered. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0170 or PSY 0010 Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req.
	PSY 0680 - INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 A survey course of contemporary practice in the field of industrial psychology. Principal topics include employee selection, testing, performance appraisal, training and development, leadership, work motivation, organizational psychology, conditions at work, engineering psychology, employee safety and health, consumer and marketing psychology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1001 - INTRO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 A survey of current problems in education which psychological theory and research can address. Topics include developmental approaches to teaching, educational applications of learning theory, classroom management, and testing strategies for teachers. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1025 - TESTS AND MEASUREMENT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course reviews representative examples of current psychological tests and covers, in some detail, the nature of psychological measurement and the elements of test theory and test construction. Topics covered include item analysis, item selection techniques, reliability, validity and validation procedures, standardization and norming, and the conceptual problems in test interpretation. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 and STAT 0200
	PSY 1035 - DRUGS AND BEHAVIORS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the influence of drugs on the brain and behavior. Topics covered include: the influence of drugs on brain functioning, the use of drugs to treat psychological abnormalities (e.g. schizophrenia, depression), and theories of drug addiction. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1056 - FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will examine the unique subfield of forensic psychology that addresses the interface between psychologists and the legal system. Specifically, the course and its namesake generally refers to the assessment and treatment of psychological disorders within the legal system. As such, this course will cover topics including the history and development of forensic psychology, common assessments conducted by forensic psychologists (including competency to stand trial), their assistance with courts’ verdict and sentencing decisions (including not guilty but mentally ill vs. Not guilty for reason of insanity), the treatment of offenders and ex-offenders, expert testimony by forensic psychologists on psychological issues, and their role in high-stakes death penalty cases. This material will emphasize the importance of the scientist-practitioner model which advocates for the application of psychological research to most effectively assess and treat individuals involved in the legal system. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1062 - SOCIAL SCIENCE AND LAW Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will examine the interplay between the social sciences (primarily psychology and criminal justice) and the legal system. Specifically, this course will initially provide an overview on social scientific and legal research. This course will then review the different roles played by and services provided by social scientists, and how they interface with the courts throughout the life cycle of criminal and civil cases. These roles and services include the writing and submission of amicus briefs, conducting research and surveys relevant to litigation, serving as experts, mental health practitioners, and trial consultants. Students should leave this course with a good understanding of social science research, but also the different ways in which social scientists interact with the courtsâand how the courts use social scienceâto make legal decisions. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1075 - HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will focus on major trends in the history of American psychology and their 18th- and 19th-century social and intellectual roots. Topics include the physiological and philosophical origins of scientific psychology; the rise of dynamic psychology in Europe and the United States; Lunacy and American Asylum care; early experimental and quantitative psychology; the influence of William James and James Mark Baldwin; the structuralism/functionalism debate; animal learning and the origins of behaviorism; World War I and mental testing; neobehaviorism; the influence of gestalt psychology; and World War II and the cognitive revolution. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1110 - PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN SEXUALITY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The course presents a social-psychological and psycho-biological orientation towards the study of human sexuality. Current research is emphasized. Topics such as sexual attitudes, hormones and behavior, changing sexual behavior, sex education, gender-role development, alternative forms of sexual expression, and violence and sex are covered. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 Course Attributes: Global Studies
	PSY 1114 - LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Psychological theory and research has historically been relevant to legal policy and judicial decision-making. Although the legal system frequently ignored much of this research throughout the 20th century, the 21st century has seen a dramatic increase in the application of psycho-legal research within the legal system. Recognizing the burgeoning field of legal psychology, the purpose of this course is to illuminate the interaction between psychology and the legal system. Due to legal psychology’s emphasis of integrating research with practice, this course covers a myriad of psychological research areas that have a direct bearing on the legal system, including: eyewitness testimony and identification, profiling, interrogations and confessions, jury selection, jury decision-making, competency to stand trial, investigative interviewing, sexual harassment, and punishment. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1130 - SPECIAL TOPICS ON PSYCHCHOLOGY OF GENDER Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 An advanced course which deals with psychological research relating to women and power. Topics covered include physical power, nonverbal perpetuation of power differences, power motivation, social power, power dynamics in the family and political power. Each semester the course has a different focus. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1131 - GENDER AND MENTAL HEALTH Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Explores the experience, origins, and treatment of mental health problems affecting men and women in American society. Examines major approaches to understanding how gender affects mental health and relies on an exploration of personal accounts of illness or personal crisis. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 and one other PSY course
	PSY 1205 - ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides an overview of the major issues in the area of mental illness. This course emphasizes the scientific approach to understanding the major psychological and behavioral disorders. The research and clinical literatures regarding the etiology, course and treatment of these disorders will be presented. PSY 1205 is only available to students who have taken it in the past and wish to improve their grade. Anyone who has not previously taken 1205 will not be allowed to enroll and should instead enroll in PSY 0205: Psychopathology (this is the same course as 1205; only the number and name have changed). If you have previously enrolled in PSY 1205 and wish to repeat it for grade improvement, you will need the permission of the Psychology Advising Office. To obtain a permission number, contact Jennifer Stapel, jstapel@pitt.edu, 3113 Sennott Square. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1210 - INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is directed toward the student seriously interested in the major issues pertaining to clinical psychology. The course provides an overview of the major therapeutic approaches and incorporates other germane issues such as history of the field, assessment issues, interviewing approaches, community psychology, behavioral medicine, and clinical research and methodology. Present therapeutic approaches are placed in the context of an evolving discipline, anchored in an empirical-scientific approach to the subject matter. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1211 - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH LAB Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 This laboratory course provides theoretical background and direct experience in practicing various clinical skills, such as building a relationship with a client, conducting therapeutic interventions, interviewing, and administering, scoring, and interpreting psychological measurements. The course also explores case conceptualization (addressing factors underlying mental health problems) and ethical issues in clinical and counseling psychology. The application of these skills and concepts are applied to such subfields as marriage and family counseling, drug counseling, group interventions, child psychology, and the prevention of mental health problems. Finally, clinical tasks such as consultation, program development, and program evaluation are explored. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: Psy 0010 and Psy 1205
	PSY 1215 - HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides an introduction to the major questions and methods which have guided the research in health psychology. This field examines the role of psychological and social factors in the development and progression of medical disease. Three main topics are covered: (1) conceptual underpinnings of health psychology, (2) psychosocial factors and specific diseases, and (3) evaluating behavioral medicine interventions. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 and one other PSY course
	PSY 1225 - PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This is an advanced course covering contemporary issues in the study of emotion. Topics considered include expressive, cognitive, biological and social aspects of emotion and the role of emotion in psychopathology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1252 - INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND THERAPY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Theories and techniques used to enhance mental well-being and recovery from mental illness, involving interactions between one client and one mental health professional. Lecture, experiential learning, and reflection are used to enhance knowledge and micro skills within the field of individual counseling and therapy. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 1205 or PSY 0205
	PSY 1270 - CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course considers research and theory which bear on the development of psychological disorders in children. Biological and environmental factors which contribute to childhood disorders are considered with special emphasis on the role of the family. Childhood psychosis, hyperactivity, and depression are studied to illustrate theoretical models and empirical findings. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1300 - CLINICAL SKILLS: UNDERSTANDING YOUR CLIENT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Concepts and application of psychological interviews and tests used in counseling and clinical psychology. Lecture, experiential learning, and reflection are used to enhance knowledge and micro skills within the field of applied psychological assessment. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 and (PSY 1205 or PSY 0205)
	PSY 1325 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is an introductory survey of methods, theories, and research on the personality and social development of humans from infancy through early adolescence in the United States. This course examines individual development: how people come to be who they are, and how change and continuity work together over time. First comes an investigation of starting points in development. We will study the infant’s first social relationship, and we will try to understand the connection between early temperament and mature personality. Basic concepts of developmental theory will also be introduced. Next we examine how children function within increasingly complex and varied social environments such as families, peer groups, and educational settings. Topics covered include self-development, sex differences and gender role development, achievement motivation, prosocial behavior/altruism, moral development, and antisocial behavior. This upper level course is designed for psychology majors. The course may be of interest to other advanced undergraduate students who are interested in psychology, child and adolescent development, education, and related disciplines. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1330 - DVLPMNTL PSYCH: COGNITV DEVELP Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course covers major areas of cognitive and intellectual development with an emphasis on learning and memory. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1350 - COUPLES AND RELATIONSHIPS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course explores couple dynamics, functioning, and development. Additional topics include systems theories, attachment theories, research on relationship success, predictors of divorce, conflict management, friend systems within couples, and causes of infidelity. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1355 - ADOLESCENCE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The period of adolescence will first be studied from both a psychological and sociological perspective. Focus is on the individual as he/she experiences physical, cognitive, and social changes. Contributions of such theorists as Freud, Erikson, and Piaget are highlighted. A number of critical issues and conflicts of adolescence are discussed i.e. the generation gap, sex roles and behaviors, juvenile delinquency. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1370 - FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The course provides an overview of families, relationships, and marriage and its variations. Evolving perspectives on the family are considered, as are challenges and opportunities facing contemporary families. Specific topics include sexuality, gender, love, reproduction, parenting, work, uncoupling, and remarriage. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1407 - COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Various theories and practices of counseling and psychotherapy, including psychoanalytic therapy, person-centered therapy, gestalt therapy, behavior therapy, and rational emotive therapy. Communication skills and ethical issues are addressed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1435 - BEHAVIOR CONTROL IN SOCIETY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides an overview of the scientific principles used in behavior management and examines some of the uses of behavior management in various work settings, other institutional settings, in governmental control and in open society. The relation of the uses of behavior control procedures to ethics, social planning, and individual freedom are explored. Behavior analysis serves as the basis for examining traditional management of people as it is found in a variety of social situations without the intervention of experts in behavior management. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1445 - BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides an introduction to animal behavior. It surveys fundamental concepts such as evolution, genetics, adaptation, and learning as well as research methods used to understand animal behavior. Primate species are emphasized. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: Psy 0010; Sophomore
	PSY 1460 - MEMORY AND MEMORIZATION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Why is it that some things seem so easy to learn and others seem so difficult? Is it possible to train memory? What changes in the brain when we learn and remember? In this class you will explore various methods of learning to gain an understanding of the complexities of human memory. You will work on training your memory and determine how much your memory can improve, and how much those improvements generalize from one form of memory to the next. Along the way, you will learn about the major theories of memory and identify which learning techniques result in the best memory performance. You will also gain knowledge about the neural bases of learning and memory. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1475 - APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the extension of basic behavioral research to problems of social significance. Among the topics covered are the concepts and terminology of behavior analysis, ethical considerations, and techniques for the collection and display of behavioral data, functional assessment of problem behavior, and the use of behavioral treatments to reduce problem behaviors and promote appropriate behaviors. Also surveyed are areas in which applied behavior analysis has been particularly successful, including autism, self-injurious behaviors, feeding disorders, and developmental disabilities. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1485 - ADVANCED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is an upper-level class in behavior analysis that expands on the learning principles and their applications covered in the prerequisite classes. Students will be exposed to methods of behavioral assessment, strategies for selecting intervention outcomes, behavior change procedures, systems supports, and the Behavior Analysis Certification Board’s (BACB’s) guidelines for responsible conduct. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010, PSY 0402, PSY 1475
	PSY 1495 - ADVANCED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is a continuation of PSY 1485 (advanced behavior analysis), and addresses a variety of behavior principles including stimulus control, generalization, motivating operations, verbal behavior, conditioned reinforcement, and self-control. The behavior principles are examined theoretically and in terms of their applicability to clinically-relevant problem behaviors, teaching new skills, instructional design, and industry. Particular attention is paid to selecting and implementing behavior-change techniques. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 and (PSY 0402 or PSY 1475)
	PSY 1525 - NEUROPSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the relationship between psychological and brain processes. Topics covered include: 1) environmental and genetic influences on the brain and psychological processes, 2) brain organization, development, and plasticity, and 3) the neural correlates of sensations, perceptions, thoughts, memories, stress, dreams, emotions, and motivations. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1570 - HISTORY AND SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Designed as an interdisciplinary examination of the evolution of the field of psychology. Time is spent on obtaining a solid understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of the discipline of psychology. From the early Greek philosophers on the early emerging discipline of psychology is examined by tracing the development and historical lineage of different schools of thought up to the modern era. Emphasis is on the relationship of psychology to the fields of history and philosophy, and how schools of thought fit into empiricist and rationalist traditions. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
	PSY 1620 - CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the psychological factors that influence the way consumers select products and services. Ways to influence buying patterns are examined. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1635 - ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will provide broad exposure to the field of industrial/organizational psychology. Course topics will include (but are not limited to) personnel selection, training, worker motivation, job attitudes, performance appraisal, leadership, and career development. The class format will include multiple hands-on assignments to assist the student in understanding how psychological theories can be applied in a work context. Grades will also be derived from performance on formal tests. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1640 - PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This advanced undergraduate course covers such topics as mind-body reductionism, behaviorism, functionalism, cognitivism, and the relation of artificial intelligence research to Psychological Theory. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: One PHIL or one PSY course
	PSY 1720 - PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF TRAUMA Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 An advanced course that addresses the importance of both single-blow and chronic forms of trauma, neglect and abuse in mental disorders and adjustment. The class provides an in-depth exploration of current theory and research on trauma; explores controversies or debates in the field surrounding diagnosis and treatment, memory, and selfhood; and encourages exposure to original research and writing in the professional literature. The holocaust is examined as an important example of trauma, remembrance, and healing. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 and one other PSY course
	PSY 1902 - DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL READING Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Under special circumstances, psychology majors can design an individual reading course with a member of the department and in consultation with the graduate advisor. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1903 - DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 This course involves student participation in individual experimental research supervised by a member of the department faculty. This course is particularly valuable for students interested in graduate study in psychology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	PSY 1910 - SUPERVISED FIELD PLACEMENT Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 6 Field placement experience in psychology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 1205; LVL: junior; and permission of instructor
	PSY 1911 - SUPERVISED FIELD PLACEMENT IN BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 6 The purpose of this course is to provide students with hands-on experience in behavior analysis and to satisfy, in part, the requirements for the supervised independent fieldwork as outlined by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). Students will gain experience collecting data, defining target behavior, conducting functional behavior assessments, identifying and selecting reinforcers, designing acceleration and deceleration procedures, creating and implementing treatment plans, and training staff and parents. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0402, PSY 1475
	PSY 1912 - DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL READING Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Under special circumstances, psychology majors can design an individual reading course with a member of the department and in consultation with the graduate advisor. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1913 - DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 This course involves student participation in individual experimental research supervised by a member of the department faculty. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1920 - RESEARCH PRACTICUM Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Students work on research projects or the analysis of data, acquiring advanced training or practice with literature searching and review procedures, data entry, statistical analysis, article preparation, article submission, etc. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Practicum Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PSY 1925 - SENIOR THESIS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is intended as a capstone offering for all psychology majors, and is designed to give students practice in advanced skills useful for developing a final integrative psychology project. Students will develop competence in each of the following core areas: conducting literature searches on the internet, critically reading journal or research articles, and conducting simple computer data analysis. They will then use these skills and their general training in psychology to develop a final individual or group project. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0402 or 0330 and 0032; LVL: Senior

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PS 1261 - AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY

PS 1311 - WESTERN EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

PS 1314 - GERMAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

PS 1317 - POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

PS 1318 - EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

PS 1321 - LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS

PS 1346 - POLITICAL EAST EUROPE

PS 1361 - COMPARATIVE POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEMS

PS 1369 - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND

PS 1396 - REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS

PS 1501 - THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

PS 1503 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

PS 1504 - NATIONALISM

PS 1511 - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

PS 1513 - FOREIGN POLICIES—CHANGING WORLD

PS 1514 - POLITICAL STRATEGY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

PS 1531 - NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY

PS 1541 - POLITICS GLOBAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS

PS 1601 - ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT

PS 1602 - EARLY MODERN AND ENLIGHTENMENT POLITICAL THOUGHT

PS 1603 - MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT

PS 1607 - AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

PS 1610 - POLITICAL THEORY OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDING

PS 1629 - TOPICS IN POLITICAL THEORY

PS 1664 - POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHYy

PS 1836 - POLITICS THROUGH FILM

PS 1900 - INTERNSHIP

PS 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

PS 1902 - DIRECTED READING

PS 1903 - DIRECTED RESEARCH

PS 1904 - INTERNSHIP

PS 1906 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP

PS 1954 - POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS & WRITING

PS 1955 - POLITICAL SCIENCE CAPSTONE

PS 1969 - STUDY ABROAD CONFLICT AND PEACEBUILDING IN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND

PSY 0004 - PSYCHOLOGY CAREER PLANNING SEMINAR

PSY 0010 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 0022 - INTRODUCTION TO EXISTENTIALISM

PSY 0032 - RESEARCH METHODS 1

PSY 0105 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 0160 - PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY

PSY 0175 - PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

PSY 0177 - MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION, AND LIFE SKILLS

PSY 0184 - PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSY 0186 - CROSS CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 0205 - PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

PSY 0310 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 0311 - LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

PSY 0330 - EXPERIMENTAL CHILD

PSY 0335 - CHILDREN, MEDIA, AND TECHNOLOGY

PSY 0402 - EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING

PSY 0405 - LEARNING AND MOTIVATION

PSY 0410 - HUMAN COGNITION

PSY 0505 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOPSYCHOLOGY

PSY 0510 - SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

PSY 0680 - INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 1001 - INTRO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 1025 - TESTS AND MEASUREMENT

PSY 1035 - DRUGS AND BEHAVIORS

PSY 1056 - FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 1062 - SOCIAL SCIENCE AND LAW

PSY 1075 - HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 1110 - PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN SEXUALITY

PSY 1114 - LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 1130 - SPECIAL TOPICS ON PSYCHCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSY 1131 - GENDER AND MENTAL HEALTH

PSY 1205 - ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 1210 - INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 1211 - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH LAB

PSY 1215 - HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 1225 - PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTION

PSY 1252 - INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND THERAPY

PSY 1270 - CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

PSY 1300 - CLINICAL SKILLS: UNDERSTANDING YOUR CLIENT

PSY 1325 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

PSY 1330 - DVLPMNTL PSYCH: COGNITV DEVELP

PSY 1350 - COUPLES AND RELATIONSHIPS