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Hard copies of the course listings for the upcoming
semester can be obtained in the Psychology Building, Room 101. _______________________________________________________________________________ In addition to courses listed below, psychology graduate students may enroll in 100 level or higher classes, both in the psychology department and university-wide. Graduate students may also enroll in courses offered by other schools in the consortium.
Graduate
Courses PSYCHOLOGY 203 (Seminar in Physiological Psychology) Contemporary and historical issues in the relationship between physiology and behavior. Topics chosen for this semester will depend on student interest.
PSYCHOLOGY 212
(Psychopathology)
This course will explore in depth the current research regarding the
phenomenology, classification, biology, course, and treatment of major
psychiatric disorders. The use of cognitive and neuroscience methods to
study patients with psychiatric disorders will be emphasized
PSYCHOLOGY 213
(Contemporary Problems in
Social Psychology) Topics to be covered include attribution theory,
interpersonal attraction, and social attitudes.
PSYCHOLOGY 214
(Seminar in Social Psychology) Multidisciplinary approaches to
the study of social thought and behavior. Readings and discussions will
explore the utility of integrating social-psychological perspectives
with other perspectives (e.g., developmental, personality, and clinical) to arrive at a more comprehensive view of human
behavior. Topics will vary from year to year.
PSYCHOLOGY 218
(Developmental Theory and Research) Contemporary problems in
developmental psychology related to developmental theory.
PSYCHOLOGY 229 (Cognitive Neuroscience)
PSYCHOLOGY 231
(Graduate Core Seminar in Biopsychology) The goal of this course is to
help graduate students integrate neurobiology and its methods with
behavioral and motivational issues in psychology. We will cover the
essentials of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and neurochemistry and use
that information to understand current theories and experiments on the
biological bases of sexual behavior and sexual differentiation, hunger
and body weight control, and learning and memory. Readings will include
texts in neuroscience and original literature in physiological
psychology. We will discuss the readings and in these discussions I will
take into account the varying levels of familiarity with this literature
and the different interests of the students. This heterogeneity can be
an asset in a seminar and lead to the uncovering of some interesting
alternative perspectives. During the semester each student will pick one
topic in physiological psychology to research in depth and write a paper
on that subject. In addition, there will be a comprehensive exam at the
end of the course.
PSYCHOLOGY 232 (Core Course in Cognitive Psychology) An integrative survey of cognitive psychology focusing on the broad theoretical issues that pervade the field, such as, the nature of knowledge representation, discrete versus continuous processing, connectionism versus symbolic processing, and other aspects of cognitive architecture. These issues will be related to specific content areas, such as attention, memory, language processing, reasoning and problem solving, cognitive development, social cognition, animal cognition, and neuroscience (particularly electrophysiology).
PSYCHOLOGY 233
(Core Course in Social Psychology) This course offers an advanced
overview of theory and research in social psychology. The major
representative topic areas to be covered include person perception,
social cognition, social influence, aggression, altruism and attitudes.
Several special topics representing current developments in the field
will also be discussed (e.g., personality and social behavior; life-span
social psychology). In addition to discussing prevalent theoretical
perspectives, typical methodological strategies will be critically
evaluated. The course format will consist of mini-lectures and
demonstrations, seminar-style discussions and student presentations.
This course fulfills one of the core course requirement in the graduate
curriculum of the Psychology Department.
PSYCHOLOGY 234
(Core Course in Developmental Psychology) This course offers an advanced
overview of current perspectives and issues in developmental psychology.
Topics to be covered include perceptual-motor development, language
acquisition and rules of cognitive development. These will be linked to
social development. Emphasis will be placed on development as a process
in time and on the determinants and constraints which affect that
process. Course format will be variable, including mini-lectures,
seminar-style discussions, and student presentations.
PSYCHOLOGY 240 (Mathematical Psychology)
Survey of quantitative models and modeling techniques useful in
psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY 242 (Seminar in
Affective Neuroscience) Graduate seminar on the systems-level brain
bases of emotion. Topics usually include basic theories of emotion,
positive and negative affect, hemispheric asymmetries, emotional memory,
emotion regulation, and selected topics in common forms of
psychopathology such as depression.
PSYCHOLOGY 243 (Structure and Process in Cognitive Theory) This seminar focuses on problems of distinguishing between theoretical cognitive structures and processes, and empirical methods for separating structural and processing components of performance in particular cognitive domains. Topics include computation versus search in models of semantic memory; analog versus propositional knowledge representation in models of mental imagery; attention; automaticity, and modularity.
PSYCHOLOGY 244
(Cognition/Learning) Seminar on contemporary issues in the areas of
cognition, memory and learning.
PSYCHOLOGY 247 (Nature of Scientific Discoveries) This seminar will focus on the cognitive and social processes of scientific discovery. What thought processes are involved in making important discoveries? Why are some more successful at this than others. How do we identify important problems for study? Is there a science to conducting science? Are there ways that we can enhance our own chances of making an important contribution to science by examining these processes? These and related questions will form and inform the discussion in this class.
PSYCHOLOGY 250
(Seminar on Decision Making and Judgment) How people reason about
probability, risk, value and choice. When and why people deviate from
the prescriptions of purely rational theories.
PSYCHOLOGY 260 (Seminar: Teaching in Psychology) This seminar focuses on how to teach and related pedagogical issues. Because it is designed to help prepare students for being a teaching assistant, this course is strongly suggested as the one to take in meeting the master's degree requirements.
PSYCHOLOGY 261 (Seminar on Research/Teaching in Psychology) This seminar focuses on research-related issues. Topics to be covered include, for instance, writing a research article, grant writing and preparation, and laboratory management. The seminar is to work in tandem with meeting the fourth-year writing requirement.
PSYCHOLOGY 291, 292 (formerly PSYCHOLOGY 293, 294) (Graduate Individual Research) Guided individual experimentation in an approved area.
PSYCHOLOGY 295, 296 (Master's Thesis) Guided research on a topic that has been approved as a suitable subject for a Master's thesis.
PSYCHOLOGY 297, 298 (Doctoral Dissertation) Guided research on a topic that has been approved as a suitable subject for a doctoral dissertation.
PSYCHOLOGY 401, 402 (PT/FT Masters Continuation, Masters Degree only)
PSYCHOLOGY 501, 502 (PT/FT Doctoral Continuation, Ph.D. Degree only)
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