The Courses

The department of Psychological and Brain Sciences typically offers two to five 200+ level elective courses and ten to fifteen courses that satisfy the advanced seminar, small course, or lab course requirement each semester.  Topics vary from semester to semester. All Psychology required courses (see: The Major) are offered every semester.

(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

100 Introductory Psychology (SB) 4 cr (both sem)

191B Principles of Biology 1 cr.

201H What Makes Us Human

209H Myths and Truths in Psychology

217 Psychology of Cruelty and Kindness

240 Statistics in Psychology (R2) 4 cr (both sem)

241 Methods of Inquiry in Psychology 4 cr (both sem)

298SP SPACE Peer Mentoring Program 1 cr. (both sem)

310 Sensation and Perception

314 Cognitive Neuroscience 

315 Cognitive Psychology (314 OR 315 each sem)

318 Psychology of Language

320 Learning and Thinking (both sem)

321 Forensic Psychology

330 Introduction to Neuroscience (both sem)

335 Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

350 Developmental Psychology (both sem)

355 Adolescent Psychology

360 Social Psychology (both sem)

365 Psychology of Aging

367 Organizational Psychology

368 Health Psychology

370 Personality (SB) 4 cr

380 Abnormal Psychology (both sem)

383 Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy

384 Child & Adolescent Psychopathology

387 Autism Spectrum Disorder

391 Seminar (both sem)

392A Junior Year Writing Seminar 4 cr (both sem)

430 Laboratory in Neuroscience

480 Intellectual Disability: Concepts and Controversies

481 Impact of Disabilities on Families

491 Seminar

494PI Professional Development in Psychology 1 cr (both sem)

535 Drugs and Behavior

581 Applied Behavior Analysis

591 Seminar