POS 495: Directed Study in Political Science. Course content, instructional activities, and student assignments are tailored to specific needs. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.
POS 499: Senior Colloquium. Prerequisite: Senior Classification. This course is designed to develop analytical skills, interpretation and research; and to nurture intellectual self/reliance and critical thinking. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PSY 200: General Psychology. A first course in human behavior. Among the topics covered are heredity and environment, development of the individual, motivation, emotion, perception, personality, and abnormal behavior. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PSY 215: Orientation to Psychology. A course focused on preparing students to write in the discipline, meet and learn about psychology faculty research interests, introduction to research methods, and statistical analyses in the behavioral sciences. Prerequisite/Co-requisite: PSY 200 & grade of C or above in MAT 111; Psychology Majors Only or consent of the instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PSY 223: Theories and Methods in Developmental Psychology. Prerequisite: PSY 200. Theories and research methods of developmental psychology, including psychoanalytic, cognitive, and behavioral methodologies. The development of language, personality, cognition, and social behavior are also explored. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PSY 300: Statistics for BSS. Prerequisite: A background in basic algebra. This course serves as an introduction to the use of statistics as a method of describing and analyzing data from research in the behavioral and social sciences. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PSY 301: Research Methods for BSS. Prerequisite: PSY/POS/SOC 300 or consent of advisor or instructor. This course introduces the basic logic, knowledge, and skills of research design and methodology in the behavioral and social sciences. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PSY 223: Theories and Methods of Developmental Psychology. Prerequisite: PSY 200. Theories and research methods of developmental psychology, including psychoanalytic, cognitive, and behavioral methodologies. The development of language, personality, cognition, and social behavior are also explored. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PSY 304: Experimental Psychology. May be taken concurrently with PSY 301. An introduction to laboratory procedures and the use of experimental designs to study psychological processes. A laboratory course. Prerequisites: PSY 200. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PSY 320: History and Systems of Psychology. Exploration of the history of psychology as a scientific approach to understanding behavior from the ancient Greeks to the present, with a focus on the last two centuries. Prerequisite: PSY 200 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PSY 399: Seminar in Psychology. A specific area of psychology will be studied based on current trends and students' needs. This course serves as a precursor to PSY 499, Senior Colloquium. Students begin work on their Senior Colloquium papers as part of this course. Prerequisite: PSY 301. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PSY 400: Abnormal Psychology. A study of the nature and concept of abnormality; problems and schemes of classification; and the theories, symptoms, etiology, and treatment of deviant behavior. Prerequisite: PSY 200. Credit: 3 semester hours.