PSY - Psychology

Focuses on the scientific study of behavior including motivation, emotion, physiological psychology, stress and coping, research methods, consciousness, sensation, perception, learning and memory.

Focuses on the scientific study of behavior including cognition, language, intelligence, psychological assessment, personality, abnormal psychology, therapy, life span development, sex, gender, sexuality, and social psychology.

Focuses on interactions among people including their conflicts, cooperative efforts, and group relationships. This course examines why beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors cause relationship problems in our personal lives and in work-related situations. Additionally, this course emphasizes the analysis of human behavior, the application of prevention strategies, and resolution of the behavior.

Identifies the physiological, emotional and behavioral aspects of stress. Techniques of stress reduction and management are explored and applied, including nutrition, exercise, assertiveness, time management, and financial management.

Examines gender comparisons in work, courtship, family life, and sexual behavior throughout the life span.

Surveys physiological, psychological, and psychosocial aspects of human sexuality. Topics include relationships, sexual identity, and sexual health. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS3 category.

Focuses on the behavior of humans in a wide variety of social settings and the social influences humans have on each other in those settings.

Examines philosophies of life and death emphasizing dying, death, mourning, and the consideration of one’s own death. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS3 category.

Focuses on human strengths and explores strengths-based research and concepts of life satisfaction, well-being, happiness, helpfulness, resiliency, post-traumatic growth, and improving emotional, psychological, and social functioning. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS3 category.

Emphasizes personal growth and the development of interpersonal skills. Focuses on the practical application of psychological principles and theories in achieving self-understanding and personal growth.

Examines human development from conception through death emphasizing physical, cognitive, emotional and psychosocial factors.

Focuses on growth and development of the individual from conception through childhood, emphasizing physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial factors.

Explores human development from conception through adolescence, emphasizing physical cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial factors.

Focuses on the relationships between theory, research, and practice in the areas of learning, child development, motivation, and educational assessment.

Examines the causes and effects of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and neglect. This course emphasizes intervention and prevention strategies.

Examines abnormal behavior and its classification, causes, treatment, and prevention.

Examines the structure, function, and development of personality. Investigates the major contemporary theories of personality. Covers psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive-social learning, humanistic, trait, and optionally neurobiological, existential and /or Eastern perspectives. The underlying assumptions and research support for these theories are appraised. Enables the student to gain an appreciation of the value of alternative theoretical approaches to this subfield of psychology.