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Discipline: Humanities & Social Sciences: Psychology

Course Name	Course Number	Objectives
Abnormal Psychology	PSYC 19	Identify and analyze major psychological disorders using signs and symptoms from the current DSM. Identify and apply theoretical perspectives used to describe the causes of mental disorders.
Biological Psychology	PSYC 1B	Identify the major anatomical structures, and their functions, of the nervous system. Students will apply biopsychological principles/ findings to their own lives. Identify the major structures and main sequence of events of neural chemical transmission.
Developmental Psychology	PSYC 14	Apply major theories in developmental psychology. Evaluate the relative contributions of nature and nurture to human development.
Developmental Psychology - Honors	PSYCH 14H	Apply major theories in developmental psychology. Evaluate the relative contributions of nature and nurture to human development.
Introduction to Child Psychology	PSYC 15	Compare theories of child psychology. Apply physical (including changes in the brain), cognitive, and psychosocial (social, emotional and personality) changes throughout childhood (infancy through adolescence) to explain children's behavior.
Introduction to Psychology	PSYC 1A	Differentiate the major theoretical perspectives of psychology. Demonstrate psychology is a science by explaining how psychology utilizes the scientific method. Apply psychological principles to personal observations and / or experiences.
Introduction to Psychology - Honors	PSYC 1AH	Apply psychological principles to personal experiences. Be able to differentiate the major theoretical perspectives of psychology. Explain how psychology utilizes the scientific method
Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology	PSYC 3	Compare and contrast the various research designs and describe their relative strengths and weaknesses. Describe the process of answering psychological questions from a scientific perspective.
Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology - Honors	PSYC 3H	Compare and contrast the various research designs and describe their relative strengths and weaknesses. Describe the process of answering psychological questions from a scientific perspective.
Introduction to Social Psychology	PSYC 20	Describe the ways in which principles gleaned from social psychological research apply to real world problems and issues. Evaluate the reciprocal impact of the individual on social contexts, including social cognition, interpersonal attraction, discrimination, attitudes, conformity, obedience, aggression, and group dynamics.
Psychology for Effective Living	PSYC 33	Understand the processes by which psychological factors influence physical health. Students will demonstrate meaningful self-evaluation related to increasing their lifelong personal well-being. Identify stressors in your own life and evaluate the effectiveness of your coping strategies. (replaces previous SLO #1)
Psychology of Reasoning and Problem Solving	PSYC 5	Identify correct and erroneous reasoning. Apply critical thinking skills to solve intra personal and interpersonal problems using psychological principles. Distinguish between emotional and logical problem solving and how they relate to different situations.
Psychology of Sexuality	PSYC 26	Demonstrate meaningful self-evaluation related to increasing your lifelong personal well-being. Identify and describe sexual and reproductive anatomy, physiology, and sexual responses. Describe differences in sexual attitudes and behaviors based on diversity.
Special Projects in Psychology	PSYC 99	Evaluate information from a minimum of five sources (professional journals or other sources approved by the instructor) that relate to the project. Complete a quality project from start to finish. This includes a proposal, data collection and analysis, and communication of results.
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences	PSYC 10	Perform and evaluate descriptive (e.g., mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation) and inferential (e.g., Pearson correlation, t tests, z test, and one-way analysis of variance) statistics. Using SPSS software, correctly input data, analyze data, and interpret output for descriptive statistics, t tests, correlation, and one-way analysis of variance.
The Psychology of Women	PSYC 25	Describe, compare and contrast the predominant theories of gender development. Identify gender role messages in popular culture. Demonstrate meaningful self-evaluation related to the role of gender in your personal experience. Explain the concept of privilege as it relates to various minority groups.

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