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This course focuses on the study of perception, cognition, and social processes.

This advanced course provides students with an in-depth study of the major theories of learning, their historical and contemporary proponents, as well as their applications to both human and animal behavior. In addition, students will be encouraged to critique /evaluate each theoretical perspective and their associated research methodologies, and will be challenged to develop their psychological vocabularies relative to this specific subdiscipline of the field.

This course focuses on the study of the nervous and endocrine systems and on there roles in influencing behaviors.

This course explores the development, dynamics, social significance, and theoretical implications and treatment of deviant behavior. The concepts of normality and abnormality in relation to cultural norms and stereotypes are examined. The course should prove particularly useful to students planning a career in the helping professions.

This course is a study of the interpersonal characteristics and personality traits that are essential for successful counselors and psychotherapists. Communication skills are emphasized and practiced throughout the course. This course would be important for anyone who will be working in the helping professions, but would also be useful for anyone who is interested in improving interpersonal communication skills

This course provides students with a basic knowledge of the varied theories and techniques used in professional psychotherapy and counseling. Both academic and experiential learning are included. This course should be particularly useful to students interested in careers in one of the helping professions. Enrollment is limited to 12 students.

This course reviews the applications of empirically-supported psychological theories to the criminal justice system. Theories in perception, personality, memory, problem-solving, and psycho-physiology are extended to explain validity of eyewitness testimony, lie detection devices, jury selection, jury decision-making, problems in interrogations, criminal profiling, and criminal trials of the mentally ill. Students discuss these areas while upholding the ethical principles of objectivity. We recommend this course for students interested in a criminal justice.

This upper-level course provides students with a broad overview of the development of the field of scientific psychology. A review of the philosophical and physiological roots of the discipline is provided as is a detailed presentation of how modern psychology evolved via its numerous theoretical and methodological approaches.