• PSYC 3160

    Cognitive Neuroscience
     Rating

    3.13

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.08

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course is intended as a survey of cognitive neuroscience, with an emphasis on breadth. Each week we will cover one sub-area or topic within cognitive neuroscience including perception, attention, memory, cognitive control and others. Readings will be chapters from the textbook with a few supplemental journal articles. PSYC 2150 and/or PSYC 2200 recommended but not required.

  • PSYC 3235

    Introduction to Epigenetics
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.86

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course is a didactic, mechanistic exploration of epigenetics; we will discuss all epigenetic modifications known to date, the processes through which they are established and modified and their impact on the cell and organism.

  • PSYC 3240

    Animal Minds
     Rating

    3.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.25

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course looks at the evolutionary basis of cognition through the lens of animal behavior, with an emphasis on understanding how general mechanisms of perception and learning interact with more specialized systems for navigation, social interaction, and planning to produce the rich behavioral adaptations seen throughout the animal kingdom.

  • PSYC 3310

    RM: R Applications in Psychology
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    1.20

     GPA

    3.89

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course serves as both an introduction to the R programming language for those who haven't had any previous R background, as well as a refresher and an extension of R topics for those who have taken an intro to R course (i.e., STAT 1601 or PSYC 3006) previously or concurrently. This course is specially tailored to those who have an interest in psychology, with the purpose of preparing students to use R for their psychological research.

  • PSYC 3415

    Research Methods in Developmental Psychology
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.91

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This methods course provides hands-on experience designing and conducting research in developmental psychology. The course is intended to guide students through the research process, including generating research questions, evaluating previous literature, proposing an original experiment, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting findings.

  • PSYC 3439

    RM: Social Psychology
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.99

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Introduction to research methods used to explore current issues in social psychology. This course provides hands-on learning experiences in research design, data collection and analysis, and reporting of research findings.

  • PSYC 3480

    Adolescence: Theory and Development
     Rating

    4.71

     Difficulty

    2.62

     GPA

    3.41

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Course focus: 1) Background and theories of adolescence, 2) contributions to adolescence from: puberty, intellectual growth, and identify formation, 3) contexts of adolescence: the family situation, peer groups, school, and culture, 4) special topics of adolescence; religious, moral, and sexual development, sex roles, career planning (and achievement), disorders (drugs, delinquency, depression, suicide, etc.). Prerequisite: PSYC 2700 or 6 hours in Psychology.

  • PSYC 3560

    Undergraduate Teaching Experience
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Training for undergraduate teaching assistants to promote course material to assist students enrolled in Psyc active learning courses to perform activities designed for the corresponding discussion/lab section.

  • PSYC 3590

    Research in Psychology
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    An original experimental project is undertaken in which each student is responsible for the design and operation of the experiment. S/U grading. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 14 credits of psychology and instructor permission.

  • PSYC 3990

    RM: Group Process and Facilitation I
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    1.00

     GPA

    3.93

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Group Process and Facilitation is a 2-semester, 4- or 5-credit course sequence. In semester 1, students learn background knowledge and skills related to: advanced reflective listening, group processes and management, leadership and facilitation. Students also participate in their own Hoos Connected group. In semester 2, students are eligible to co-facilitate 1-2 Hoos Connected group(s) and also receive weekly group supervision.