| Psychology | PSCH | 403 | Writing for Social Scientists | 3 hours. | Training to write for the social sciences, including how to edit effectively, formulate a thesis statement, construct an argument, and begin and conclude a paper. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: PSCH 303 or PSCH 399 or any laboratory course in psychology. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 411 | Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism | 3 hours. | Psychological research and theory concerning stereotyping, prejudice, and racism. Historical conceptualization, development, causes, expression, and psychological consequences of prejudice, as well as theories of prejudice reduction. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in psychology or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 415 | Social Bases of Health Behavior | 3 hours. | Psychological theory and research concerning the coronary-prone personality, pain management, controlling adherence to medical regimens, biofeedback, smoking, and weight control. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 270 and consent of the instructor, or graduate standing. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 417 | Psychology and Law | 3 hours. | Application of psychological theories to the development, operation and effects of law; evaluation of different and similar approaches of law and psychology. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 312 or consent of instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 420 | Social Development of Urban Children | 3 OR 4 hours. | General principles of social development and socialization during childhood and the factors common to urban children that illustrate and modify these principles. Same as EPSY 420. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Admission to a graduate program in education or psychology, or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 422 | Advanced Developmental Psychology and Educational Processes | 3 hours. | Focuses on cognitive and social development from birth to adolescence. Examines relations between development, learning, and educational processes. Same as ED 422. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 100 and any one from ED 210, PSCH 259, PSCH 320; or graduate standing and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 423 | Characteristics of Early Adolescence | 3 hours. | Physiological, social, emotional and cognitive development of early adolescence. The relationship between these developmental characteristics and success in the middle grades. Same as EPSY 446. Prerequisite(s): ED 210 or ED 421 or ED 422 or PSCH 422 or the equivalent, and approval of the College of Education; or admission to the Ph.D. in Psychology program; or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 429 | Constructivist Approaches to Development: Piaget and Vygotsky | 3 OR 4 hours. | Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories of development of knowledge. Empirical and logico-mathematical forms of knowledge. Thought and action. Thought and language. Same as EPSY 429. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ED 422 or PSCH 422 or the equivalent and graduate standing in education or graduate standing in psychology or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 443 | Advanced Statistics | 3 hours. | Design and analysis of experiments: between, within factorial and mixed factorial designs and introduction to multiple regression. For students planning research careers or advanced degrees. 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 343. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 452 | Cognitive Psychology of Memory and Attention | 3 hours. | A survey of empirical research and theories concerning the human memory system and the encoding, retention, retrieval of information in that system and research and theories of attention. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; or PSCH 352 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 454 | Cognitive Psychology of Language | 3 hours. | Provides students with a survey of methods, theory and research in language and discourse processing. Same as COMM 454, and LING 474. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 455 | Cognitive Psychology of Thinking | 3 hours. | Introduces students to research and theory concerning higher mental processes, including problem solving, reasoning, judgment, and decision making. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; or PSCH 352 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 457 | Cognitive Psychology of Skill and Knowledge Acquisition | 3 hours. | The course approaches learning from a variety of cognitive perspectives. The instruction is organized around discussions of original research articles. Prerequisite(s): Previous knowledge of Cognitive Psychology (with at least an undergraduate survey course) or admittance into the Cognitive Division graduate program. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 459 | Cognitive Methods | 3 hours. | Hands-on training in the methods of cognitive psychology, especially computational modeling and the analysis of verbal protocols and other types of trace data. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 460 | Advanced Learning | 3 hours. | Methods, results, and interpretation of experimental studies of basic learning processes in animal and human subjects. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; or PSCH 360 and PSCH 361 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 462 | Neural Basis of Learning and Memory | 3 hours. | Theory and research on the anatomical, electrophysiological and chemical bases of learning and memory in humans and other animals. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; or PSCH 262 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 465 | Neural Basis of Perception | 3 hours. | Psychophysical and physiological studies of sensory systems and processes. Primary emphasis on the early processing of visual stimuli. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; or PSCH 351 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 466 | Neural Basis of Motivation | 3 hours. | Review of empirical data and theories concerning the physiological basis of motivational processes in animals and humans. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; or PSCH 262 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 467 | Fundamentals of Neuroscience | 3 hours. | Basic principles of neurophysiology and neuropharmacology including logic bases of nerve action, chemistry of synapses and actions of pharmacological agents. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 262 or graduate standing. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 481 | Interviewing | 1 hours. | Lecture on the theory and practice of clinical interviewing with supervised experience. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in psychology or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 483 | Neuroanatomy | 4 hours. | Organization of the nervous system, with an emphasis on mammals. Same as BIOS 483 and NEUS 483. Animals used in instruction. Prerequisite(s): BIOS 272 or BIOS 286 or BIOS 325 or PSCH 262; or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 484 | Neuroscience I | 3 hours. | Neuroscience as an integrative discipline. Neuroanatomy of vertebrates, neural development, cellular neurobiology, action potential mechanisms, synaptic transmission and neuropharmacology. Same as BIOS 484 and PHIL 484. Prerequisite(s): BIOS 286 or PSCH 262. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 485 | Neuroscience II | 3 hours. | Integrative neuroscience; continuation of BIOS/PSCH/PHIL 484. Sensory and motor systems; learning, memory, and language. Pathology of nervous systems. Philosophical perspectives, and modeling. Same as BIOS 485 and PHIL 485. Prerequisite(s): BIOS 484. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 494 | Special Topics in Psychology | 1 TO 4 hours. | Advanced treatment of an announced topic. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 495 | Seminar in Psychology | 1 TO 3 hours. | Seminar devoted to special topics in psychology. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 504 | Rating Scale and Questionnaire Design and Analysis | 4 hours. | Development and administration of rating scales and questionnaires, analysis of data, and reporting of results. The focus is on rating scales. Same as EPSY 504. Prerequisite(s): ED 501, and ED 503 or EPSY 503 or the equivalents or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 505 | Advanced History of Psychology | 3 hours. | The history of scientific psychology, with an emphasis on the forerunners of major contemporary research problems. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 506 | Item Response Theory/Rasch Measurement | 4 hours. | Statistical inference with item response theory models, useful to measure an individual's performance on a test or questionnaire. Models include parametric, non-parametric, unidimensional, multidimensional, and cognitive. Same as EPSY 506. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): ED 501 and EPSY 503 and EPSY 546 or the equivalent. Appropriate score on the department placement test. Graduate or professional standing required or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 507 | Emerging Research Issues | 1 hours. | Weekly seminar that introduces Ph.D. students in psychology to the current research of each faculty member in the department of psychology. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 508 | Colloquium on the Teaching of Psychology | 1 hours. | Required training to prepare graduate students for contact teaching in the Department of Psychology. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 512 | Attitudes and Social Cognition | 3 hours. | Survey of theory and research in social psychology, including attitudes and social cognition. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 513 | Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes | 3 hours. | Survey of theory and research in social psychology, including interpersonal relations and group processes. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 515 | Psychology of Women and Gender | 3 hours. | Critical examination of psychological theories and research on women and gender, including biological, psychoanalytic, socialization, power, and social constructionist perspectives. Same as GWS 515. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in psychology; or PSCH 315 or GWS 315, and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 516 | Research Methods in Social Psychology | 3 hours. | Critical analysis of current theories in social psychology. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 512 and PSCH 513 and PSCH 514; or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 517 | Social Psychology of Education | 4 hours. | Social psychological factors influencing academic and social outcomes in schools. Achievement motivation, peer relations, social values in relation to student characteristics and school practice. Same as EPSY 502. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Education program or the Ph.D. in Psychology program; or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 518 | Seminar in Social and Personality Psychology | 1 TO 4 hours. | Critical discussion of selected topics, such as helping and altruism, social judgment, group processes, attitude formation and change. Content varies. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 519 | Current Topics in Social Psychology | 1 hours. | Discussion of recently published research and ongoing research by department faculty and graduate students. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 520 | Development in Infancy and Early Childhood | 4 hours. | Consideration of development in the preschool years. Stress on theory, research, individual child study, and educational implications. Same as EPSY 526. Prerequisite(s): ED 422 or PSCH 422 or the equivalent. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 521 | Violence Against Women | 4 hours. | Examines the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual assault, intimate partner violence (e.g., domestic violence, dating violence), and sexual harassment, and considers the impact of culture and community on violence and its victims. Same as GWS 521. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 525 | Achievement Motivation | 4 hours. | The psychology of achievement motivation will be explored from the perspectives of personality, social, and educational psychology. Same as EPSY 530. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in education or psychology or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 526 | Developmental Psychopathology | 3 hours. | Major sources and manifestations of maladjustment in childhood with an emphasis on emotional and intellectual handicaps. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 527 | Seminar in Moral Development, Character Formation, and Education | 4 hours. | Philosophical assumptions, psychology research, and theory underlying current approaches to moral and character education. Cultural and developmental factors in value formation. Same as EPSY 527. Prerequisite(s): ED 422 or PSCH 422 or the equivalent, or admission to the Ph.D. in Education program, Ph.D. in Psychology program, or Ph.D. in Social Work program, or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 531 | Community Research | 3 hours. | Intro to research design for community and action research; data collection techniques; perspectives on the relationship between researchers and communities; ethical issues; and philosophies of science informing community-based research. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 532 | Community Intervention | 3 hours. | Theory, research and practice of community interventions in public, nonprofit and voluntary settings, such as disability organizations; intervention types and effectiveness; role of community intervenor. Same as DHD 532. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 533 | Advanced Community and Prevention Research | 3 hours. | Overview of community psychology theory and intervention research in areas like prevention, empowerment, diversity, ecology, competence enhancement, and social change from historical and contemporary perspectives. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in psychology or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 534 | Community and Preventive Intervention Theory | 3 hours. | Emphasizes issues related to the conceptualization, design, implementation, and evaluation of community interventions. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 537 | Seminar in Action Research | 3 hours. | Supervised action research in community settings including entry, data collection, ethics, feedback and report preparation. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in the Community and Prevention Research Specialization of the Ph.D. in Psychology program or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 538 | Seminar in Community and Prevention Research | 1 TO 4 hours. | Examination of a selected topic in community and prevention research. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 539 | Current Topics in Community and Prevention Research | 1 hours. | Ongoing seminar with faculty and graduate students to discuss contemporary issues in community and prevention research. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 540 | Research with Diverse Groups | 3 hours. | Highlights some of the issues relevant to doing research with diverse groups, such as race/ethnicity, gender, social class, age, disability. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 541 | Introduction to Computing in Psychology | 1 hours. | An introduction to applications of computing in psychological research. Several projects are required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 543 | Research Design and Analysis | 4 hours. | Experimental design, advanced analysis of variance (ANOVA) and statistical analyses for experimental and quasi-experimental designs, interpretation and writing results in APA style, SPSS. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in psychology or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 544 | Latent Variable Models | 3 hours. | Statistical methods and practical issues relevant to latent variable models with special emphasis on factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 545. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 545 | Multivariate Analysis | 3 hours. | The statistical analysis of functional relationships among two or more variables; multivariate regression, canonical correlation, discriminant analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, principal components, factor analysis, logistic regression, cluster analysis. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 543, and graduate standing in psychology; or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 546 | Theory and Practice in Program Evaluation | 3 hours. | Introduction to theory, design and practice of program evaluation. Emphasis will be on theories of social programming, selecting appropriate methods, and politics of evaluation. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 531 or the equivalent and PSCH 543 and PSCH 545; or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 548 | Seminar in Methods and Measurement | 1 TO 4 hours. | Seminar on a preannounced topic in methodology, measurement or mathematical psychology. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 549 | Current Topics in Psychology and Law | 1 hours. | Discussion of recently published research and ongoing research in psychology and law by department faculty, graduate students and outside speakers. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 550 | Proseminar in Educational Psychology | 2 hours. | Interdisciplinary colloquia on selected topics in educational psychology. Serves as introduction to faculty research foci. Same as EPSY 500. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Education program or the Ph.D. in Psychology program, or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 551 | Cognition and Instruction | 4 hours. | Current research on relations among cognitive processes, learning, and instruction. Same as EPSY 501. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Education program or the Ph.D. in Psychology program, or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 552 | Cognition and Instruction: Advanced Constructivist Approaches | 4 hours. | Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories of knowledge development. Emphasis on competing approaches concerning the relation of thought to action, to language, and to social relations. Same as EPSY 529. Prerequisite(s): EPSY 429 or PSCH 429 or the equivalent, and admission into a Ph.D. program in the College of Education or psychology or consent of instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 558 | Seminar in Cognitive Psychology | 1 TO 4 hours. | Detailed critical review of selected topics in cognitive psychology: emphasis on current research and theoretical developments. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 559 | Current Topics in Cognitive Psychology | 1 hours. | Discussion of current research and theoretical issues in broad areas of cognitive psychology. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 564 | Clinical Psychopharmacology | 3 hours. | Behavioral, cognitive, and biological effects of psychotropic drugs in psychiatric populations. Theoretical, methodological and empirical issues related to the pharmacological treatment of psychopathology. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 568 | Seminar in Behavioral Neuroscience | 1 TO 4 hours. | Current research issues and studies in Behavioral Neuroscience are discussed in terms of methodology and theory. Topic to be announced each semester. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 569 | Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience | 1 hours. | Presentation of current research projects by staff and students. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 570 | Personality Psychology | 3 hours. | Contemporary research in personality psychology and a review of theoretical approaches to the study of personality structure and processes. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 571 | Psychopathology | 3 hours. | Detailed consideration of disorders of behavior including description, etiology, prognosis and experimental and clinical research; consideration of development and functions of classification systems of abnormal behavior and their relation to clinical decision making. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 570 and consent of the instructor |
| Psychology | PSCH | 573 | Cognitive and Behavioral Assessment | 3 hours. | Theory and research-based coverage of intellectual, neuropsychological, and behavioral assessment. Focus is on methods and interpretation of psychological testing including both objective and projective methods. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 572 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 574 | Techniques of Psychological Intervention | 3 hours. | Intervention skills, modalities, concepts and techniques for different patient populations and presenting problems. Topics will vary each semester and include: cognitive-behavior therapy, psychodynamic therapy, group therapy and family therapy. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 571 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 575 | Psychotherapy Theory and Research | 3 hours. | Research methods and theory related to psychotherapy and behavior change, with an emphasis on design, evaluation, and results of empirically-based psychotherapy studies. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 571 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 577 | Ethics and Professional Development | 3 hours. | Ethical dimensions of psychology including clinical practice, research and teaching; ethical codes, confidentiality, client rights, dual relationships, legal issues, competency, social responsibility, moral reasoning, values. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in psychology or consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 578 | Seminar in Clinical Psychology | 1 TO 4 hours. | In-depth coverage of selected current topics in clinical psychology. Emphasis is on current research. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 579 | Current Topics in Clinical Psychology | 1 hours. | Research and case presentations in clinical psychology. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 581 | Practicum in Interviewing | 1 hours. | Interviewing practicum through the Office of Applied Psychological Services. Students observe and conduct clinical interviews under supervision. 1 graduate hour.Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 481 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 582 | Practicum in Psychological Assessment | 4 hours. | Supervised practice in psychodiagnostic testing in various facilities associated with the graduate training program in clinical psychology. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 573 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 583 | Practicum in Clinical Intervention | 4 hours. | Instruction and supervision in the practice of psychological intervention, application of basic psychological principles to varied parent populations. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 574 and consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 584 | Practicum for Clinical Trainees on Assessment, Intervention and Research | 0 TO 3 hours. | Presentation and discussion of trainee assessment, intervention, and research projects. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into either an NIMH- or OAPS- sponsored training program. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 587 | Practicum in Instruction in Psychology | 0 TO 9 hours. | Seminar on course planning and supervised teaching of an undergraduate course. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Students register for 2 to 9 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 591 | Research Apprenticeship | 2 TO 3 hours. | Directed training in conducting research in specific areas of Psychology, and in developing skills related to the research. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 5 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 594 | Advanced Special Topics in Psychology | 1 TO 4 hours. | Advanced treatment of an announced topic. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 595 | Methods and Measurement in Clinical Psychology | 2 hours. | Provides students with an overview of research methods, process concerns, ethics, and issues that are relevant to the field of clinical psychology. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 596 | Independent Study | 1 TO 12 hours. | Research on or study of topics not included in regular classes or thesis and dissertation research. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 598 | Thesis Research | 0 TO 16 hours. | Research on the topic of the master's thesis. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Psychology | PSCH | 599 | Dissertation Research | 0 TO 16 hours. | Research on the topic of the doctoral dissertation. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |