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PH 205 - Philosophy of Society
Will provide students with resources for examining the question of the relation between human nature and civil society. For example, some of the questions examined in these courses will be: the nature of a just human society, the relationship between a just civil society and a divine order, the relation between the cultivation of human virtue and a just civil society, whether civil society enhances or limits our freedom, and whether civil society should be focused primarily on the common good or the rights and benefits of a single individual. (The particular emphasis or approach is left to the discretion of the faculty member.)
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH 103
LSC/Core: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought/ History & Society
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PH 207 - Philosophy of Religion
This course is concerned with philosophical reflections on questions arising in relation to religious belief, especially with regard to belief in immortality and the existence of God or some transcendent reality.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH 103
LSC/Core: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought/ History & Society AND Catholic Intellectual Traditions
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PH 209 - Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Environment
This course includes topics in philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, and environmental philosophy. Questions may include: What is the goal of science? Are all sciences reducible to physics? Do we use technology, or does technology use us? Is nature intrinsically valuable? What is the moral status of plants and animals? What are our responsibilities to future generations? Readings include classic and/or contemporary texts.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH 103
LSC/Core: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought/ History & Society AND Catholic Intellectual Traditions
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PH 221 - Existentialism in Literature and Film
A philosophical examination of major themes in modern existentialism through film and literature.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH-103
LSC/Core: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought/ Literature & The Arts AND Catholic Intellectual Traditions
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PH 231 - The Mind, Free Will, and Neuroethics
This course introduces core issues in the philosophy of mind, such as the mind-body problem, the nature of personhood, and free will, as well as ethical issues raised by advances in the neurosciences.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH-103
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PH 250 - Logic
PH-250 introduces students to the basic concepts of logic, the different kinds of inference structures or arguments, and the various techniques for identify and evaluating inference structures or arguments, both informal and formal.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH - 103
LSC/Core: Quantitative Reasoning
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PH 270 - Topics in Philosophy
A course on a topic not offered by the department in a given semester or not customarily offered on a regular basis.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH-103
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PH 301 - Ancient Greek Philosophy
A study in the principle figures of early Greek Philosophy, from the sixth to the third centuries B.C. A brief consideration of the period from Thales to Socrates leads to a more detailed study of Plato and Aristotle.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Notes: Category: Ancient Philosophy
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PH 309 - Author/Text - Ancient
Allows students to devote themselves to an in-depth study of a major philosopher or philosophical work for example: Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, or Augustine.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Notes: Category: Ancient Philosophy
May be repeated with permission of instructor.
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PH 311 - History of Medieval Philosophy
This broad survey examines how philosophy was utilized and fruitfully advanced in the context of the Christian, Jewish and Islamic religious traditions by studying major thinkers such as: Augustine; Anselm; Bonaventure; Maimonides; Averroes; Avicenna; Ockham; and especially, Aquinas. Their influence is still felt today.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Any PH 200
LSC/Core: Study of Catholic Traditions and Thought/ Catholic Intellectual Traditions
Notes: Category: Medieval Philosophy
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PH 318 - Major Author/Text: Medieval Jewish
Allows students to devote themselves to an in-depth study of a major philosopher and/or philosophical text in either the Jewish or the Islamic philosophical tradition during the Medieval Period. This may include such figures as Maimonides, Al-Farabi, Averroes, or Avicenna.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: One 200-level Philosophy course
Notes: May be repeated with permission of instructor.
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PH 321 - History of Early Modern Philosophy
We examine the birth of modern philosophy in its struggle to meet radically new challenges. The metaphysical, epistemological and socio-political issues at the heart of these challenges are examined through a selection of the period’s major philosophers, such as: Descartes; Hobbes; Locke; Hume; Spinoza; Leibniz and Kant.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Any PH 200
Notes: Category: Modern Philosophy
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PH 331 - Contemporary Philosophy
This course considers the rich and diverse development of philosophical thought from the nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. Class readings and discussions center on a selection of major figures such as: Hegel; Marx; Mill; Nietzsche; Kierkegaard; Russell; Quine; Husserl; Heidegger and Wittgenstein.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Notes: Category: Contemporary Philosophy
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PH 350 - Advanced Topics in Philosophy
Pursues in depth a significant theme(s) such as the nature and types of freedom, truth, love, etc. and/or the exposition and assessment of major philosophical currents such as German Idealism, Existentialism, American Pragmatism, etc. Depending on the topic of the course, if appropriate, it may fulfill a history requirement for the Major or Minor.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: One 200-level Philosophy course or Permission of Instructor.
Notes: May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
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PH 351 - Otherness and Marginalization: Levinas and the Alienated
This course will philosophically examine: (1) accounts of marginalization in the US and around the world; (2) theories of alienation; (3) philosophical ethics based on “Otherness”; and (4) community Service-Learning work. We will discuss political, economic, and social marginalization, both local and global, based on race, poverty, age, and illness.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH-103
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities OR Junior Seminar AND Engaging Diverse Identities
Notes: Category: Contemporary Philosophy
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PH 352 - Feminist Philosophy
This course brings the many varieties of feminism into conversation with core philosophic issues. Specific topics may include the relationship between feminism and humanism; the lived and conceptual relationship between sex, gender, and sexuality; the ontology of maternality; femininities and post-feminism; and masculinities.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH 103 and (One 200-level Philosophy course or GS 101 or GS 203)
LSC/Core: NA/ History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
Notes: Category: Contemporary Philosophy
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PH 353 - Truth & Propaganda: Ethics & the Media
The purpose of this course is to examine the nature of propaganda as it appears in various types of media. There are several guiding theoretical questions that we will explore: What is truth? What is propaganda? What is deception? If propaganda involves the manipulation of the message recipient’s beliefs, values, desires, etc., could it be effective without calling upon ideas or perspectives that people take to be truth? In other words, can propaganda function if it is devoid of truth? We will read philosophical theory on truth, perception, and deception, and we will examine examples of propaganda, in various media formats, as they relate to our political, economic, and cultural lived experiences.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH-103
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ History & Society
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PH 354 - Philosophy of Human Rights
The general aim of the course is to assist students in developing the moral perspective they already have by focusing on the nature and significance of human rights within the contemporary context of globalization. Drawing on a dialogical, Socratic model, resources are provided to enable the student to bring their own perspective into dialogue with a number of different philosophical, religious and cultural perspectives. These views represent visions, values and commitments, often harmonious but at times in opposition, which have played and continue to play a significant role in the evolution of human rights.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: One 200-Level Philosophy Course or One 200-Level Religious Studies Course
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ NA
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PH 356 - Contemporary American Pragmatism
We engage primary texts in American Pragmatism that possess continuing relevance in the American Quest for understaning nature, society, and the self. Pragmatists, past and present, attempt to reconcile certain deep tensions, heightened with the birth of “Modernity”, between what can be broadly termed “matter” and “spirit”, the real and the ideal in a way inspiring and grounded in reality.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: 200-level PH course
Notes: Category: Contemporary Philosophy
When Offered: Spring
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PH 358 - Philosophy of Race
This course examines questions about race, identity, power, oppression, and resistance. Is race central to subjectivity? Are we free in determining who we are, given powerful forces in our racialized world? Does human nature lead to conformity and oppression? Does human nature lead to resistance? How can we overcome oppression?
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH-103
LSC/Core: NA/ History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
Crosslisted: GL-358
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PH 361 - Metaphysics
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophical inquiry that is concerned with the nature of reality. In this way, metaphysics may be viewed as the attempt to reason about the way the world or universe is, as opposed to how it is customarily viewed. It is especially concerned with understanding the most fundamental principles and general features of what is real.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: One 200-level Philosophy course
LSC/Core: NA/Junior Seminar
Notes: Category: Contemporary Philosophy
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PH 362 - Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Mind is the branch of philosophy that includes the philosophy of psychology, philosophical psychology, and the area of metaphysics concerned with the nature of mental phenomena and how they fit into the causal structure of reality. Metaphysical issues in the philosophy of mind include such topics as the mind-body problem, the question of free will, personal identity, weakness of will, and self-deception.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Notes: Category: Contemporary Philosophy
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PH 489 - Independent Thesis
The outcome of the independent thesis project will be a substantial, completed philosophical research paper. The student, whether a major or a minor, may choose to submit his/her independent thesis to the department for consideration of honors.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: 3.6 GPA overall and permission of the department chair
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PH 490 - Senior Seminar
The senior seminar serves as a student’s required capstone experience in the major. Each seminar will contain the following elements, though not necessarily limited to these: a) A general guiding theme or topic, one broad enough to relate to other areas of the Humanities; b) Students develop their own thesis within the philosophical topic or theme; c) Students periodically present their on-going thesis project to the other members of the seminar for careful analysis and discussion; d) The outcome of the seminar is a substantial, completed philosophical research paper; e) The student may choose to submit his/her research paper to the department for consideration of honors.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Majors Only; Seniors Only.
Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Philosophy major.
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PJ 101 - Approaches to Peace
This course introduces the student to the issues involved in challenging human society’s acceptance of war and working toward a new paradigm of peace and social justice. Course discussions focus on the roots and causes of war; methods of conflict resolution and arms reduction; eliminating structural violence; religious inspiration for peace-making; and non-violence as a method and way of life.
Credits: 4
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PJ 205 - Theories of Conflict Resolution
This course surveys various theories with the goal of helping students develop a repertoire of tools for analyzing a conflict and formulating resolution techniques. Theories are drawn from philosophy, psychology, political science, general semantics, economic philosophy, religion, and other appropriate disciplines. Students will apply the theories to issues of social justice at the local, national, and global levels.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ NA
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PJ 410 - Advanced Integrations
This is the capstone course for the Global Studies minor and the Peace and Justice minor. Students will have the opportunity to synthesize theoretical material from this and previous courses, and apply it to cases and issues relevant to their respective minors. Students will be expected to use research, writing, and presentation skills to complete projects related to their topical areas of interest.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PJ 101 and RS-236, Seniors only; Juniors by Permission of Instructor. As this is a capstone experience, students should complete all other coursework for the Peace & Justice Minor prior to enrolling in this course.
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PJ 499 - Peace and Justice Internship
This course offers opportunities for supervised work experience for students in the Peace and Justice Minor. Interns focus on integrating theory and practice while developing skills required for success in a professional environment.
Credits: Variable
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PO 120 - Introduction to American National Politics
A general introduction to the structure and processes that define American politics on the national level.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior/ History & Society
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PO 180 - Current Issues in World Politics
This course provides students with an introduction to controversies and debates in world politics, through both a theoretical and case study approach.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior/ History & Society
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PO 200 - Research Methods
This course will introduce students to many of the important concepts, approaches, procedures and methods used by political scientists. Specifically, we will discuss use of the scientific method and experimental design, quantitative and qualitative methods of measurement and data collection, and ways of analyzing and interpreting data that has been collected.
Credits: 4
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PO 207 - Parties, Elections and Political Participation
This course will examine the main institutions and processes that connect government with the citizens of the United States: parties, elections and pressure groups (including both interest groups and social movement organizations). We will discuss the development of these institutions, discuss the ways they currently function, and evaluate whether and how they contribute to the system of government in the United States.
Credits: 4
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PO 245 - Introduction to International Relations
This course introduces students to the study of international relations, focusing especially on the interactions between states and non-state actors in the international environment. Emphasis is placed on understanding the major theoretical approaches to international relations, and applying them to consider enduring and contemporary issues and problems in international affairs.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ History & Society
Notes: Optional Applied Language Component
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PO 250 - Business, Government and Health Care the Danish Way
Institutions and policies are shaped by shared cultural values. In this course, we will explore institutions and policies of Denmark in three specific realms – business, politics and health care (broadly defined) - by examining their structures and functions, as well as the animating values and auxiliary cultural institutions that inspired and maintain them. Our exploration will employ a comparative approach, using the corresponding institutions, policies and values of the United States as a means of identifying differences and similarities. This course serves as the pre-requisite for BU/PO/PB 251, Business, Government, and Health Care the Danish Way Study Tour, offered in summer 2020.
Credits: 2
Crosslisted: BU 250, PB 250
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PO 251 - Business, Government and Health Care the Danish Way Study Tour
This 12-day study tour will visit Copenhagen to study Danish culture, business, government, and health care. We will visit with Danish businesses including Lego; government institutions including Parliament; and health care experts and practitioners to understand how Danish values inform and influence business and public policy. Visits to cultural sites such as the National Gallery of Denmark, Rosenborg Castle, and Tivoli Gardens will enable you to learn more about Denmark’s history and culture.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: BU/PO/PB 250
Crosslisted: BU 251, PB 251
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PO 261 - European Political Thought
This course traces the main developments in European political thought from the break-up of the feudal system until the mid-nineteenth century. It involves a close, critical reading of some of the major original works of prominent political thinkers from Hobbes through Marx, locating their thought in its social and political context.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: NA/ History & Society
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PO 285 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
What is a nation state? Capitalism? Authoritarianism? This course provides an introduction to comparative political analysis and central concepts in this field. The course will investigate political development and contemporary politics, governments and policies of countries around the world.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues or Social and Institutional/ History & Society
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PO 290 - Canadian Government and Politics
A survey of Canadian government and politics. Specific topics will include a study of the parliamentary system of government, Quebec nationalism, Canada-U.S. relations and Canada’s place within the global economy. Students may also participate in a regularly scheduled fieldtrip to Ottawa, Canada.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: NA/ History & Society
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PO 292 - Global LGBTQI + Politics and Culture
Introducing theories of sexual and gender identity, this course provides cross-cultural and cross-historical case studies in LGBTQI+ politics and culture. We focus on forms of homophobic and transphobic oppression, different forms of sexual and gender identity, and the emergence in the late 20th Century of LGBTQI+ politics and culture in its current form. The course draws upon intersectional approaches that examine sexuality and gender in relationship with race, ethnicity, class, and other forms of social identity.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues or Social & Institutional/ History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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PO 299 - Identity in Politics
This course studies the uses and abuses of identity in political life. Specifically, it examines how identities, voluntarily chosen or ascriptively assigned, form the basis of inclusion as full members or exclusion as half- or non-members in democratic polities. The central axis of study is national identity, and we seek to understand how this identity is constructed with reference to gender, class, race, nationality, culture, religion, etc.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues or Social & Institutional/ History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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PO 303 - Congress & the Policy Process
This course is an exploration of the US Congress. We will examine the Congress primarily by looking at both its internal processes and its relationships with other major political institutions within the American polity - including parties, elections, interest groups, and the executive and judicial branches.
LSC/Core: NA/Junior Seminar
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PO 310 - Politics and Literature
An interdisciplinary examination of how the study of politics and the study of literature can interrelate and enhance each other. The thematic focus varies with the choice of instructors. Recent topics have included the Vietnam War and Voices of Resistance.
Credits: 4
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PO 325 - The Politics of Food
Investigates the connections between food choices and political and cultural power; considers decisions about production and distribution as economic, environmental, and social, from farms to restaurants, slaughter houses to home kitchens; explores the paradox of abundance and famine side-by-side in the world, revealing day-to-day politics as well as alternatives approaches.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Junior or Senior standing only.
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ Engaging Diverse Identities
Crosslisted: ES 325
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PO 327 - Environmental Policy
An examination of the key drivers of environmental policy development and implementation at at different geographic scales. Possible topics include: air, water and waste policy in the United States, Canada and Mexico; globalization and environmental policy through protocol and treaty; the evolving role of International Non-Governmental Organizations and social movements in environmental policy; and environmental justice and sustainability.
Credits: 4
Crosslisted: ES-327
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PO 330 - Capital Punishment in America
A study of the practice of capital punishment in the United States, including moral and constitutional issues raised by executions, an empirical analysis of the capital trial, appeals and post-conviction remedies, executive clemency, death row and the execution regime and their social and economic costs.
Credits: 4
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PO 332 - American Constitutional Law
An analysis of American constitutional theory as it has been developed and articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court and other authorities, focusing on the tension between constitutionalism and democratic politics. Specific topics include sources of constitutional authority, constitutional change, the nature of judicial review, the separation of powers (especailly as implicated in war powers and recent counter-terrorism policies) and substantive due process.
Credits: 4
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PO 334 - Civil Liberties
A study of the constitutional relationship between the individual and the government. Particular emphasis will be placed on First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, and religious belief, as well as Fourteenth Amendment theories of equal protection of the law.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: NA/ History & Society
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PO 338 - Criminal Justice
An analysis of the various agencies involved with the administration of criminal justice. Topics include the definition and measurement of criminal behavior, pre-trial procedure, the adversary trial process, the imposition of punishment, and the judicial supervision of the rights of the accused. Emphasis is always on moral and constitutional values and institutional performance.
Credits: 4
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PO 340 - Social Movements and Contentious Politics
This course provides a theoretical and empirical exploration of social movements and contentious politics. We will focus especially on North American and European approaches to social movement theory and study a variety of cases of national and transnational mobilization and protest, from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to the global justice movement.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities OR Junior Seminar AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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PO 345 - Transitions to Democracy
The origin and success of democratic institutions are a key concern in political science and for global politics. This course examines the relationship between social and political development in democratic transitions to better understand the origins of and challenges to democracy, recent transitions, and how global movements might promote democracy in the 21st Century.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ NA
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PO 348 - American Foreign Policy
A study of the formulation and conduct of American foreign policy. Analysis of constitutional principles, institutions and historic traditions that influence the formulation of foreign policy. Case studies of contemporary policies towards specific countries and challenges.
Credits: 4
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PO 350 - State Violence and Justice
Halting genocide, torture, and the violation of human rights is the first step. This course examines the next: how does a society address violence perpetrated by state officials, and how do they bring the perpetrators to justice? Understanding this process begins with an understanding of state violence, its goals and its effects on the victims, and proceeds with an examination of what is meant by truth, memory, and justice.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ Engaging Diverse Identities AND Junior Seminar
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PO 351 - Politics of the Global AIDS Pandemic
This course uses the lense of political struggles to examine the global health crisis created by HIV/AIDS. The first part of the course concentrates on the development of HIV/AIDS policy in the United States, and the second looks at HIV/AIDS in a global context, with a focus on policy struggles within and among developed and developing countries.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ Engaging Diverse Identities
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PO 352 - Health and Development in East Africa
This service learning course has a two-fold purpose. First, it will provide students with an overview of the health and development challenges of East Africa, with a focus on HIV/AIDS in rural Tanzania. Second, it will develop a communication skill set among class participants to present these challenges to the developed world in film, photos, web site production and grant proposals. Students will also explore the tension between compelling storytelling and political empowerment and advocacy as development tools.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PO 351 or permission of the instructor.
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PO 353 - Applied Health and Development Approaches in East Africa
This service learning course includes an intensive two week field course based at the Ilula Orphan Program (IOP) in Iringa, Tanzania. Students will travel to Tanzania to observe first-hand the development challenges related to HIV/AIDS, water scarcity, education and poverty being addressed by the IOP. The service learning component of the course will involve updating the IOP’s educational and development materials, including the web site, and producing at least one completed grant application. Students will be expected to complete this work in a one-week work session following completion of the two weeks in-country.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PO 352
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PO 355 - Politics of the World Economy
An examination of power conflict at the international economic level and its impact on the politics of various states, regions and interests. Topics include the politics of trade, aid, debt, multinational corporations, and the globalization of the world economy.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ NA
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PO 357 - Environmental Political Economy
This course will examine the connections between politics, economics and environmental sustainability. We will explore the settling of the American west, the notions of “progress” and “growth” that undergird our economy, the creation of the national parks, competing models of political economy, and the prospects for constructive ecological change.
Credits: 4
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PO 360 - Film and Politics
The cultural and political power of film is unique. Films reinforce or break stereotypes, rewrite history, encourage dissent, or enforce conformity. This course will focus on politically relevant films addressing race, gender, and sexuality from China, India, France, Latin America, and the U.S. We seek to understand the political context of each and its contributions to ongoing debates about citizenship, the nation, and belonging as historical and in terms of the intersecting politics of race, gender, and sexuality.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ Engaging Diverse Identities
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PO 365 - Multiculturalism in Theory and Practice
This course studies historical and contemporary philosophical approaches to multiculturalism. It uses this theoretical understanding to examine contemporary controversies in multiculturalism in different parts of the world, and aims to facilitate moral and political judgments about various forms of multicultural coexistence and multiculturalist policies.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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PO 371 - Feminist Political Thought
This course studies the foundations of feminist political thought from its beginnings through to the recent explosion of gender- and sexuality-related social movements, locally and globally.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: NA/ History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities OR Junior Seminar AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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PO 385 - European Politics
An examination of European state and regional politics, including institutions, political processes, economic policy, and the EU, as well as current issues like globalization, diversity, immigration, and the welfare state.
Credits: 4
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PO 390 - Comparative Politics of Oppression
Politics and conflict in multi-ethnic societies examined in a comparative perspective, including case studies in Brazil, South Africa, Europe, and the United States. Themes explored include state and group differentiation along national, ethnic, racial, linguistic, religious lines, and the intersection of gender, sexuality, and race.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ Engaging Diverse Identities
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PO 499 - Academic Internship
Qualified political science majors may apply for academic internships at a variety of off-campus sites including non-profit organizations, government agencies, and businesses. Requirements may include selected readings, written reports, and a final paper.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Permission the instructor and for political science majors only.
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PS 110 - Lifespan Development
Students will gain understanding of the development of human individuals through physical, cognitive, and socioemotional components from conception to death. Theoretical and experimental approaches will be examined, and emphasis will be placed on applying these principles to relationships and situations across one’s lifespan. The nature-nurture debate will also be addressed.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course may not be counted towards the psychology major or minor.
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PS 213 - Psychological Statistics
An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics used in psychological research. Topics include measures of central tendency, variability, and correlation, as well as probability, sampling, hypothesis testing, and analysis of variance.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 101; Psychology Majors/Minors and Neuroscience Majors only.
LSC/Core: Quantitative Reasoning
Notes: Credit will not be given for PS-213 if credit has already been given for any other introductory statistics course.
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PS 215 - Research Methods
The course is dedicated to demonstrating how psychological research is conducted. Students will learn how to evaluate research and become proficient in the research process by actively engaging in the review of research literature, developing research questions and hypotheses, evaluating ethical considerations, collecting and analyzing data, and reporting research results.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 213 or equivalent; Psychology and Neuroscience Majors only.
Notes: Credit will not be given for PS-215 if credit has already been given for PS-216 or BI-205.
Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Psychology and Neuroscience majors.
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PS 250 - Social Psychology
This course focuses on individuals and how their thoughts and behaviors are influenced by the presence, real or imagined, of others. This is a departmental survey course that will include topics such as the self, social cognition, social influence, group dynamics, prejudice, attraction, helping behavior, aggression and conflict.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 101; Course is restricted to Psychology Majors/Minors Only (Majors/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 252 - Child Development
An introduction to the basic principles of human growth and development from the prenatal period through middle childhood. Topics include physical, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and language development. The hereditary, psychological, and environmental influences on development will be considered, along with a variety of theoretical and experimental approaches to studying development.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 101; Course is restricted to Psychology Majors/Minors Only (Majors/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
Notes: Students will not receive credit for both PS 252 & ED 251.
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PS 253 - Adolescent Development
This course traces the developmental path through adolescence considering stability or change in physical, cognitive, and social domains, and environmental and cultural forces that help shape individual responses to their surroundings.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 101; Course is restricted to Psychology Majors/Minors Only (Majors/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
Notes: Students will not receive credit for both PS 253 & ED 271.
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PS 256 - Abnormal Psychology
This course explores historical and contemporary ways of conceptualizing the origins, characteristics, and treatments of psychological/emotional difficulties and problems in living. Problems and disorders to be examined range from minor adjustment problems and common disorders such as depression to more rare, major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Through an in-depth examination of a variety of viewpoints on “abnormal” behavior, students are invited to think critically about their own and our society’s conception of “mental illness.”
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 101; Course is restricted to Psychology Majors/Minors Only (Majors/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 258 - Cross Cultural Psychology
This course focuses on subsets of the field of psychology organized in a way that students emerge from the class more “literate” in reading the often subtle, unarticulated operation of cultural factors in everyday life situations.
Credits: 4
LSC/Core: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good/ NA
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PS 270 - Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Psychology is the branch of psychology that studies internal mental processes including how people perceive, remember, think, and learn. A goal of the course is to show how major advances in our understanding of the mind often require interplay between cognitive psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 101; Psycholgoy Majors/Minors and Neuroscience Majors Only (Majors/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 272 - Psychology of Animal Learning and Behavior
This course covers the laws that govern behavior. Topics include: (1) the philosophy of Behaviorism, (2) the role of behavioral psychology in the neurosciences, (3) a review of learning processes in the context of natural selection, and (4) the relevance of conditioning mechanisms to psychopathology.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Psychology Majors/Minors and Neuroscience Majors Only (Majors/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
Fee: Yes
LSC/Core: Processes of Scientific Reasoning/ Scientific Inquiry
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PS 274 - Behavioral Neuroscience
Basic human neuroanatomy and neurophysiology related to psychological processes will be examined. Emphasis is placed on sensation and the physiological mechanisms for sleep, hunger, thirst, sexual behavior, learning and memory, emotion, and neurological conditions. Laboratory experiences will enrich lecture content through dissections and scientific inquiry exercises.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Psychology Majors/Minors and Neuroscience Majors Only (Major/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
Fee: Yes
LSC/Core: Processes of Scientific Reasoning/ Scientific Inquiry
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PS 301 - Psychology and Religion
This course will a) review pertinent past and current theory concerning the relationship between psychology and religion/spirituality, and b) review research dealing with topics such as the nature of religious conversion, developmental factors involved in religious beliefs, and the effect religiousness has on prosocial behavior and mental health.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 214 or permission of instructor.
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PS 308 - Spatial Cognition
This course will cover research and theory concerning learning and reasoning about space. Topics include: orientation and navigation; linguistic and symbolic communication; individual and cultural differences in spatial abilities; and spatial testing. A field laboratory component will involve the design of experiments and collection and analysis of data.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 213 or equivalent or permission of instructor; Psychology/Neuroscience Majors Only (Majors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 310 - Drugs and Behavior
This course covers the basics of how drugs interact with the brain to alter behavior. The action of recreational drugs and therapeutic drugs are described. The fundamentals of pharmacology and neuroscience are reviewed; therefore, it is recommended that students complete PS 274 (Behavioral Neuroscience) before enrolling in PS 310.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS-215 or BI-205 or Permission of Instructor; (PS-274 Recommended); Psycholgoy/Neuroscience Majors Only (Majors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 312 - Perception
A comprehensive introduction to perception from an information processing point of view. All perceptual systems will be included, but the course emphasis will be on visual perception.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 213 or equivalent or Permission of Instructor; Psychology Majors/Minors and Neuroscience Majors Only (Majors/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 313 - Personality Theories
This course examines research and theories in the field of Personality and offers an in-depth critical analysis of those theories that attempt a comprehensive understanding of the personally relevant and meaningful aspects of human behavior.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 213 or equivalent or Permission of Instructor; Course is restricted to Majors/NMinors Only (Majors/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 314 - The Psychology of Marriage and Relationships
This course explores historical and contemporary psychological perspectives on the nature of adult intimate relationships. Major concepts to be examined include emotional intimacy, love, sexuality, attachment, relationship satisfaction, relationship dissolution and divorce, partner abuse and violence, family structure, and models of couple therapy.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 213 or permission of instructor
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PS 315 - Sports Psychology
An applied psychology course in which students apply theories/concepts learned in other psychology courses to the areas of sports and athletics. It examines a wide range of topics related to the connection between sports and psychology, approached from the perspectives of both academic and applied sports psychologists.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 214 or permission of instructor
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PS 317 - The Thinking Child
An in-depth examination of children’s early cognitive development. Theoretical perspectives and current empirical research will be used to explore developmental advances in such areas as representation, memory, concept formation, and problem solving.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 213 or equivalent or Permission of Instructor; Psychology/Neuroscience Majors Only (Majors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 320 - Psychology and Law
This course examines psychological research, methods, theory, and practice as they apply to legal system processes. Experimental (e.g., jury selection) and clinical (e.g., assessment of insanity) applications receive equal weight. Consideration is also given to the proper place of social science in legal and public policy issues.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 213 or equivalent or Permission of Instructor; PS/CR Majors and CJ Minors Only (Major/Minor Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 324 - Counseling Skills
An introduction and critical analysis of the major theories of psychotherapy. Basic tenets of major theoretical approaches will be examined and an understanding of these approaches will include the context of race, culture and gender. Students utilize the Developmental Laboratory to role-play the practical applications of the various theories.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS-215 and (PS-256 or PS-313) or Permission of Instructor; Course is restricted to Psychology Majors Only (Majors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 325 - Educational Psychology
This course involves applying the methods of psychology to study classroom and school life. It is distinct from other branches of psychology in that it has the understanding and improvement of education as its primary goal. The course examines in depth what people think and do as they teach and learn.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 214 or permission of instructor
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PS 330 - Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology is the scientific study of optimal human functioning. This course focuses on character strengths and values, such as wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence, and on empirical research involving different dimensions of happiness and subjective well-being. Students will acquire skills to improve well-being in life and practice.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 213 or equivalent or permission of Instructor; Psychology Majors Only (Majors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
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PS 350 - Psychology of Health and Illness
Theory and research regarding the biological, psychological, and social aspects of health and illness will be examined. The interrelationships of stress, emotion, and illnesses including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and immune dysfunction will be discussed. Students will complete a health genealogy project to improve his/her quality of life (physical and psychological).
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS-101 or PB-101 or BI-152 or Permission of Instructor; Psychology Majors/Minors and Neuroscience/Health Science/Public Health Majors Only (Majors/Minors Only restriction will be released for Open Registration).
LSC/Core: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior/ NA
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PS 360 - Human Behavior and the Environment
This course examines reciprocal relationships between behavior and environments (human-built and natural), providing an introduction to Environmental and Conservation Psychology. We will explore effects of environment on our affect, cognitions, and behavior. We will also examine behaviors that help or hurt the environment, including psychological approaches to solving environmental problems.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 214 or permission of instructor
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PS 400 - Independent Research In Psychology
Interested students engage in an in-depth investigation of a topic of their choice. Research can take the form of a laboratory, field, or scholarly project under the supervision of a faculty mentor.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 215, at least one 300-level course, and permission of the department chair
Notes: May be repeatable.
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PS 401 - History and Issues
An overview of critical contemporary issues in psychology considered in historical, philosophical and social context.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PS 215 or Permission of Instructor; Psychology Majors Only; Seniors Only.
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