Minor in 心理学

An introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mind, embracing all aspects of human experience. Topics include the anatomical and functional organization of the nervous system, consciousness, learning, memory, development, emotion, social interactions, psychopathology, and society and culture. This course surveys the methods and major findings of the various fields of 心理学.

PSY 111 (General 心理学 I) introduces the student to the cognitive, neurological, and biological aspects of 心理学 in addition to basic research methodologies.

PSY 112 (General 心理学 II) covers the clinical/counseling, developmental, personality, and social aspects of 心理学.

Students will gain a basic understanding of how to analyze and interpret quantitative statistical data. Students must take 一个 of the following statistical courses:

• 209. 统计数据 and Research Design I
  An introduction to the science of human and animal behavior. This course surveys the methods and major findings of the various fields of 心理学. The course covers the clinical, personality, and social aspects of 心理学.
• 垫109. 统计数据
  Introduction to the appropriate methods for analyzing data and designing experiments. After a study of various measures of central tendency and dispersion, the course develops the basic principles of testing hypotheses, estimating parameters, and reaching decisions.
• 汽车109年. Managerial 统计数据
  Managerial statistics focuses on the use of statistical analysis to make fact-based decisions for business firms and other organizations. Topics taught include descriptive statistics, normal distributions, probabilities, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, and simple and multiple linear regression analysis. 数据分析 techniques using Microsoft Excel are included.
• ECN 215. 数据分析
  An introduction to research design, applied statistical methods, and writing in the 纪律. Students study questionnaire design, sample selection, descriptive statistics, and hypothesis testing using a statistical software package, Stata. 它们也有用 in groups to design their own online survey and analyze the results. 最后,他们 learn about communicating and writing their results for both lay audiences and academic 期刊. Students are encouraged, though not required, to take 垫109 or 汽车109年 prior to taking ECN 215.

Student must take 至少一个 心理学 course that includes a lab comp一个nt (not including 209 or PSY 309). The following courses are frequently offered:

• 210. 生物心理学
• 302. Advanced Developmental 心理学
• 305. Psychopharmacology
• 313. 学习 & Applied Behavioral Analysis
• 316. Cognitive Neuroscience
• 317. Sensation and Perception
• 321. Experimental Social 心理学

• 320. Health 心理学

Students must take 至少两个 additional 心理学 courses beyond the general psych, statistics, and lab course 需求.  These can be chosen from any of the 心理学 department courses. There is no lab requirement, though courses with a lab (including PSY 309) would also count for credit. Check out the course catalog for a full list of courses