2020-2021 Course Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Course Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSYC 1101 - Introductory Psychology


Prerequisite: Degree level proficiency in English and reading
Introduces the major fields of contemporary psychology. Emphasis is on fundamental principles of psychology as a science. Topics include research design, the organization and operation of the nervous system, sensation and perception, learning and memory, motivation and emotion, thinking and intelligence, lifespan development, personality, psychopathology and interventions, stress and health, and social psychology. (associate degree-level course) Contact hours: Class - 3, Lab - 0. Credit hours: 3 (E)