Courses

    Covers an intensive survey and synthesis of recent findings contributing to our understanding of the neurobiological basis of addiction. Analysis of both drug and behavioral addictions will be made at the molecular, cellular and neurocircuitry levels and synthesized into models utilizing common themes between various addictions and contributing pathologies. NRSC 4545 and 5545 are the same course. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of NRSC 4132 (minimum grade C-).
    Provides a broad overview of current research and theory related to women's mental health, emphasizing topics and problems that are prevalent among or particularly relevant to women. The course teaches students to develop a critical and integrative understanding women's mental health, including historical, social, cultural, biolotgical, behavioral, cognitive and emotional factors. Prereqs., PSYC 4303 or 3313 or 3303. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.
    Examines the development of language in childhood and into adult life, emphasizing the role of environment and biological endowment in learning to communicate with words, sentences, and narratives. Prereqs. or coreqs., PSYC 1001 and LING 2000. Same as LING 4560 and SLHS 4560. Prerequisites: Restricted to Psychology (PSYC) or Neuroscience (NRSC) majors only.
    In-depth study of selected topics in social psychology. Particular section content each semester is determined by the instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours, provided the topics vary. Prereqs., PSYC 1001, 2606, 3101 or 3111. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.
    Covers theories and practices relating to problems of ability and maladjustment. Diagnostic procedures and treatment methods with children and adults. Prereq., PSYC 3313 or 4303. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.
    Provides an overview of issues central to testing and assessment of psychological constructs, including types of evaluation instruments currently in use inthe field, their applications, and design. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of PSYC 1001 and PSYC 2111 or 3111 (all minimum grade C-).
    Learn to critically read and form hypotheses from studies in the developmental literature, gain hands-on experience in testing children and in the design of methods to test children, evaluate experimental data and relate them to hypotheses, previous result, and theory, and write so others can understand. Prereqs., PSYC 1001, and PSYC 3101 or 3111, and PSYC 3684. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.
    May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours. Pass/Fail only. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Neuroscience (NRSC) majors only.
    Pass/fail only. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.

    This course offers a rich experience for students to develop and organize curriculum to complement the Neuroscience core courses. This course offers a valuable teaching experience utilizing computational modeling to simulate experimental results. Any Neuroscience curriculum course, such as Intro to Neuroscience I or II, Neuropharmacology, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory or Behavioral Neuroscience may be appropriate with instructor consent. NRSC 4911 and 5911 are the same course.

    Students receive concrete experience in teaching general psychology under supervision of a psychology faculty member. Alternative pedagogical strategies are discussed. Students must submit an application to the undergraduate advising center.

    Offers valuable volunteer experience through a supervised field placement. Provides hands-on insight into the decisions and issues that confront professionals in psychology and related fields. Prereqs., completion of 15 or more hours of psychology course work. Prerequisites: Restricted to Psychology (PSYC) majors only.
    Experiencing and learning from affect--emotional value--is a fundamental part of the human experience. When people started thinking of brains as computers, research on emotion fell by the wayside. Recently however, this has changed, and there is an explosion of work on the brain mechanisms of affective value. We will cover recent advances in understanding the emotional brain. Prereqs. for NRSC 4015 are PSYC 2012 or NRSC 2100 or instructor permission, and junior or senior standing. NRSC 4015 and 5015 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as NRSC 4032. Formerly PSYC 5032 Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    PSYC 5052 and NRSC 5052 are the same course. Same as PSYC/NRSC 4052. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    PSYC 5052 and NRSC 5052 are the same course. Same as PSYC/NRSC 4052. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as NRSC 4072. Formerly PSYC 5072. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Special topics concerning biological bases of behavior. Prereqs., PSYC 4052 and instructor consent.

    In addition to attending and meeting all the requirements for the lecture portion of the course (NRSC 4092), graduate students meet for an additional hour each week with the instructor to discuss in depth behavioral neuroendocrinology relevant research articles. Same as NRSC 4092. Formerly PSYC 5092. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Provides an intensive introduction to the principles of neuroscience, initially covering the detailed neuroanatomy of human forebrain, hindbrain, and spinal cord. This is followed by neurophysiology with a concentration on the electrophysiology of neural systems. The basics of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology with a concentration on the electrophysiology are then applied to an examination of the structure and function of visual, auditory, and sensorimotor systems in animal and man. Restricted to Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program or with instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Provides introduction to basic principles of genetics in the study of behavior, methods used to examine the influences of genes and environment on behavior, and interpretation of studies using these methods. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Provides an intensive interdisciplinary introduction to the principles of neuroscience. It is a sequel to NRSC 5100. Provides a detailed overview of neurochemistry, neurodevelopment, neuromotor control, neurogenetics, and cognitive neuroscience. Open to undergraduates with instructor permission. Prereq., NRSC 5100 or NRSC 4052 or PSYC 4052.

    Examines selected topics in greater detail than is possible in the comprehensive undergraduate course in behavioral genetics (PSYC 3102). Topics covered may include inheritance of behavioral characteristics from perspectives of pharmacogenetics, transmission genetics, biochemical genetics, and evolutionary genetics. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Instructor consent required.

    Surveys principles of genetics of quantitative characteristics. Topics include gene frequencies, effects of mutation, migration, and selection. Also looks at correlations among relatives, heritability, inbreeding, crossbreeding, and selective breeding.

    Core graduate course on affective science and fulfills APA Cognitive and Affective Aspects of Behavior Requirement. Introduces students to a diverse array of theoretical and empirical issues related to the study of human emotion. Evolutionary theories of emotions; cognitive and behavioral aspects of emotion; neurobiological mechanisms; development of emotion; and psychopathology and emotion. Prerequisites: Restricted to Psychology (PSYC) graduate students only.

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