Courses

    May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Formerly PSYC 5132. Same as NRSC 4132. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Advanced course in human cognitive processes. Covers key aspects of cognition, such as perception, attention, learning, memory, language,and thinking. Discusses major theories and ideas in terms of the research they have inspired. Emphasis varies with instructor. One lab per week and a research project is required. Instructor consent required. Same as PSYC 4145. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Instructor consent required. Same as PSYC 4175. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Introduces genetic and genomic concepts as they apply to mammalian physiology. The course covers fundamental concepts and methods in molecular genetics and genomics and their applications towards understanding the role of genetics in the normal and pathological function of physiological systems. Same as IPHY 5200.

    Covers fundamental mechanisms of gene action, including genome structure and regulation of gene expression. Discusses molecular techniques used to examine human genetic diseases. Emphasizes genetic diseases with behavioral, neurologic, and physiologic abnormalities. Prereq., IPHY/PSYC 5200 or instructor consent.

    Studies development of structural models appropriate to behavioral genetics and the estimation procedures necessary for their application. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Provides a detailed overview of peripheral and central nervous system connectional neuroanatomy targeted at delineating functional sensory, motor and motivational systems, and the control of behavior and cognition. Emphasizes histological, anatomical and functional techniques employed in investigations of the nervous system. Prereqs., PSYC/NRSC 4052 or NRSC 2100 or MCDB 4190. Instructor consent required. Formerly PSYC 5262.

    Provides an overview of fundamental research methods relevant to clinical psychology, including literature synthesis, hypothesis formulation and study design, measure selection, and data analysis. Students will gain specific experience writing scientific papers and funding proposals. Instructor consent required.

    Intensively surveys major theories, research findings, and behavioral characteristics associated with deviant reaction patterns. Prereq., instructor consent.

    Examines the development of psychopathology across the lifespan, including etiological influences, neurobiological correlates, symptom presentation, and clinical diagnosis and intervention. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to Psychology (PSYC) graduate students only.
    Same as PSYC 4541. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    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: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Provides a thorough introduction to methods and theories in social psychology concerned with topics such as the self, social cognition, judgment and decision making, attitude formation and change, small group processes, inter-group relations, health and social psychology, and others. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    A required proseminar for students in the Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program. It gives an introduction to current thinking about sensory and perceptual processing, object recognition and attention. Students will read peer-reviewed journal articles and make class presentations on appropriate topics, including methods of data collection and analysis. Graduate students in all programs are welcome, and advanced undergraduates are welcome with instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Main topic is research methods in cognitive psychology, with an emphasis on experimental methods. Students will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to A) critically evaluate existing research and B) design, conduct, analyze, and write up their own experimental studies. Required for graduate students in Cognitive Psychology; graduate students in all programs and advanced undergraduates welcome with instructor consent. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Provides beginning Ph.D. students with a basic introduction to (primarily human) memory research. One of the six required proseminar for students in the Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program. The seminar will include consideration of experimental, theoretical, behavioral, and cognitive neuroscience perspectives on memory. Graduate students in all programs are welcome, and advanced undergraduates are welcome with instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Surveys probability and statistics in psychology. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Continuation of PSYC 5741. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Provides training in the use of structural equation modeling, a class of analytic techniques that include the estimation of unobserved, or latent, constructs and an estimation of relationships among latent constructs. Prereqs., PSYC 5741 and 5751. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Introduction to research on human language. A required proseminar for Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. students. Covers research at the cognitive, neural, and computational levels. Addresses phenomena at the levels of phonology, grammar, and meaning. Emphasizes interrelationships between language and other domains of cognition (perception, memory, executive function). Graduate students in all programs and advanced undergraduates welcome with instructor consent. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours.

    Provides beginning Ph.D. students with an introduction to the study of executive functions. A required proseminar for students in the Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program. Will include consideration of working memory, inhibition, multi-tasking, monitoring, selection, lifespan changes, and social/clinical applications at the cognitive, neural, and computational levels. Graduate students in all programs are welcome, and advanced undergraduates are welcome with instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Provides beginning Ph.D. students with a basic introduction to research on complex human cognition, including reasoning, problem solving, decision making, analogy, concept learning, and knowledge representation. Will include consideration of theoretical, behavioral, and cognitive neuroscience perspectives. One of six proseminar modules required of students in the Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program. Graduate students in all programs and advanced undergraduates welcome with instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students 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. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Designed for beginning graduate students interested in neuroscience. Students read, discuss, and evaluate the primary literature on a number of current topics in neuroscience as well as attend the seminar program in neuroscience. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as CSCI 6402, EDUC 6504, LING 6200, PHIL 6310. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

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