DEPARTMENT
Psychology
- Chair: Dr. Eric
Amsel
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- Location: Social Science Building, Room 370
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- Telephone Contact: Aubrey Jenkins 801-626-6247
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- Professors: Eric Amsel, Norris R. Bancroft, Richard T. Grow, Joseph J. Horvat; Associate Professors: Lauren A. Fowler,
Theresa S. Kay; Assistant Professors:
Aaron L. Ashley, Todd C. Baird, Azenett A. Garza-Caballero, Melinda
Russell-Stamp, Matthew T. Schmolesky, Leigh Shaw; Lecturer: Maria
D. Parrilla de Kokal; Emeritus Professors: Julianne Arbuckle, Bruce Haslam, Merrill May, William H. McVaugh, Thomas Musgrave,
Benne Williams
The reasons for selecting a major or minor or choosing a BIS emphasis in Psychology are
to broadly prepare yourself to understand human and animal behavior and to prepare yourself for a
possible career working with or doing research on people. The program is designed to teach the
content of psychology, the major methods of psychological inquiry, and some skills and
techniques in applying its concepts.
Students majoring in Psychology can select a program of study individually tailored to
interests in counseling, child and family, business, corrections, research, graduate study
in psychology and other areas such as law, business, political science and personnel.
Students are required to select courses from the different areas below to insure some
breadth in their program of study. All majors are assigned an advisor who will help them
develop their course of study. Teaching majors and minors and BIS students should contact
the department chairperson for advisement.
Area 1: Required Courses for Psychology Major
(10 credit hours required)
- PSY SS1010 Introductory Psychology (3)
- PSY SI3600* Statistics in Psychology (3)
- PSY SI3610 Research Methods in Psychology (4)
* Prerequisite: MATH 1010 and MATH QL1030, QL1040, QL1050 or QL1080.
Area 2: Biological
(one course required for major and teaching major)
- PSY 2730* Biopsychology (3)
- PSY 3710 Physiological Psychology (3)
- PSY 3730 Perception (3)
- PSY 3740 Drugs and Behavior (3)
PSY 2730 is strongly recommended as a prerequisite for other courses in this
area.
Area 3: Affective, Cognitive & Behavioral
(one course required for major and teaching major)
- PSY 3250 Conditioning and Learning (3)
- PSY 3270 Motivation and Emotion (3)
- PSY 3500 Cognition (3)
- PSY 4050 Evolutionary Psychology (3)
Area 4: Abnormal and Therapeutic
(two courses required for major and teaching major)
- PSY 3010 Abnormal Psychology (3)
- PSY 3300 Applied Behavior Intervention (3)
- PSY 3560 Group Dynamics (3)
- PSY 4310* Intro to Counseling Theories (3)
- PSY 4340** Skills & Techniques of Counseling (3)
- PSY 4760*** Tests & Measurements (3)
*PSY 3010 is a prerequisite for PSY 4310
**PSY 4310 or permission of the instructor is a prerequisite for PSY 4340
***PSY 3010 and 3600 or equivalent are prerequisites for PSY 4760
Area 5: Social and Developmental
(two courses required for major and teaching major)
- PSY SS2000 Interpersonal Relationships (3)
- PSY DV2370 Psychology of Women & Gender (3)
- PSY 3000 Child Psychology (3)
- PSY DV3100 Psychology of Diversity (3)
- PSY 3140 Psychology of Adolescence (3)
- PSY 3430 Theories of Personality (3)
- PSY 3460 Social Psychology (3)
- PSY 4510 Industrial and Organizational Behavior (3)
Area 6: Support Courses
(no more than one of these electives may be used to fulfill the requirements for a BIS or
minor)
- PSY 1050 Careers in Psychology (1)
- PSY 1540 Psychology of Adjustment (2)
- PSY 2010 Science and Profession of Psychology (3)
- PSY 2800 Projects & Research (1-2)
- PSY 2890* Cooperative Work Experience (1-2)
- PSY 3020 Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (3)
- PSY 3550 Psychology of Consciousness (3)
- PSY 4000 Advanced General (3)
- PSY 4090 History and Systems of Psychology (3)
- PSY 4380** Practicum (2)
- PSY 4390** Practicum (2)
- PSY 4800*** Projects and Research (2-3)
- PSY 4830*** Directed Readings (1-2)
- PSY 4890* Cooperative Work Experience (1-2)
- PSY 4920**** Conferences and workshops (1-3)
- PSY 4900***** Selected Topics in Psychology (2-3)
- PSY 4910****** Capstone Research Project (3,3)
*PSY 2890 and 4890 require the student to have a current job in the field and get
permission of the coordinator in the department.
**Eighteen credit hours of psychology courses approved by the
supervising instructor are required, one of which must be PSY SS1010. Also,
permission of the instructor is required. A maximum of four credit hours
counted toward the psychology major and minor from the following courses: PSY
2890, 4890, 4380 and 4390.
***PSY 4800 and 4830 require a contract to be filled out with an instructor prior
to registration.
****PSY 2920, 4920 may be used for credit toward a major or minor or BIS in
psychology but only when written permission of the department is given at the time of
registration.
*****PSY 4900 Selected Topics courses may substitute for courses in areas 2-5 when
the content area is appropriate and when this course has received prior approval of the
department for substitution. Before registering, obtain permission from your
professor and the chairperson who will then acquire approval from the
department.
****** PSY 4910 requires a contract to be completed for the project and
approval of the Department of Psychology prior to registration. The course is
taken for one semester to complete the proposal and gain approval. The course is
taken for a second semester to complete the project.
Weber State University 2007-2008 Catalog