DEPARTMENT
Psychology
- Department Chair: 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, Lauren Fowler, Joseph Horvat; Associate Professors: Azenett Garza, Theresa Kay,
Leigh Shaw; Assistant Professors:
Aaron Ashley, Todd C. Baird, Melinda Russell-Stamp, Matthew Schmolesky; Instructor: Maria
Parrilla de Kokal; Emeritus Professors: Julianne Arbuckle, Richard
Grow, Bruce Haslam,
Merrill May, William 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,
neuroscience, research, graduate study in psychology and other areas such as law,
political science and personnel. Students are required to select courses as
described 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.
Residency Policy
The Psychology Department has established a residency policy for students
transferring undergraduate psychology credits from another accredited
institution of higher education. Students who are majoring in Psychology must
complete at least 9 credit hours of Psychology courses with a C or better in
residence at Weber State University; students who are minoring in Psychology
must complete at least 6 credit hours of Psychology courses with a C or better
in residence at Weber State University. All transfer requests must go through
the University Transfer Office.
Required Core Courses (26 hours)
• Core General Courses (11 hours)
- PSY SS1010 Introductory Psychology (3)
- *PSY 3600 Statistics in Psychology (3)
- *PSY 3605 Psychology Statistics Lab (1)
- **PSY 3610 Research Methods in Psychology (4)
• Core Content Courses (15 hours)
- †PSY 2730 Biopsychology (3)
or †NEUR 2050 Introduction to Neuroscience (3)
- †PSY 3000 Child Psychology (3)
or †PSY 3140 Psychology of Adolescence (3)
- PSY 3010 Abnormal Psychology (3)
- †PSY 3250 Conditioning and Learning (3)
or †PSY 3500 Cognition (3)
- †PSY 3460 Social Psychology (3)
or †PSY 3430 Theories of Personality (3)
* PSY 3600 Statistics in Psychology and PSY 3065 Psychology Statistics Lab
are recommended to be taken no later
than first semester Junior year. Math 1010 or equivalent is required for PSY 3600.
For PSY 3605: MATH 1010 or equivalent is a prerequisite and PSY 3600 is a
prerequisite/co-requisite.
** PSY 3610 Research Methods in Psychology is recommended to be taken no
later than second semester Junior year. Note that PSY 3600 and PSY 3605 (or an
equivalent with prior approval from the Department Chair) are prerequisites
for PSY 3610.
† One of these two courses must be taken to fulfill the core course
requirement. However, the student may opt to also take the second course as
an elective.
Additional Courses (10 hours): from the Core General Courses, Core Content
Courses, or Electives (Group A or B)
• Electives Group A: Area Specialization Courses
- PSY SS2000 Interpersonal Relationships (3)
- PSY DV2370 Psychology of Women & Gender (3)
- PSY 3020 Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (3)
- PSY DV3100 Psychology of Diversity (3)
- PSY 3270 Motivation and Emotion (3)
- PSY 3300 Applied Behavior Intervention (3)
- PSY 3450 Psychology of Language (3)
- PSY 3550 Psychology of Consciousness (3)
- PSY 3560 Group Dynamics (3)
- PSY 3710 Physiological Psychology (3)
- PSY 3730 Perception (3)
- PSY 3740 Drugs and Behavior (3)
- PSY 4000 Advanced General (3)
- PSY 4050 Evolutionary Psychology (3)
- PSY 4090 History and Systems of Psychology (3)
- PSY 4310 Intro to Counseling Theories (3)
- PSY 4340* Skills & Techniques of Counseling (3)
- PSY 4510 Industrial and Organizational Behavior (3)
- PSY 4760**Tests & Measurements (3)
- PSY 4900 Selected Topics in Psychology (2-3)
- PSY 4990 Seminar (1)
* PSY 4310 or permission of the instructor is a prerequisite for PSY 4340
** PSY 3010 and 3600 are prerequisites for PSY 4760
• Electives Group B: Individualized Instruction and Experiential Courses
- PSY 1050 Careers in Psychology (1)
- PSY 1540 Psychology of Adjustment and Growth (3)
- PSY 2010 The Science and Profession of Psychology (3)
- PSY 2800*** Projects & Research (1-3)
- PSY 2830*** Directed Readings (1-3)
- PSY 2890**** Cooperative Work Experience (1-2)
- PSY 4380***** Practicum (1-2)
- PSY 4390***** Practicum (1-2)
- PSY 4800*** Projects and Research (1-3)
- PSY 4830*** Directed Readings (1-3)
- PSY 4890**** Cooperative Work Experience (1-2)
- PSY 4910****** Capstone Research Project (3, 3)
- PSY 4920******* Conferences and workshops (1-3)
*** PSY 2800, 2830, 4800 and 4830 require a contract to be filled out with
an instructor prior to registration.
**** 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 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. This
course is taken for a second semester to complete the project.
******* PSY 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.
Course Designations:
DV = Fulfills a University Diversity Requirement
SS = Fulfills a Social Science General Education Requirement
Weber State University 2012-2013 Catalog