Chair and Adviser: Alan Kluger (Gillet Hall, Room 113)
Department Faculty: Professors: Alan Kluger, Fred D. Phelps; Associate Professors: Jean Bresnahan, David Manier, John McDonald, Vincent Prohaska, Kevin Sailor, Suzanne Yates; Assistant Professors: Keith Happaney, Gisela Jia, Humberto Lizardi, Ruby S.C. Phillips, Anne Reid, Sarah Shuwairi; Lecturer: Minda Tessler
The Department of Psychology offers courses for students in the master's programs for elementary and secondary-school teachers.
*Courses preceded by an asterisk are not expected to be offered in 2009-2011.
*PSY 531: Psychology of the Physically Handicapped. 3 hours, 3 credits. Personality characteristics and problems arising among various types of the physically handicapped, such as the blind, the partially sighted, the deaf, the hard-of-hearing, the crippled, cardiacs, speech deviates, those of lowered vitality, and the cerebral palsied as well as those having multiple handicaps. Attention will be given to educational and social problems, mental tests, and the mental hygiene of the atypical, not only in the home environment but also in hospitals, convalescent homes, rehabilitation centers, and schools. PREREQ: General psychology.
*PSY 541: The Psychology of Adolescence. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of psychological development in adolescence. Needs, interests, emotions, and attitudes; individual differences in growth and development patterns. Current research findings reviewed and applied to the problems of secondary-school teaching. PREREQ: General psychology and 3 additional credits in psychology.
*PSY 605: Abnormal Psychology-Advanced Course. 3 hours, 3 credits. Facts and theories about the etiology of mental disorders. Consideration of deviations commonly found in the school population, such as mental retardation and delinquency. PREREQ: Undergraduate abnormal psychology or psychology of personality.
*PSY 676: Psychology of Personality. 3 hours, 3 credits. An overview of various approaches to the understanding of personality. Consideration of the major theories of personality development. PREREQ: General psychology.
*PSY 720: Developmental Psychology I. 3 hours, 3 credits. Theory and research on behavioral development throughout the life span. Physical, mental, emotional, social, and sexual aspects of psychological development from infancy to old age. PREREQ: General psychology