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Introduction to Psychology: Fundamental Issues
PSY 4110 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Boston (Hybrid) Sa 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Online
This introductory sequence of courses answers the question “what is psychology?” The science of psychology is defined as the study of behavior and mental processes. Students explore the fundamental principles and issues of contemporary scientific psychology, which are approached as a method of inquiry as well as a body of knowledge. This course provides an overview and integration of the many and diverse approaches to the study of behavior and mental processes and gives students the basis for more advanced study in the disciplines of psychology. Students examine the origins and methods of psychology, biological foundations, consciousness, cognition and language, and learning and memory.
Introduction to Psychology: Personal Dynamics
PSY 4112 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Boston M 5:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Online
Understanding personal dynamics completes the sequence of introductory courses in psychology. Students explore motivation, emotion, personality theory and measurement, abnormal psychology, therapy, personality, disorders, and health psychology.
(formerly Introduction to Psychology: Personal Dynamics)
Prerequisite: PSY 4110 Psychology 1: Fundamental Issues or equivalent.
Development: Infancy and Childhood
PSY 4240 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - July 21
Boston (Hybrid) Th 5:45 PM - 8:45 PM
This sequence of courses discusses how human beings develop throughout life. In the first course, students focus on the basic physical, perceptual, cognitive, and emotional capacities that develop from infancy through middle to late childhood. The course emphasizes how biological inheritance interacts with the physical and social environment. Topics include physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development and the development of language, morality, and interpersonal relationships.
Prerequisite: PSY 4110 Psychology 1: Fundamental Issues.
Development: Adolescence
PSY 4241 / 3 q.h.
July 23 - August 18
Boston (Hybrid) Th 5:45 PM - 8:45 PM
This course examines development during the second decade of life and emphasizes the problems confronting the individual adolescent. Topics include biological, social, emotional, and cognitive changes as they relate to the creation of a stable, individual identity. Students also discuss the unique features and problems of development from adolescence to the adult years.
Prerequisite: PSY 4110 Psychology 1: Fundamental Issues.
Development: Adulthood and Aging
PSY 4242 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
Understanding how people change as they develop as adults is central to this course. Students discuss the unique features and problems of development through the adult years to death and the changes that accompany career, marriage, and family developments and the specific psychological adjustments required of the aging person.
Prerequisite: PSY 4110 Psychology 1: Fundamental Issues.
Personality
PSY 4272 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Boston W 5:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Students in psychology must learn about the normal personality and its growth and development. This course focuses on behavioral, dynamic, and constitutional determinants and includes concepts such as environmental and genetic contributions, assessment of personality, research, and a survey of the major personality theories.
Prerequisite: PSY 4112 Psychology 3: Personal Dynamics. |
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