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Course ID
Course
PSYC 207
PSYC 207
Data Analysis
Course Credits: 3
The logic and the application of data analysis techniques suitable for the behavioural sciences. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, including measures of central tendency, variability, probability and sampling theory, correlation, regression, and non-parametric statistics.
PSYC 214
PSYC 214
Psychological Foundations of Teaching & Learning
Course Credits: 3
An evaluation of psychological theories and research relating to learning and teaching, with a focus on learning theories, motivation, classroom management, evaluation, developmental stages, individual differences, and the needs of exceptional children.
PSYC 215
PSYC 215
Lifespan Development
Course Credits: 3
This course addresses the physical, mental, emotional, and social growth from infancy through adolescence, adulthood, and old age, including death and bereavement.
PSYC 226
PSYC 226
Cognitive Psychology
Course Credits: 3
Examines theoretical issues in the study of the basic cognitive processes, such as memory, perception, knowledge representation, language, and problem solving.
PSYC 254
PSYC 254
Biological Psychology
Course Credits: 3
Provides an overview of the field of biological psychology. Students will be introduced to the complexity of the human nervous system with a focus on how it initiates, facilitates, and carries out specific behaviours. Topics covered include neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, sensation, hormones, sexual behavior, biological rhythms and homeostasis, learning and memory, attention, and language.
PSYC 301
PSYC 301
Theories of Personality
Course Credits: 3
The major theories of personality, traditional and contemporary, with a view to demonstrating their usefulness in accounting for human behaviour.
PSYC 305
PSYC 305
Abnormal Psychology
Course Credits: 3
The symptoms, causality, and treatment of psychopathological and behavioural problems. Examination of research findings as well as theoretical explanations.
PSYC 309
PSYC 309
Sensation & Perception
Course Credits: 3
This course examines research involving basic sensory and perceptual processes with theoretical accounts.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
PSYC 310
PSYC 310
The Exceptional Child in the Regular Classroom
Course Credits: 3
The study of the identification, etiology, diagnosis, and prognosis of various exceptionalities such as learning and physical disabilities, visual and auditory impairments, behaviour disorders, intellectual delays, and giftedness.