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Fall Courses 

May Be Subject To Change:

Should there be any discrepancies between the course list below and the official course list provided by the Registrar's Office, the official listing will govern.

Psych 1000 and 1001. Introduction to Psychology. An introduction to Psychology as a biological and social science. Topics shall include research methodology, physiological processes, perception, learning, memory and cognition, human development, animal behaviour, emotion, motivation, consciousness, personality and individuality, psychological disorders and treatment, and social psychology.
  • Note: Psychology 1000 is a prerequisite for Psychology 1001
Psych 2025. Survey of Developmental Psychology. A survey of the cognitive, social, and personality development of people. Development will be tracked from the prenatal stage to old age. Topics to be studied shall include: research methodology, genetics, prenatal development, environmental effects during prenatal development, attachment, emotional development, language development, intelligence, cognitive development, socialization, sex-roles and gender identity, adolescence, adulthood and aging.
  • Note: Credit may not be obtained for Psychology 2025 and either of Psychology 2010 or 2011
Psych 2125. Survey of Social Psychology. A survey of how the behaviour of individuals is influenced by others. Topics to be studied shall include: methodology and ethics, social cognition, social perception, attitude formation and change, interpersonal attraction, social influence, group processes and leadership. Additional topics may include: aggression, prosocial behaviour, sex and gender, environmental effects, organizational behaviour, health, stress and psychology and the law.
  • Note: Credit may not be obtained for Psychology 2125 and either of Psychology 2100 or 2120
Psych 2225. Survey of Learning. A survey of learning phenomena and learning theories. Topics to be studied shall include: the evolutionary context of learning, habituation and sensitization, imprinting, Pavlovian conditioning, instrumental learning, generalization and discrimination in learning and neural mechanisms of learning.
  • Note: Credit may not be obtained for Psychology 2225 and either of Psychology 2240 or 2250
Psych 2950. Research Methods and Data Analysis in Psychology II. This course will cover basic experimental methods and supporting statistical concepts and techniques. Basic designs will include one factor designs (independent and repeated measures). Supporting statistical concepts will include statistical sampling distributions (t and F), internal and external validity, hypothesis testing, and simple interactions. Supporting statistical techniques will include independent and repeated measures t-tests, one-factor independent and repeated measures ANOVA, and selected multiple comparisons techniques. Students will also learn how to write a description of an experiment in APA style, how to critically analyze a report of an experiment, how to use and interpret a statistical package to analyze experimental data, and how to conduct literature searches.
  • Prerequisite: Psychology 2925 or equivalent
  • Lab: weekly laboratory
  • Note: Credit may not be obtained for Psychology 2950 and any of the following: Psychology 2901, Statistics 2501, Statistics 2560
Psych 3425. Contemporary Issues in Memory and Cognition..
  • Prerequisite: Psychology 2925 and Psychology 2425
Psych 3533. Sexual Behaviour. This course is a psychological analysis of sexual behaviour. The course will examine the physiological, behavioural, social and personality bases of the male and female sexual response, heterosexuality and homosexuality and other sexual behaviour. Other topics may include the social precursors of human sexual behaviour, sex therapy, pregnancy and childbirth, and nonhuman sexual behaviour.
  • Prerequisite: PSYC 1000 and 1001.
  • Note: Credit may not be obtained for PSYC 3533 and the former PSYC 3300.
Psych 3625. Contemporary Issues in Personality..
  • Prerequisite: Psychology 2925 and Psychology 2625
Psych 3825. Contemporary Issues in Physiological Psychology..
  • Prerequisite: Psychology 2925 and Psychology 2825
Psych 4910. Systems of Psychology. A study of paradigms and explanations in contemporary psychology in the context of their historical antecedents.
  • Prerequisite: Seventy-eight credit hours in University courses including (a) six credit hours in Psychology laboratory courses from Clause 1(b) of the Requirements for a Major in Psychology or (b) Psychology 3425 or (c) Psychology 3950
Psych 4925. Senior Seminar in Psychology. Weekly seminars for faculty and senior students in Psychology. Current issues in academic and professional psychology shall be discussed.
  • Prerequisite: Thirty credit hours in Psychology including 3950 (or permission of the Chair of Psychology)
Psych 4951. Honours Project in Psychology I. Under the supervision of a Faculty member, each student will independently review an area of psychology and prepare a thesis proposal for further investigation.
  • Prerequisite: Thirty credit hours in Psychology including 3950 (or permission of the Chair of Psychology)
  • Note: 1) Credit may not be obtained for both Psychology 4950 and 4951. 2) Psychology 4951 is limited to Honours candidates
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