UAS Courses & Subjects
This list can be used to select your UAS electives. This page provides information about individual courses. To learn more about specific University Arts & Sciences programs -- admission requirements, program requirements and course requirements -- please visit General University Studies.
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Course Descriptions
PSYC 100: Introductory Psychology I is an introduction to the methods, theory and practice of psychology as a science. Among others, topics will include motivation and emotion, learning and memory, biological foundations, sensation and perception. Other topics are added at the discretion of the individual instructor. Class demonstrations and activities are used to illustrate concepts. Teaching methods and resources in the course vary with the instructor.
Prerequisites: ENGL 12 or equivalent with a grade of C or higher.PSYC 101: Introductory Psychology II covers topics include thinking and other cognitive processes, development of the individual, personality, mental disorders, health and social psychology. Other topics are added at the discretion of the instructor. Class demonstrations and activities are used to illustrate concepts. Teaching methods and resources in the course vary with the instructor.
Prerequisites: ENGL 12 with a grade of C or higher.PSYC 200: Biological Psychology is recommended for majors in psychology or other biological sciences. It will emphasize fundamental neurological processes which underlie sensation, perception, learning, and motivation, and will also explore selected topics in other areas.
Prerequisites: PSYC 100/101. Corequisites: Students may enrol in PSYC 101 and PSYC 200 concurrently.PSYC 202: Research methods introduces prospective Psychology majors to the major methodological principles which guide research in Psychology. The primary focus is on experimental design, but students will be exposed to some elementary descriptive statistics. Topics include critical thinking and scientific reasoning, principles of measurement, types of variables, validity and reliability, and research ethics. Weekly labs offer hands-on applications of basic concepts to the design of research.
Prerequisites: PSYC 100/101. Corequisites: Students may enrol in PSYC 101 and PSYC 202 concurrently.PSYC 230: Emotional and Social Disorders is the study of Abnormal Behaviour. Initially we will study the key concepts of major personality theories as they apply to abnormal psychology. This is followed by an introduction to the DSMIV (or DSMV) Classification System and research strategies used in abnormal psychology. The course begins its examination of specific disorders by considering disorders related to anxiety, stress and conflict. The final unit looks at the mind’s role in the body’s health and finally at dysfunctional personalities.
Prerequisites: Two semesters of Introductory Psychology with a grade of "C" or better.Psychology 231: Psychotic and Organic Disorders is the second of two courses which study psychological disorders. In this course we will examine psychotic, pervasive and other major psychological disorders. We will consider the causes, prognoses and treatments of such disorders as: affective disorders; the schizophrenias; developmental disorders; eating disorders; substance-abuse disorders; and sexual disorders.
Prerequisites: PSYC 230 with a grade of "C" or better.PSYC 240: Child Development is an introduction to normal child development. This course explores selected aspects of the physical, cognitive, emotional, and moral development of children from birth to adolescence, and examines the major theories of child development.
Prerequisites: PSYC 100/101 or equivalent.PSYC 241: Adult Development is an introduction to teenage and adult development. This course explores selected aspects of the physical, cognitive, emotional, and moral development from adolescence thru late adulthood.
Prerequisites: PSYC 100/101 or equivalent.