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Bachelor of Science
Psychology

Course Highlights

INTRO TO COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 207) - This course povides an overview of contemporary research and practical applications of theories involving the structure and processes of the mind. Topics include information processing, sensory and perception, object recognition, attention, memory processes, language, problem-solving, and decision-making.

QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 216) - This course covers surveys statistical methods and concepts used in Psychological research and provides a foundation in descriptive and inferential statistics, including measures of central tendency and dispersion, hypothesis testing, factorial analysis of variance, correlation and regression, and cross-tabulation methods. SPSS statistical computing software is utilized.

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 2356) - This course examines principles in the practice of psychology and law including forensic assessment of competence and sanity, eyewitness accuracy and testimony, expert testimony, psychology of evidence, psychology of jury selection, dynamics and deliberation, psychology of interrogations, confessions, and imprisonment, psychological profiling, and lie detection.

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