Below you will find the current course offerings listed by semester and then alphabetically by department. Students and Faculty should log in to workday.simmons.edu and view the live course listings for the current semester. The current semester listings below are updated weekly. If you have any questions about these courses, please contact the Registrar's Office at or 617-521-2111.
This course provides students with the key concepts underlying public health as a system and social endeavor. It will explore pressing public health challenges, including communicable diseases, environmental health, social inequalities in health, health care, public responses to emergencies, and reduction of unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, drinking, and violence.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/07 - 2023/12/14 | Thursday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Charlotte Powley | 4 | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Shama Varghese | 4 | Main Campus |
CD01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 8:00PM - 9:20PM | Nykia Leach | 4 | TBD |
Consent of instructor required. Students will learn and apply basic concepts of epidemiology, using collaborative learning through project activities, case students, peer discussion, and independent research. Students will examine the impact of social conditions and identify factors that account for adverse health at the population level, and use epidemiology to promote positive health outcomes.
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01 | 2023/09/08 - 2023/12/15 | Friday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Charlotte Powley | 4 | Main Campus |
Consent of instructor required. Normally open only to senior public health majors. Addresses the history of public health, discusses the current fields of public health and offers the student the opportunity to explore and learn about employment and graduate opportunities through readings, video and film, guest speakers, field trips, presentations, and other activities.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/07 - 2023/12/14 | Thursday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Charlotte Powley | 4 | Main Campus |
CD01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 6:00PM - 7:20PM | Crystal Clarke | 4 | TBD |
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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02 | TBD | TBD | Charlotte Powley | 4 | TBD |
03 | TBD | TBD | Valerie Leiter | 4 | TBD |
CD01 | TBD | TBD | Charlotte Powley | 4 | TBD |
Consent of instructor required. Provides a supervised professional experience off campus. Potential sites include clinical settings, community health centers, government agencies, hopsitals, laboratories, and nonprofit organizations. Includes a weekly seminar. Placement is the students' responsibility, with the support of the Career Education Center and the approval of the department. Arrangements should be made with the student's advisor by the end of the junior year.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | TBD | TBD | Charlotte Powley | 8 | TBD |
Explores a cluster of problems and competing perspectives: the nature of religious language, the evidence for and against the existence of God, the problem of evil, the relationship of faith to reason, and the meaning of death in light of differing analyses.
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Shirong Luo | 4 | Main Campus |
Explores argument forms and the nature of validity and deductive reasoning, including proof procedures, truth tables, syllogisms, quantification, and predicate logic.
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/14 | Tuesday, Thursday 12:30PM - 1:50PM | Wanda Torres Gregory | 4 | Main Campus |
Examines moral questions concerning rights and responsibilities in professional biomedical relationships. Includes issues such as truth-telling, informed consent, privacy, confidentiality, patient self-determination, reproductive technologies, euthanasia, eugenics, and broader questions of justice in health care.
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 6:00PM - 8:50PM | Augusta Moore | 4 | Main Campus |
Studies Hinduism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. Analyzes Asian views on ethics, politics, the nature of ultimate reality, and the understanding of human life through ancient and modern texts. Discusses concepts such as reincarnation, karma, yoga, dharma nirvana, enlightenment, jen, ji, tao, and yin and yang.
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Shirong Luo | 4 | Main Campus |
Examines philosophical themes and issues found in major works of literature and film. Based on a realization that meaning and truth arise through reflection upon everyday lived reality, we explore how one lives, struggles, and creates meaning in one's search for identity, wholeness, and truth by examining works of literature and film through various lenses of critical analysis.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/14 | Tuesday, Thursday 11:00AM - 12:20PM | Wanda Torres Gregory | 4 | Main Campus |
Explores the nature of human consciousness and the self. Focuses on the views of contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and Asian religious thinkers; readings include classical authors such as Descartes as well as contemporary philosophers such as Daniel Dennett.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Shirong Luo | 4 | Main Campus |
Explores philosophies from different cultural traditions and historical periods on the nature of the self and self-knowledge. Examines philosophical issues including the definition of personal identity, the existence of the soul, the mind-body relation, the role of society in defining the individual, and the limits to knowledge of the self.
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/14 | Tuesday, Thursday 8:00AM - 9:20AM | Wanda Torres Gregory | 4 | Main Campus |
Consent of instructor required.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | TBD | TBD | Wanda Torres Gregory | 4 | TBD |
Intensively examines a particular philosopher, philosophical school of thought, or philosophical problem.
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01 | TBD | TBD | Wanda Torres Gregory | 4 | TBD |
Teaches the fundamentals of physics for students with preparation in algebra and trigonometry. Topics drawn from mechanics, energy, torque, and momentum. Three hours or lecture, a three-hour laborator, and one-hour interactive problem-solving session per week.
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/15 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00AM - 10:50AM | Michael Jordan | 4 | Main Campus |
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Michael Jordan | TBD | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/08 - 2023/12/15 | Friday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Michael Jordan | TBD | Main Campus |
First course in Physics for science majors (calculus based). Concentrates on the subjects of mechanics: motion, mass, force, energy, momentum, and torque and static equilibrium. Additional material includes fluids and simple harmonic motion. Three hours of lecture, a one-hour, guided-inquiry learning session and a three hour lab per week. t.
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/15 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00AM - 10:50AM | Phillip White | 4 | Main Campus |
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Phillip White | TBD | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 5:00PM - 7:50PM | Catherine Mount | TBD | Main Campus |
Students will have the opportunity to build research skills in the laboratory and theoretical sciences by becoming involved in active research projects in the Department of Chemistry and Physics. Undergraduate students in all majors are encouraged to participate.
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 2:00PM - 2:50PM | Joe Elias | 1 | Main Campus |
Analyzes the physics of classical waves, specifically systems that exhibit oscillatory behavior and phenomena common to all waves, focusing on sound and light. Half-semester, 2-credit course, followed by PHYS 232 in the same time slot. Students may take PHYS 231 alone or together with PHYS 232. Three hours of lecture per week for the first half of the semester.
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/10/20 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:00PM - 12:50PM | Michael Jordan | 2 | Main Campus |
Introduces fundamental topics of 20th century physics, including special relativity, wave-particle duality, solutions of the Schrodinger equation in one dimension, and the formalism and postulates of quantum mechanics. Half-semester, 2-credit courses, following PHYS 231 in the same time slot. Students may take PHYS 232 alone or together with PHYS 231. Three hours of lecture per week for the second half of the semester.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/10/23 - 2023/12/15 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:00PM - 12:50PM | Michael Jordan | 2 | Main Campus |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 2:00PM - 2:50PM | Joe Elias | 1 | Main Campus |
Treats in detail the states of matter and the laws of thermodynamics (with applications to chemical and phase equilibria and electrochemistry) and reaction kinetics and mechanisms. Three hours of lecture and a four-hour laboratory per week.
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/14 | Tuesday, Thursday 9:30AM - 10:50AM | Michael Berger | 4 | Main Campus |
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Michael Berger | TBD | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/08 - 2023/12/15 | Friday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Michael Berger | TBD | Main Campus |
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | TBD | TBD | Michael Jordan | 4 | TBD |
Consent of instructor required. Selection of a research project involving scientific literature search and related laboratory work. Results presented in a research paper and a poster presentation.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 2:00PM - 2:50PM | Joe Elias | 4 | Main Campus |
Consent of instructor required. Selection of a research project involving scientific literature search, followed by laboratory work required for solution of the problem. Results presented in a thesis and a poster presentation.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 2:00PM - 2:50PM | Rich Gurney | TBD | TBD |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 2:00PM - 2:50PM | Rich Gurney | TBD | Main Campus |
Required of all chemistry and biochemistry majors completing CHEM 355. Includes instruction and preparation for technical writing such as a manuscript or senior thesis. Students will prepare and practice several oral presentations, culminating with a seminar on their independent study research open to the entire Simmons community. Two hours per week.
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 5:00PM - 6:20PM | Phillip White | TBD | Main Campus |
Introduces students to the fundamentals of American government and analyzes important and controversial political issues. Through lecture, discussion, and readings, examines: the Congress, the presidency, the courts, voting behavior, political participation, interest groups, political parties, social movements, civil rights, and civil liberties. A special focus will be on applying theories to current events in American politics.
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/14 | Tuesday, Thursday 11:00AM - 12:20PM | Gregory Williams | 4 | Main Campus |
This course introduces students to major topics in international relations: power politics, IR theories of the origins of conflict, war, and cooperation, international trade and markets, international organizations and law, North-South relations, global environmental problems, the commons, globalization, and terrorism. The course will cover contemporary issues in interstate relations.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/15 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00AM - 9:50AM | Chantal Krcmar | 4 | Main Campus |
Introduces political theory and its contributions to the study of politics by considering problems of citizenship in different regimes. Examines both classic texts of political philosophy (including Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Marx) and the writings and speeches of political actors (both real and in fiction and film).
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/14 | Tuesday, Thursday 9:30AM - 10:50AM | Lena Zuckerwise | 4 | Main Campus |
Exposes students to the relationship between popular culture and the United States. Focuses on various aspects of TV, the Internet, music, radio, and sports to show how the rise of the "Political Celebrity" has taken hold of all aspects of American politics in the 21st Century.
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Leanne Doherty | 4 | Main Campus |
Prepares students for direct involvement in the political process with legislators or nongovernment organizations involved in policy formation. Provides an overview of the Massachusetts political system through classroom study, speakers, and site visits. Focuses on "hands-on" skills: oral briefings, political research, and writing for policymakers. This course is required for participation in the Lee Family Foundation internship program.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Kristina Pechulis | 4 | Main Campus |
Examines the basic dilemmas surrounding the issue of human rights in international affairs since 1945. After an overview of the emergence of the "human rights regime," we will explore debates over the universality of human rights and over the proper way to define them (as civil, economic and social, and/or cultural). Case studies of human rights violations will highlight key policy choices that confront activists, citizens, and policymakers alike.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/15 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00AM - 11:50AM | Chantal Krcmar | 4 | Main Campus |
While national politics receives the most media attention, it is actually the lower levels of government that have the greater influence on our daily lives. In demonstrating this influence, this course will specifically focus on the power of state and local government to foster greater social equality in America.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Gregory Williams | 4 | Main Campus |
This course explores the connections between feminism and capitalism. In what ways do feminist politics perpetuate capitalism, and how do they offer possibilities for critical resistance to it? Together we will consider how liberal feminism in particular accommodates capitalism, as well as what a radical, feminist critique of capitalism entails.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Lena Zuckerwise | 4 | Main Campus |
This course examines the gendered dimensions of violent conflict and structural/systemic violence. Drawing upon a trans-disciplinary range of social theories and materials from both U.S. and international contexts, it will investigate themes including the social construction of gender, intersectionality and feminist frameworks, gender and post-conflict peacebuilding, wartime sexual violence, white supremacy, etc.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 5:00PM - 7:50PM | Chantal Krcmar | 4 | Main Campus |
Consent of department required. Open to students in political science wishing to do advanced work with a member of the department.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | TBD | TBD | Lena Zuckerwise | 8 | TBD |
02 | TBD | TBD | Abel Amado | 8 | TBD |
Consent of department required.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | TBD | TBD | Lena Zuckerwise | 4 | TBD |
Offers an intensive study of a specific topic in political science. Required of all senior political science majors.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Lena Zuckerwise | 4 | Main Campus |
Offers an intensive study of a specific topic in political science. Staff.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Lena Zuckerwise | 4 | Main Campus |
Surveys contemporary approaches to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Covers topics from neurons to neuroses, including perception, memory, social interaction, personality, and mental disorders.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/15 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:00PM - 12:50PM | Geoff Turner | 4 | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/15 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00AM - 11:50AM | Geoff Turner | 4 | Main Campus |
03 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 5:00PM - 7:50PM | Elaine Augustine | 4 | Main Campus |
Considers some of the ways behavior and experience are related to biological processes. Classroom and laboratory topics include brain structure and function, drugs and addiction, brain damage, sleep and consciousness, stress, memory and amnesia, and mental illness. Includes lectures and laboratory sessions.
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Monday, Wednesday 5:00PM - 6:20PM | Rachel Galli | 4 | Main Campus |
CD01 | 2023/09/07 - 2023/12/14 | Thursday 6:00PM - 7:20PM | Kelsea Gildawie | 4 | TBD |
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 2:30PM - 4:20PM | Rachel Galli | TBD | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/07 - 2023/12/14 | Thursday 2:30PM - 4:20PM | Rachel Galli | TBD | Main Campus |
An introduction to methodologies and statistical analyses used in psychological research, including surveys, observation, correlation, and experiments. Lectures and lab activities emphasize critical-thinking in the evaluation of scientific evidence.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/14 | Tuesday, Thursday 11:00AM - 12:20PM | John Reeder | 4 | Main Campus |
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 11:00AM - 12:20PM | John Reeder | TBD | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 12:30PM - 1:50PM | John Reeder | TBD | Main Campus |
Explores the origins and implications of similarities and differences between women and men. Examines concepts of sex and gender as they relate to social roles, stereotypes, identity, mental health, and sexuality in social and cultural contexts.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/14 | Tuesday, Thursday 11:00AM - 12:20PM | Megan McCarty | 4 | Main Campus |
Explores the nature and dynamics of psychological disorders including anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, mood disorders, and addiction. Emphasizes the issue of individual psychological growth and the interrelationship of normal and abnormal phenomena.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Gregory Feldman | 4 | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/08 - 2023/12/15 | Friday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Neha Dhawan | 4 | Main Campus |
Explores the biological, psychological, and social factors related to health and illness. Includes discussion of the biological factors involved in prevention and treatment; the role of personal factors such as lifestyle choices, stress, addictions, and coping mechanisms; and social factors related to compliance and health care delivery.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 8:00AM - 10:50AM | Elizabeth Donovan | 4 | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Elizabeth Donovan | 4 | Main Campus |
03 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Elizabeth Donovan | 4 | Main Campus |
Considers the theoretical approaches and methodological issues involved in understanding normative development from conception to adolescence. Examines the origins and progression of biological, perceptual, cognitive, social, and emotional systems, as well as the complex interactions among them, via lecture, discussion, demonstration, and observation. Childrearing and education implications are discussed.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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02 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 8:00AM - 10:50AM | Elaine Augustine | 4 | Main Campus |
CD01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 6:00PM - 7:20PM | Alexandra Ehrhardt | 4 | TBD |
Nursing major required, and students cannot have taken PSYC-235. Explores the development of the individual from birth to death using psychological theory and research. Stresses the interaction of social, cognitive, and biological factors in human development; the interaction between the person and the environment; and the transitions across the lifespan.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Elaine Augustine | 4 | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 8:00AM - 10:50AM | Elaine Augustine | 4 | Main Campus |
(Previously Memory, Thought, and Language) Examines the mental processes that underlie perception, attention, memory, language, and reasoning from the perspective of psychological theory, experimental findings, and everyday experience.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/15 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00AM - 8:50AM | Geoff Turner | 4 | Main Campus |
Explores the psychological, biological, and societal factors that influence drug use. Focuses on the neurochemical bases of drug action and the experimental paradigms used in studying the behavioral effects of drugs. Topics include illegal and legal drugs, including medications for mental illness.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Amanda Carey | 4 | Main Campus |
02 | 2023/09/08 - 2023/12/15 | Friday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Amanda Carey | 4 | Main Campus |
This course will examine theoretical and empirical contributions to our understanding of human motivation and emotion, from simple drives to complex social needs. Topics will include the interactive nature and physiological bases of emotion, motivation, and cognition, the value of both positive and negative emotions, and the implications of this work for our understanding of social relationships, goal setting, self-control, and mental health.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/14 | Tuesday, Thursday 9:30AM - 10:50AM | Sarah Cavanagh | 4 | Main Campus |
Consent of instructor required. Surveys the methods psychologists use to investigate personality. Topics include how theories of personality guide hypothesis development, research ethics and design, data collection and analysis, and the presentation of research findings. Students will gain direct experience in conducting a research project in personality psychology. Includes a laboratory component.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Gregory Feldman | 4 | Main Campus |
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01 | 2023/09/07 - 2023/12/14 | Thursday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Gregory Feldman | TBD | Main Campus |
Consent of instructor required. Discusses research methods in social psychology and the application of social psychological findings to various human environments. Students will participate in conducting all phases of a research project from design to data collection and analysis.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/12 | Tuesday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Megan McCarty | 4 | Main Campus |
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/07 - 2023/12/14 | Thursday 2:00PM - 4:50PM | Megan McCarty | TBD | Main Campus |
Consent of instructor required. Considers issues related to psychopathology in children and adolescents and the causes of such disorders. Discusses theories, research, and therapies related to these conditions. Includes lectures, discussion, and research projects.
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01 | 2023/09/06 - 2023/12/13 | Wednesday 11:00AM - 1:50PM | Sarah Martin | 4 | Main Campus |
Consent of instructor required. Normally open only to seniors. Addresses the intellectual history of controversial themes that cut across the psychology curriculum, such as mind vs. body, nature vs. nurture, and normal vs. abnormal. Challenging readings reveal the basis for our modern theories and practices, highlighting the connections between other courses in the major.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/05 - 2023/12/14 | Tuesday, Thursday 12:30PM - 1:50PM | John Reeder | 4 | Main Campus |
Consent of instructor required.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | TBD | TBD | Megan McCarty | 4 | TBD |
Consent of instructor required. Provides staff-supervised experience to seniors in a variety of service and research settings. Involves exposure to activities such as counseling, psychological testing, special education, human resources, interviewing, psychotherapy, and laboratory research.
Section | Section Dates | Time | Instructor | Credits | Location |
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01 | 2023/09/11 - 2023/12/11 | Monday 8:00AM - 10:50AM | Sarah Martin | 4 | TBD |