The Psychology IE course will focus on the content areas of Psychology as they relate to real-world problems. We will consider areas of Psychology where our majors may be employed after graduation. The course will be organized into a series of six units. Each unit will be introduced and discussed in a lecture and carried over into recitation sections. Course content will represent each of the five areas of the department in various themes throughout the course; some themes will cross disciplinary boundaries contained within the department.

The Psychology IE course will focus on the content areas of Psychology as they relate to real-world problems. We will consider areas of Psychology where our majors may be employed after graduation. The course will be organized into a series of six units. Each unit will be introduced and discussed in a lecture and carried over into recitation sections. Course content will represent each of the five areas of the department in various themes throughout the course; some themes will cross disciplinary boundaries contained within the department.

Introduction to the evolving discipline of landscape ecology, with emphasis on the theoretical underpinnings Focus on ecological scaling; landscape structure; agents of landscape structure; consequences of landscape structure to populations, communities, and ecosystem processes; landscape dynamics; and landscape management. Emphasis on modeling.

Physical and functional properties of foods: origin and modification of surface forces; electrophysical phenomena; colloidal aggregates and dispersions; stability of emulsions and foams; adsorption phenomena; properties of food polymers in solution; interfacial charge effects; structure and formation of gels.

Chemistry of food minor components (e.g. minerals, vitamins, nutraceuticals, colors, flavors), direct food additives (e.g. preservatives, texture modifiers and stabilizers, colors, flavors), incidental food additives (e.g. processing aids, chemical toxins), intentional adulterants, allergens, etc.

Protess are a common feature of American political and social life, and they have increasingly become a common vehicle for social change. Although social movements are often conceived as political outsiders, they play an influential role in the policy process. In this course, we will examine the dynamics of social movements?analyzing the conditions that give rise to them, shape their development, and the ultimate impact that they have on politics and American society.

This course is designed to help students obtain a solid foundation in organizational and institutional theories, particularly as they inform public organizations and public administration. Organizational development is examined from pre-bureaucratic forms to information technology-driven organizations, and attention is given to the managerial requirements associated with different organizational designs and theories

Alternative concepts of economics and radically different economic theories have always contested for hegemony within economics. The course examines pre-classical, classical, Marxian, neo-classical, and Keynesian theories to stress their differences and conflicts.

Introduction to mental retardation; its psychological, sociological, educational, biomedical, and legal aspects. Prerequisite: introductory psychology.

Description not available at this time