Mental health counseling remains a leading treatment option for conditions such as anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Yet the neurobiological mechanisms by which counseling exerts its effects are little discussed in a neuroscientific context. In this course, we will explore how counseling can influence cognition, emotion, and behavior through changes in brain function.

This applied developmental psychology seminar will examine topics at the intersection of child development, trauma, and the justice system. Specifically, this course will discuss child maltreatment and how abuse and neglect can impact development in multiple domains. Societal and legal responses to these crimes will also be examined. Emphasis will be on theory, empirical findings, and practical applications of findings, including challenges involved in the prosecution of cases of abuse and neglect.

Students in this course will explore psychological theory and research pertaining to gay, lesbian, and bisexual people. Topics include sexual orientation, sexual identity development, stigma management, heterosexism & homonegativity, gender roles, same-sex relationships, LGB families, LGB diversity, and LGB mental health

Disability on campus is about far more than ramps and test accommodations. At its core, disability is a social justice issue. Disability intersects with all other identity groups and is a critical, though often overlooked, element of diversity efforts for students, staff, and faculty at institutions of higher education. It requires that we learn about disability culture, history, civil rights, and justice. This course emphasizes the development of critical questioning skills which are valuable both for improving campus practice and focusing research work.

This course examines how human socio-cultural worlds matter for mental health. Research in cultural psychology and diversity science has illuminated significant psychological variation in everything from emotion and cognition to social relationships and behavior. As such, clinical psychologists and allied professionals must consider cultural and social influences on the etiology, presentation, and treatment of psychopathology. Material for this course will be drawn from multiple disciplines to incorporate thinking beyond the field of psychology.

The primary goals of this course are to provide a basic introduction to the study of sleep; to provide a basic introduction to sleep disorders including their classification, cause and treatment and; perhaps most importantly, to answer "Why do we sleep?". We will seek scientifically informed answers to questions like: Why do we dream? Do animals sleep? And, what happens when we don't get enough sleep?

This course will provide students with an overview of autism across the lifespan, through exploration of autistic narratives and empirical research. Students will learn about the principles of neurodiversity and disability justice and explore their role in the history of autism. Using an intersectional lens that includes race, gender, sexuality, and social class, students will critically evaluate how autism has been defined, diagnosed, and treated.

This course offers an introduction to the field of child and adolescent psychopathology. We will review contemporary approaches to understanding the clinical features, diagnosis, causes, developmental course, and prevention of major psychological disorders in childhood and adolescence. When combined with Psych 494PI, this course will satisfy the Integrative Experience requirement for Psychology majors.

Various forms of psychopathology, including anxiety, stress, affective, addictive, developmental, psychosexual, personality, and schizophrenic disorders. The major theoretical perspectives on psychopathology reviewed. Various approaches to treatment. Prerequisites: PSYCH 100 or 110

Review of major theories of personality and analysis of selected problems in personality research. Prerequisite: introductory psychology. (Gen.Ed. SB)