Students will learn about international policies surrounding human rights for people with disabilities. This course will be structured around the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Students will learn about varying definitions of disability, education, employment, healthcare and family perspectives.

The course will cover the neuropsychology of concussion. Neuropsychology is the study of brain-behavior relationships. Students will learn about causes, symptoms, duration, assessment, recovery, rehabilitation, and risk factors for single and multiple concussions. Students will read original research articles and book chapters about concussion and will delve deep into controversies, myths, media coverage of concussion.

Why do we believe in the views of a political party or leader? How can we better understand vaccine hesitancy or denial of climate change science? What drives extremist or conspiracist beliefs? This course will examine evidence from cognitive, developmental and social psychology to explore the science behind how people form beliefs and evaluate those of others, and why it is that beliefs are often so resistant to change even in the face of disconfirming evidence.

Evaluates scientific research on human happiness. Integrates research from psychology, economics, and neuroscience in the evaluation of personal and public policy choices.

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.

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

Health psychology is devoted to understanding how psychological and social factors affect why people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when they do get ill. Health psychology is concerned with all aspects of health and illness across the life span.

This course provides an exploration of how psychology and behavioral science are applied in organizations and the workplace. Topics include the application to: the talent/employee life cycle and related key metrics such as motivation, effectiveness, satisfaction, engagement, and culture; leadership; the organizational change process; individual and organizational well-being and resilience; and individual work and careers.

Major theories, research and applications in social psychology. Topics include: attitudes, social influence, helping, aggression, groups, interpersonal attraction. Prerequisite: introductory psychology.

The primary goal of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to developmental psychology and to the scientific study of development. It is intended that this course may serve as a foundation for future courses in Child Psychology. Thus, a broad range of topics will be covered and no one topic will be covered in depth. We will cover the major domains of development ? biological, cognitive, social, and emotional development - from the prenatal period chronologically, covering each age of the child in turn.