Areas of Specialization
The courses presented in these specializations represent possible course combinations (not all possible courses) for students who may be interested in a specific area of psychology. The titles featured below do not represent degree designations.
Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral Neuroscience studies the organic brain and how it changes relative to behavior, stimuli, abnormalities, and changes over time.
- PSYCH 202-Drugs and Behavior
- PSYCH 370-Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience
- PSYCH 470-Psychobiology
- PSYCH 570-Psychopharmacology
- PSYCH 599-Research in Psychology
- PSYCH 630-Human Neuropsychology
Cognitive
Cognitive Psychology studies mental processes like thinking, memory, learning, and perception.
- PSYCH 370-Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience
- PSYCH 425-Judgement and Decision Making
- PSYCH 460-Cognitive Psychology
- PSYCH 480-Fundamentals of Perception and Sensation
- PSYCH 599-Research in Psychology
Industrial/ Organizational
Industrial-Organizational Psychology studies human behavior in the workplace and organizations and how to solve problems in each.
- PSYCH 515-Psychology Applied to Work
- PSYCH 559-Psychological Testing
- PSYCH 560-Personnel Psychology
- PSYCH 564-Psychology of the Workplace
- PSYCH 565-Occupational Health Psychology
- PSYCH 599-Research in Psychology
Social/Personality
Social Psychology studies as aspects of behavior of an individual in a social context
- PSYCH 520-Life Span Development
- PSYCH 530-Psychology of Mass Communication
- PSYCH 535-Social Psychology
- PSYCH 599-Research in Psychology
- PSYCH 605-Advanced Social Psychology
- PSYCH 620-Psychology of Personality
Clinical
Clinical Psychology studies mental illness and disability relative to diagnosis and treatment of a variety of conditions.