1971-1972 Academic Catalog

EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY 77 THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Professor: Jack Scott Associate Professor: Stanley Ballard The objectives of the Department of Psychology are: 1. To provide an intensive introduction to the basic problems of the science of psychology, their historical development, and the important practical issues to which they are related. 2. To provide a core of courses in the discipline that will enable students to gain the background necessary for graduate study in psychology. 3. To aid students in their personal adjustment to everyday life through an understanding of human behavior. 4. To provide courses in psychology necessary for teacher certification. REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN PSYCHOLOGY. Fifty quarter hours Psychology including: 160 General Psychology 261 Psychological Statistics I 264 Psychology of Abnormal Behavior 361 History and Systems of Psychology 365 Psychology of Learning 368 Experimental Psychology 369 Social Psychology 464A Literature Seminar in Psychology Additional hours in Psychology 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 ..... 15 m Majors in pyschology are encouraged to take a broad spectrum of courses in their undergraduate education. Course work in biology, mathematics, and philosophy is highly desirable. SM120, 216, 217, 303, 306, 184, 185, 281, 282, 283, 384 and BE220 and 322 are courses that are especially relevant to the psychology major. REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY. Twenty-four quarter hours in psychology including 160 and 264. 160 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY Designed to provide a survey of modern scientific psychology. The course content is centered on such topics as maturation, learning, sensation, per– ception, motivation, thinking, remembering, emotion, intelligence, and per– sonality development. Four credit hours