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Psychology

PSYC 001 Introduction to Psychology 3.0 Units PSYC 005 Abnormal Psychology 3.0 Units
Course Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 001; SCC minimum Prerequisite: PSYC 001.
Math standard. Course Advisory: ENGL 001, LR 010, ENGL 062, and SCC
General Education: Option A: Area B2; Option B: Area 4I; minimum Math standard.
Option C: Area D9 General Education: Option A: Area B2; Option B: Area 4I;
Transferable to UC/CSU Option C: Area D9
Hours: 48-54 lecture. Transferable to UC/CSU
Introduction to psychology as the scientific study of Hours: 48-54 lecture.
human behavior and mental processes. Major topics An overview of psychological disorders surveying selected
include history of field, scientific method, sensation disorders in the current version of the Diagnostic and
and perception, brain and nervous system, states of Statistical Manual (DSM), including mood disorders (such
consciousness, development, learning, memory, cognition, as depression, bi-polar disorder), anxiety disorders,
motivation, emotion, personality, tests and measurements, psychotic disorders (such as schizophrenia), personality
health psychology, behavior disorders and treatment, and disorders, eating disorders and others. The course
social psychology. (C-ID PSY 110) discusses historical and scientific approaches to explain
and to treat these disorders from bio-psycho-social
PSYC 002 Biological Psychology 3.0 Units perspectives.
Prerquisite: PSYC 001 with a minimum grade of C.
Course Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 001; SCC minimum PSYC 006 Developmental Psychology 3.0 Units
Math standard. Course Advisory: PSYC 001; Eligibility for ENGL 001; SCC
General Education: Option A: Area B2; Option B: Area 4I; minimum Math standard.
Option C: Area D9 General Education: Option B: Area 4I; Option C: Area D9,
Transferable to UC/CSU Area E
Hours: 48-54 lecture. Transferable to UC/CSU
A Focus on the relationship of genetic and physiological Hours: 48-54 lecture.
factors to behavior. Topics include how the brain and Study of development from the prenatal period through
nervous system influence behavior including perception, the lifespan. Emphasis will be on current theories and
sexual behaviors, sleep, drug use, disorders, memory research in developmental psychology. Physical, cognitive,
and learning. Current theories and research in biological social-emotional, intellectual and linguistic aspects of
psychology are reviewed. (C-ID PSY 150) development will be examined. Included are influences of
family, society and culture. This course does not fulfill the
PSYC 004 3.0 Units lifespan requirement for the nursing major.
Research Methods in Behavioral Science
Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C in both PSYC 001 PSYC 007 Cross-Cultural Psychology 3.0 Units
and MATH 011. Course Advisory: PSYC 001 with a minimum grade of C;
Course Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 001. Eligibility for ENGL 001.
General Education: Option A: Area B2; Option B: Area 4I; General Education: Option A: Area E; Option B: Area
Option C: Area D9 4C, Area 4I; Option C: Area D3, Area D7, Area D9, SCC
Transferable to UC/CSU Graduation Requirement
Hours: 48-54 lecture. Transferable to UC/CSU
Introduction to basic research methods in the behavioral Hours: 48-54 lecture.
sciences. Assumptions and goals of science are considered An overview of cross-cultural psychology with critical
as well as several specific research techniques or designs. and comparative study of psychological topics such as
The ethics of research with human and animal subjects will ethnicity, gender, cognition, emotion, personality, health,
be covered. (C-ID PSY 200) and social interaction. Various ethnic populations within
the United States, cultural values and individual beliefs
will be examined in this class. Contemporary and historical
research on the influence of culture on human psychology
is reviewed. A service learning activity and/or field trip may
be part of this class.

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