Undergraduate Course Descriptions
The Bulletin of the College of Arts & Sciences (2008-2010) includes the descriptions for all undergraduate courses offered by Psychological & Brain Sciences.
If you are getting ready to register for a new term, you can read descriptions for courses from any department provided by instructors who will teach that term by clicking here and then selecting the term, department, and different sections offered. To contact a psychology/neuroscience instructor to ask questions about a course they are teaching, visit the Faculty/Staff Directory.
Consult the Course Distribution Groups to find courses that count as Arts & Humanities (A&H), Social & Historical Studies (S&H), or Natural & Mathematical (N&M) credits.
Topics in Psychology (P357, P440, P457): The topics of these courses vary by semester. You can check the Registrar's Schedule of Classes to discover the titles of topics courses being taught during upcoming semesters and get descriptions from the Psychology & Neuroscience Advisors. The titles of topics courses offered during Fall 2008 & Spring 2009 included:
- Decision Making and the Brain
- Translating Research into Practice in Real-World Clinical Settings
- Molecular Methods of Neuroscience Research
- Psychology in Medical Field Experience
- Neuropsychology of Language
- Biobehavioral Theories of Addiction
- Psychobiology, Self and Society
- Reproductive Neuroscience
- Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy
Teaching internships, research assistantships, service-learning courses and more! Click here to learn about earning course credit for being an intern or a research assistant, or for completing a service-learning project.
Graduate Level Courses. If you are an undergraduate who is interested in enrolling in graduate level courses, you should talk with a Psychology & Neuroscience Advisor and with the faculty member who teaches the course. Read descriptions of graduate level courses.
