2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

ABA 205 Experimental Analysis of Behavior 4 cr.  (3-0-2)

• Offered: Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course is designed to provide background and information on the science of behavior. It covers a wide range of topics within behavior analysis including basic principles such as contingencies of reinforcement and punishment and functions of behavior, as well as respondent and operant conditioning. The course also examines how basic behavior research can be conducted and implemented/consumed in applied settings.

PSY 489 Graduate Assessment for Psychology Majors 0 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter Summer
• Graded: S/U
• Co-requisites: Registration for graduation is required for enrollment.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

All graduating students must take the psychology exam as part of the Department of Psychological Science’s outcomes assessment effort. The two hour test will be given at multiple times during each semester.

PSY 460D Practicum / Research: Social / Personality Psychology 2 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101; PSY 201 and PSY 202; Concentration in Social / Personality Psychology required. Permission of instructor required.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A supervised practicum or research experience in social or personality psychology. 

Notes: Course may be repeated up to 4 credits.

PSY 460C Practicum / Research: Mental Health / Pre-Clinical Psychology 2 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101; PSY 201 and PSY 202; Concentration in Mental Health / Pre-Clinical Psychology required. Permission of instructor required.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A supervised practicum or research experience in mental health / pre-clinical psychology.

Notes: Course may be repeated up to 4 credits.

PSY 460B Practicum / Research: Developmental Psychology 2 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101; PSY 201 and PSY 202; Concentration in Developmental Psychology required. Permission of instructor required.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A supervised practicum or research experience in developmental psychology. 

Notes: Course may be repeated up to 4 credits.

PSY 460A Practicum / Research: Brain and Behavior 2 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101; PSY 201 and PSY 202; Concentration in Brain and Behavior required. Permission of instructor required.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A supervised practicum or research experience in brain and behavior sciences.

Notes: Course may be repeated up to 4 credits.

PSY 453 Affective Neuroscience 4 cr.  (4-0-0)

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101; PSY 201 and PSY 202; PSY 250 or PSY 251.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course explores how emotions interact with cognition and other mental processes to motivate behavior. The underlying brain basis of emotional behaviors and emotional states are explored in this course.

PSY 440 Psychological Assessment 4 cr.  (4-0-0)

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101; PSY 201, PSY 202, and PSY 240.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Advanced examination of the variety of mental health psychology patterns of disordered or dysfunctional behavior and the procedures through which they may be understood and assessed. Course will include relevant theory in psychological assessment, basic principles of psychometrics, and practical applications of psychological assessment.

PSY 420 Psychology of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Culture 4 cr.  (4-0-0)

• Offered: Fall, Odd Years
• Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101; PSY 201, PSY 202, and PSY 220.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course explores the influences of race, ethnicity, gender, and culture on emotion, thoughts, and behavior.  Self-perception, judgements of others, human behavior, and how we interpret the social behavior of others will all be examined through psychological research.

PSY 342 Health Psychology 4 cr.  (4-0-0)

• Offered: Winter, Even Years
• Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101; PSY 201 and PSY 202; PSY 250 or PSY 251.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course examines the relationships of social, biological, behavior, and cognitive factors that affect physical and mental health. Topics include health promotion and illness prevention, medical treatment factors, stress and coping, psychosocial adjustment for serious health problems, and lifestyle factors.