New Online Psychology Courses Offered

Introduction to Psychology – PSYO 1010

Course Overview

• PSYO 1010 is a three-credit introductory psychology course that provides an overview of the key concepts in psychology as well as the research methods used to investigate the psychological process underlying human behavior.
  
  The course includes an overview of psychology’s five-course core domains while developing the skillsets needed for scientific reasoning and problem solving, thinking critically, understanding psychology processes, and interpreting behavior.
  
  Through a highly integrated approach, domains and research will be explored through multiple lenses, with special attention to ethical considerations, cultural and social diversity, individual variance, and real-world applications.

Course Outcomes

• Identify how ethics, cultural and social diversity, variations in human functioning, and real-world application impacts basic concepts of psychology.
• Apply psychological principles to personal, social, and professional life
• Draw logical, well-grounded conclusions about behavior and mental processes from empirical evidence
• Evaluate misconceptions or erroneous behavioral claims based on evidence from psychological science
• Evaluate basic psychological research

Link to the course and registration:

• https://online.une.edu/science-prerequisites/psychology-1010/

Developmental Psychology – PSYO 1020

Course Overview

• PSYO 1020 is a three-credit psychology course that will explore basic concepts and theories of human development with a focus on the nine major periods of life from prenatal development to death and dying.
  
  The nature of interactions between an individual’s biology and their environment will be examined by integrating information from a wide array of research studies. These studies consist of but are not limited to, ground-breaking historic studies to recent studies of physical, neurological, and cognitive development.

Course Outcomes

• Describe the scientific methodology and research designs typically employed in research in human development.
• Identify the nature of the interaction between biology and the environment and its influence on development throughout the lifespan.
• Discuss human genetics and issues related to prenatal development, birth, and infancy.
• Discuss the major developmental milestones in physical, cognitive, and socioemotional domains throughout the human lifespan.
• Analyze significant theories of cognitive development, including those of Piaget, Vygotsky, and the information-processing approach.
• Examine key issues of development in adulthood, including marriage and divorce, parenting, midlife, and career choices.
• Analyze the key issues of development in late adulthood, including retirement, living arrangements, cognitive changes, death, and grieving.

Link to the course and registration:

• https://online.une.edu/science-prerequisites/psychology-1020/

Abnormal Psychology – PSYO 1030

Course overview

• PSYO 1030 is a three-credit psychology course that will explore basic concepts and theories related to abnormal psychology and how psychopathology is classified.
  
  Emphasis will be placed on understanding the history of abnormal psychology, the negative impact of stigma related to the diagnosis of mental health disorders, strategies for clinical assessment, the biopsychosocial model for explaining mental illness, as well as the classification, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of the major disorders.
  
  Upon completion, students should be able to distinguish between normal and abnormal behavior patterns as well as demonstrate knowledge of etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health disorders.

Link to the course and registration:

• https://online.une.edu/science-prerequisites/psychology-1030/