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Political Science Courses are designated as POSC in the class schedule. POSC 100 or its equivalent is the prerequisite for all upper-division political science courses. Prerequisites may be waived only with consent of instructor.
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POSC 474 - Civil Liberties (3)
Political and legal analysis of constitutional rights and liberties under the Bill of Rights and 14th Amendment, with particular attention to speech, religion, firearms, criminal rights, privacy, and discrimination.
Prerequisite: POSC 100 or graduate standing.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 475 - Administrative Law (3)
Law as it affects public officials and agencies in their relations with private citizens and the business community. Case materials and regulatory practices.
Prerequisite: POSC 100 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 476 - International Law (3)
Introduces the fundamentals or building blocks or international law and covers other selected topics that are traditionally identified as part of public international law.
Prerequisite: POSC 100 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 477 - Mock Trial: Legal Practicum II (3)
Highly participatory seminar introduces students to legal research, legal writing, trial strategies and litigation techniques; criminal and civil law and procedure, cases and adjudication; public speaking.
Prerequisite: POSC 100 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 478 - Urban Planning Principles (3)
Seminar/discussion on conceptual themes and legal foundations of American urban planning. Policy areas associated with urbanization and suburbanization processes: land use, economic development, redevelopment, housing systems, neighborhood dynamics and growth management. (GEOG 478 and POSC 478 are the same course.)
Prerequisite: GEOG 370 or POSC 320 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 484 - Urban Planning Methods (3)
Seminar and Practicum on methods in urban planning. Analytical techniques and basic data sources. Population forecasting, housing surveys, economic development, fiscal impacts and area revitalization. Individual and team projects. (GEOG 484 and POSC 484 are the same course .)
Prerequisite: GEOG 478 or POSC 478 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 485 - Women, Gender and Politics (3)
Changing political environment and women’s role in elected, appointed and other public agencies; issues of particular concern to women, including family issues, comparable worth and other economic issues and political participation. Not applicable for graduate degree credit. (POSC 485 and WGST 485 are the same course)
Prerequisite: POSC 100 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 491 - Applied Policy Research (3)
Conduct independent research, under faculty supervision, on policy-related issues proposed by community partners, students and faculty. Research topics will vary each semester, but will be based within criminal justice, political science and/or public administration. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
Prerequisites: Instructor approval, by application and faculty referral. POSC 100 , POSC 321 ; or POSC 407 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 492 - Prelaw Internship (3)
Acquaints students with the legal profession. A supervised working commitment of eight hours weekly with an assigned individual or organization. May be repeated once for credit. (CRJU 492 and POSC 492 are the same course.)
Prerequisite: POSC 100 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 493 - Teaching Internship (3)
Integrative overview of American government or of the discipline of political science. Classroom instructional activities in freshman and sophomore introductory classes under faculty supervision. Designed for students interested in teaching government/political science.
Prerequisite: completion of 27 units of political science.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 494 - Honors Tutorial in Politics (1)
Core course for the honors in political science program. Attendance at presentations by political scientists and critiques thereof. The culminating research for the honors work will be presented in the tutorial.
Prerequisites: POSC 100 , senior standing and admission to honors in political science.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 497 - Internship in Public Administration (3)
Work 12-20 hours per week as supervised interns in a public agency. Supervision by the faculty and cooperating agency. In addition, a weekly seminar.
Prerequisites: POSC 320 or POSC 509 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 498 - Internship in Politics (3)
Work 8-12 hours per week with elected officials or candidates for elective office. Individual supervision by the faculty and cooperating individuals. Meet with instructor by arrangement. May be repeated once for credit.
Prerequisites: POSC 100 , political science concentration and consent of instructor.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 499 - Independent Study (1-3)
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
Prerequisite: open to advanced students in political science with consent of department chair.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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POSC 501 - Political Science Research Design (3)
Issues of measurement, design, sampling, experiments, qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
Graduate-level
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POSC 503 - Aging and Public Policy (3)
Origin, development and overview of public policies affecting older persons, families and service providers. Political administrative, advocacy and private sector involvements in employment, retirement, income security, health care, social services and housing of older persons. May include a service learning component. (GERO 503 and POSC 503 are the same course.)
Prerequisites: GERO 500 , SOCI 443 , POSC 309 or POSC 315 or classified graduate student status.
Graduate-level
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POSC 504 - American Social Policies (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. American social policies, such as welfare, Social Security, and health care and the political environment in which they exist. Origins, implementation and reforms of current social policies, emphasizing questions of effectiveness and policy improvements.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Graduate-level
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POSC 509 - Foundations of Public Administration (3)
For graduate students in public administration who have not had an introductory course in public administration. Organizational theory and practice, decision-making, systems analysis, performance evaluation and administrative improvement.
Graduate-level
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POSC 512 - American Political Institutions (3)
Seminar in American Political Institutions. Covers the Constitution, elections, parties, participation, presidency, and Congress.
Graduate-level
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POSC 513 - American Political Behavior (3)
Introduces the major issues of American political behavior within the field of political science. Voting behavior, partisanship, elections, and unconventional political behavior; empirical analysis of these topics.
Graduate-level
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POSC 514 - Seminar in American Political Development (3)
Read foundational literature in the field, and study the development of America’s political system from the nation’s founding through the present, employing diverse emphases and methods.
Prerequisite: classified graduate student.
Graduate-level
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POSC 519 - State and Local Government (3)
Structure, processes, functions and interrelationships of state and local governments in American society. State, county, municipal and special district government in California as compared with other states.
Graduate-level
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POSC 521 - Capstone Seminar: Public Administration Theory (3)
Concepts, models and ideologies of public administration within the larger political system. Course restricted to students in their final six units of graduate work.
Graduate-level
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POSC 522 - Seminar in Public Personnel Administration (3)
Topics in public personnel administration. May be repeated once for credit with different content.
Graduate-level
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POSC 523 - Administrative Research and Analysis (3)
Conceptual methods employed in administrative research and analysis: organization and procedure of surveys, performance evaluation, social impact assessment, computer data analysis and report writing.
Graduate-level
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POSC 525 - Local Government Management (3)
Political and policy issues facing metropolitan America, and the capacity of governmental institutions to handle urban problems.
Prerequisites: a course in basic statistics; POSC 320 or POSC 509 .
Graduate-level
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POSC 526 - Public Organizational Theory and Behavior (3)
Management-oriented analysis of organizational behavior. Treatments of decision-making, leadership, communication, group dynamics and ethical aspects of organization. Applying theories of administration and systems management to public and volunteer programs and services. (GERO 526 and POSC 526 are the same course.).
Prerequisites: POSC 320 or POSC 509 , or GERO 501 (pre-/corequisite); basic statistics.
Graduate-level
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POSC 528 - Seminar in Public Policy (3)
Interplay between public policy and program administration in federal government. Discuss administrators’ role in policy development, administrative discretion in implementing policy, use of political resources by administrators.
Graduate-level
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POSC 529 - Seminar in Public Management Analysis (3)
Apply quantitative techniques to management and planning of public organizations. Network analysis, capacity management, management information systems, productivity measurement, forecasting, cost-benefit analysis, simulation and marketing.
Graduate-level
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POSC 530 - Seminar in Cross-National Politics (3)
Integration of international relations and comparative politics, emphasizing the interdependence of nations and non-state actors in the world political system.
Graduate-level
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POSC 539 - Seminar in Nonprofit Sector Management (3)
Basic pressures that face nonprofits today, both within historical and contemporary contexts. Theories of nonprofit accountability and excellence; practical lessons for managing nonprofits; and broad trends shaping the sector.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Graduate-level
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POSC 540 - Seminar Readings in Political Philosophy (3)
Foundations of contemporary political science through readings in the classics of political philosophy.
Graduate-level
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POSC 541 - Seminar in Contemporary Political Theory (3)
Analyze contemporary trends in the study of politics. Behavioral political science, criticisms of it and current empirical approaches to the study of politics.
Graduate-level
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POSC 551 - Seminar in Theories of International Relations (3)
Introduction to theories of international relations, including theories of the balance of power, deterrence, arms races, alliances, international organizations, globalization and human rights.
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Graduate-level
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POSC 555 - World Order (3)
Major theoretical debates concerning contemporary international order and strategies for global governance.
Graduate-level
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POSC 560 - Seminar in Administration of Justice (3)
Development and evaluation of judicial and police administration. Analyzes criminal justice policies, identification of researchable issues and examination of empirical research in the field. Unique properties of criminal justice management compared with public management generally.
Graduate-level
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POSC 571 - Public Budgeting and Finance (3)
State and local budgeting and taxes. Local financial management and cost benefit analysis. Emphasizes local government in Southern California.
Prerequisite: POSC 509 .
Graduate-level
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POSC 572 - Human Resource Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3)
Students who have taken POSC 422 for credit on study plan may not also take this course as part of study plan. Political and legal environments of public personnel management, the general and career civil services and political appointment system and introduces the students to such personnel functions as selection, position classification, performance evaluation and compensation.
Graduate-level
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POSC 580 - Emergency Management in Public Administration (3)
Comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in prevention, warning, evacuation, rescue and recovery systems. Development of public policy relating to land use planning, recovery and issues of liability; intergovernmental relations and effective planning.
Graduate-level
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POSC 582 - Organizational Development and Change (3)
Perspectives and theories on organization change and development. Introduction to a variety of concept skills and tools necessary to achieve organizational goals, and manage organizational change successfully.
Prerequisite: POSC 509 , POSC 526 or MCBE graduate standing and not Economics graduate standing or pre-MBA
Graduate-level
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POSC 583 - Seminar in Government Accounting and Public Finance Management (3)
Introduction to basic principles of public sector financial management and accounting, including public budgeting practices and processes, governmental accounting standards and procedures, revenue sources and tax administration, cash management and purchasing, investment and debt management, risk management and auditing.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and POSC 571 .
Graduate-level
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POSC 588 - Collaborative Governance (3)
Topics include federalism, intersectoral public administration, intergovernmental relations, public-private partnerships, public contract management, interlocal agreements, network governance.
Prerequisite: POSC 509 .
Graduate-level
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POSC 590T - Selected Topics in Political Science (3)
Detailed examination of a selected new or developing area of political science. Emphasizes relevant literature and preparation and presentation of research papers. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Graduate-level
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POSC 597 - Project (3-6)
Culminating experience option for graduate students involving a significant undertaking focusing on applied work related to the student’s interests, based on a combination of written work, creating appropriate professional materials and presentations; include a formal oral defense. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and graduated adviser.
Graduate-level
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POSC 598 - Thesis (3-6)
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Graduate-level
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POSC 599 - Independent Graduate Research (1-3)
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
Prerequisite: consent of department chair. Pre- or corequisite: required 15 units of graduate seminars.
Graduate-level
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Psychology Courses are designated as PSYC in the class schedule.
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PSYC 101 - Introductory Psychology (3)
Concepts, issues, and methods of psychology. Processes of sensation/perception, motivation/emotion, learning/memory, cognition. Research in developmental, personality, social, abnormal, and biological psychology. Research participation required. It is recommended that students satisfy the ELM requirement before enrolling. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 110 - Critical Thinking in Psychology (3)
Models and strategies of critical thinking. Training in inductive and deductive reasoning techniques; strategies for self-regulation of thinking. Formal and informal fallacies; social and cognitive factors that interfere with critical thinking and reasoning. One or sections may be offered in any online format.
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 133 - Introduction to Gerontology (3)
Multidisciplinary overview of: characteristics, strengths and problems of older persons; diversity in aging process involving gender, race, ethnicity, subculture; services to older adults; gerontology as an academic discipline and a field of practice. (GERO 133, SOCI 133, HESC 133, HUSR 133 and PSYC 133 are the same course.)
Prerequisite: completion of the G.E. Category D.1.
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 201 - Introduction to Statistics in Psychology (3)
Descriptive statistics, probability, hypothesis testing (t, chi-square, analysis of variance), sampling distributions of mean and variance, correlation, factorial designs, interpreting data. Laboratory applications of statistical software to psychological data. (2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory)
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 202 - Research Methods in Psychology (3)
Fundamentals of psychological research methods. Participation in conducting experiments, analyzing data, interpreting results, and writing research reports. (2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory)
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 ; completion of a G.E.-certified college composition course.
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 300 - Intermediate Research Methods and Statistics (3)
General introduction to the use of computers in psychology. Selection and use of application programs in research, statistics and testing will be emphasized. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 ; completion of G.E. Category B.4.
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 302 - Learning and Memory (3)
Theory and research on habituation, classical and operant conditioning, verbal learning, concept learning, and sensory, short-term and long-term memory. Encoding, storage, retrieval and forgetting information. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 . Students taking PSYC 302L concurrently must have completed PSYC 300 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 302L - Laboratory in Learning and Memory (2)
Laboratory course to accompany PSYC 302. Apply research methods to the study of topics in learning and memory. Design, conduct, analyze and interpret empirical research. Written research reports required. (4 hours of laboratory). One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 , PSYC 300 . Pre- or corequisite: PSYC 302 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 303 - Sensation and Perception (3)
Anatomical, neuroscientific and behavioral aspects of sensation and perception, mainly in humans. Covers all five senses: vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 . Students taking PSYC 303L concurrently must have completed PSYC 300 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 303L - Laboratory in Sensation and Perception (2)
Laboratory course to accompany PSYC 303. Conduct, analyze and interpret empirical research in the context of existing theories and findings in the areas of sensation and perception. Written research reports required. (4 hours of laboratory).
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 , PSYC 300 . Pre- or corequisite: PSYC 303 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 304 - Comparative Animal Behavior (3)
Human behavior in comparison with other animal species within an evolutionary context, including genetics, feeding behavior, sensory systems, development, communications, parental behavior, mating strategies, aggression habitat selection, and social organizations.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 . Students taking PSYC 304L concurrently must have completed PSYC 300 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 304L - Laboratory in Comparative Animal Behavior (2)
Laboratory course to accompany PSYC 304. Laboratory and field studies in animal behavior. Design, conduct, analyze and interpret empirical research. Requires written research reports and field trips to local zoos. (4 hours of laboratory).
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 , PSYC 300 . Pre-or corequisite: PSYC 304 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 305 - Cognitive Psychology (3)
Students taking PSYC 305L concurrently must have completed PSYC 300. Overview of current theories and research in cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and cognitive science. Perception and attention, imagery, memory, language, creativity, problem solving, reasoning and decision making. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 . Students taking PSYC 305L concurrently must have completed PSYC 300 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 305L - Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology (2)
Laboratory course to accompany PSYC 305. Apply theoretical and experimental principles and findings in cognitive psychology. Design, conduct, analyze, interpret and present empirical research. Requires written research reports. (4 hours of laboratory). One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 , PSYC 300 . Pre- or corequisite, PSYC 305 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 306 - Biopsychology (3)
Students taking PSYC 306L concurrently must have completed PSYC 300. Biopsychology, including anatomy of the nervous system, neural activity, neurotransmitters, the synapse, sensory and motor systems, biological motives for eating, drinking, sexual reproduction and sleep, neurology of brain damage and mental illnesses, and drug effects/addiction in the brain.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 . Students taking PSYC 306L concurrently must have completed PSYC 300 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 306L - Laboratory in Biopsychology (2)
Laboratory course to accompany PSYC 306. The mammalian brain. Design, conduct, analyze and interpret empirical research in biopsychology. Requires written research reports. (4 hours of laboratory).
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 , PSYC 300 . Pre- or corequisite: PSYC 306 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 310 - Psychology of Gender (3)
Psychological research, theories and issues related to gender differences and similarities, emphasizing psychological characteristics and problems of women and men, and on relationships between and within genders.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 311 - Educational Psychology (3)
Applying psychological research and theory to educational processes, including learning, motivation, individual differences, teaching methods and evaluation. Recommended for those interested in teaching careers.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 312 - The Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior (3)
Topics in human sexual behavior integrating biological, social, clinical and developmental aspects of sexuality. Surveys and statistics of sexual behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual variations, causes and treatment of sexual dysfunctions. Legal, moral and social issues.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 317 - Psychology and Law (3)
Impact of social scientific evidence on the legal system. Theory, research and case studies related to issues on the death penalty, memory as evidence, police interrogations and false confessions, jury decision-making, pretrial publicity, detecting deception and the insanity defense.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 321 - Psychology of Religion (3)
A survey of classical and contemporary empirical psychological research investigating religious beliefs, experiences and practices. Topics include religious behavior across the lifespan; the social psychology of religious organizations; and religious connections to morality, coping, and psychopathology.
Prerequisite: Completion of G.E. Category D.1.
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 322 - Psychology of African Americans (3)
Uses psychological principles and practices to guide students’ comprehension of life as an African American. Introduction to a holistic perspective that expands ways of conceptualizing psychology from an African American world view. (AFAM 322 and PSYC 322 are the same course.)
Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 325 - The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination (3)
Psychological theory of stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination. Discussions, assignments, and exams on theoretical constructs based on race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., and in different settings (e.g. education, healthcare, and law).
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 331 - Psychology of Personality (3)
Research, theory and assessment techniques in the area of personality. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 341 - Abnormal Psychology (3)
Symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of psychological disorders/psychiatric illnesses; for example, anxiety, mood, psychotic disorders and related topics. One ore more sections may be offered in any online format.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 346 - Asian American Psychology (3)
Major issues in the Asian American community from a psychosocial perspective, including ethnic identity development, generational conflicts, the model minority myth, interracial relationships, attitudes toward mental health services and alternative healing/therapeutic approaches. (ASAM 346 and PSYC 346 are the same course.)
Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 351 - Social Psychology (3)
How the social world affects our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Thinking about, influencing, and relating to others. Social perception/cognition, attitudes and attitude change, attraction, prejudice, aggression, helping behavior, conformity, and group processes.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 361 - Developmental Psychology (3)
Theories, methods and research findings regarding physical, cognitive and psychosocial human development across the lifespan. Perception, learning, intelligence, personality and related topics.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 362 - Psychology of Aging (3)
Characteristics of humans during the adult years. Physical, intellectual, cognitive, personal, social and psychological development, vocational and family changes, retirement and death.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 371 - Evolutionary Psychology (3)
Understanding evolutionary origins of human behavior and psychology. Applying an evolutionary perspective to a broad range of topics including cooperation, conflict, mating strategies, jealousy, cheater detection and parenting.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 391 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3)
Human behavior in the workplace. Traditional and current psychological principles applied to industrial, organizational and business settings. Selection, placement, performance evaluations, training, work motivation, job satisfaction, environmental influences, leadership, group (team) processes, work stress, organizational communication, organizational development.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 408 - History of Psychology (3)
Development of psychology from classical Greek philosophy to contemporary psychological science. Major philosophical traditions (nativism, rationalism, empiricism, associationism) and enduring issues, including nature vs. nurture, free will vs. determinism, and material vs. non-material sources of human behavior.
Prerequisites: PSYC 302 , PSYC 303 , PSYC 304 , PSYC 305 or PSYC 306 ; additional upper-division course in psychology.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 414 - Cognitive Neuroscience (3)
Human cognitive behavior as a brain-based activity: Methodology of Cognitive Neuroscience, functional neuroanatomy and their relationships to perception, attentional encoding and control mechanisms, memory, emotion, language and consciousness.
Prerequisite: PSYC 305 , PSYC 306 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 415 - Cognitive Processes (3)
Advanced treatment of theory and research in such topics as attention, pattern recognition, memory, knowledge representation, language, decision-making, judgment, reasoning and problem solving.
Prerequisites: PSYC 302 , PSYC 303 , or PSYC 305 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 417 - Psycholinguistics (3)
Theory and research on the psychological processes that make possible language acquisition and written language; speech production; and language acquisition.(LING 417 and PSYC 417 are the same course.)
Prerequisite: six hours of upper-division work in psychology or linguistics.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 421 - Psychology of Immigration (3)
Psychological theory and research on the topic of immigration. Impact of immigration on individual development and family functioning in immigrants from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
Prerequisite: nine hours of upper-division coursework in psychology.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 430 - A Social Psychological Study in Ethnic Minority Behavior (3)
Central role of culture, race and ethnicity in the human condition. Social psychological theory and research will provide the context of the course. Cultural pluralism and diversity will be discussed. (AFAM 430 and PSYC 430 are the same course.)
Prerequisites: AFAM 101 or AFAM 107 ; or PSYC 101 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 431 - Theories of Personality (3)
Traditional and contemporary theories of personality, including psychoanalytic, humanistic-existential, behavioral, trait and social interaction approaches.
Prerequisite: PSYC 331 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 445 - The Psychology of Dying, Death and Bereavement (3)
Psychological overview of aspects of dying, death and bereavement. Attitudes toward death; understanding and caring for terminally ill patients; funeral rituals, burial, mourning and grief counseling; suicide and euthanasia.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 , completion of one upper-division psychology course.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 456 - The Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Experiences (3)
Introduces the scientific study of individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. Identity development and disclosure, social and gender roles, stigma, minority stress, normative privilege, same-sex relationships, and parenting.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , nine units upper-division psychology courses.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 461 - Psychological Testing and Assessment (3)
Assessing intelligence, aptitude, interest and personality. Theory, construction, evaluation, interpretation and uses of psychological tests.
Prerequisites: PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 , PSYC 300 ; senior standing.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 462 - Advanced Psychology of Aging (3)
Concepts and controversies in the field of gerontological psychology and the societal implications of an aging population. Review and analyze the current literature, focusing on the physiological, psychological and social changes that accompany old age.
Prerequisite: PSYC 362 or admission to a graduate program.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 464 - Advanced Developmental Psychology (3)
Review and analyze major theoretical, empirical and applied issues in developmental psychology.
Prerequisites: PSYC 202 or CAS 301 ; CAS 312 or PSYC 361 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 465 - Advanced Psychological Statistics (3)
General linear model, regression, analysis of variance techniques and applications to research design and evaluation of data.
Prerequisites: PSYC 201 , PSYC 202 , PSYC 300 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 466 - Advanced Social Science Computer Applications (3)
Advanced computer applications focusing on topics such as web page development, data analysis, graphing, data bases and online experimentation and data collection.
Prerequisites: PSYC 201 , PSYC 300 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 467 - Multivariate Statistics for Psychology (3)
Multivariate analysis of variance, profile analysis, discriminate analysis, factor analysis, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling, introduction to structural equations and hierarchical linear models, and applications to psychological research.
Prerequisite: PSYC 465 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 473 - Sleep, Dreams, and Behavior (3)
Role of sleep and dreams in controlling awake behavior. Historical views/theories, the neurobiology of sleep and dreams, sleep-wake schedules, sleep disorders, and their relationships to cognitive, personality and psychopathology.
Prerequisites: PSYC 306 , PSYC 331 , PSYC 341 .
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 474 - Health Psychology (3)
Role of psychology in prediction, prevention and treatment of medical disorders, including stress and illness, psycho-neuro-immunology, psychological aspects of chronic illnesses, behavioral medicine, physician-patient dynamics. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 , nine units upper-division psychology courses; or graduate standing.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 475 - Psychopharmacology (3)
Basic neurophysiological principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics that underlie the effects of drugs on experience and behavior. Recreational drugs and abused drugs that can contribute to psychological disorders. Psychological, medical and social implications of pharmacotherapy.
Prerequisite: PSYC 306 or graduate standing.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 480M - MARC Proseminar (1)
Intended to increase the contact of MARC Fellows with minority scientists of national repute who will present seminars. Fellows will read and discuss relevant primary literature, attend the seminars, and meet with speakers before and after the seminars. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 units. (BIOL 480M, CHEM 480M and PSYC 480M are the same course.)
Prerequisite: selection as MARC Fellow.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 481 - Survey of Clinical Psychology (3)
Methods, diagnosis, therapeutic techniques, research, educational requirements, professional requirements, ethics, graduate school preparation, choosing graduate programs.
Prerequisites: PSYC 341 .
Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 494 - Teaching of Psychology (1-3)
Experience in communicating research, theory, and applications of psychology, with emphasis on individual tutoring. Section 1 (Undergraduate Course Assistantship) includes additional aspects of course instruction; Section 2 (Peer Mentors) includes various outreach services. No credit towards major or minor. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 units.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 495 - Field Placement in Psychology (3)
Supervised experience in which psychological principles or methods are applied in a fieldwork setting. Mandatory class meetings to discuss and write about experiences of integrating psychological theory with practice. Required of majors. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
Prerequisites: nine units of 300-level psychology courses at CSUF by course registration; 2.0 GPA in psychology courses.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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PSYC 499 - Independent Research (1-3)
Study plan must be approved by university census date. Individual empirical research or library investigation under the supervision of a faculty member. No more than three units of credit toward the major. May be repeated for credit toward graduation.
Prerequisites: completion of at least one upper-division laboratory course in psychology; consent of instructor.
400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit
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