Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
PSYCH 312 001 Learning Disabilities

A critical examination of the concept of learning disability and of current issues in the assessment and remediation of learning problems.

 PDF icon PSYCH 312_D.Glebe_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PSYCH 231 001 The Psychology of Religious Experience

Approaches of traditional psychological theories toward phenomena of religious experience, mysticism, and prayer are examined. The psychological process of creating and naming 'gods' is considered as well as comparisons among altered states of consciousness including some forms of prayer.

 Chris Burris PDF icon PSYCH 231_C.Burris_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PSYCH 230 001 Psychology and Law

Psychological principles drawn from a variety of subdisciplines (e.g., social, clinical, cognitive) will be surveyed in terms of their relevance and application to the legal system. Topics may include jury selection and decision-making, eyewitness testimony, insanity defense, competency assessment, risk assessment, and attitudes toward law and the legal process.

Cross-listed with LS 272

 PDF icon PSYCH 230-LS 272_B.Earhart_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PSYCH 218 001 Psychology of Death and Dying

Variations in the meaning and significance of death and dying will be considered from a psychological perspective, with particular attention to the contexts (e.g., cultural, familial, life-span developmental) in which these variations occur.

Cross-listed with HLTH 218, GERON 218

 Chris Burris PDF icon PSYCH-GERON-HLTH 218_C.Burris_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PSYCH 212 001 Educational Psychology

A consideration of the main variables affecting learning in the classroom with special focus upon the conditions essential to efficient learning.

 PDF icon PSYCH 212_L.Manwell_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PSYCH 101 003 Introductory Psychology

A general survey course designed to provide the student with an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of modern psychology as a behavioural science.

 Toni Serafini PDF icon PSYCH 101-003_T.Serafini_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 327 001 Philosophy of Law

Basic themes in the philosophy of law. Issues include the nature of law and its relation to morality and politics, legal reasoning, the justification of punishment, and theories of rights, responsibility and liability.

Cross-listed with LS 351

 Stéphanie Grégoire PDF icon PHIL 327-LS 351_S.Gregoire_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 319J 001 Ethics of End-of-Life Care

What options does a person reaching the end of life have and how can they best be cared for? How can we balance patient autonomy with the expertise of the health-care provider and the demands of the health-care system? This course will help students think philosophically and critically about issues like these in their cultural, historical, and legal context. Specific topics may include consent, human dignity, euthanasia, refusal or withdrawal of treatment, palliative care and holistic patient care, pluralism and diverse understandings of dying, and treatment of the elderly.

 Andrew Stumpf PDF icon PHIL 319J_A.Stumpf_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 283 001 Great Works: Ancient and Medieval

A historical survey of ancient and medieval philosophy in the Western tradition.

Cross-listed with CLAS 261

 Andrew Stumpf PDF icon PHIL 283-CLAS 261_A.Stumpf_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 200J 001 Aristotelian Logic

An introduction to the understanding of how words are used, the formation of propositions, the construction of arguments and the examination of fallacies to help the student argue with order, facility and without error.

 Stéphanie Grégoire PDF icon PHIL 200J_S.Gregoire_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018