Undergraduate Cognitive Studies Emphasis Courses
PSY 352 Cognitive Psychology
3 Credits
Cognitive psychology uses scientific methods to understand mental functions from fundamental processes to everyday practical applications. Students will analyze their metacognition and develop broad perspectives on topics including perception, attention, memory, cognitive models, language, decision making and their relationships with technological and sociocultural phenomena. Students will develop focused knowledge by choosing their own topics of interest, analyzing and applying cognitive theories and evidence to personal and professional life. Prerequisite: PSY 101.
PSY 317 Cognitive Functioning in the Elderly
3 Credits
This course will introduce changes both cognitively and physically, that occur in both healthy and pathological aging. This course will emphasize changes in functioning, learning, language-processing, decision-making, memory, and reasoning in older adults Prerequisite: PSY 101 or equivalent.
PSY 323 Perception, Learning, & Cognition
3 Credits
Students will study the theory, research, history, and application of cognition, perception, and learning. Cognition includes all mental activities such as how information is organized and processed, stages of memory formation, decision making, and problem solving. Perception includes the organization and interpretation of sensory experience. Learning entails relatively permanent changes in brain systems for perception, cognition, emotion, and behavior that result from experience. Students will analyze and discuss how these topics relate to personal, ethical, and professional settings. Students will also gather and interpret data from several simple experiments that illustrate various cognitive principles. Prerequisite: PSY 101 or equivalent.