1980-81

                                SENATE DOCUMENT #14



                                 APC DOCUMENT #14

                 Course Changes in the Department of Psychology   





        The Academic Policies Committee recommends to the Faculty Senate

        approval of the following course revisions and additions for the

        Department of Psychology:  





        In reference to the course descriptions in the 1980-81 catalog, the

        Psychology Department would like to propose the following changes

        (listed in their present numerical order beginning on p. 159):  



        1.  CATALOG STATEMENT:



            210  Adolescence  (3)



            PROPOSED REVISION:  Change to



            210  Adolescent Development (3)



            Rationale:  In order to simplify and clarify the course 

            offerings, the titles of the courses in the developmental

            sequence (Psychology 205, 210, and 212) will all include

            the word "development" in the title.



        2.  CATALOG STATEMENT:



            212  Psychology of Aging  (3)



            PROPOSED REVISION:  Change to



            212  Adult Development (3)



            Rationale:  The course content of 212 has been and will be

            more of an emphasis on overall adult development, including

            aging, than a focus exclusively on aging.  In addition, this

            title change brings 212 in line with the other titles in the

            developmental sequence.



        3.  CATALOG STATEMENT:



            220  Psychological Foundations of Education  (3)



            PROPOSED REVISION:  Change to



            220  Educational Psychology  (3)



            Rationale:  This title change will convey more clearly the

            content of the course, as it is commonly titled at other

            schools.  It will simplify the course designation in the

            listings for Psychology and Education.


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        4.  CATALOG STATEMENT:



            230  Theories of Learning (3)



            PROPOSED REVISION:  Change to



            230  Learning  (3)



            Rationale:  This title change will simplify the course 

            listing.  In addition, the new title will more accurately

            reflect the scope of the course, which is not restricted

            to a review of recognized theories, but covers other aspects

            of the psychology of learning as well.



        5.  PROPOSED REVISION:  Add the following course.



            255  Altered States of Consciousness  (3)



                 A survey of the nature, functions, and varied states of

                 consciousness, including the study of dreaming, hypnosis,

                 drugs, ESP, meditation, and time consciousness.

                 Prerequisite:  100.



            Rationale:  This course has been offered previously as a

            special topics course, with good enrollment both times.

            This previously neglected topic in psychology, which

            represents a unique approach to the problem of human

            experience, is rapidly growing in importance.  Equally

            important is the opportunity this course allows the 

            non-psychology major to investigate in an intellectually

            sound manner the phenomenon of altered states.



        6.  CATALOG STATEMENT:



            300  Principles of Psychopathology  (3)



            PROPOSED REVISION:  Change to



            308  Psychopathology  (3)



            Rationale:  All 300-level courses in psychology prerequire

            303.  All 400-level courses prerequire 304.  To eliminate

            confusion, all courses prerequiring these should have higher

            numbers.  The number 308 has not previously been used by 

            this department.  The change in the course title is a more

            direct and succinct indication of the course content.



        7.  CATALOG STATEMENT:



            302  Advanced Social Psychology  (3)



            PROPOSED REVISION:  Change to



            309  Advanced Social Psychology  (3)


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            Rationale:  Again, this course prerequires 303, and so should

            be numbered higher than its prerequisite.  The number 309 has

            not been used by this department before.  The title will not

            be changed.



        8.  PROPOSED REVISION:  Add the following course.



            307  Behavioral Medicine  (3)



                 Survey of concepts, problems of this new applied area.

                 Historic views of disease.  Psychosocial dynamics in

                 individual illness.  Psychosocial factors in risk, onset,

                 course of illness.  Psychology of health professionals.

                 May include fieldwork.  Prerequisites:  100, 225, 303.



            Rationale:  This course has been taught three times on a

            Special Topics basis to a good response from campus and

            community students.  The development of Dr. Bruce's skills

            and interests as a medical psychologist over the past four

            years enables us to represent this area, which is emerging

            nationally, in our curriculum.



        9.  PROPOSED REVISION:  Add the following course.



            335  Environmental Analysis and Design  (3)



                 Study of the interrelationship of environment and 

                 behavior, with special emphasis on application of

                 theories in the analysis and design or redesign of

                 specific environmental settings.  Includes fieldwork.

                 (Students may not earn credit for both 235 and 335).

                 Prerequisites:  100, 303.



            Rationale:  Environmental Psychology (235) has proven to be

            a popular course with good enrollment in the two times it has

            been offered.  However, as a 200-level course, it neither

            requires research nor contributes to psychology majors'

            upper-level credit.  Psychology 335 will cover the same range

            of topics as 235, but would require research participation,

            and would offer majors an upper-level option in this field.

            Psychology 235 and 335 will be taught in the same classroom

            at the same time, but will have differing prerequisites and

            out-of-class requirements and responsibilities.  (As in other

            courses with this scheduling, the instructor will receive

            credit for only one course per time period).





                        (Passed by Faculty Senate 10/16/80)