Psychopathology
PSYC 251
Fall 2014
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01
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| Certificates: Civic Engagement |
This course will provide you with an overview of psychopathology, the study of "abnormal" behavior or mental disorders. From various theoretical perspectives, we will consider how abnormality is defined, and you will learn about the phenomenology, diagnosis, and the causes of mental disorders. Major domains of psychopathology, the symptoms and behaviors of common mental disorders, and the mechanisms hypothesized to be involved with them will be covered. Various treatment approaches will be examined. This course is not designed to help you resolve personal issues or experiences with mental illness. This class will challenge widely accepted ideas about mental illness, and it will help you to become critical thinkers about mental illness. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS PSYC |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: PSYC105 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CIVI-MN)(PSYC)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Oltmanns, ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY, 8th edition, Pearson Education, 2014.
Pamela Spiro Wagner and Carolyn S. Spiro, DIVIDED MINDS, St. Martins, New York, 2005.
ISBN: 0-312-32064-7
There are also supplemental readings from the scientific literature that will be made available to students electronically via Moodle.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three in-class exams and a comprehensive case study term paper. There are several additional small assignments during the course of the semester. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This is a Column 2 breadth requirement course for psychology majors. First-Year Students with an outstanding score on the Advanced Placement Psychology test may petition the instructor for entry in the course during drop-add. Efforts are made to give priority to psychology majors, especially those in their senior year. |
| Instructor(s): Sanislow,Charles A. Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: JUDD116; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: 15 | JR major: 15 | | |
| Seats Available: -2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 5 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 14 | 1st Ranked: 4 | 2nd Ranked: 3 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 5 |
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