General Psychology
Foundations and Systems Courses
Advanced Laboratory Courses
Research and Independent Study
A. General Psychology
The scientific study of behavior.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2020, UWinteriM 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019.
The specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
Principles of personality; an overview of adaptive and maladaptive behavior patterns.
Prerequisites: Psych 101(P).
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2020, UWinteriM 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019.
Use of statistical techniques in Psychology. Lec & Lab.
Prerequisites: Psych 101(P); satisfaction of GER Quant Lit Part A req.
General Education Requirements: QLB
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019.
Introduction to principles and procedures of conditioning and learning.
Prerequisites: Psych 101(P).
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
Areas of social psychology such as aggression, attitudes, interpersonal attraction, and group processes examined from a psychological perspective.
Prerequisites: Psych 101(P).
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
The physiological bases of behavior.
Prerequisites: Psych 101(P).
General Education Requirements: NS
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019.
The development of the child.
Prerequisites: Psych 101(P).
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2020, UWinteriM 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored programs before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: none; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Design and execution of psychological research. Collection, analysis, and reporting of data. Lec & Lab.
Prerequisites: 2.62 gpa in Psych 101(P) & 210(P); grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score at level 4 on EPT.
General Education Requirements: OWCB
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019.
Selected topics in psychology.
Prerequisites: soph st; Honors 200(P); cons Honors College dir; Psych 101(P).
General Education Requirements: SS
Course Rules: Foundations course. May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2004.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored programs before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: jr st; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 1989.
B. Foundations and Systems Courses
Psychological theory and research on sexual orientation.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 101(P).
General Education Requirements: SS
Course Rules: Foundations course.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Psychological theory and research on how gender influences our thinking, feelings, and behavior.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 101(P).
General Education Requirements: SS
Course Rules: Foundations course.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019.
Basic principles of cellular, molecular, and developmental neuroscience; structure/function of neurons and glia, chemical and electrical signaling, brain development, and neurological diseases.
Prerequisites: C or better in BioSci 315(P) or Psych 254(P).
Course Rules: Systems course. Bio Sci/Psych 354 & 355 may be taken in either order. Bio Sci 354 & Psych 354 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2013.
Basic principles of neural systems and behavior; analysis of systems for sensation and perception, learning and memory, language, emotion, and motion.
Prerequisites: Bio Sci 152(P) & 315(C), or Psych 254(P).
Course Rules: Systems Course. Bio Sci/Psych 354 & 355 may be taken in either order. Bio Sci 355 & Psych 355 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011.
Theories of personality. 2 hrs lec, 1 hr dis
Prerequisites: Psych 205(P).
Course Rules: Systems course.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Psychology of abnormal behavior; the nature and social-biological origins of psychotic, neurotic, and other behavioral abnormalities.
Prerequisites: Psych 101(P).
Course Rules: Foundations and Systems course.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019.
Introduction to the theory, research literature and assessment of the cognitive and emotional aspects of brain function. Systems course.
Prerequisites: Psych 254(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Examination of mode of action, acute and chronic effects, and the neurobiological and psychological characteristics of psychoactive drugs with an emphasis on addiction.
Prerequisites: Psych 254(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Foundations course.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, UWinteriM 2020, Fall 2019, UWinteriM 2019.
The nature of perception and its relation to environmental and internal processes.
Prerequisites: jr st; 9 cr in psych.
Course Rules: Systems course.
Last Taught: Spring 2020.
Topics include probability and sampling theory, correlational methods, and nonparametric techniques. Foundations course.
Prerequisites: jr st & Psych 210(P); or grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2019.
Key concepts, findings, and their applications in the field of research and practice of clinical science.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Foundations course.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
The important philosophical and scientific antecedents of contemporary psychology.
Prerequisites: jr st; 9 cr in psych.
Course Rules: Systems course.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
Contemporary psychological theories, with special emphasis on theories of learning.
Prerequisites: jr st; 9 cr in psych.
Course Rules: Systems course.
Last Taught: Spring 2015, Spring 2014.
Psychological contributions to physical health in areas such as changing health habits, stress and coping, pain, and chronic illness.
Prerequisites: Psych 254(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Systems course.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Psychological theory and research on how health is related to race and ethnicity.
Prerequisites: jr st, Psych 101(P); or grad st.
Course Rules: Foundations course. No cr for students w/cr in Psych 611 w/similar topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Design and analysis of single and multi-factor experiments; tests for trends; multiple comparisons. Foundations course.
Prerequisites: jr st & Psych 210(P); or grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2020.
Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the course is offered.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Foundations course. May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2018.
A review of single-subject research methods.
Prerequisites: jr st & Psych 325(P), or grad st; or cons instr.
Course Rules: Foundations course.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
How the brain enables the mind; broad introduction to cognitive neuroscience, with emphasis on a converging methods approach.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 210(P) & 254(P).
Course Rules: Systems course. Counts as repeat of Psych 611 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Functional and structural alterations in nervous system underlying organism's ability to learn/remember. Principles drawn from molecular and cellular neurobiology, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, and behavioral neuroscience.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Systems course. Counts as repeat of Psych 611 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2020.
Extension of principles of general psychology to the process of aging.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 325(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Systems course.
Last Taught: Spring 2020.
C. Advanced Laboratory Courses
Learning and motivation of human behavior in applied settings. Lab work in community agencies using operant methods, behavior modification, programmed instruction, AV systems. Lec, Lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 325(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
Human information processing, emphasizing vision and language. Topics: pattern recognition; sensory-specific memory systems, short- and long-term; modern approaches to mental imagery and operations. Lec, lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 325(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2019.
Principles of conditioning and learning. Lec, lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 325(P).
Course Rules: Required special course fee assessed; announced in Schedule of Classes each semester.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017.
Experimental investigation of perception.
Prerequisites: jr st & Psych 325(P)
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
Advanced topics in physiological psychology. Lec, lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 254(P) & 325(P).
Course Rules: Required special course fee assessed; announced in Schedule of Classes each sem.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
Experimental investigation of physiological factors in human behavior. Lec, lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 254(R) & 325(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017.
Experimental investigation of child behavior and development. Lec, lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 260(R) & 325(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
Experimental investigation of social behavior. Lec, lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Psych 230(R) & 325(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
D. Research and Independent Study
For further information, consult dept chair.
Prerequisites: 2.5 gpa; writ cons instr, dept chair, & asst dean for SAS.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2006, Spring 2006.
Independent research under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisites: fr & soph st only; Psych 101(P) and sponsorship by a faculty member.
Course Rules: May be retaken for cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Prerequisites: Psych 101(P); cons instr & placement supervisor.
Course Rules: May be retaken for cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018.
Undergraduate research participation in a project developed with a supervising member of the faculty or staff.
Prerequisites: acceptance to UROP; prior or conc reg in UROP seminar.
Course Rules: One credit for 45 hrs research. May be retaken to 9 cr max in any combination of UROP apprenticeship courses. Not open to jrs & srs.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2015.
Independent research under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisites: jr st; sponsorship by a faculty member.
Course Rules: May be retaken for cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019.
Prerequisites: jr st; cons instr & placement supervisor.
Course Rules: May be retaken for cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019.
Prerequisites: sr st; cons instr &, if appropriate, placement supervisor.
Course Rules: Fulfills Capstone req.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019.
Completion of thesis under the supervision of faculty.
Prerequisites: sr st; 3.5 gpa in all Psych course work or cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019.
Advanced independent work under the supervision of a Psych faculty member. Students must submit study proposal to the prof with whom they wish to study. For additional information, consult supervising prof.
Prerequisites: jr st; 2.5 GPA; writ cons instr, dept chair & asst dean for SAS.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018.