Psychology

Our Psychology program offers courses beginning with cognition, human development and personality, and extending to behavioural data analysis and psychological testing and measurement.

PSYC 101 (3) Introduction to Biological and Cognitive Psychology
Introduction to Methods and Statistics, Biopsychology, Learning, Perception, Memory, and Cognition.
Prerequisite: No Prerequisite.
Transfers to: UBC PSYC 101, SFU PSYC 100, and UVic PSYC 100A.

PSYC 102 (3) Introduction to Developmental, Social, Personality, and Clinical Psychology
Introduction to Methods and Statistics, Motivation, Assessment, Developmental, Personality, Clinical, and Social Psychology. Prerequisite: PSYC 101.
Transfers to: UBC PSYC 102, SFU PSYC 102, UNBC PSYC 102, and UVic 100B.

PSYC 217 (3) Thinking Clearly about Psychology
Thinking about psychological science, with an emphasis on common errors of judgment.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 and PSYC 102.
Transfers to: UBC PSYC 217, SFU PSYC 200 level, UNBC PSYC 215, and UVic PSYC 201.

PSYC 218 (3) Analysis of Behavioural Data
Introduces behavioural data analysis; the use of inferential statistics in psychology and conceptual interpretation of data; experimental design (laboratory, field research methods); presentation of data analyses in reports.
Prerequisite: PSYC 217.
Transfers to: UBC PSYC 218, SFU PSYC 210, UNBC PSYC 200 level, and UVic PSYC 200 level.

PSYC 223 (3) Psychological Tests and Measurement
Introduction to the theory and practice of psychological measurement including: test administration, scoring, interpretation, reliability and validity, and application of tests of intelligence, abilities, personality, and interests in health, educational, clinical, and industrial/organizational psychology.
Prerequisite: PSYC 218.
Transfers to: UBC, SFU, UVic, and UNBC PSYC 200 level.