Goucher College 2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Dec 17, 2024  
Goucher College 2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

PSY 316 - Seminar in History of Psychology (3 Cr.)

*credits changing from 3 to 4 effective fall 2014
Considerations of the antecedents and emergence of modern psychological theory, practice, and application. Particular themes and issues will include selected philosophical, scientific, and sociopolitical-historical influences; the early psychological “schools” and systems of thought; and the more contemporary, competing frameworks of cognitive psychology, social-humanistic psychology, and postmodernist approaches. This course will be conducted in seminar format and will require high-level classroom engagement, oral participation, and writing. Prerequisites: PSY 252  or PSY 255 , completion of psychology cluster courses, and senior standing; or permission of instructor. Variable. Department.