PSYC101N: Introduction to Psychology

Class Program
Class Hours 3 Lab Hours 0 Credits 3

Proof of successful completion with a C+ or higher and taken within five years of the first nursing course. Anatomy and Physiology I and Intro to Psychology, must be submitted by the nursing application deadline date.

Psychology is the scientific study of cognitions, emotions, and behavior. Core topics include human social behavior, personality, psychological disorders and treatment, learning, memory, human development, biological influences, and research methods. Related topics may include sensation, perception, states of consciousness, thinking, intelligence, language, motivation, emotion, stress and health, cross-cultural psychology, and applied psychology. Psychology also critically evaluates "common sense"assumptions about how people function and relate.

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This course fulfills a General Education Core Requirement: Behavioral Social Science.