Credits: 4
Duration: 14 Weeks
Dates: Tue,Thu
Duration: 14 Weeks
Dates: Tue,Thu
Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
Category Archives: Liberal Arts & Sciences – Electives
All Liberal Arts Elective Courses: Quantitative Reasoning, Physical Science OR Life Science, Societies & the Social Sciences, Expressive Culture, General Liberal Arts Electives
Lab in Developmental Psychology (PSYCH-UA 40)
In depth investigation of the methodological foundations of developmental psychology, in particular, behavioral methods with infants and children. Students will learn how to design experiments, create experimental stimuli, collect quantifiable measures from infant and child behavior, and analyze developmental data. Each week students will read ~3 primary research articles from a variety of domains in developmental psychology, but all focused on one methodological theme. Students will produce a thoroughly researched and creative proposed experiment and analysis plan for the course’s final project.
Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Lab in Infancy Research (PSYCH-UA 42)
Part of a yearlong research training program. Students learn general methods for studying infant development and specific methods for examining infants’ perceptual-motor development. Students design and conduct laboratory research projects, code and analyze data, and prepare results for presentation and publication (grant proposals, conference submissions, and journal submissions).
Psychology (Undergraduate)
1-4 credits – 15 Weeks
Advanced Psychological Statistics (PSYCH-UA 11)
Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9029)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hilford, Andrew
PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9030)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sun, Siqi
PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9031)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sun, Siqi
PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9134)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yang, Judy
PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9135)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yang, Judy
PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9363)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yang, Qingqing
PSYCH-UA 11-000 (9364)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yang, Qingqing
Social Psychology (PSYCH-UA 32)
Gollwitzer, Trope, Uleman. Offered every semester. 4 points. Introduction to theories and research about the social behavior of individuals, such as perception of others and the self, attraction, affiliation, altruism and helping, aggression, moral thought and action, attitudes, influence, conformity, social exchange and bargaining, group decision making, leadership and power, and environmental psychology.
Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8510)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gollwitzer, Peter
PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8511)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Adjei Boateng, Fiona
PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8512)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kwak, Jasmine
PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8513)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Tao, Bradley
PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8514)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Tao, Bradley
PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8515)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kwak, Jasmine
PSYCH-UA 32-000 (8516)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Liaquat, Usman
PSYCH-UA 32-000 (25991)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Adjei Boateng, Fiona
PSYCH-UA 32-000 (25995)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Liaquat, Usman
Developmental Psychology (PSYCH-UA 34)
Adolph, Johnson, Voloumanos. Offered every semester. 4 points. Introduction and overview of theoretical issues and selected research in developmental psychology. Focuses on infancy through adolescence. Lectures interweave theory, methods, and findings about how we develop as perceiving, thinking, and feeling beings.
Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Personality (PSYCH-UA 30)
AndersenAndersen. Offered every semester. 4 points. Introduction to research in personality, including such topics as the self-concept; unconscious processes; how we relate to others; and stress, anxiety, and depression.
Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
PSYCH-UA 30-000 (9269)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Andersen, Susan
PSYCH-UA 30-000 (9270)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ganapathy, Rheanna
PSYCH-UA 30-000 (9271)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Qin, Joyce
PSYCH-UA 30-000 (9272)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Qin, Joyce
PSYCH-UA 30-000 (9273)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ganapathy, Rheanna
Cognitive Neuroscience (PSYCH-UA 25)
Curtis, Davachi. Offered every semester. 4 points. Provides students with a broad understanding of the foundations of cognitive neuroscience, including dominant theories of the neural underpinnings of a variety of cognitive processes and the research that has led to those theories. In doing so, students also learn about the goals of cognitive neuroscience research and the methods that are being employed to reach these goals.
Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
PSYCH-UA 25-000 (8500)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Curtis, Clayton
PSYCH-UA 25-000 (8501)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Babu, Deepika
PSYCH-UA 25-000 (8502)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Babu, Deepika
PSYCH-UA 25-000 (8503)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yan, Dongni
PSYCH-UA 25-000 (8504)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yan, Dongni
Cognition (PSYCH-UA 29)
McElree, Murphy, Rehder. Offered every semester. 4 points. Introduction to theories and research in some major areas of cognitive psychology, including human memory, attention, language production and comprehension, thinking, and reasoning.
Psychology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
PSYCH-UA 29-000 (8505)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ausch, Robert
PSYCH-UA 29-000 (8506)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Muhareb, Samer
PSYCH-UA 29-000 (8507)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Muhareb, Samer
PSYCH-UA 29-000 (8508)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vaghani, Jhanvi Bharatbhai
PSYCH-UA 29-000 (8509)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Muhareb, Samer
PSYCH-UA 29-000 (26096)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vaghani, Jhanvi Bharatbhai
PSYCH-UA 29-000 (26111)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Vaghani, Jhanvi Bharatbhai
On Eating Others (PORT-UA 403)
The notion of cannibalism is a recurring concern in the history of ideas regarding the primitive, the animalistic, the monstrous, or any of the other classifications frequently invoked to mark others, regardless of their actual culinary preferences. Reflection upon cannibalism as an intellectual phenomenon suggests how people eating people, or at least the possibility of it, says a great deal about those that do not. In some regions of the Caribbean and Brazil, ideas regarding cannibalism have made an important turn, such that the cannibal has become a provocative affirmation of self. The aim of this course is to think about cannibalism, not, as it often is, as a theme for anthropologists and ethnographers, but rather as an intellectual problem that has enjoyed a very long life in the history of ideas about self. In this course, we shall revisit a selection of texts regarding cannibalism from Columbus’ diaries to the present, and including works by, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Oswald de Andrade, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, and Suely Rolnik, in the company of some key notions involving postcolonial theory. Readings will be made available in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, and course papers may be carried out in any of the three languages according to student interest and ability.
Portuguese (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Fall 2022)
PORT-UA 403-000 (22046)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Robbins, Dylon
Portuguese for Beginners II (PORT-UA 2)
Portuguese (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
PORT-UA 2-000 (9085)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kettner, Michele
Intermed Portuguese II (PORT-UA 4)
Portuguese language courses PORT-UA 10, PORT-UA 3, and PORT-UA 4 are oriented toward achieving oral proficiency and are taught in the native language. The elementary-level course stresses the structures and patterns that permit meaningful communication and encourages spontaneous and practical proficiency outside the classroom. The intermediate-level courses aim to promote fluency in speaking, as well as proficiency in reading and writing. They include readings and discussions on contemporary Portuguese and Brazilian texts.
Portuguese (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
PORT-UA 4-000 (9058)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kettner, Michele
Intermed Portuguese I (PORT-UA 3)
Portuguese (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
PORT-UA 3-000 (8461)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Veloso da Silva, Carlos
Socialist Theory (POL-UA 140)
Concentrates on those socialist schools?Christian socialism, utopian socialism, Marxism, Fabianism, and anarchism?that have proved to be the most successful. Presents their major theories and examines the usefulness of such theories in helping us to understand and, in some cases, alter the world in which we live.
Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
Sections (Fall 2019)
POL-UA 140-000 (10065)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ollman, Bertell
Contemporary African Politics (POL-UA 584)
This course offers an introduction to contemporary African politics. Our goal is to introduce students to the most pressing problems African countries have faced since independence. Questions motivating the course include: (1) Why state institutions weaker in African than in other developing regions? (2) What explains Africa’s slow economic growth? (3) What can be done to improve political accountability on the continent? (4) Why have some African countries been plagued by high levels of political violence while others have not? (5) Can or should the West attempt to “save” Africa?
Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
American Primacy (POL-UA 715)
Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
The Politics of Administrative Law (POL-UA 354)
Offered every other year. 4 points. Examines legal, political, and economic issues in government regulation. Covers such classic debates and issues as the historical origins of regulation, the legal philosophy of administrative regulation, the relationship between courts and agencies, the political and social conflicts surrounding regulatory politics, and the role of law in state formation.
Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2020)
POL-UA 354-000 (20278)01/27/2020 – 05/11/2020 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Harrington, Christine · Madson, Nathan
The Election Process (POL-UA 344)
Provides an understanding of election processes in the United States through different theoretical approaches to the study of campaigns and elections and the testing of empirical hypotheses. Analyzes campaign strategies of political candidates, the use of polls and media in campaigns, and the effects of issues and personalities on election outcomes. Evaluates the role of presidential primaries and elections in the functioning of a democracy.
Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2020)
POL-UA 344-000 (20604)01/27/2020 – 05/11/2020 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Nagler, Jonathan
Civil Liberties (POL-UA 332)
Offered every semester. 4 points. Interpretation of the Bill of Rights, the Civil War amendments, and other rights in the U.S. Constitution through the reading of Supreme Court opinions. Topics include freedom of speech and press; free exercise of religion and separation of church and state; the right of privacy; rights of the criminally accused; equal protection of the law against race, gender, and other discrimination; and the rights of franchise and citizenship. Cases are read and discussed closely for their legal and philosophical content.
Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Fall 2021)
POL-UA 332-000 (10012)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Harrington, Christine · Holfeuer, Kristen
Controversies in Public Policy: Logic and Evidence (POL-UA 315)
This course is about using logic to think about issues of public policy and evidence to do the same thing. One way to think about this course is it is sabermetrics (logic and evidence applied to baseball, and in Moneyball) applied to vastly more important topics than baseball: making schools better, designing health policy and dealing with climate change (with tons of other policy applications possible, but we will focus on these three).
Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks