INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY in Spring 2027 (PY1000B)

This course discusses the intellectual foundations of contemporary psychology. Students learn about the concepts, theories and experiments basic to an understanding of the discipline, including classic thought and recent advances in psychology such as psychoanalysis, learning theory,biological mechanisms, developmental, social, cognitive, personality and abnormal psychology.

Course Master:

INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY (PY1000)

Term:

Spring 2027

Discipline:

PY (Psychology)

Credits:

4 credits

Type:

CCI

Level:

Undergraduate

Can be taken twice for credit?:

Pre-requisites:

None

Co-requisites:

None

Professor(s)

Si Wang

Learning Outcomes

Awaken students’ intellectual curiosity about how psychological approaches can help to better understand persons and real world social problems.
Students will improve their ability to write clear and effective arguments.
Students will learn how psychologists study human beings, begin to understand the limits of various methods of investigation and to question how knowledge is constructed.
Students will understand and be able to apply a broad range of psychological theories.
Local and Global Perspectives: Students will enhance their intercultural understanding of languages, cultures, and histories of local societies and the global issues to which these relate. (CCI LO1)
Exploring and Engaging Difference: Students will think critically about cultural and social difference; they will identify and understand power structures that determine hierarchies and inequalities that can relate to race, ethnicity, gender, nationhood, religion, or class. (CCI LO3)
Civic and Ethical Engagement: Students will demonstrate awareness of ethical considerations relating to specific societal problems, values, or practices (historical or contemporary; global or local) and learn to articulate possible solutions to prominent challenges facing societies and institutions today so as to become engaged actors at various levels in our interconnected world. (CCI LO4)

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date:

Monday, January 18, 2027

End Date:

Friday, May 14, 2027

Day	Start Time	End Time	Room
Monday	15:20	16:40	C-103
Thursday	15:20	16:40	C-103