PSYC 230 - Abnormal Psychology

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 with a C or better
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course provides an introduction to the study and explanation of mental disorder. Topics include research methods in the field of abnormal psychology, assessment and classification of psychological disorder, developmental pathways leading to healthy and unhealthy psychological functioning, and review of several specific psychological disorders. Specific areas of focus may include but will not necessarily be limited to: mood disorders and suicide; personality disorders; stress, trauma and psychopathology; anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders; eating disorders; sexuality disorders; addiction; and schizophrenia. Historic and current treatments for psychological disorders will also be reviewed.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Under standing of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical and interpretive analysis; and
Knowledge of major concepts, models and issues of at least one discipline in the social sciences.