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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

84 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

14

Courses Offered In ASSOCIATE TO BACHELORS DEGREE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Developmental Psychology

  • The developmental psychology course guides you in learning about youself and interacting with the society. Its five major themes, human communication, growth dynamics, feelings and emotions, human relationships, and leading a quality life-provide a thought-provoking look at how psychology influences personal development.

  • 6 Credits

  • Fundamentals of Biological and Cognitive Psychology

  • Course provides a comprehensive, approachable treatment of current cognitive psychology. Neuro-cognitive evidence is integrated throughout, and course balances empirical evidence, theory, and explanations of important points with sufficient detail so that you learn not only cognitive psychology, but also how experiments are designed and interpreted and how theories are tested. 

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Social Psychology

  • This course offers a broad introduction to social psychology, the scientific study of human social influence and interaction. You will explore various ways people think about, affect, and relate to one another. Goals of this course are to improve understanding of social psychological explanations for social influence and interaction.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Quantitative Psychology

  • The course uses well-established approach emphasizing the intuitive, deemphasizing mathematical, and explaining everything in direct, simple language but also going beyond these principles to further your understanding. By using definitional formulas to emphasize concepts of statistics, you will work problems in a way that keeps them constantly aware of primary logic. 

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Abnormal Psychology

  • This course is an introduction to research, history, and theories of abnormal psychology. A major emphasis in the course is to examine selected categories of psychological disorders such as: anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, eating disorders, and substance abuse disorders.

  • 6 Credits

  • Foundations of Psychology

  • This course presents a scientific, accurate, and thorough overview of essential concepts of psychology in engaging language that you would be able to easily comprehend. Topics covered are: science of psychology, biological basis of behavior, sensation and perception, learning, memory and cognition, motivation and emotion, life-span development, therapies, and social psychology. 

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Personality Psychology

  • This course is designed to prepare you to apply theories of personality to understanding particular individuals who you may encounter in professional work and in you personal life; this engaging course provides an overview of major classic and current theories of personality, together with clear explanation of the latest research.

  • 6 Credits

  • Fundamentals of Physiological Psychology

  • Thoughtfully organized, this course offers scholarly, yet accessible coverage and effectively emphasizes dynamic interaction between biology and behavior. Course incorporates basic properties of nervous system and endocrine system since they provide fundamental building blocks of behavior. It discusses sensory systems, motor systems and information processing that occurs between the two.

  • 6 Credits

  • Personality Theories

  • This introduction to theories of personality course introduces you to rich history of psychology and practical information that helps you understand their own lives and relationships with others. Using a theorist-by-theorist approach, course summarizes major theories of personality and emphasizes that best understanding of personality comes from variety of viewpoints.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Organizational Psychology

  • Course focuses on how industrial-organizational psychology directly influences our lives as job applicants, trainees, employees, managers, and consumers. Topics include employee selection, psychological testing, performance appraisal, and training; leadership, motivation, job satisfaction, and job involvement; working conditions, safety, violence, and health in the workplace; and engineering and consumer psychology.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Human Factor Psychology

  • This course provides an accessible overview of major psychological concepts and techniques that conveys how to exercise a solid professional performance and achieve personal satisfaction. Approaches to perception, learning, personality, conflict and motivation are examined, as well as theories of human behavior at work.

  • 6 Credits

  • Organizational Behavior

  • Organization behavior is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to better understanding and managing people at work. This course is designed to acquaint you with the theories of behavior of people in social organizations. It examines cross-cultural relationships, challenges of leadership, global issues that impact businesses today, and the relevance of OB to future careers.

  • 6 Credits

  • Group Theories

  • This course presents a broad, integrative overview of group dynamics presented in a well researched, readable, and experiential format. This course introduces you to the theory and research findings needed to understand how to make groups effective, and it helps build skills required to apply that knowledge in practical situations.

  • 6 Credits

  • Fundamentals of Psychological Testing

  • This course provides detailed overview on neuropsychological and geriatric assessment, the early uses and abuses of testing, assessment of learning disabilities, testing in special settings, race differences in IQ, and cheating on national group achievement tests. The course also includes latest versions of the most widely used tests.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to developmental psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Identity
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Human communication
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Growth dynamics
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Human relationships
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Emotions and feelings
    A quality life

Fundamentals of biological and cognitive psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cognitive psychology : an introduction
    The cognitive science approach
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Perception and pattern recognition
    Attention
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Short-term working memory
    Learning and remembering
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Knowing
    Using knowledge in the real world
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Language
    Comprehension: written and spoken language
    Decisions, judgments, and reasoning
    Problem solving

Introduction to social psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Theories and methods in social psychology.
    Person perception: forming impressions of others.
    Social cognition: understanding the social world.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The self: learning about the self.
    Attitudes and attitude change.
    Prejudice.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Social influence.
    Interpersonal attraction.
    Personal relationships.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Behavior in groups.
    Gender.
    Helping behavior.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Aggression.
    Social psychology and health.
    Social psychology and the law.

Introduction to quantitative psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Displaying the order in a group of numbers using tables and graphs
    - the mean, variance, standard deviation, and
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Correlation and prediction
    Some key ingredients for inferential statistics: the normal curve, sample versus population, and probability
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Introduction to hypothesis testing
    Hypothesis tests with means of samples
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Making sense of statistical significance: effect size and statistical power
    Introduction to the
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The
    - introduction to the analysis of variance
    - chi-square tests and strategies when population distributions are not normal
    Applying statistical methods in your own research project

Introduction to abnormal psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Examples and definitions of abnormal behavior
    Causes of abnormal behavior
    Treatment of psychological disorders
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Classification and assessment of abnormal behavior
    Mood disorders and suicide
    Anxiety disorders
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Acute and post-traumatic stress disorders, dissociative disorders, and somatoform disorders
    Stress and physical health
    Personality disorders
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Eating disorders
    Substance use disorders
    Sexual and gender identity disorders
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Schizophrenic disorders
    Dementia, delirium, and amnestic disorders

Foundations of psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The science of psychology
    The biological basis of behavior
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Sensation and perception
    States of consciousness
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning
    Memory
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cognition and mental abilities
    Motivation and emotion
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Life-span development
    Personality
    Stress and health psychology
    Psychological disorders
    Therapies
    Social psychology

Introduction to personality psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to personality theory
    Freud: classical psychoanalysis
    Jung: analytical psychology
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adler: individual psychology
    Erikson: psychosocial development
    Horney and relational theory: interpersonal psychoanalytic theory
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Allport: personological trait theory
    Cattell and the big five: factor analytic trait theories
    Evolution, eysenck, gray, and others: biological theories
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Skinner and staats: the challenge of behaviorism
    Dollard and miller: psychoanalytic learning theory
    Mischel and bandura: cognitive social learning theory
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Kelly: personal construct theory
    Rogers: person-centered theory
    Maslow: need hierarchy theory
    Buddhist psychology: lessons from eastern culture
    Conclusion

Fundamentals of Physiological Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction
    Structure and functions of cells of the nervous system
    Structure of the nervous system
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Psychopharmacology
    Methods and strategies of research
    Vision
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Audition, the body senses, and the chemical senses
    Control of movement
    Sleep and biological rhythms
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Reproductive behahvior
    Emotion
    Ingestive behavior
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Learning and memory
    Human communication
    Neurological disorders
    Schizophrenia and the affective disorders
    Anxiety disorders, autistic disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and stress disorders
    Drug abuse

Personality Theories

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    What is personality?
    Sigmund freud
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Carl jung
    Alfred adler
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Karen horney
    Erik h. erikson
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Gordon allport
    Raymond b. cattell and hans j. eysenck
    B.f. skinner
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    John dollard and neal miller
    Albert bandura and walter mischel
    David m. buss
    George kelly
    Carl rogers
    Abraham maslow
    Rollo reese may
    A final word

Introduction to Organizational Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Principles, practices, and problems.
    Techniques, tools, and tactics.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Employee selection principles and techniques.
    Psychological testing.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Performance appraisal.
    Training and development.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Leadership.
    Motivation, job satisfaction, and job involvement.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The organization of the organization.
    Working conditions.
    Safety, violence, and health in the workplace.
    Stress in the workplace.
    Engineering psychology.
    Consumer psychology.

Introduction to Human factor Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Foundations of business psychology.
    Perception, learning, values, and ethics.
    Individual differences and work performance.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding yourself.
    Problem solving and creativity.
    Motivating yourself and others.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Achieving wellness and managing stress.
    Managing conflict and anger.
    Building workplace relationships.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Coping with a variety of personalities.
    Communicating with people.
    Groups and group decision making.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Teamwork and adapting to the organization.
    Leading and influencing others.
    Achieving personal productivity.
    Achieving a rewarding and satisfying career.

Organizational Behavior

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Work and its place in life.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Perception.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Primary communications.
    Improving communications and managing conflict.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Jobs, from design to appraisal.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Formal organizations: how people organize.
    Understanding management.
    Small groups and the informal organization.
    Individuals and self-management.
    Motivation and morale.
    Job satisfaction and the quality of work life.
    The dynamics of change.
    Leadership.
    Stress.

Group Theories

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Group dynamics.
    Experiential learning.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Group goals, social interdependence, and trust.
    Communication within groups.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Leadership.
    Using power.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Decision making.
    Controversy and creativity
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Managing conflict of interests.
    Valuing diversity.
    Cooperative learning in the classroom.
    Leading growth and counseling groups.

Fundamentals of Psychological Testing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Applications and consequences of psychological testing
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    A brief history of psychological testing
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Reliability and test standardization
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Validity and test development
    Theories and the nature of intelligence
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cognitive tests: intelligence, achievement and aptitude
    Testing special populations
    Origins of personality test
    Structured personality assessment
    Neuropsychological and medical applications
    Assessment in employment and forensic settings
    Legal issues and the future of testing