Brock University - Major Courses
PSYC 1F90
Foundations of Psychology
- Methodological approaches and contemporary issues in psychology and
their application to everyday life
PSYC 2F23
Statistics and Research Design in the Behavioural Sciences
- Principles of research design and data analysis in the context of
psychological research
PSYC 2P12
Lifespan Development
- Introduction to theories and research in human development across the
lifespan
- Topics include development in physical, perceptual, cognitive, linguistic,
social and/or emotional domains
PSYC 2P20
Cognition
- How the mind processes information
- Topics include recognition, attention, memory, problem solving, judgment
and decision making
PSYC 2P25
Personality and Individual Differences
- Introduction to theory and research in personality and related individual
differences
- Topics include measurement and structure of personality characteristics;
biological bases, genetic and environmental origins, and evolutionary
function of personality; personality disorders; personality as a predictor of
life outcomes; other domains of psychological variation (religious beliefs
and political attitudes, sexuality, occupational interests, mental abilities)
PSYC 2P30
Fundamentals of Social Psychology
- Theory, methods and research examining the influence of others on
phenomena such as cognition, the self, attitudes, group processes and
communication
PSYC 2P49
Perception
- Introduction to human perception emphasizing visual and auditory
perception, including theory and applications to neurophysiology, speech
recognition and development. Integration of smell, taste, balance and time
perception to demonstrate the biological and cognitive bases of perception
PSYC 3F20
Abnormal Psychology
- Psychopathology and dysfunctional behaviour are discussed with respect
to classification, diagnosis, etiology, treatment and prevention
- Biological, psychological and social determinants of mental disorder are
considered
PSYC 3P30
Critical Thinking in Psychology
- Development of scientific thinking and discovery procedures in psychology
- The design of experiments and quasi-experiments, control of variables,
statistical power and alternative sources of data
- Critical analysis of typical examples of contemporary psychological
research
Brock University - Minor Courses
PHIL 1F90
Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophical Classics and Contemporary Life
- Contemporary problems viewed through a variety of philosophical writings
- Students are encouraged to formulate and examine their own beliefs about
freedom, knowledge, religion, love and questions of right and wrong
PHIL 2P09
Ethics: Major Ethical Theories and Philosophies of Life
- Examines Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Mill and contemporary thinkers
PHIL 2P02
Early Modern Philosophy: The Rationalists
- Classical philosophies of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries as found in
the writings of the Continental Rationalists (Descartes, Spinoza and
Leibniz)
PHIL 2P15
The Growth of Existential Thinking
- The work of such philosophers as Scheler, Heidegger, Marcel and Sartre
PHIL 2P25
Introduction to Logic
- Modern deductive logic; the objective is to develop the ability to analyze
arguments in order to determine their worth
- Arguments will be symbolized in order to clarify their form and to
determine their validity or invalidity
PHIL 2P99
Gender Ethics and Sexuality
- Application of ethics to questions of human sexuality
- Topics include sexual values, the semantics of sex, the concepts of the
romantic and eternal-feminine, respect for the personhood of women,
censorship, pornography, legal enforcement of morality, sex in advertising,
prostitution and AIDS
Brock University - Elective Courses
PCUL 1F92
Introduction to Popular Culture
- Historical, ethnographic and textual approaches to the study of cultures
and practices of everyday life
HIST 1F95
World History since 1914
- Major political, social, economic and cultural trends of the 20th century,
focusing on developments in Europe and the way they have affected the
rest of the world; the decline of Europe in global political and economic
terms
- Topics include the world wars, the Russian Revolution, fascism, the
Holocaust, the Cold War, decolonization and conflict and its resolution in
the international, political and social spheres
BIOL 1F25
Biology: A Human Perspective
- Contemporary issues of human concern; genetics and biology of cancer
and obesity; learning, memory and addiction