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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

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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.

Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

This course helps you understand why cognitive psychologists approach problems as they do. It iss a study of cognition: how humans think. Topics covered include visual perception, attention, sensory and primary memory, memory encoding, memory retrieval, memory storage, motor control, visual imagery, decision making and deductive reasoning, problem solving, and language.

Psychology of Personality

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

Introduction to Psychology

The course is designed to introduce you to many different major areas of psychology. The course is a review of theory and research about the basic smorgasbord of topics in psychology: research methods, biological aspects of psychology, sensation, perception, learning, memory, cognition, motivation, personality, development, stress, disorders and their treatments.

Health Psychology

A comprehensive, yet engaging course that covers both the clinical aspects of health psychology with the research related to important health issues. Integrating diversity and mind-body issues, the course helps you identify the hot topics in the field. Pain and illness is defined with respect to psychology of human mind.

Evolutionary Psychology

Course provides an introduction to evolutionary psychology; integrative approach to thinking about human nature and how it interacts with environments to produce patterns of cognition, emotion, behavior and culture. Topics including, long-term and short-term mating, sexuality, parenting, kinship, cooperation, aggression and warfare, conflict between sexes, status, prestige, and dominance hierarchies.

Community Psychology

Community Psychology course provides you with an introduction to concepts, research and applications emerging from field of community psychology. Community Psychology focuses on the prevention of problems, the promotion of well-being, empowerment of members within a community, appreciation of diversity, and an ecological model for the understanding of human behavior.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown 1 Cost
ASSOCIATE TO BACHELORS DEGREE $18,480
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $18,480
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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

Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cognitive psychologist's approach to research
    Methods of cognitive psychology
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Visual perception
    Attention
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Sensory memory and primary memory
    Memory encoding
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Memory retrieval
    Memory storage
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Visual imagery
    Motor control
    Decision making and deductive reasoning
    Problem solving
    Language structure
    Language processing

Psychology of Personality

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to personality theory.
    Classical psychoanalysis: freud.
    Analytical psychology: jung.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Individual psychology: adler.
    Psychosocial development: erikson.
    Interpersonal psychoanalysis: horney.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Personological trait theory: allport.
    Factor analytic trait theory: cattell and the big five.
    Biological trait theories.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The challenge of behaviorism: skinner and staats.
    Psychoanalytic learning theory: dollard and miller.
    Cognitive social learning theory: mischel and bandura.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The psychology of personal constructs: kelly.
    Person-centered theory: rogers.
    The hierarchy of needs: maslow.
    Conclusion.

Introduction to 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.

Health Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The process of medical care.
    Communication in the medical encounter.
    Medical professionals in training and practice.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Staying healthy.
    Health recommendations and behavior change.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The process of illness.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Pain.
    Psychological processes, stress, and physical illness.
    Coping with stress: the role of psychological processes in staying healthy.
    Serious illness: the patient's perspective.

Evolutionary Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Scientific movements leading to evolutionary psychology
    The new science of evolutionary psychology
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Survival problems and solutions
    Womens long-term mating strategies
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Men's long-term mating strategies
    Short-term sexual strategies
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Principles of parenting
    Problems of kinship
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cooperative alliances
    Aggression and warfare
    Conflict between the sexes
    Toward a unified evolutionary psychology

Community Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to community psychology.
    Scientific research methods.
    The importance of social change.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Creating and sustaining social change.
    Stress, coping, and social support: toward community mental health.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The seriously mentally disordered: back to the community.
    Social and human services in the community.
    Schools, children, and communities.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Law, crime, and the community.
    Health care.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Community health and preventive medicine.
    Community organizational psychology.
    The future of community psychology.
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