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ed topics that have both a human development and a social policy component. We will begin with a general discussion of the interrelationships between social policy and theories and research in human development. We will then cover six major areas: family structure; education and the structure of schools; mass media; computer technologies; reproductive technologies; and eating and nutrition. For each topic, we will examine both relevant research and current policies. Diane Scott-Jones PS 570 Advanced Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience (Spring: 3) Prerequisite: PS 272 or PS 274 or PS 285 In this seminar, information processing, evolutionary, and neuroscientific perspectives are applied to the study of the human mind.Following an introduction to major theoretical approaches to the study of mind, topics related to the mind/brain systems underlying of visual-spatial perception, learning and memory, language, consciousness, and intelligence will be explored. Jeanne Sholl PS 572 Neuroscience I (Fall: 3) Prerequisites: For undergraduates BI 304-305 or PS 285 Cross Listed with BI 572 See course description in the Biology Department. PS 573 Neuroscience II (Spring: 3) Prerequisite: For undergraduates BI/PS 572 or BI 304-305, or PS 285 Cross Listed with BI 573 A continuation of Neuroscience I. Topics covered in the second semester include the following: motor systems; neurobiology of motivation and emotion; neurobiology of learning and memory; cognitive neuroscience. Jon Horvitz Michael Numan PS 590 History of Psychology (Spring: 3) Prerequisites: For undergraduates, at least one 300-level course in Psychology, graduate students, permission of the instructor Formerly PS 334/PS 621 This course offers a survey of the philosophical roots and development of psychological thought from the Grecian and Medieval periods to the present. Topics will include the following: classical doctrines of human nature in early Greek philosophy; emergence of science in the post-Renaissance period and the contributions of Descartes, Locke, British Empiricists and Associationists to the evolution of psychological theory; review of major developments including Darwins evolutionary theory in the nineteenth century; the emergence of psychology as an independent discipline in Germany and the United States; the rise and demise of the major schools in psychology, Structuralism, Functionalism, Gestalt, Behaviorism, and Psychoanalysis. Ali Banuazizi PS 600 Introduction to Social Work (Fall/Spring: 3) Cross Listed with SC 378, SW 600 See course description in the Graduate School of Social Work. The Department PS 721 Human Behavior and the Social Environment (Fall: 3) Cross Listed with SW 721 See course description in the Graduate School of Social Work. The Department Graduate Course Offerings PS 606 Experimental Design and Statistics (Fall: 3) Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in statistics This course focuses primarily on the design of research experiments and the inferential statistics used to assess their results. Analysis of variance techniques that assess the main and interactive effects of multiple independent variables on single dependent variables will be emphasized. Randolph D. Easton PS 625 Graduate Independent Study (Fall/Spring: 3) Norman H. Berkowitz PS 640 Research Workshop in Social Psychology I (Fall: 3) Graduate students and faculty in the field of Social Psychology discuss ongoing research; students in the Honors Program may attend with permission of the instructor. Norman Berkowitz Donnah Canavan PS 641 Research Workshop in Social Psychology II (Spring: 3) Continuation of PS 640. Norman Berkowitz Donnah Canavan PS 646 Research Workshop in Emotion, Gender, and the Self I (Fall: 3) Graduate students and faculty in the field of Social Psychology who have a special interest in emotion, gender, and the self discuss ongoing research; students in the Honors Program may attend with permission of the instructor. Lisa Feldman Barrett PS 647 Research Workshop in Emotion, Gender, and the Self II (Spring: 3) Continuation of PS 646. Lisa Feldman Barrett PS 654 Research Workshop in Cultural Psychology I (Fall: 3) Graduate students and faculty in the field of Cultural Psychology discuss ongoing research; students in the Honors Program may attend with permission of the instructor. Ali Banuazizi Ramsay Liem Gilda Morelli PS 655 Research Workshop in Cultural Psychology II (Spring: 3) Continuation of PS 654 Ali Banuazizi Ramsay Liem Gilda Morelli PS 660 Research Workshop in Developmental Psychology I (Fall: 3) Graduate students and faculty in the field of Developmental Psychology discuss ongoing research; students in the Honors Program may attend with permission of the instructor. Gilda Morelli Karen Rosen Ellen Winner The Boston College Catalog 2005-2006 213 ARTS AND SCIENCES

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