Students who are attracted to either the cognitive or the sensory/perceptual components of the major begin with the entry-level courses, EXP 3104 or EXP 3604. Many students will then take the other entry-level course while they fulfill the statistics requirements and flesh out their major with at least three other courses in at least three other areas of psychology. Students in this track can take either or both of the laboratory courses (EXP 4174C or 4934C).
Students who are clearly bound for graduate school are invited to participate in the Area seminar with area faculty and graduate students. The superior students are made aware that they can enroll for selected graduate courses and seminars.
EXP 3104 Sensory Processes -- An introductory survey of the human senses and their role in perception, considering how we sense the physical environment and what factors influence our perception of it. An optional laboratory course, EXP 4174C, may be taken concurrently with this course.
EXP 4174C Laboratory In Sensory Processes -- Students collect, analyze and evaluate data on specific problems related to sensory and perceptual abilities.
EXP 3604 Introduction To Cognitive Psychology -- An introductory survey of human cognitive abilities, including perceptual and motor skills, attention, learning and memory, language, and thinking, and the methods used to study these abilities. An optional laboratory course, EXP 4934C, may be taken concurrently with this course.
EXP 4504 Human Memory -- Contempo rary theories and data on human memory, with emphasis on the information processing approach.
EXP 4635 Thinking -- Examination of human reasoning, problem solving, judgment and decision making.
EXP 4934C Laboratory In Cognitive Psychology -- contemporary laboratory techniques used in the study of human memory, thinking, information processing, and perceptual processes.