Class Schedule Listing - 2018 Fall (Dec 21, 2024) |
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| Cross-Cultural Themes in Psychology - 37708 - PSY 4696 - 801 | ||||||||||||||
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Notes: Permission of major coordinator also required. Topical Section Description: The main focus of this capstone is a timely topic important to many fields in psychology, addressing a need for academic analysis of rapidly changing social and cultural interactions in the global context. The course will allow students to see and analyze the linkages between concepts, theories, research findings and professional applications from the cross-cultural perspective with special emphasis put on the contemporary psychological phenomena in Japan. This course also offers a comprehensive analysis of various clinical, social and cultural perspectives, related to globalization, international mobility, human relationships in public and private spheres, online psychology/virtual reality, cross-cultural psychopathology, etc. This capstone is particularly useful for students planning graduate work in psychology or considering studying/working overseas, and those who would like to develop the deeper understanding of multi-layered mechanisms, which underlie the cross-cultural phenomena in psychology. This is a writing-intensive course and students are required to explore relevant literature, critically analyze academic sources and findings, raise questions, and prepare an academic paper on their particular topic of interest. NOTE: This course is limited to psychology majors in their senior year.
Associated Term: 2018 Fall Registration Dates: Apr 04, 2018 to Sep 07, 2018 Registration Levels: Graduate, NonDegree Continuing Undergrad, Undergraduate Special Approval: Major Coordinator - JPN ONLY Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Japan Campus Base Lecture Schedule Type Classroom In-Person Instructional Method Credit Hours: 3.000 Seats Available: 9
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