THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY
Prerequisites: BLOCKED CLASS. EVERYONE MUST JOIN WAITLIST TO BE ADMITTED Broad survey of psychological science including: sensation and perception; learning, memory, intelligence, language, and cognition; emotions and motivation; development, personality, health and illness, and social behavior. Discusses relations between the brain, behavior, and experience. Emphasizes science as a process of discovering both new ideas and new empirical results. PSYC UN1001 serves as a prerequisite for further psychology courses and should be completed by the sophomore year.
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Natalie Brito
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Nora Isacoff
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RESEARCH METHODS - SOCIAL COGNITION & EM
RESEARCH METHODS-SOC/COG/
An introduction to research methods employed in the study of human social cognition and emotion. Students gain experience in the design and conduct of research, including ethical issues, observation and measurement techniques, interpretation of data, and preparation of written and oral reports.
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Kevin Ochsner
CULPA: 12 h-index: 86 Info - 4 points
RESEARCH METHODS - SOCIAL COGNITION & EM
RSRCH METHODS-SOC/COG/EM
An introduction to research methods employed in the study of human social cognition and emotion. Students gain experience in the design and conduct of research, including ethical issues, observation and measurement techniques, interpretation of data, and preparation of written and oral reports.
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Kevin Ochsner
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RESEARCH METHODS - SOCIAL COGNITION & EM
RSRCH METHODS-SOC/COG/EM
An introduction to research methods employed in the study of human social cognition and emotion. Students gain experience in the design and conduct of research, including ethical issues, observation and measurement techniques, interpretation of data, and preparation of written and oral reports.
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Kevin Ochsner
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STATISTCS-BEHAVIORL SCIENTISTS
Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001 or PSYC UN1010 Recommended preparation: one course in behavioral science and knowledge of high school algebra. Corequisites: PSYC UN1611 Introduction to statistics that concentrates on problems from the behavioral sciences.
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Christopher Baldassano
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STATISTCS-BEHAV SCIENTISTS-LAB
Corequisites: PSYC UN1610 Required lab section for PSYC UN1610.
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Christopher Baldassano
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STATISTCS-BEHAV SCIENTISTS-LAB
Corequisites: PSYC UN1610 Required lab section for PSYC UN1610.
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Instructor:
Christopher Baldassano
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Neuroscience Methods: Cells and Circuits
Neuro Methods: Cell & Cir
Research Methods in Neuroscience: Circuits and Cells offers students a unique opportunity to combine theoretical knowledge with practical skills development. This course pairs a weekly lecture with hands-on laboratory experiences, giving students a chance to see what day to day neuroscience research entails. The first three weeks of the semester will cover introductory topics in neuroscience, the scientific method, and experimental design. Then students will participate in three 3-week long modules covering human cognition, animal behavior, and neurological disease. The last two weeks of the course will be spent preparing students for a successful undergraduate research experience. Throughout the semester students will read scientific review articles to deepen their understanding of the lecture material and to contextualize that week’s lab experience.
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Sarah Demoya
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Cells and Circuits Lab
This is the lab component for PSYC UN1950 Neuroscience Methods: Cells and Circuits.
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Sarah Demoya
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Global Behavioral Science
This course builds on fundamentals of psychological and behavioral science by exploring reproducibility and replication on a global level. Students will learn from a wide range of studies and their real-world implications.
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Kai Ruggeri
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THINKING AND DECISION MAKING
Prerequisites: an introductory course in psychology. Models of judgment and decision making in both certain and uncertain or risky situations, illustrating the interplay of top-down (theory-driven) and bottom-up (data-driven) processes in creating knowledge. Focuses on how individuals do and should make decisions, with some extensions to group decision making and social dilemmas.
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Instructor:
Katherine T Fox-Glassman
CULPA: 6
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COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001 or equivalent introductory course in Psychology This course provides an in-depth survey of data and models of a wide variety of human cognitive functions. Drawing on behavioral, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging research, the course explores the neural mechanisms underlying complex cognitive processes, such as perception, memory, and decision making. Importantly, the course examines the logic and assumptions that permit us to interpret brain activity in psychological terms.
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Instructor:
Lila Davachi
CULPA: 1 h-index: 59 Info - 3 points
BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001 or PSYC UN1010 or the instructors permission. Examines the principles governing neuronal activity, the role of neurotransmitter systems in memory and motivational processes, the presumed brain dysfunctions that give rise to schizophrenia and depression, and philosophical issues regarding the relationship between brain activity and subjective experience.
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Sarah Demoya
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Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology
Fundamentals Human Neurop
Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology is an intermediate-level lecture course, which explores how the
analysis of lesion patterns extended across brain networks has offered invaluable insights on the relationship
between brain and behavior and deepened our understanding of the causal relationships between brain lesions
and their clinical consequences.
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Instructor:
Alfredo Spagna
CULPA: 3
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Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Study of behavior in organizational and business-related settings. Examination of such topics as employee motivation and satisfaction, communication patterns, effective leadership strategies, and organization development.
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Instructor:
Joshua M Feinberg
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Moral Psychology
Prerequisite: An introductory psychology course.
An introduction to basic concepts in moral psychology. Topics include controversies around the definition of morality, foundations of moral thought and behavior, and connections between morality and other areas of life, among other subjects.
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Instructor:
Larisa H Solomon
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Evolution of Intelligence, Animal Commun
Prerequisites: PSYC UN1001, and the instructors permission.
A systematic review of the evolution language covering the theory of evolution, conditioning theory, animal communication, ape language experiments, infant cognition, preverbal antecedents of language and contemporary theories of language.
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Instructor:
Herbert S Terrace
CULPA: 29 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
SEM-DEVELOPMNTL PSYCHOPATHOLGY
Prerequisites: at least two of the following courses: (UN1001, UN1010, UN2280, UN2620, UN2680, UN3280) and the instructor's permission. Developmental psychopathology posits that it is development itself that has gone awry when there is psychopathology. As such, it seeks to understand the early and multiple factors contributing to psychopathology emerging in childhood and later in life. We will use several models (e.g. ones dominated by biological, genetic, and psychological foci) to understand the roots of mental illness.
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Instructor:
Hannah E Hoch
CULPA: 27 Info - 4 points
TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Prerequisites: (PSYC UN1001) Instructor permission required. A seminar for advanced undergraduate students exploring different areas of clinical psychology. This course will provide you with a broad overview of the endeavors of clinical psychology, as well as discussion of its current social context, goals, and limitations.
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Usha Barahmand
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Irit Felsen
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Jeffrey M Cohen
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Psychology/Neuroscience Senior Thesis Ad
Advanced Research Seminar
The seminar component of the Psych/Neuro Senior Thesis Advanced Research program. Students admitted to the research program should plan to take this seminar in the spring of their junior year and in the fall and spring semesters of their senior year. Students are expected to be working in a lab as part of their participation in this program. In addition to supporting students throughout their independent research project, this seminar will introduce students to some of the big questions in the field through its connection with the Psychology Department Colloquium and will train students in reading and evaluating scientific research and communicating their own research findings.
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Lila Davachi
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Alfredo Spagna
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
1-4 points. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Except by special permission of the director of undergraduate studies, no more than 4 points of individual research may be taken in any one term. This includes both PSYC UN3950 and PSYC UN3920. No more than 8 points ofPSYC UN3950 may be applied toward the psychology major, and no more than 4 points toward the concentration. Readings, special laboratory projects, reports, and special seminars on contemporary issues in psychological research and theory.
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Dima Amso
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Christopher Baldassano
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Niall Bolger
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Natalie Brito
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Lila Davachi
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Sarah Demoya
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Geraldine Downey
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Katherine T Fox-Glassman
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Jon B Freeman
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Carl Hart
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Tory Higgins
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Nora Isacoff
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Sheena Iyengar
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Nikolaus Kriegeskorte
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Chujun Lin
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Patricia G Lindemann
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Bianca J Marlin
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Janet Metcalfe
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Meghan Meyer
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Michael W Morris
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Kevin Ochsner
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Valerie J Purdie-Greenaway
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Daphna Shohamy
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Rae Silver
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Larisa H Solomon
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Alfredo Spagna
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Yaakov Stern
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Herbert S Terrace
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Nim L Tottenham
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Sarah Woolley
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Theories of Change in Human Development
Theories of Change-Human
What are the agents of developmental change in human childhood? How has the scientific community graduated from nature versus nurture, to nature
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nurture? This course offers students an in-depth analysis of the fundamental theories in the study of cognitive and social development.
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Instructor:
Dima Amso
CULPA: 1 h-index: 31 Info - 4 points
Evolution of Language (seminar)
EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE
This seminar will consider the evolution of language at the levels of the word and grammar, in each instance, phylogenetically and ontogenetically. Since humans are the only species that use language, attention will be paid to how language differs from animal communication.
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Instructor:
Herbert S Terrace
CULPA: 29 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
AUDITORY PERCEPTION
Prerequisites: PSYC UN1010 PSYC UN1010 or equivalent; background in statistics/research methods recommended How does the human brain make sense of the acoustic world? What aspects of auditory perception do humans share with other animals? How does the brain perform the computations necessary for skills such as soundlocalization? How do we focus our auditory attention on one voice in a crowd? What acoustic cues are important for speech perception? How is music perceived? These are the types of questions we will address by studyingthe basics of auditory perception from textbook readings and reviews, and reading classic and current literatureto understand scientific progress in the field today.
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Instructor:
Sarah Woolley
CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info - 3 points
COGNITIVE PROCESSES
Prerequisites: For undergraduates: one course in cognitive psychology or cognitive neuroscience, or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Metacognition and control processes in human cognition. Basic issues include the cognitive mechanisms that enable people to monitor what they know and predict what they will know, the errors and biases involved in self-monitoring, and the implications of metacognitive ability for peoples self-determined learning, behavior, and their understanding of self.
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Instructor:
Janet Metcalfe
CULPA: 31 h-index: 70 Info - 3 points
Psychology of Procrastination
Why do we put off things until later—even things we know are important; even in cases where we know the cost of delaying; even when doing the work more gradually over time would be less unpleasant; even sometimes on tasks we anticipate enjoying? Everyone procrastinates sometimes, but why do some people seem to procrastinate a lot while others don’t have much of an issue with task delaying? This course reviews current research on selected cognitive and motivational theories of procrastination, as well as interaction of task delay with mental health and neurodiversity. We will close with an examination of some potential interventions that may help people reduce or avoid procrastination, both at the individual level and in academic settings such as course design.
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Instructor:
Katherine T Fox-Glassman
CULPA: 6
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TOPICS-NEUROBIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Examines current topics in neurobiology and behavior.
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Instructor:
Carl Hart
CULPA: 43 Wikipedia h-index: 54 Info - 3 points
PSYCH & NEUROPSYCH OF LANGUAGE
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Michele Miozzo
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Neural Plasticity
This seminar provides an overview of the mechanisms and behaviors associated with neural plasticity. Students will obtain a basic working knowledge of the different types of neural plasticity, and how these affect cognition and behaviors.
Emotional Brain Development
There is nothing more important to us than the feelings that we have. But where do our emotions come from and why do we sometimes feel differently from our peers? The reason usually involves an understanding of one’s developmental history. This course uses a developmental approach to address emotional brain-behavior relationships. We will discuss theoretical papers and empirical work that covers typical and atypical behavior and the neurobiology that supports behavioral change across age. A translational approach is taken that uses animal models and human examples to illustrate these developmental trajectories. We will cover experimental approaches during discussion of each topic.
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Instructor:
Nim L Tottenham
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Stress and the Brain
This course will use clinical studies and experimental research on animals to understand the impact of stress during various periods of development on brain function and behavior. We will address the long- and short-term consequences of stress on cognition, emotion, and ultimately psychopathology through investigating how various stressors can induce neurobiological and behavioral outcomes through genetic, epigenetic, and molecular mechanisms in the brain.
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Jennifer Blaze
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Frontiers of Justice
Frontiers of Justice is designed to encourage students and equip them with the skills to become active and effective “Change Agents” within their academic institutions and larger communities.. Oriented by the question,
What does justice look like?
, this course aims to raise political and social awareness and engagement with the challenges facing New York City and strengthen ties between Columbia University, disadvantaged communities, and city government agencies and community organizations. Through sharing ideas about how to make structural and systemic change in ways that integrate science, law, politics, history, narrative and community engagement, the course is intended to support students in working to break down racial and ethnic barriers and toward a more fair and just society.
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Peter Dixon
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PSYCH OF CULTURE & DIVERSITY
Prerequisites: the instructors permission; some basic knowledge of social psychology is desirable. A comprehensive examination of how culture and diversity shape psychological processes. The class will explore psychological and political underpinnings of culture and diversity, emphasizing social psychological approaches. Topics include culture and self, cuture and social cognition, group and identity formation, science of diversity, stereotyping, prejudice, and gender. Applications to real-world phenomena discussed.
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Instructor:
Valerie J Purdie-Greenaway
Wikipedia h-index: 29 Info - 4 points
CULTR,MOTIVATN,PROSOCIAL BEHAV
Prerequisites: Some knowledge of Research Methods, Statistics, and Social Psychology, plus Instructors Permission. Reviews and integrates current research on three important topics of social psychology: culture, motivation, and prosocial behavior. Discussions and readings will cover theoretical principles, methodological approaches, and the intersection of these three topics. Students will write a personal research proposal based on the theories presented during the seminar.
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Instructor:
Svetlana Komissarouk
CULPA: 3
h-index: 3
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THRY-SOCIAL/PERSONALITY PSYCH
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Comparison of major theoretical perspectives on social behavior. The nature of theory construction and theory testing in psychology generally. Exercises comparing the predictions of different theories for the same study are designed to acquire an appreciation of how to operationalize theories and an understanding of the various features of a good theory.
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Instructor:
Tory Higgins
CULPA: 23
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Philanthropy & Just Societies
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Philanthropy & Just Societies
will enable Columbia undergraduate students to learn about the history of philanthropy, to understand best practices and ethical underpinnings, to debate its potential in making more just societies, and to consider what it means to give and receive aid at different scales. Students will have the opportunity to participate directly in philanthropic work.
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ANALYSIS OF CHANGE
Prerequisites: graduate course in ANOVA, General Linear Model or the instructors permission. A survey course in statistical methods for the analysis of repeated measures data, including data from experimental and nonexperimental studies. Surveys classical (e.g. MANOVA) and modern methods (e.g. Multilevel Models) for both continuous and categorical outcomes.
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Instructor:
Niall Bolger
CULPA: 4 h-index: 55 Info - 4 points
Introduction to Neural Networks and Deep
Neural Networks&Deep Lear
This seminar will introduce both the concepts and practical implementation in PyTorch of neural networks and deep learning, with a focus on general principles and examples from vision.
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Instructor:
Nikolaus Kriegeskorte
h-index: 56 Info - 3 points
SUPERVISED TEACHING ASSISTANCE
Prerequisites: permission of the faculty member who will direct the teaching. Participation in ongoing teaching.
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Instructor:
Katherine T Fox-Glassman
CULPA: 6
h-index: 4
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
Prerequisites: permission of the departmental adviser to Graduate Studies.
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Instructor:
Jon B Freeman
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Research Seminar in Psychology
Monday seminars are open to the public and take place in Schermerhorn Hall on alternate Mondays in room 200B Schermerhorn from 12:10-1:30pm. The seminar series semester schedule can be found
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Instructor:
Jon B Freeman
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DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIUM
Members of the staff, graduate students, and outside speakers present current research.
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Instructor:
Jon B Freeman
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