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The focus for this course is the evolution of various contemporary psychological concepts and practices, and provide students with an opportunity for critical reflection on the role historical, social, and cultural contexts have on these. It begins with a general introduction to the intersection of psychology, historiography, and philosophy of science. Students learn about the development of Psychology in North America and Europe as characterized by their various methods and theories. Discussions range across topics from all areas of Psychology, and may include: the history of statistics, mental testing, psychotherapy, gender, and consciousness. Students are encouraged to reflect upon the implications of these discussions for their areas of Honours research. Debates over how current research should proceed with regard to these topics are also addressed. Course enrollment is restricted to Psychology Honours students. Completion of PSY 3020 is recommended but not required. Note: This course does not meet any psychology area requirement, and does not meet the requirement for taking a 4000-level course. 05-09-2024-05-12-2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 01:00PM - 02:15PM, Health Sciences Bldg, Room 103

This course introduces the concepts related to the classification of psychopathologies across the lifespan, emphasizing the DSM-5 and other classification systems. Students gain an in-depth familiarity with how psychological disorders are conceptualized and diagnosed and develop a strong understanding of the essential features of psychopathologies which occur across the lifespan. Significant emphasis is placed on a thorough analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of diagnostic systems, examination of categorical versus dimensional understandings of psychological functioning, and exploration of the historical and societal factors that have influenced, and continue to influence, how clinical psychologists conceptualize psychopathology. Students are also introduced to the rapidly growing field of developmental psychopathology, a theoretically and empirically-based framework that provides a unifying perspective for understanding the onset and development of both health and clinical disorder across life. 05-09-2024-05-12-2024 Lecture Thursday 09:30AM - 12:20PM, SDU Main Bldg, Room 409

This course examines the determinants or causes of public policy in small-island jurisdictions. Students familiarize themselves with various models for understanding the causes of public policy and with selected frameworks for comparing policy across jurisdictions. HOURS PER WEEK: 3 LECTURE: 2 SEMINAR: 1 Restriction: Student must be admitted into a UPEI graduate program or be eligible for graduate studies. 10-09-2024-03-12-2024 Graduate Studies Tuesday 06:00PM - 08:50PM.

This course examines the history, purpose, and uses of a Liberal Arts education, with attention to the three key areas identified in the major: communication, leadership and culture. In this course, students explore core Liberal Arts concepts-for example, language, history, and creativity-both in terms of how they are studied in the post-secondary classroom and how they are applied outside the university context. The applied part of the course focuses on community engagement, citizenship and social responsibility. Students are introduced to community-based research, participatory action research, and community service learning, as well as the use of technology to promote social change. This course is for students who would like a better understanding of Liberal Arts skills and knowledge, particularly in relation to civic engagement. 05-09-2024-05-12-2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 08:30AM - 09:45AM, Kelley Memorial Bldg, Room 211

This course builds on foundations in qualitative inquiry to support student's assessment of the transferability of qualitative empirical and theoretical work for psychological practice. Students learn how to interrogate qualitative research for ontology, epistemology, and methodology to assess the authenticity and trust worthiness of published accounts. Analysis of case study, phenomenological, and discursive applications enable students to discern the strength and limitations inherent in each approach. Evaluation of mixed methods is also included in the course, broadly-speaking for their applicability for understanding health and psychopathology, and specifically in areas such as understanding the appropriateness, impact, and effectiveness of psychological interventions. 06-09-2024-29-11-2024 Lecture Friday 09:30AM - 12:20PM, SDU Main Bldg, Room 310

In this course, students are introduced to the use of the scientific method in psychology, including how statistical and experimental approaches promote specific assumptions about reality and psychological research. Key concepts include operational definitions, reliability and validity, within- and between-group experiments, quasi-experiments, surveys, cross-sectional and longitudinal designs, and observational methods. The course includes consideration of research ethics in quantitative research. 05-09-2024-05-12-2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 11:30AM - 12:45PM, Room to be Announced

This course introduces some of the fundamental methods of quantum mechanics. Topics include the postulates and mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics, the Dirac description of quantum mechanics, applications to a variety of one-dimensional problems such as quantum tunnelling, and the harmonic oscillator. Three hours lecture per week. 04-09-2024-04-12-2024 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 09:30AM - 10:20AM, Faculty Sustainable Design Eng, Room 301

This is a first course in real analysis. Topics include: the reals as a complete ordered field; closed and open sets; Bolzano-Weierstrass and Heine-Borel Theorems; Cauchy Sequences; limits and continuity; derivative; Mean Value Theorem; Riemann Integral; and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Three lecture hours per week. 05-09-2024-05-12-2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 10:00AM - 11:15AM, Cass Science Hall, Room 101

An emerging approach to enhancing participation, building awareness and influencing behaviour is the use of 3D landscape visualization to depict past and future scenarios. This course will examine forms of climate change visualization that integrates analytical capabilities of GIS-based software with emotionally-rich and intuitive media and how they are utilized in climate change impact assessment and decision making. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week. 09-09-2024-02-12-2024 Lecture Monday 09:00AM - 11:50AM, Climate Change & Adaptation, Room 120