A scientific study of behavior is examined which leads to a greater understanding of human behavior, insight into mental processes and a better comprehension of the inconsistencies between human feelings and actions. Topics include learning, memory, the nervous system, perception, motivation, social interaction, attitudes, intelligence and abnormal behavior.

Prepares students for transfer to a 4 year university. Developmental Psychology is the scientific study of ways in which people change, as well as stay the same, from conception to death. The course examines change and stability across a broad range of topics. These include physical and other psychophysiological processes, cognition, language, and psychosocial development.

This course places primary emphasis on clinically significant behavioral and psychological patterns associated with distress and impairment. Symptoms, suspected causes and treatment will be examined.

Introduction to the biological, psychological and social aspects of human sexuality. Topics include sexual values, sexual development, male and female anatomy and physiology, the sexual responses cycle, sexual health and diseases, pregnancy, contraception, abortion issues, sexual gender orientation issues, intimate relationships, sexual dysfunction, and sexual abuse.

Understanding ourselves and others, and how to develop our resources for effective living in today's world. Topics include an inquiry into basic nature and individual's potentialities, intellectual, emotional, and social development, how individuals perceive themselves in relation to their environment and are motivated to act, the kinds of problems people face and how they go about trying to solve them, and the nature of individual and group relationships.