Course clusters of psychology courses
As an advising tool, the Western Psychology faculty have developed a set of course clusters that seem to reflect the needs and interests of our undergraduate students. Virtually the first question asked in an advising session is "What do you want to do with your degree when you graduate from Western?" The clusters below reflect the answers that students have given over the years. Most often, students choose more than one of the clusters. They mix and match courses depending on their needs. For example, someone wanting to be a psychologist in private practice working with children and families would probably want to choose course from the t op three clusters. Please click on the clusters that interest you to see which courses the psychology faculty recommend. To see complete descriptions of the courses listed in the clusters, click on the last choice below which will take you to a complete set of course descriptions for psychology at Western Oregon University.
- Clinical/Counseling Psychology Emphasis
- Clinical/Child & Adolescent Counseling Emphasis
- Developmental Psychology Emphasis
- Experimental Psychology Emphasis
- Graduate School Emphasis
- Human Services Emphasis
- Social Psychology Emphasis
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology Emphasis
- Course descriptions for ALL psychology courses
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Clinical/Child & Adolescent Counseling Emphasis
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Clinical/Counseling Psychology Emphasis
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Developmental Psychology Emphasis
Psy 480 Infancy and Childhood 4 hrs
Psy 481 Middle and Late Childhood 4 hrs
Psy 482 The Psychology of Adolescence 4 hrs
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Psy 483 Adulthood and Aging 4 hrs
Psy 484 Death, Dying and Grief 4 hrs
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Experimental Psychology Emphasis
Psy 360 Cognitive Psychology 4 hrs
Psy 373 Sensation and Perception 4 hrs
Psy 390 Learning and Memory 4 hrs
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Psy 451 Biopsychology 4 hrs
Psy 460 Cognitive Neuroscience 4 hrs
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Graduate School Emphasis
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Human Services Emphasis
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Social Psychology Emphasis
Psy 390 Learning and Memory 4 hrs
Psy 415 Psychology of Sports 4 hrs
Psy 435 Theories of Personality 4 hrs
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Psy 437 Advanced Social Psychology 4 hrs
Psy 443 Group Processes 4 hrs
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Industrial/Organizational Psychology Emphasis
*Psy 443 Group Processes 4 hrs
*Psy 445 Introduction to I/O Psychology 4 hrs
*Psy 446 Psychology of Leadership 4 hrs
Select 5 courses from the following list to complete your I/O Emphasis
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