ECTS - - Department of Psychology Undergraduate Curriculum (before 2016-2017)
Compulsory Departmental Courses
PSY221 - Introductory Statistics for Psychology I (3 + 2) 7
Definitions of statistical concepts, sampling, summarizing data and graphing, measures of central tendency, dispersion, and position, counting rules and probability, discrete probability distributions, normal distribution, sampling distribution, and confidence intervals.
PSY301 - Introduction to Psychopathology (3 + 0) 8
Theories of psychopathology and psychotherapy, clinical assessment procedures, psychopathologies such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, trauma related disorders, personality disorders, eating disordes, substance use disorders, sexual disorders etc.
Elective Courses
PSY321 - Job Analysis and Performance Appraisal (4 + 0) 8
The nature of job, the application of job analysis methods and approaches, the current job analysis methods and approaches, environmental and organizational influences, purposes of performance appraisals, obtaining information about performance, performance standarts, processes in evaluating judgement, error and accuracy measures.
PSY322 - Intergroup Relations (4 + 0) 8
Equity theory, realistic conflict theory, intergroup contact theory, relative deprivation theory, social identity theory, right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance theory, system justification theory, terror management theory, minority influence, and stereotypes content model.
PSY332 - Attitude Measurement (3 + 2) 8
Direct and indirect assessment techniques, different types of attitude scales, development of item pools, development of attitude scales, assessing the reliability and the validity of attitude scales, conducting item analyses and using exploratory factor analyses in the development and validation of attitude scales.
PSY418 - Crisis Intervention (3 + 2) 8
Theories, strategies, and skills in clinical crisis intervention; models for assessing and responding to crises; theoretical and ethical implications; psychological traumas such as post traumatic stress disorder; disaster psychology; natural disasters and violence.
PSY421 - Introduction to Psychopharmacology (3 + 0) 5
The characteristics of psychoactive drugs, their working principles in the nervous system, and their effects on the brain and on the behavior, an overview of psychopharmacological medications, their basic taxonomy, indications, contraindications, and side-effects.