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Dallas College Catalog 2024-2025

Course Descriptions

ACGM (Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual) Courses

Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for general academic transfer among community, state, and technical colleges in Texas; and state public four-year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.

WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses

Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.
 

Psychology
  

  • PSYC 2301 - General Psychology (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    General Psychology is a survey of the major psychological topics, theories and approaches to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

    Prerequisites: Required : College level ready in Reading.
    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec.)

    Acad

    This is a Dallas College Core Curriculum course.
    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4201015125
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • PSYC 2306 - Human Sexuality (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC NLC, RLC

    This course will provide an overview of the broad field of human sexuality. Topics will be covered from various perspectives - biological, sociological, anthropological, etc., but will focus primarily on the psychological perspective. The goal is for each student to learn factual, scientifically-based information that will provoke thought and contribute to his/her own decision-making on sexual issues outside of the classroom.

    Prerequisites: Required : College level ready in Reading.
    This course is cross-listed as SOCI 2306 . The student may register for either PSYC 2306 or SOCI 2306  but may receive credit for only one of the two.
    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec)

    Acad

    This is a Dallas College Core Curriculum course.
    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4201015325
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • PSYC 2314 - Lifespan Growth & Development (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    Life-Span Growth and Development is a study of social, emotional, cognitive and physical factors and influences of a developing human from conception to death.

    Prerequisites: Required : College level ready in Reading.
    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec)

    Acad

    This is a Dallas College Core Curriculum course.
    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4227035125
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • PSYC 2315 - Psychology of Adjustment (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC

    Study of the processes involved in adjustment of individuals to their personal and social environments.

    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec.)

    Acad

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4201015625
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • PSYC 2316 - Psychology of Personality (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    Study of various approaches to determinants, development, and assessment of personality.

    Prerequisites: Required : College level ready in Reading.
    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec.)

    Acad

    This is a Dallas College Core Curriculum course.
    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4201015725
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • PSYC 2317 - Statistical Methods in Psychology (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    This course covers descriptive and inferential statistics used in psychological research and assessment. It includes measurement, characteristics of distributions; measures of central tendency and variability; transformed scores; correlation and regression; probability theory; and hypotheses testing and inference.

    Prerequisites: Required : PSYC 2301  and MATH 1314 .
    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec.)

    CTE

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4201015225
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • PSYC 2319 - Social Psychology (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    Study of individual behavior within the social environment. May include topics such as the socio-psychological process, attitude formation and change, interpersonal relations, and group processes.

    This course is cross-listed as SOCI 2326 . The student may register for either PSYC 2319 or SOCI 2326  but may receive credit for only one of the two.
    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec.)

    Acad

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4227075125
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • PSYC 2320 - Abnormal Psychology (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    This course provides an introduction to the psychological, biological, and socio-cultural factors involved in the development, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders. It includes a review of the historical understanding of abnormal behavior and the development of modern diagnostic systems. It includes discussion of psychological research and practice as it relates to mental health and psychological functioning, as well as legal and ethical issues.

    Prerequisites: Required : PSYC 2301 .
    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec.)

    CTE

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4201015225
  

  • PSYC 2330 - Biological Psychology (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    An introduction to the biological bases of behavior. Topics include evolution, genetics, research methods in behavioral neuroscience, motivation and emotion, sensation and perception, learning and memory, lifespan development, cognition, psychological disorders, and other complex behaviors.

    Prerequisites: Required : PSYC 2301 .
    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec.)

    CTE

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4201015225
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.