A graduate research seminar featuring presentations that cover the depth and breadth of research in population health.
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Teaches writing and presenting grant proposals for Population Health Sciences with peer feedback.
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Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sampleAn independent study examining international health system performance, global health needs, high-income country systems, and the politics of health system development and reform.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleIntroduction to the role of physicians in general preventive medicine and public health
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POPHLTH 990
Research
1–8 creditsPOPHLTH 990 is a research course where students conduct supervised research under individual faculty members.
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Introduction to Epidemiology covers the design, implementation, and interpretation of epidemiologic studies with a focus on methodologic issues in measuring disease frequency, natural history, and risk factors.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025PORTUG 101
First Semester Portuguese
4 creditsFIRST SEMESTER PORTUGUESE is an elementary-level course covering grammar, conversation, and reading with no prior knowledge required.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited samplePORTUG 201
Third Semester Portuguese
4 creditsPORTUG 201 is an intermediate Portuguese course reviewing readings, culture, and conversation patterns.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleIntroduction to Luso-Brazilian literatures through reading, discussion, and literary history of the 16th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
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PORTUG 301
Intensive Portuguese
4 creditsIntensive Portuguese course covering grammar, conversation, and reading, equivalent to PORTUG 101 and 102.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025 · limited samplePORTUG 311 is a fourth-year course focusing on advanced oral practice and writing in Portuguese.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleA graduate seminar exploring Portuguese literature, literary criticism, culture, and theory.
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PORTUG 990
Thesis
1–12 creditsPORTUG 990 is a thesis course for graduate students involving independent research and writing under faculty supervision.
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PSYCH 202
Introduction to Psychology
3–4 creditsIntroduction to Psychology covers fundamental aspects of behavior including development, motivation, emotion, intelligence, learning, personality, and social behavior.
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Jonathan Gallimore’s classes are described as fast-paced and concept-heavy, requiring significant preparation and effort to navigate difficult exams.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Basic statistics for psychology covering central tendency, variability, probability, hypothesis testing, t-tests, Chi-square, regression, correlation, and ANOVA.
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The course demands heavy self-directed learning due to the flipped format, where lectures are minimal. Exams are long and constitute the majority of the grade, though extra credit opportunities can help mitigate the difficulty.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PSYCH 212 explores social science topics in psychology, focusing on how researchers approach findings and controversies while addressing misconceptions.
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Historical reviews of Jenny Saffran: Workload consists of participation, two papers, and a creative project, with grading based solely on these components.
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Fall 2024–Fall 2025 · limited samplePSYCH 225
Research Methods
4 creditsPSYCH 225 teaches the scientific method and research designs in psychological science.
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The course features a heavy workload, particularly the semester-long research proposal and tedious labs. Reviews describe the work as manageable with extensions or chunking, but others find the grading strict and the volume of information overwhelming.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PSYCH 311
Issues in Psychology
1–4 creditsPSYCH 311 is a survey course covering various topical issues in psychology.
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Historical reviews of Patricia Coffey: Reviewers consistently rate the difficulty as low, noting that exams are manageable and the workload is light, with Coffey offering extra credit opportunities.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PSYCH 380
Thesis Preparation Seminar
1 creditsPSYCH 380 prepares students for senior thesis writing through research process discussion, writing feedback, and presentation opportunities.
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Reviews highlight the instructor's helpfulness and understanding nature rather than specific academic workload or difficulty metrics.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited samplePSYCH 399
Service Learning in Psychology
1–4 creditsPSYCH 399 is an independent study offering students experience in community service work relevant to psychology.
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Examines the role of psychological principles and research evidence in U.S. laws, social control, and policy.
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Workload varies significantly; some report four heavy exams with no homework, while others note dense readings and exams covering extensive material without clear study outlines.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025PSYCH 403
Psychology of Personality
3 creditsPSYCH 403 covers the organization and development of the personality.
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Reviews criticize the heavy reliance on detailed textbook reading for exams, noting that lectures often repeat the book and exams can be tricky or poorly worded.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2025PSYCH 405
Adult Psychopathology
3–4 creditsAdult Psychopathology introduces the diagnosis and treatment of major mental disorders, examining biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in their etiology and maintenance.
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Students describe the workload as difficult due to wordy, obscure exams and inconsistent deadlines. Some find exams fair, while others feel they require extensive self-study beyond the provided lectures.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PSYCH 414
Cognitive Psychology
3–4 creditsCognitive Psychology covers perception, learning, memory, planning, problem solving, decision making, and communication from a psychological perspective.
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The course requires consistent effort on readings and quizzes. Exams are described as tricky, difficult, or tough, with content drawn from lectures and quizzes.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025PSYCH 449
Animal Behavior
3–4 creditsCovers evolutionary and physiological mechanisms of animal behavior, including aggressive, reproductive, communicative, and social behaviors, and behavioral development.
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Exams are frequently described as difficult, specific, and heavily reliant on lecture content, requiring consistent attendance and note-taking. Some reviewers found review sessions pointless or unhelpful, while others felt studying yielded poor results due to unclear exam expectations.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025PSYCH 460
Child Development
3–4 creditsCovers biological and behavioral foundations of human development using experiments and data-driven approaches.
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The workload includes three open-note exams, two 400-word position papers, and a final project. Exams are long but manageable if students know where to find information in the textbook, and papers significantly help grades.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PSYCH 502
Cognitive Development
4 creditsCovers the basics of cognitive development during childhood, including theoretical approaches and key domains like perception, language, and memory.
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Historical reviews of Martha Alibali, Vanessa Simmering: Workload includes weekly quizzes, discussion posts, readings, two papers, and exams, with some noting the papers are graded harshly but fairly.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Explores the scientific study of human emotions, examining biological, developmental, and social-cultural perspectives across psychology sub-disciplines.
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Workload varies significantly; some students report exams are easy with only textbook skimming, while others find exams very difficult despite thorough preparation. The course includes short writing assignments in addition to exams and papers.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2024PSYCH 515
Animal Cognition
4 creditsANIMAL COGNITION explores human psychological uniqueness and evolutionary origins by comparing human and non-human cognitive abilities.
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Lectures are slow-paced and mandatory quizzes are easy if students pay attention, though Ferrigno occasionally reads questions from the screen.
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Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sampleOverview of criminal psychology and forensic/psychobiological processes addressing criminal behavior.
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The workload includes weekly readings, multiple exams, and a paper, which can initially seem daunting but is generally considered manageable if students keep up. Exams are typically multiple-choice and based on lecture material.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026