Catalog Course Description

The course will review research on culture, race, and ethnicity and will consider the implications of these findings for our understanding of race, culture, and ethnicity in American society. Mounting evidence suggests that psychological processes are culture-specific, theory-driven, and context-dependent. This course will focus on the effects that theories of mind, person, self, and social institutions have on human cognition, motivation, emotion, and social interactions in American society. Students will gain a better appreciation of the ways that cultural traditions and social practices regulate and transform psychological functioning. Simply, the course is about how culture affects psyche and how psyche affects culture.

Spring Term

2 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 1 hours of The exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week and 6 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

Summer Term

15 hours of Outside Work Hours per week and 7.5 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week.

Fall Term

2 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 1 hours of The exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week and 6 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.