HD 4310

Mind, Self, and Emotion

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Offered to students who are currently conducting research or planning to do research in the near future on one of the three topics-memory, self, or emotion. The course examines current data and theories concerning the topics from a variety of perspectives and at multiple levels of analysis, particularly focusing on the interconnections among these fields of inquiry. The scale of observation is viewed as occurring within the person (brain mechanisms, including genetics), at the level of the person (content-goals, beliefs, desires, etc.), and between persons (relationships and group interaction-including culture).

Prerequisites HD 1130 or PSYCH 1101.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: 15 upper-class undergraduate standing.

Distribution Requirements (SBA-HE)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2016FA, 2015FA

Outcomes

• Students learn to develop research ideas and design a study to test their ideas. They each complete a research proposal by the end of the semester.

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