PSY 310 INTERGROUP RELATIONS

Social psychology is a discipline that examines how individuals think, feel, and act within a given social context. Since the founding of social psychology, understanding the nature of prejudice, discrimination, and oppression has been at been at the core of this discipline. In this seminar course, students will examine how experimental research in social psychology emerged as one of the first evidence-based approaches to systematically studying and opposing prejudice and discrimination. The course also discusses the manner in which contemporary research in social psychology continues this tradition, and its current relevance to timely social issues.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

PSY 202 and PSY 206.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 16 students.

Attributes

MOIE