This course explores the applications and experiential learning methods in Psychology under the auspices of multiple applied domains in the vast Psychological field, including but not limited to Applied Behavioral Analysis, Industrial and Organizational, Human Factors, Sports Psychology, Applied Social Psychology, Human Resources, Social Work, Research Analyst, and Change Management, among other subspecialties.

This course will take a deeper dive into the phenomena that occur when people engage in socialization. From influence to cognition, attributions to attitudes, each of us has a lens through which we view society and ourselves. This lens, albeit biased and wrought with interpretive constraints, is the compass that guides our actions, values, beliefs, thoughts, and feelings about the world around us. This course will prepare students in their professional and personal interactions and provide students with tools that prepare them to engage across cultures, settings, and other boundaries of time and space.

Behavioral modification is an essential component in the evaluation and treatment of behaviors that are dysfunctional and which threaten an individual’s social, emotional, psychological, and/or behavioral well-being. In this course, students will learn the process of behavioral modification and change through the lens of Behavioral Psychological principles, including but not limited Behavioral Analysis, Behavioral Modification, Behavioral Assessment, and components of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

This course surveys the major field of management, examining structures and processes of both group and organizational levels. Both traditional and contemporary theories are analyzed and applied to business operations.