2018-2019 Academic Catalog 
    
    Apr 18, 2024  
2018-2019 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSYC 206 - Research on Youth Purpose


This course involves students in ongoing research addressing how young people develop a life purpose. Actual work depends on the stage of the research project, and may include literature reviews, data collection and follow-up, data analysis and interpretation, argument building, and writing and presentation of findings related to the relationship of educational experiences to life purpose, culture and purpose development, and emotions and life purpose. This is a collaborative course where students work as a team on current research that encompasses research partners in six countries around the world.

Prerequisites for this course require a grade of C- or better

This course fulfills the Lab/Research requirement of the Psychology major.

(may be repeated for credit)

Prerequisites: PSYC 105  , PSYC 108  , PSYC 109  , PSYC 150  , and Instructor’s permission. PSYC 252  is helpful, but not required. Both PSYC 150 and PSYC 252 may be taken concurrently with PSYC 206.

Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall and Spring