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PYC 4235 PSYCHOSYNTHESIS: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE 1The basic concepts and techniques of psychosynthesisincluding presence and the art of guiding, subpersonalitywork, imagery, and identification and disidentification.PYC 4240 ARCHETYPAL PSYCHOLOGY 1–3The archetypes of human experience are expressed in art,literature, mythology, religion, and psychology. This coursetakes a post-Jungian psychological approach to exploring andunderstanding archetypes and how they affect the humanpsyche. Can be repeated with a change in topic.PYC 4300 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INNER ANDOUTER PEACEMAKING 3This course explores the psychology of peace or the“cessation of againstness.” An examination is made of thepsychological processes and skills necessary to cultivateneutrality. Students study the lives of peacemakers throughoutthe world as well as clinical, humanistic, developmental, andsocial psychological contributions to the promotion of peace.PYC 4302 PSYCHOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS 3This course presents an overview of the field oforganizational psychology. Topics include organizationalculture, leadership and management, group dynamics,conflict and negotiation, empowerment and coaching, andwork stress.PYC 4800 SERVICE LEARNING A 2An opportunity for experiential learning, exploring careerpaths, and contributing to the community. With the serviceproject coordinator, students select an internship appropriateto their specialization or interests and spend an average of sixhours per week over two academic quarters applying theorieslearned in the classroom to supervised training and practice.With instructor’s approval, students may forgo the secondquarter of internship, and instead engage in other serviceprojects such as researching and presenting a public policyproposal or writing a grant request for a nonprofit agency.PYC 4805 SERVICE LEARNING B 2A continuation and conclusion of Service Learning A. (Seeabove.)PYC 4900 TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS 1–3Topics vary according to instructor and student interestand may include health and illness, psychology andconsciousness, and altruism. May be repeated for credit witha change of topic.PYC 4995 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY 1–3Studies and projects to be arranged with the instructor andthe department chair. May be repeated for credit with achange of topic.PYJ 4996–97 FIELD PROJECT IN PSYCHOLOGY A–B 1.5/1.5An opportunity for experiential learning, exploring careerpaths, and community service. Students will select afieldwork placement site appropriate to their specific focus inpsychology. Students should plan to commit to an average ofthree hours a week over two academic quarters.PYC 4998 SENIOR PROJECT A 3A consecutive two-quarter course which is intended to serveas the capstone of the BA program. The course providesstudents the opportunity to thoroughly explore and researcha topic of their choice within their area of emphasis and writea lengthy essay on their findings and conclusions. The courseis divided into two quarters. The first quarter, Senior ProjectA, is dedicated to selecting a topic, conducting research,receiving feedback and assistance in writing, and draftingsections of what will become the final product.PYC 4999 SENIOR PROJECT B 3A continuation and conclusion of Senior Project A. (Seeabove.) Students concentrate on drafting, revising, andpolishing their essay complete with appropriate bibliographyand footnotes according to APA guidelines.SCIENCE, HEALTH, AND LIVING SYSTEMS [SCI] AND [SCJ] COURSESCourses with a SCJ prefix are offered on the Campbell campus;all others are offered on the Pleasant Hill campus.SCI 1310 MATHEMATICS: A HUMAN ENDEAVOR 3Mathematics is a universal language, and this courseis designed to equip students for the dialogue. As anintroductory course, students are invited to increase theirquantitative reasoning skills and apply them to everydayproblems. By understanding the fundamentals of numbersequences, graphical methods, logarithms, and statistics,students will be better able to engage the sciences andhumanities. These tools are relevant in the marketplace, andstudents can approach their chosen professions with greaterconfidence. May be applied toward the lower-division generaleducation mathematics breadth requirement.SCI 3050 METHOD, MYTH, AND METAPHOR 3As the required foundation for entry into the specializationof science, health, and living systems, the aim of the courseis to familiarize the student with the history of scienceand to explore the various paradigms. Topics include pre-Socratic cosmologies, Greek philosophy and science, theCopernican revolution, Cartesian and Newtonian models,18th-century chemistry, and 19th-century views on systems,women scientists, and scientific invention in the 20thcentury. The course also includes modern biology (especiallygenetics and ethics) as well as development in physics andinformation science. The practice of science as a legitimizingprocess is evaluated. This course may be applied towardeither the upper-division general education requirementfor interdisciplinary studies or a lower-division generaleducation science breadth requirement. The course is thefoundation course for the science, health, and living systemsspecialization.SCI 3100 INTRODUCTION TO LIVING SYSTEMS 3The basic concepts of systems theory as they relate to lifeprocesses are explored including both the dynamics andthe levels of complexity in natural and artificial systemsand the interdependence of microscopic and macroscopicSCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND LIBERAL ARTS 71