Courses

A survey of the major psychopathological disorders in childhood and adolescence, with particular emphasis on etiological factors and management. These disorders include neurodevelopmental disorders, conduct disorders, affective disorders, and psychotic disorders.

A systematic survey of the problems involved in an understanding of human motivation. Among the problems discussed are the biological and cultural bases of human needs; their development, hierarchy, and patterning; consequences of frustrations, conflicts, repressions, and other ambiguities of needs; the role of needs in the structure of personality; the relevance of personal motivation to an understanding of interpersonal relations and other social phenomena.

An introduction to the field of African American psychology. Emphasis will be given to such issues as the African/African American worldviews and the manner in which cross cultural systems of social reality impact the African experience in America. The course will cover theories of African/Black personality, psychological health and mental disorder, identity, and family and social relationships. Moreover, the course will discuss issues that impact Africans in America and throughout the Diaspora.

Application and evaluation of psychometric methods for estimating the validity and reliability of psychological measures and for establishing norms. Areas sampled include creativity and special abilities, attitudes and values, intelligence and achievement, vocational interests, and personality traits.

A critical survey and analysis of the field of psychopathology - symptoms, causes, and treatments - with special emphasis upon the interrelationships between physiological, psychological, and sociological factors.

Relevant for psychology and biology students. Considers mechanisms of drug action and applications of biologically active agents as a basis for conceptual evaluation of behavioral functions.

The design of magazines, newspapers, and other periodicals considered from theoretical, practical, and technical aspects. Class assignments include projects involving typography, grids, color; information graphics; branding; working with writers/editors; as well as scheduling, production, and printing considerations.

The economic, political and legislative components of public finance, with emphasis on the New York City budget. Knowledge and skills necessary to understand and participate in the budget process. Principles of taxation, revenue, expenditures, debt, balanced budgets, and the economic and the political aspects of budget making.

Such topics as government expenditures, distribution of the tax burden, equity in taxation, tax competition, and the national debt.

The study of management in local and state government and the nonprofit sector, definition of the unique characteristics of public management, and understanding of what government and nonprofit managers actually do. Development of skills that are essential to effective public management, relying heavily on the case method approach, which is intended to simulate the world of actual managers and the processes of management decision-making. 1248 / 1272 Queens College