Taking Summer classes can help you reach your goals more quickly, allow you to concentrate on one course at a time, and allow you to complete prerequisite requirements before the start of the Fall semester.
Summer classes are also a great way to save money, as Summer per-credit rates are lower than Fall and Spring per-credit rates for regular courses. Financial aid is also available — visit Boise State’s financial aid website to learn more.
PSYC Summer Course Offerings
PSYC 261: Human Sexuality
- PSYC 261 course description
- 1st 7-week session – In-person
PSYC 295: Statistical Methods
- PSYC 295 course description
- 1st 3-week course – Online
PSYC 301: Abnormal Psychology
- PSYC 301 course description
- 1st 3-week session – Remote
PSYC 321: Research Methods
- PSYC 321 course description
- 1st 3-week session – Online
Special Topics Summer Courses
Special topics courses introduce interesting, diverse topics that are not routinely offered to students. They are also a great way to earn upper-division elective credit. Special topics courses are typically offered one-time only, so be sure to register while you can!
PSYC 397: Foundations of Clinical Psychology
This course covers both historical and modern theoretical approaches to clinical psychology and therapeutic practice. This class will help students to explain modern clinical psychology theory, compare and contrast various psychotherapeutic approaches (learned through both reading and watching these approaches applied), and analyze issues associated with psychotherapy.
- 10-week session – Online
PSYC 497: Evolutionary Psychology
This course is designed to introduce students to the study of psychology from an evolutionary perspective using an adaptationist lens similar to how evolutionary biologists study other species. In doing so, the evolved function of various psychological mechanisms will be considered. Topics included food preferences, human mating, sexual conflict, friendship, parenting, kin selection, and cooperation.
- 1st 3-week session – Online
PSYC 497: Psychology of Aging
This course is designed to provide students with an overview and introduction to the aging process from a psychological perspective. Course content will focus on the behavioral and cognitive changes that occur during the normal again process. Topics covered in the course include age differences in learning, memory, perceptual, and intellectual abilities; investigating the physiological, cognitive, sensory, personality, and interpersonal changes that occur with aging; major theories and stereotypes about aging and older adults; cognitive disorders associated with aging; and personal transitions later in life.
- 1st 5-week session – Online