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PSYC Summer Courses Still Available: Register Now

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 website to learn more.

Classes are filling up quickly, so register while you still can! Keep reading to learn more about some of the courses that are still available for Summer.

PSYC Summer Course Offerings

PSYC 120: Introduction to the Psychology Major

PSYC 301: Abnormal Psychology

PSYC 321: Research Methods 

PSYC 331: The Psychology of Health

PSYC 357: Introduction to Counseling Skills 

PSYC 431: Social Psychology

PSYC 487: Capstone Perspectives – History and Systems

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: 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