Psychology (PSYC) 435

Abnormal Psychology (Revision 7)

Delivery Mode: Individualized study Optional video component*.
*Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.

Credits: 3

Area of Study: Social Science

Prerequisite: PSYC 289, PSYC 290, and PSYC 356 are strongly recommended.

Precluded Course: PSYC 335. (PSYC 435 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for PSYC 335.)

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

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PSYC 435 has a Challenge for Credit option.

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Overview

PSYC 435 examines human behaviours and mental phenomena that diverge widely from the normal.

Outline

Unit 1: Abnormal Psychology: An Overview
Unit 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behaviour
Unit 3: Causal Factors and Viewpoints
Unit 4: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
Unit 5: Stress and Physical and Mental Health
Unit 6: Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders
Unit 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
Unit 8: Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
Unit 9: Eating Disorders and Obesity
Unit 10: Personality Disorders
Unit 11: Substance-Related Disorders
Unit 12: Sexual Variants, Abuse, and Dysfunctions
Unit 13: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Unit 14: Neurocognitive Disorders
Unit 15:Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
Unit 16:Therapy
Unit 17: Contemporary and Legal Issues in Abnormal Psychology

Evaluation

To receive credit for PSYC 435, you must complete all course assignments and achieve a composite course grade of at least D (50 percent), and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of assignments is as follows:

Activity	Weighting
Five Quizzes	25%
Term Paper	35%
Final Exam	40%
Total	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Text: Butcher, J. N., Mineka, S., & Hooley J. M. (2015). Abnormal psychology (15^th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Case Studies: Meyer, R.G., Chapman, L.K, Weaver, C.M. (2013). Cases studies in abnormal behavior (9^th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Other Materials

Other course materials include a student manual, course manual, workbook, and an online study guide.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, and intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the PSYC 435 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on the examination.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

Challenge for Credit Form

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 7, June 20, 2013.

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Updated January 11 2019 by Student & Academic Services