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Biological Psychology
In addition to learning fundamental physiological principles that underlie normal and disordered behavior, mental processes and emotion, students engage in well-informed critical and civil discussion of how bio-psychological knowledge and principles can be used ethically to understand and influence a wide range of problems. In addition to two exams, students do an assignment on differences in sex development such as Turner Syndrome and Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) and short multimedia presentations on cutting edge topics such as sensory substitution devices or deep brain stimulation

Special Topics
We regularly offer Special Topics courses. Recent offerings have included Cultural Psychology, Research on Financial Literacy, and Psychology and Film

Social Psychology
This course is popular with both majors and non-majors. Students examine psychological theories and research that sheds light on group behavior and the effects of social environments on individual behavior. Specific topics include cognitive attribution, conformity, gender roles, interpersonal relationships and prejudice. Along with exams and papers, class assignments may also include an analysis of a popular film.

The Psychology Club

The Psychology Club provides opportunities for students both on campus and beyond. It organizes student travel to professional conferences such as the Southeastern Psychological Association meetings in Orlando, Atlanta, Charleston, and other cities in the southeast. Members of the Psychology Club also raise funds to co-sponsor the annual Central Carolinas Conference in Psychology, a local undergraduate conference put on by a partnership of BAC, UNCC, Queens, and Johnson C. Smith University. The Psychology Club also sponsors events on campus such as a movie night where a film is followed by a discussion led by a psychology professor, as well as educational programs such as Eating Disorder Awareness or national depression screening events.