This is a basic course which familiarizes you with the development of psychology from the early philosophers to recent times. We cover a lot of material, and by the end of the semester you will understand how and why psychology has developed the way it has.
Some people view psychology as a fragmented field.
So we have different fields of interest, and then we have different methods proposed for studying it. Really the history of psychology is a record of dialogues between people who think very differently and who eventually start their own schools of thought to try to convince other people to think as they do. So we explore all of this in 306. By the end of it you will probably be fascinated with psychology as a field and want to learn more about certain parts of it. That's probably why this is a required course.