PSYC 30133 Parapsychology: Science or Pseudoscience?
Prerequisite: PSYC 10213, or 10514, or 10524. The nature of scientific theories and their application to the claims of paranormal events. The emphasis is on a skeptical analysis of such reputed phenomena as extra sensory perception, psychokinesis, clairvoyance, and precognition. Alternative explanations of claims of the paranormal using established scientific principles, laws and theories of behavior are examined.