The main topics of this course are descriptive statistics and exploratory data analysis. Measures of central tendency and spread will be covered as well as Pearson's correlation and simple linear regression. The use of graphs to display distributions and relationships is emphasised. Sampling designs, probability theory and sampling distributions are also addressed.

Distance learning is not an option for this course. Students are expected to attend all lectures.

A general introduction course in psychology. Main topics covered are sensation, perception, cognition, motivation, learning, development, personality, social perception, intelligence and psychopathology.

The course addresses scientific explanations and their nature. It also covers different psychological explanations for human behaviour, comparing various conditions and an academic understanding of the psyche with everyday explanations.

The course covers scientific methods in psychology. Lectures provide an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of different research designs, with special emphasis on experimental design. Common methodological problems in psychological research are introduced. Critical thinking is emphasised. Short projects related to lecture topics will be set in class.

Theories of learning and behaviour analysis. Students are introduced to the basic principles of classical and operant conditioning, as well as other principles regarding behaviour and learning. There will be a brief discussion of the application of these principles in teaching, training and therapy.

The first part of the course will provide a general introduction to research methods in physiological psychology; the structure of the nervous system; the structure and function of neurones and muscle cells at a cellular level; the role of glial cells in the nervous system; neurotransmitter systems and communication between neurones; the effects of various drugs on neurotransmitters, control of movement and the nervous system; and other basic issues in neuroscience. The second part of the course will provide a thorough discussion of vision; the neurophysiology of sleep and alertness; motivational processes such as ingestive behaviour, with emphasis on the role of neuronal and endocrine factors; the development of sexuality and sexual behaviour and the activation of hormones; reinforcement and addiction, including the neurobiology of reinforcement; learning and memory, including learning in 'simple' organisms; psychiatric disorders; and psychoactive drugs from a physiologic perspective.

The main subject of the course is inferential statistics. The course will cover, for example, estimation based on sample information, confidence intervals, sample distribution, hypothesis tests, t-tests and chisquare-tests. Students work on assignments in parallel with lectures.

Introduction to basic skills in reading comprehension and essay writing in psychology. Emphasis is placed on training students to discuss psychology in good, clear Icelandic. For example, students practice using sources, writing essays and discussing statistical information.

The course focuses on the main methods of analysis for inferential statistics: one-way and two-way ANOVA, multiple regression analysis and factor analysis, with emphasis on the analysis and design of questionnaires. Students work on assignments in parallel with lectures.

The focus of this course is perception and cognition. Students design experiments to measure perception and cognition and learn about previous research on perception and cognition with an emphasis on the neural underpinnings of cognitive processes.

An overview of personality psychology, including the main theories and research methods. The course includes an introduction to different ways of measuring personality traits and detailed discussion of their stability over time and with changing circumstances. Biological and cognitive theories of personality are also covered. Students will also learn about intelligence, self-esteem and the links between personality and health. A great deal of emphasis is placed on training students to research personality psychology and they will conduct a substantial empirical research project over the semester. Students will then present their main findings in a short lecture and submit a written-up research report.

This course provides an overview of developmental literature, theory and research. Topics include cognitive, social and physical development from birth to adolescence, described in the context of developmental theory and research.  Students complete individual empirical research projects and submit a research report, as well as sitting multiple choice examinations.

An introduction to theories and methods in the study of perception and cognition. The emphasis will be on visual perception and the role of attention in perception. Resent methodological development in neuroscience will be discussed such as neuroimaging and neuropsychology.

Overview of psychometrics and measurement theory, test construction and interpretation of psychological tests. Exercises and classroom demonstrations emphasize conventional item analysis, reliability and exploratory factor analysis. 

The course is especially aimed at students on their first year of studies in disciplines within the field of health sciences. The joint Health science day is for incoming students of all faculties at the School of Health Sciences in January each year. The main topic is interdisciplinary cooperation and its importance. All basic factors of cooperation will be covered such as the common view on the right to good health, communication and ethics. Furthermore, the role and responsibility of health sciences.

A general introduction to social psychology. The areas covered are social cognition, self and identity, heuristics and decision making, attribution, attitude formation, social influence, group processes and crowds, aggression, conformity/obedience and stereotyping/prejudice. Students will be introduced to methods of applying their knowledge of social psychology.

The course covers the major types of mental disorders and their symptoms, contemporary psychological theories of major etiological and maintenance factors (emphasis being placed on cognitive behavioural theories), treatment approaches and research methods used in clinical psychology. Students are trained in writing a short academic report describing research results on a topic in clinical psychology.

Lecture hours cover:
i. Basics in philosophy of science and epistemology.
ii. Ancient and medieval philosophy on psychology.
iii. The roots of psychology in the scholarly community of the 17th and 18th centuries.
iv. The emergence of modern psychology in the 19th century.
v. The history of psychological ide as in the 20th century.

Training hours cover:Weekly training sessions are preparations for course exams.

Internship for undergraduate students in Psychology within Icelandic firms/institutions. Available for students at their third year.

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

This course allows students to experience volunteer work at third sector organizations. Students commit themselves to a specific Non profit organization in the social welfare field for one school year. Volunteer work is selected under the supervision of a teacher. Students attend  discussion classes over the year where they present their own experiences and listen to the experience of others.

The course looks at empirical studies on treatment effects of training parents to manage aggressive, oppositional, and other antisocial behaviors that are the basis for diagnosis of hyperactivity, oppositional-defiant, and conduct disorders in children and adolescents. The content of parent training will be discussed intensively. The course will also discuss short parenting courses that have been developed on the basis of research results on parent training and are often used as a psychosocial prevention method for behavioral disorders and as a way to inform parents in general about parenting techniques that increase children's adaptation skills to daily life. 

We will discuss the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual and queer psychology. The main focus will be on introduction to queer studies, main terms used, marginalization, health, relationships, parenting and family. Gender identity, sexual orientation and gender expression will be discussed within the framework of psychology

The aim of the course is to introduce the basics of work and organizational psychology. Career analysis, recruitment, performance appraisal, motivation and work organization, job training, work stress, the role of leaders and corporate culture are discussed.

Students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of human behavior in the workplace and can use that knowledge to increase employee satisfaction and performance.

This course equips the students with understanding and knowledge of how various single-subject experimental designs can be used to study, monitor, and answer questions about the effects of interventions on behavior. The course includes coverage of the most common single-subject designs and reviews the most important issues in conducting research using single-case experimental designs. Students will learn to develop valid and reliable systems for measuring behavior, to display data, and to assess for orderly changes in behavior through visual inspection and interpretation of graphic data. The learning arrangements consist of lectures and applied projects.

The courses focus on EEG (electroencephalography) and its application in cognitive psychology. During the course, students in groups will prepare an EEG experiment from the scratch to data analysis and prepare mock-up conference abstracts under the teacher’s supervision.

Course content:

• Theoretical background on EEG and ERPs (event-related potentials)
• Reading and discussion of basic EEG papers on experiments to reproduce later in the class
• Creation of an EEG experiment by small groups of students (between a list of easy-to-reproduce experiments)
• Implementation of the experiment in PsychoPy and test of the experiment in the lab with triggers
• Running several participants in the lab (students participate in each other’s experiments)
• Data analysis in EEGlab (MATLAB)
• Presenting and interpreting the results for the class
• Reporting the results in writing

The main aim of this course is to introduce the student to the field of Criminology. The subjects covered can be roughly divided into two broad categories. First: Criminological research and theoretical explanations, determining both what constitutes crime in society, in addition to the causes of crime, are explored and discussed. For this task, various perspectives are analysed and evaluated, such as Classical and Positivistic theories. Second: Four specific types of crime are closely analysed in terms of their nature and impact in society, theoretical explanations and finally their containment.

This course discusses the question "What is Philosophy?" and the relationship of philosophy to science, art, religion and politics. We will read both classical and contemporary philosophy texts to study the different methods and problems of philosophy.

A survey of ancient philosophy, based upon a close reading of primary texts from the works of the Presocratics, Plato and Aristotle, and their Hellenistic successors. The primary aim is to offer an overview of the development of ancient philosophy. A secondary aim is to offer an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy, and deepen the students' competence in reading philosophical works from the ancient world. At the completion of the course, the students should be acquainted with the main periods and individual thinkers of ancient philosophy, their views and arguments. They should be able to give an account of these views, support it with references to the primary sources, and compare the views of different philosophers. Further, they should have gained an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy and the historical origins of classical philosophical problems.

This course covers the basic issues in Icelandic syntax, including parts of speech, phrasal categories, the syntactic classification of verbs, movements of various kinds and grammatical functions. The ways in which language use, semantics, and pragmatics relate to syntax will also be discussed.

This is a basic composition course. Writing skills will be honed through regular assignments, lectures, class discussions and workshops.Approaches to writing research papers will be addressed, such as choosing and narrowing a topic, structure, and sources. Register, style, spelling, punctuation, and resources for writers will be discussed. Students write essays and papers of various kinds and get regular feedback from peers and teachers. Course assessment is based on written assignments and class participation. The course can only be passed if all assignments are turned in.

Lectures: Mendelian inheritance. Sex chromosomes. Cytoplasmic inheritance. Chromosomes. Cell division (mitosis and meiosis). Life cycles. Linkage and recombination in eukaryotes. Bacterial genetics. Gene mapping and tetrad analysis. Genotype and phenotype. Chromosomal changes. DNA: Structure and replication. RNA: Transcription. Rgulation of gene transcription. Gene isolation and manipulation. Genomics. Transposons.  Mutations. Repair and recombination.  Model organisms. Laboratory work: : I. The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. II. Mitosis in onions. III. Plasmids and restriction enzymes. IV. PCR. V. Analysis of asci from Sordaria fimicola.

Exam: Laboratory and problems 25%, written 75%. Minimum mark needed for each part.

The cell biology part includes four lectures each week for 14 weeks (4L week for 14 weeks). The content includes: Introduction to cell biology, structure and evolution of eukaryotic cells. The main emphasis is on eukaryotic cells. Chemistry of the cell and energy conversion, structure and function of cellular macromolecules. The structure and function of cellular organs and functional units like the cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts, cytoskeleton, golgi-system, lysosomes and peroxisomes. Intracellular regulation and signal pathways linked to communication between cells, together with cell differentiation and cancer. Details on extracellular matrix are included and basic immunology.

Note: Only one course of either TÖL101G Tölvunarfræði 1 or TÖL105G Tölvunarfræði 1a can count towards the BS degree.

The Java programming language is used to introduce basic concepts in computer programming: Expressions and statements, textual and numeric data types, conditions and loops, arrays, methods, classes and objects, input and output. Programming and debugging skills are practiced in quizzes and projects throughout the semester.

This course focuses on a holistic approach to project management. The content deals with planning, scheduling, organizing, and controlling projects--for example, product development, construction, information systems, new businesses, and special events. The course includes major topics of Strategy, Priorities, Organization, Project Tools, and Leadership. Primary class emphasis is on the project management process and tools. Project management is becoming increasingly more important in today's world. Mastery of key tools and concepts could give you a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Please note, students must log in and purchase the book Project Management, The Managerial Process on the McGraw-Hill website. Further information can be found on the course's Canvas page.

In this course students will learn all about the main functions of HRM and HRM departments in companies, both from a theoretical and practical point of view. Students should gain understanding on the procedure of HRM within Icelandic companies as well as global. In this course students will analyse employment relations with a critical viewpoint.
Students should be prepared to work within HRM department after this course.

The aim of the course is to introduce to business students the field of industrial and employee relations and the main changes that have occurred in the labour market for the last decades. This course cover topics such as; theories of the labour market (unitary, conflict, social action, systems and Marxist theories), strike theories, corporatism, comparative European industrial relations, industrial democracy and employee involvement, institutionalisation of conflict, collective bargaining, role of trade unions, role of the state, role of employers association. Labor law, collective bargaining, strikes and strikes theories will be discussed. Finally main topics concerning employment relations will be discussed.

The main focus will be on commonsense (belief-desire, propositional attitude) psychology and on mistaking a priori statements for empirical hypotheses. Psychological jargon will be analysed in terms of commonsense psychology. Cognitive theories of emotions and the application of commonsense psychology to cognitive-behavioural therapy will be discussed.

The main subject of the course is regression, interpretation of results, evaluation and comparison of statistical models. The emphasis is on practical analysis and evaluation of model quality. Topics include transformations, categorical variables and interaction.

We will discuss several factors associated with normal aging, successful aging, and impairment. We will focus on research methods, cognitive abilities, cognitive impairment, mental health and well-being, physical health, falls, risk and protective factors associated with aging, and psychological assessment, diagnoses, and treament options.

Classification and epidemiology of childhood and adolescent psychopathology from a developmental standpoint.

The course discusses the interaction between people and their surroundings, the influence of natural and built environments on health and well-being, and how urban design can improve city life. It addresses environmental attitudes and concerns, as well as how the psychological perspective can add value to the discussion of sustainability and urban densification. Theories and research methods will be discussed. The course is a discussion oriented one with an emphasis placed on linking key concepts to everyday life.

kemur síðar

Emphasis on the psychological aspect of sports and exercise, including motivation, arousal, stress and anxiety, feedback, communication, addictive behavior, overtraining and burn-out, aggression, team dynamics, mental training, children and sports, etc.

This course gives an overview of the fundamental theories and the current research in learning and memory. The course will cover the basic anatomy of the hippocampus, theories of short and long-term memory, spatial memory, forms of implicit and statistical learning, and the development of memory through age. The practical part will consist of scientific presentations organized by the students. Recent publications in the field will be presented and discussed.

Course content:

Short and long-term memory
Brain plasticity
Anatomy of the Hippocampus
Spatial memory
Implicit/statistical learning
Learning to read
Memory and age
Memory disorders

Students will be introduced to the basics of philosophical and formal logic. The course focuses on propositional logic (truth-functional logic) and quantified logic (first-order logic). Additionally, a brief survey of informal logic will be given at the beginning of the course, and philosophical questions concerning the nature and status of logic will be addressed toward the end of the course.

This course provides an overview of three principal moral theories: Aristotle's virtue ethics as presented in his Nichomachean Ethics, Kant's deontoloical ethics as presented in his Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and John Stuart Mill's rule ethics as presented in his Utilitarianism.

Description
A survey of Western philosophy in the 17th and 18th Centuries, with emphasis on selected topics in the epistemology and metaphysics of the period, based upon a close reading and comparison of primary texts. Descartes, Hume and Kant are the principal authors discussed.

Teaching
The teaching involves both lectures and discussions. Lectures will give an exposition of the subject and/or of its main topics. Discussions will address more specific topics or questions.

An introductory course in Icelandic phonetics, phonology, and morphology. The basics of acoustic phonetics and Icelandic articulatory phonetics will be introduced, accompanied by training in phonetic transcription. The main concepts of phonology will be presented, followed by an overview of sound alternations in Icelandic and their conditions. Basic concepts in morphology will be presented and the main word formation processes in Icelandic and their productivity will be dealt with. Grammatical categories in Icelandic will be outlined, the inflection of the main parts of speech will be described, and an overview given of inflectional classes and variations.

The class is taught in Icelandic.  In this course, students get a chance to hone their writing skills. Students will hand in regular writing assignments where they practise different ways of presenting scholarly work in a creative manner, such as op-eds and creative nonfiction. Students will also write creative texts, such as short stories. Students can use material from their field of study but will also have to face new challenges. Classes will be in the form of lectures, discussions, and workshops. Assessment will be based on regular assignments, self-assessment, a midterm assignment, a final assignment, a portfolio, and attendance and participation. Attendance and participation make up 15% of the grade and is partly mandatory (8 out of 12 workshops). The course is open to all undergraduate students at the University of Iceland but students must themselves make sure that the course can be used for credit in their particular studies.

Online learning:

The course is organized as face-to-face learning but all lectures from teachers will be recorded. This is done to assure better access to the course. Students who do not attend class will listen to the lectures and write short reports. They also turn in assignments otherwise done in class.

This course is intended to introduce students to Engineering Psychology and Human Factors. Engineering psychology focuses on how psychological research can be applied to the design and use of tools, technology, and man-made environment. In particular, how the understanding of the capabilities and limitations of human performance through research on perception, cognition, and behavior, can inform design with the aim of usability and accessibility. In this course the emphasis will be on how learning and design intersect. That is, how the design of educational settings and materials influence learning and how design must take prior knowledge and training into account, as well as accommodate learning.

The course is organized as a seminar and students are expected to both contribute and participate in the discussion. Student work mainly consists of readings, discussions in class and independent course work.

This course is intended for students in educational sciences, psychology, and engineering.

This practicum offers students the opportunity to earn credit by working as research assistants on faculty research projects. Faculty members will supervise the students and allocate diverse tasks e.g. performing literature searches, data collection, data analysis or coding, contacting participants, data management etc. The practicum is not graded but the supervising faculty member will define which projects the student needs to complete in order to pass.

Politics are about interactions between people, and as such, inevitably linked to psychology as it is the discipline of people's cognition, motivation, and behavior. In this course we will explore both how psychological factors impact political behavior as well as how political systems may impact people's cognition, emotion, and behavior. We will cover both classic and recent theories in political psychology. Emphasis will be on the following topics: Introduction to political psychology, personality and politics, media and the perception of politicians, ideology and political attitudes, emotions and politics, decision making, intergroup relations, prejudice and violence. Attendance is mandatory and active class participation is required.

Contrary to what might be expected from contemporary political discourse, fear, conspiracy theories and mistrust have characterized politics since time immemorial. In this course, we explore these phenomena from the interdisciplinary perspective of political psychology with support from other related disciplines. Initially, we will discuss trust in politics, politicians and citizens as an important but complicated concept within politics. We reflect on the byproducts of mistrust, such as the polarization of social groups and political participation. Next, students learn about the psychology of fear and its known effects on people's beliefs. The psychology of conspiracy theories, their causes and consequences for political behavior and attitudes will also be discussed.

The programming language Java will be used in the course. Various data structures, algorithms and abstract data types will be covered. Among the data types and structures covered are lists, stacks, queues, priority queues, trees, binary trees, binary search trees and heaps along with related algorithms. Various search and sort algorithms will be covered. Algorithms will be analysed for their space and time complexity. There will be programming assignments in Java using the given data structures and algorithms. There will be many small assignments.

The main topics of this course are descriptive statistics and exploratory data analysis. Measures of central tendency and spread will be covered as well as Pearson's correlation and simple linear regression. The use of graphs to display distributions and relationships is emphasised. Sampling designs, probability theory and sampling distributions are also addressed.

Distance learning is not an option for this course. Students are expected to attend all lectures.

A general introduction course in psychology. Main topics covered are sensation, perception, cognition, motivation, learning, development, personality, social perception, intelligence and psychopathology.

The course addresses scientific explanations and their nature. It also covers different psychological explanations for human behaviour, comparing various conditions and an academic understanding of the psyche with everyday explanations.

The course covers scientific methods in psychology. Lectures provide an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of different research designs, with special emphasis on experimental design. Common methodological problems in psychological research are introduced. Critical thinking is emphasised. Short projects related to lecture topics will be set in class.

Theories of learning and behaviour analysis. Students are introduced to the basic principles of classical and operant conditioning, as well as other principles regarding behaviour and learning. There will be a brief discussion of the application of these principles in teaching, training and therapy.

The first part of the course will provide a general introduction to research methods in physiological psychology; the structure of the nervous system; the structure and function of neurones and muscle cells at a cellular level; the role of glial cells in the nervous system; neurotransmitter systems and communication between neurones; the effects of various drugs on neurotransmitters, control of movement and the nervous system; and other basic issues in neuroscience. The second part of the course will provide a thorough discussion of vision; the neurophysiology of sleep and alertness; motivational processes such as ingestive behaviour, with emphasis on the role of neuronal and endocrine factors; the development of sexuality and sexual behaviour and the activation of hormones; reinforcement and addiction, including the neurobiology of reinforcement; learning and memory, including learning in 'simple' organisms; psychiatric disorders; and psychoactive drugs from a physiologic perspective.

The main subject of the course is inferential statistics. The course will cover, for example, estimation based on sample information, confidence intervals, sample distribution, hypothesis tests, t-tests and chisquare-tests. Students work on assignments in parallel with lectures.

Introduction to basic skills in reading comprehension and essay writing in psychology. Emphasis is placed on training students to discuss psychology in good, clear Icelandic. For example, students practice using sources, writing essays and discussing statistical information.

The course focuses on the main methods of analysis for inferential statistics: one-way and two-way ANOVA, multiple regression analysis and factor analysis, with emphasis on the analysis and design of questionnaires. Students work on assignments in parallel with lectures.

The focus of this course is perception and cognition. Students design experiments to measure perception and cognition and learn about previous research on perception and cognition with an emphasis on the neural underpinnings of cognitive processes.

An overview of personality psychology, including the main theories and research methods. The course includes an introduction to different ways of measuring personality traits and detailed discussion of their stability over time and with changing circumstances. Biological and cognitive theories of personality are also covered. Students will also learn about intelligence, self-esteem and the links between personality and health. A great deal of emphasis is placed on training students to research personality psychology and they will conduct a substantial empirical research project over the semester. Students will then present their main findings in a short lecture and submit a written-up research report.

This course provides an overview of developmental literature, theory and research. Topics include cognitive, social and physical development from birth to adolescence, described in the context of developmental theory and research.  Students complete individual empirical research projects and submit a research report, as well as sitting multiple choice examinations.

An introduction to theories and methods in the study of perception and cognition. The emphasis will be on visual perception and the role of attention in perception. Resent methodological development in neuroscience will be discussed such as neuroimaging and neuropsychology.

Overview of psychometrics and measurement theory, test construction and interpretation of psychological tests. Exercises and classroom demonstrations emphasize conventional item analysis, reliability and exploratory factor analysis. 

The course is especially aimed at students on their first year of studies in disciplines within the field of health sciences. The joint Health science day is for incoming students of all faculties at the School of Health Sciences in January each year. The main topic is interdisciplinary cooperation and its importance. All basic factors of cooperation will be covered such as the common view on the right to good health, communication and ethics. Furthermore, the role and responsibility of health sciences.

A general introduction to social psychology. The areas covered are social cognition, self and identity, heuristics and decision making, attribution, attitude formation, social influence, group processes and crowds, aggression, conformity/obedience and stereotyping/prejudice. Students will be introduced to methods of applying their knowledge of social psychology.

The course covers the major types of mental disorders and their symptoms, contemporary psychological theories of major etiological and maintenance factors (emphasis being placed on cognitive behavioural theories), treatment approaches and research methods used in clinical psychology. Students are trained in writing a short academic report describing research results on a topic in clinical psychology.

Lecture hours cover:
i. Basics in philosophy of science and epistemology.
ii. Ancient and medieval philosophy on psychology.
iii. The roots of psychology in the scholarly community of the 17th and 18th centuries.
iv. The emergence of modern psychology in the 19th century.
v. The history of psychological ide as in the 20th century.

Training hours cover:Weekly training sessions are preparations for course exams.

Internship for undergraduate students in Psychology within Icelandic firms/institutions. Available for students at their third year.

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

This course allows students to experience volunteer work at third sector organizations. Students commit themselves to a specific Non profit organization in the social welfare field for one school year. Volunteer work is selected under the supervision of a teacher. Students attend  discussion classes over the year where they present their own experiences and listen to the experience of others.

The course looks at empirical studies on treatment effects of training parents to manage aggressive, oppositional, and other antisocial behaviors that are the basis for diagnosis of hyperactivity, oppositional-defiant, and conduct disorders in children and adolescents. The content of parent training will be discussed intensively. The course will also discuss short parenting courses that have been developed on the basis of research results on parent training and are often used as a psychosocial prevention method for behavioral disorders and as a way to inform parents in general about parenting techniques that increase children's adaptation skills to daily life. 

We will discuss the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual and queer psychology. The main focus will be on introduction to queer studies, main terms used, marginalization, health, relationships, parenting and family. Gender identity, sexual orientation and gender expression will be discussed within the framework of psychology

The aim of the course is to introduce the basics of work and organizational psychology. Career analysis, recruitment, performance appraisal, motivation and work organization, job training, work stress, the role of leaders and corporate culture are discussed.

Students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of human behavior in the workplace and can use that knowledge to increase employee satisfaction and performance.

This course equips the students with understanding and knowledge of how various single-subject experimental designs can be used to study, monitor, and answer questions about the effects of interventions on behavior. The course includes coverage of the most common single-subject designs and reviews the most important issues in conducting research using single-case experimental designs. Students will learn to develop valid and reliable systems for measuring behavior, to display data, and to assess for orderly changes in behavior through visual inspection and interpretation of graphic data. The learning arrangements consist of lectures and applied projects.

The courses focus on EEG (electroencephalography) and its application in cognitive psychology. During the course, students in groups will prepare an EEG experiment from the scratch to data analysis and prepare mock-up conference abstracts under the teacher’s supervision.

Course content:

• Theoretical background on EEG and ERPs (event-related potentials)
• Reading and discussion of basic EEG papers on experiments to reproduce later in the class
• Creation of an EEG experiment by small groups of students (between a list of easy-to-reproduce experiments)
• Implementation of the experiment in PsychoPy and test of the experiment in the lab with triggers
• Running several participants in the lab (students participate in each other’s experiments)
• Data analysis in EEGlab (MATLAB)
• Presenting and interpreting the results for the class
• Reporting the results in writing

The main aim of this course is to introduce the student to the field of Criminology. The subjects covered can be roughly divided into two broad categories. First: Criminological research and theoretical explanations, determining both what constitutes crime in society, in addition to the causes of crime, are explored and discussed. For this task, various perspectives are analysed and evaluated, such as Classical and Positivistic theories. Second: Four specific types of crime are closely analysed in terms of their nature and impact in society, theoretical explanations and finally their containment.

This course discusses the question "What is Philosophy?" and the relationship of philosophy to science, art, religion and politics. We will read both classical and contemporary philosophy texts to study the different methods and problems of philosophy.

A survey of ancient philosophy, based upon a close reading of primary texts from the works of the Presocratics, Plato and Aristotle, and their Hellenistic successors. The primary aim is to offer an overview of the development of ancient philosophy. A secondary aim is to offer an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy, and deepen the students' competence in reading philosophical works from the ancient world. At the completion of the course, the students should be acquainted with the main periods and individual thinkers of ancient philosophy, their views and arguments. They should be able to give an account of these views, support it with references to the primary sources, and compare the views of different philosophers. Further, they should have gained an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy and the historical origins of classical philosophical problems.

This course covers the basic issues in Icelandic syntax, including parts of speech, phrasal categories, the syntactic classification of verbs, movements of various kinds and grammatical functions. The ways in which language use, semantics, and pragmatics relate to syntax will also be discussed.

This is a basic composition course. Writing skills will be honed through regular assignments, lectures, class discussions and workshops.Approaches to writing research papers will be addressed, such as choosing and narrowing a topic, structure, and sources. Register, style, spelling, punctuation, and resources for writers will be discussed. Students write essays and papers of various kinds and get regular feedback from peers and teachers. Course assessment is based on written assignments and class participation. The course can only be passed if all assignments are turned in.

Lectures: Mendelian inheritance. Sex chromosomes. Cytoplasmic inheritance. Chromosomes. Cell division (mitosis and meiosis). Life cycles. Linkage and recombination in eukaryotes. Bacterial genetics. Gene mapping and tetrad analysis. Genotype and phenotype. Chromosomal changes. DNA: Structure and replication. RNA: Transcription. Rgulation of gene transcription. Gene isolation and manipulation. Genomics. Transposons.  Mutations. Repair and recombination.  Model organisms. Laboratory work: : I. The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. II. Mitosis in onions. III. Plasmids and restriction enzymes. IV. PCR. V. Analysis of asci from Sordaria fimicola.

Exam: Laboratory and problems 25%, written 75%. Minimum mark needed for each part.

The cell biology part includes four lectures each week for 14 weeks (4L week for 14 weeks). The content includes: Introduction to cell biology, structure and evolution of eukaryotic cells. The main emphasis is on eukaryotic cells. Chemistry of the cell and energy conversion, structure and function of cellular macromolecules. The structure and function of cellular organs and functional units like the cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts, cytoskeleton, golgi-system, lysosomes and peroxisomes. Intracellular regulation and signal pathways linked to communication between cells, together with cell differentiation and cancer. Details on extracellular matrix are included and basic immunology.

Note: Only one course of either TÖL101G Tölvunarfræði 1 or TÖL105G Tölvunarfræði 1a can count towards the BS degree.

The Java programming language is used to introduce basic concepts in computer programming: Expressions and statements, textual and numeric data types, conditions and loops, arrays, methods, classes and objects, input and output. Programming and debugging skills are practiced in quizzes and projects throughout the semester.

This course focuses on a holistic approach to project management. The content deals with planning, scheduling, organizing, and controlling projects--for example, product development, construction, information systems, new businesses, and special events. The course includes major topics of Strategy, Priorities, Organization, Project Tools, and Leadership. Primary class emphasis is on the project management process and tools. Project management is becoming increasingly more important in today's world. Mastery of key tools and concepts could give you a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Please note, students must log in and purchase the book Project Management, The Managerial Process on the McGraw-Hill website. Further information can be found on the course's Canvas page.

In this course students will learn all about the main functions of HRM and HRM departments in companies, both from a theoretical and practical point of view. Students should gain understanding on the procedure of HRM within Icelandic companies as well as global. In this course students will analyse employment relations with a critical viewpoint.
Students should be prepared to work within HRM department after this course.

The aim of the course is to introduce to business students the field of industrial and employee relations and the main changes that have occurred in the labour market for the last decades. This course cover topics such as; theories of the labour market (unitary, conflict, social action, systems and Marxist theories), strike theories, corporatism, comparative European industrial relations, industrial democracy and employee involvement, institutionalisation of conflict, collective bargaining, role of trade unions, role of the state, role of employers association. Labor law, collective bargaining, strikes and strikes theories will be discussed. Finally main topics concerning employment relations will be discussed.

The main focus will be on commonsense (belief-desire, propositional attitude) psychology and on mistaking a priori statements for empirical hypotheses. Psychological jargon will be analysed in terms of commonsense psychology. Cognitive theories of emotions and the application of commonsense psychology to cognitive-behavioural therapy will be discussed.

The main subject of the course is regression, interpretation of results, evaluation and comparison of statistical models. The emphasis is on practical analysis and evaluation of model quality. Topics include transformations, categorical variables and interaction.

We will discuss several factors associated with normal aging, successful aging, and impairment. We will focus on research methods, cognitive abilities, cognitive impairment, mental health and well-being, physical health, falls, risk and protective factors associated with aging, and psychological assessment, diagnoses, and treament options.

Classification and epidemiology of childhood and adolescent psychopathology from a developmental standpoint.

The course discusses the interaction between people and their surroundings, the influence of natural and built environments on health and well-being, and how urban design can improve city life. It addresses environmental attitudes and concerns, as well as how the psychological perspective can add value to the discussion of sustainability and urban densification. Theories and research methods will be discussed. The course is a discussion oriented one with an emphasis placed on linking key concepts to everyday life.

kemur síðar

Emphasis on the psychological aspect of sports and exercise, including motivation, arousal, stress and anxiety, feedback, communication, addictive behavior, overtraining and burn-out, aggression, team dynamics, mental training, children and sports, etc.

This course gives an overview of the fundamental theories and the current research in learning and memory. The course will cover the basic anatomy of the hippocampus, theories of short and long-term memory, spatial memory, forms of implicit and statistical learning, and the development of memory through age. The practical part will consist of scientific presentations organized by the students. Recent publications in the field will be presented and discussed.

Course content:

Short and long-term memory
Brain plasticity
Anatomy of the Hippocampus
Spatial memory
Implicit/statistical learning
Learning to read
Memory and age
Memory disorders

Students will be introduced to the basics of philosophical and formal logic. The course focuses on propositional logic (truth-functional logic) and quantified logic (first-order logic). Additionally, a brief survey of informal logic will be given at the beginning of the course, and philosophical questions concerning the nature and status of logic will be addressed toward the end of the course.

This course provides an overview of three principal moral theories: Aristotle's virtue ethics as presented in his Nichomachean Ethics, Kant's deontoloical ethics as presented in his Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and John Stuart Mill's rule ethics as presented in his Utilitarianism.

Description
A survey of Western philosophy in the 17th and 18th Centuries, with emphasis on selected topics in the epistemology and metaphysics of the period, based upon a close reading and comparison of primary texts. Descartes, Hume and Kant are the principal authors discussed.

Teaching
The teaching involves both lectures and discussions. Lectures will give an exposition of the subject and/or of its main topics. Discussions will address more specific topics or questions.

An introductory course in Icelandic phonetics, phonology, and morphology. The basics of acoustic phonetics and Icelandic articulatory phonetics will be introduced, accompanied by training in phonetic transcription. The main concepts of phonology will be presented, followed by an overview of sound alternations in Icelandic and their conditions. Basic concepts in morphology will be presented and the main word formation processes in Icelandic and their productivity will be dealt with. Grammatical categories in Icelandic will be outlined, the inflection of the main parts of speech will be described, and an overview given of inflectional classes and variations.

The class is taught in Icelandic.  In this course, students get a chance to hone their writing skills. Students will hand in regular writing assignments where they practise different ways of presenting scholarly work in a creative manner, such as op-eds and creative nonfiction. Students will also write creative texts, such as short stories. Students can use material from their field of study but will also have to face new challenges. Classes will be in the form of lectures, discussions, and workshops. Assessment will be based on regular assignments, self-assessment, a midterm assignment, a final assignment, a portfolio, and attendance and participation. Attendance and participation make up 15% of the grade and is partly mandatory (8 out of 12 workshops). The course is open to all undergraduate students at the University of Iceland but students must themselves make sure that the course can be used for credit in their particular studies.

Online learning:

The course is organized as face-to-face learning but all lectures from teachers will be recorded. This is done to assure better access to the course. Students who do not attend class will listen to the lectures and write short reports. They also turn in assignments otherwise done in class.

This course is intended to introduce students to Engineering Psychology and Human Factors. Engineering psychology focuses on how psychological research can be applied to the design and use of tools, technology, and man-made environment. In particular, how the understanding of the capabilities and limitations of human performance through research on perception, cognition, and behavior, can inform design with the aim of usability and accessibility. In this course the emphasis will be on how learning and design intersect. That is, how the design of educational settings and materials influence learning and how design must take prior knowledge and training into account, as well as accommodate learning.

The course is organized as a seminar and students are expected to both contribute and participate in the discussion. Student work mainly consists of readings, discussions in class and independent course work.

This course is intended for students in educational sciences, psychology, and engineering.

This practicum offers students the opportunity to earn credit by working as research assistants on faculty research projects. Faculty members will supervise the students and allocate diverse tasks e.g. performing literature searches, data collection, data analysis or coding, contacting participants, data management etc. The practicum is not graded but the supervising faculty member will define which projects the student needs to complete in order to pass.

Politics are about interactions between people, and as such, inevitably linked to psychology as it is the discipline of people's cognition, motivation, and behavior. In this course we will explore both how psychological factors impact political behavior as well as how political systems may impact people's cognition, emotion, and behavior. We will cover both classic and recent theories in political psychology. Emphasis will be on the following topics: Introduction to political psychology, personality and politics, media and the perception of politicians, ideology and political attitudes, emotions and politics, decision making, intergroup relations, prejudice and violence. Attendance is mandatory and active class participation is required.

Contrary to what might be expected from contemporary political discourse, fear, conspiracy theories and mistrust have characterized politics since time immemorial. In this course, we explore these phenomena from the interdisciplinary perspective of political psychology with support from other related disciplines. Initially, we will discuss trust in politics, politicians and citizens as an important but complicated concept within politics. We reflect on the byproducts of mistrust, such as the polarization of social groups and political participation. Next, students learn about the psychology of fear and its known effects on people's beliefs. The psychology of conspiracy theories, their causes and consequences for political behavior and attitudes will also be discussed.

The programming language Java will be used in the course. Various data structures, algorithms and abstract data types will be covered. Among the data types and structures covered are lists, stacks, queues, priority queues, trees, binary trees, binary search trees and heaps along with related algorithms. Various search and sort algorithms will be covered. Algorithms will be analysed for their space and time complexity. There will be programming assignments in Java using the given data structures and algorithms. There will be many small assignments.

The main topics of this course are descriptive statistics and exploratory data analysis. Measures of central tendency and spread will be covered as well as Pearson's correlation and simple linear regression. The use of graphs to display distributions and relationships is emphasised. Sampling designs, probability theory and sampling distributions are also addressed.

Distance learning is not an option for this course. Students are expected to attend all lectures.

A general introduction course in psychology. Main topics covered are sensation, perception, cognition, motivation, learning, development, personality, social perception, intelligence and psychopathology.

The course addresses scientific explanations and their nature. It also covers different psychological explanations for human behaviour, comparing various conditions and an academic understanding of the psyche with everyday explanations.

The course covers scientific methods in psychology. Lectures provide an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of different research designs, with special emphasis on experimental design. Common methodological problems in psychological research are introduced. Critical thinking is emphasised. Short projects related to lecture topics will be set in class.

Theories of learning and behaviour analysis. Students are introduced to the basic principles of classical and operant conditioning, as well as other principles regarding behaviour and learning. There will be a brief discussion of the application of these principles in teaching, training and therapy.

The first part of the course will provide a general introduction to research methods in physiological psychology; the structure of the nervous system; the structure and function of neurones and muscle cells at a cellular level; the role of glial cells in the nervous system; neurotransmitter systems and communication between neurones; the effects of various drugs on neurotransmitters, control of movement and the nervous system; and other basic issues in neuroscience. The second part of the course will provide a thorough discussion of vision; the neurophysiology of sleep and alertness; motivational processes such as ingestive behaviour, with emphasis on the role of neuronal and endocrine factors; the development of sexuality and sexual behaviour and the activation of hormones; reinforcement and addiction, including the neurobiology of reinforcement; learning and memory, including learning in 'simple' organisms; psychiatric disorders; and psychoactive drugs from a physiologic perspective.

The main subject of the course is inferential statistics. The course will cover, for example, estimation based on sample information, confidence intervals, sample distribution, hypothesis tests, t-tests and chisquare-tests. Students work on assignments in parallel with lectures.

Introduction to basic skills in reading comprehension and essay writing in psychology. Emphasis is placed on training students to discuss psychology in good, clear Icelandic. For example, students practice using sources, writing essays and discussing statistical information.

The course focuses on the main methods of analysis for inferential statistics: one-way and two-way ANOVA, multiple regression analysis and factor analysis, with emphasis on the analysis and design of questionnaires. Students work on assignments in parallel with lectures.

The focus of this course is perception and cognition. Students design experiments to measure perception and cognition and learn about previous research on perception and cognition with an emphasis on the neural underpinnings of cognitive processes.

An overview of personality psychology, including the main theories and research methods. The course includes an introduction to different ways of measuring personality traits and detailed discussion of their stability over time and with changing circumstances. Biological and cognitive theories of personality are also covered. Students will also learn about intelligence, self-esteem and the links between personality and health. A great deal of emphasis is placed on training students to research personality psychology and they will conduct a substantial empirical research project over the semester. Students will then present their main findings in a short lecture and submit a written-up research report.

This course provides an overview of developmental literature, theory and research. Topics include cognitive, social and physical development from birth to adolescence, described in the context of developmental theory and research.  Students complete individual empirical research projects and submit a research report, as well as sitting multiple choice examinations.

An introduction to theories and methods in the study of perception and cognition. The emphasis will be on visual perception and the role of attention in perception. Resent methodological development in neuroscience will be discussed such as neuroimaging and neuropsychology.

Overview of psychometrics and measurement theory, test construction and interpretation of psychological tests. Exercises and classroom demonstrations emphasize conventional item analysis, reliability and exploratory factor analysis. 

The course is especially aimed at students on their first year of studies in disciplines within the field of health sciences. The joint Health science day is for incoming students of all faculties at the School of Health Sciences in January each year. The main topic is interdisciplinary cooperation and its importance. All basic factors of cooperation will be covered such as the common view on the right to good health, communication and ethics. Furthermore, the role and responsibility of health sciences.

A general introduction to social psychology. The areas covered are social cognition, self and identity, heuristics and decision making, attribution, attitude formation, social influence, group processes and crowds, aggression, conformity/obedience and stereotyping/prejudice. Students will be introduced to methods of applying their knowledge of social psychology.

The course covers the major types of mental disorders and their symptoms, contemporary psychological theories of major etiological and maintenance factors (emphasis being placed on cognitive behavioural theories), treatment approaches and research methods used in clinical psychology. Students are trained in writing a short academic report describing research results on a topic in clinical psychology.

Lecture hours cover:
i. Basics in philosophy of science and epistemology.
ii. Ancient and medieval philosophy on psychology.
iii. The roots of psychology in the scholarly community of the 17th and 18th centuries.
iv. The emergence of modern psychology in the 19th century.
v. The history of psychological ide as in the 20th century.

Training hours cover:Weekly training sessions are preparations for course exams.

Internship for undergraduate students in Psychology within Icelandic firms/institutions. Available for students at their third year.

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

This course allows students to experience volunteer work at third sector organizations. Students commit themselves to a specific Non profit organization in the social welfare field for one school year. Volunteer work is selected under the supervision of a teacher. Students attend  discussion classes over the year where they present their own experiences and listen to the experience of others.

The course looks at empirical studies on treatment effects of training parents to manage aggressive, oppositional, and other antisocial behaviors that are the basis for diagnosis of hyperactivity, oppositional-defiant, and conduct disorders in children and adolescents. The content of parent training will be discussed intensively. The course will also discuss short parenting courses that have been developed on the basis of research results on parent training and are often used as a psychosocial prevention method for behavioral disorders and as a way to inform parents in general about parenting techniques that increase children's adaptation skills to daily life. 

We will discuss the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual and queer psychology. The main focus will be on introduction to queer studies, main terms used, marginalization, health, relationships, parenting and family. Gender identity, sexual orientation and gender expression will be discussed within the framework of psychology

The aim of the course is to introduce the basics of work and organizational psychology. Career analysis, recruitment, performance appraisal, motivation and work organization, job training, work stress, the role of leaders and corporate culture are discussed.

Students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of human behavior in the workplace and can use that knowledge to increase employee satisfaction and performance.

This course equips the students with understanding and knowledge of how various single-subject experimental designs can be used to study, monitor, and answer questions about the effects of interventions on behavior. The course includes coverage of the most common single-subject designs and reviews the most important issues in conducting research using single-case experimental designs. Students will learn to develop valid and reliable systems for measuring behavior, to display data, and to assess for orderly changes in behavior through visual inspection and interpretation of graphic data. The learning arrangements consist of lectures and applied projects.

The courses focus on EEG (electroencephalography) and its application in cognitive psychology. During the course, students in groups will prepare an EEG experiment from the scratch to data analysis and prepare mock-up conference abstracts under the teacher’s supervision.

Course content:

• Theoretical background on EEG and ERPs (event-related potentials)
• Reading and discussion of basic EEG papers on experiments to reproduce later in the class
• Creation of an EEG experiment by small groups of students (between a list of easy-to-reproduce experiments)
• Implementation of the experiment in PsychoPy and test of the experiment in the lab with triggers
• Running several participants in the lab (students participate in each other’s experiments)
• Data analysis in EEGlab (MATLAB)
• Presenting and interpreting the results for the class
• Reporting the results in writing

The main aim of this course is to introduce the student to the field of Criminology. The subjects covered can be roughly divided into two broad categories. First: Criminological research and theoretical explanations, determining both what constitutes crime in society, in addition to the causes of crime, are explored and discussed. For this task, various perspectives are analysed and evaluated, such as Classical and Positivistic theories. Second: Four specific types of crime are closely analysed in terms of their nature and impact in society, theoretical explanations and finally their containment.

This course discusses the question "What is Philosophy?" and the relationship of philosophy to science, art, religion and politics. We will read both classical and contemporary philosophy texts to study the different methods and problems of philosophy.

A survey of ancient philosophy, based upon a close reading of primary texts from the works of the Presocratics, Plato and Aristotle, and their Hellenistic successors. The primary aim is to offer an overview of the development of ancient philosophy. A secondary aim is to offer an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy, and deepen the students' competence in reading philosophical works from the ancient world. At the completion of the course, the students should be acquainted with the main periods and individual thinkers of ancient philosophy, their views and arguments. They should be able to give an account of these views, support it with references to the primary sources, and compare the views of different philosophers. Further, they should have gained an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy and the historical origins of classical philosophical problems.

This course covers the basic issues in Icelandic syntax, including parts of speech, phrasal categories, the syntactic classification of verbs, movements of various kinds and grammatical functions. The ways in which language use, semantics, and pragmatics relate to syntax will also be discussed.

This is a basic composition course. Writing skills will be honed through regular assignments, lectures, class discussions and workshops.Approaches to writing research papers will be addressed, such as choosing and narrowing a topic, structure, and sources. Register, style, spelling, punctuation, and resources for writers will be discussed. Students write essays and papers of various kinds and get regular feedback from peers and teachers. Course assessment is based on written assignments and class participation. The course can only be passed if all assignments are turned in.

Lectures: Mendelian inheritance. Sex chromosomes. Cytoplasmic inheritance. Chromosomes. Cell division (mitosis and meiosis). Life cycles. Linkage and recombination in eukaryotes. Bacterial genetics. Gene mapping and tetrad analysis. Genotype and phenotype. Chromosomal changes. DNA: Structure and replication. RNA: Transcription. Rgulation of gene transcription. Gene isolation and manipulation. Genomics. Transposons.  Mutations. Repair and recombination.  Model organisms. Laboratory work: : I. The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. II. Mitosis in onions. III. Plasmids and restriction enzymes. IV. PCR. V. Analysis of asci from Sordaria fimicola.

Exam: Laboratory and problems 25%, written 75%. Minimum mark needed for each part.

The cell biology part includes four lectures each week for 14 weeks (4L week for 14 weeks). The content includes: Introduction to cell biology, structure and evolution of eukaryotic cells. The main emphasis is on eukaryotic cells. Chemistry of the cell and energy conversion, structure and function of cellular macromolecules. The structure and function of cellular organs and functional units like the cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts, cytoskeleton, golgi-system, lysosomes and peroxisomes. Intracellular regulation and signal pathways linked to communication between cells, together with cell differentiation and cancer. Details on extracellular matrix are included and basic immunology.

Note: Only one course of either TÖL101G Tölvunarfræði 1 or TÖL105G Tölvunarfræði 1a can count towards the BS degree.

The Java programming language is used to introduce basic concepts in computer programming: Expressions and statements, textual and numeric data types, conditions and loops, arrays, methods, classes and objects, input and output. Programming and debugging skills are practiced in quizzes and projects throughout the semester.

This course focuses on a holistic approach to project management. The content deals with planning, scheduling, organizing, and controlling projects--for example, product development, construction, information systems, new businesses, and special events. The course includes major topics of Strategy, Priorities, Organization, Project Tools, and Leadership. Primary class emphasis is on the project management process and tools. Project management is becoming increasingly more important in today's world. Mastery of key tools and concepts could give you a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Please note, students must log in and purchase the book Project Management, The Managerial Process on the McGraw-Hill website. Further information can be found on the course's Canvas page.

In this course students will learn all about the main functions of HRM and HRM departments in companies, both from a theoretical and practical point of view. Students should gain understanding on the procedure of HRM within Icelandic companies as well as global. In this course students will analyse employment relations with a critical viewpoint.
Students should be prepared to work within HRM department after this course.

The aim of the course is to introduce to business students the field of industrial and employee relations and the main changes that have occurred in the labour market for the last decades. This course cover topics such as; theories of the labour market (unitary, conflict, social action, systems and Marxist theories), strike theories, corporatism, comparative European industrial relations, industrial democracy and employee involvement, institutionalisation of conflict, collective bargaining, role of trade unions, role of the state, role of employers association. Labor law, collective bargaining, strikes and strikes theories will be discussed. Finally main topics concerning employment relations will be discussed.

The main focus will be on commonsense (belief-desire, propositional attitude) psychology and on mistaking a priori statements for empirical hypotheses. Psychological jargon will be analysed in terms of commonsense psychology. Cognitive theories of emotions and the application of commonsense psychology to cognitive-behavioural therapy will be discussed.

The main subject of the course is regression, interpretation of results, evaluation and comparison of statistical models. The emphasis is on practical analysis and evaluation of model quality. Topics include transformations, categorical variables and interaction.

We will discuss several factors associated with normal aging, successful aging, and impairment. We will focus on research methods, cognitive abilities, cognitive impairment, mental health and well-being, physical health, falls, risk and protective factors associated with aging, and psychological assessment, diagnoses, and treament options.

Classification and epidemiology of childhood and adolescent psychopathology from a developmental standpoint.

The course discusses the interaction between people and their surroundings, the influence of natural and built environments on health and well-being, and how urban design can improve city life. It addresses environmental attitudes and concerns, as well as how the psychological perspective can add value to the discussion of sustainability and urban densification. Theories and research methods will be discussed. The course is a discussion oriented one with an emphasis placed on linking key concepts to everyday life.

kemur síðar

Emphasis on the psychological aspect of sports and exercise, including motivation, arousal, stress and anxiety, feedback, communication, addictive behavior, overtraining and burn-out, aggression, team dynamics, mental training, children and sports, etc.

This course gives an overview of the fundamental theories and the current research in learning and memory. The course will cover the basic anatomy of the hippocampus, theories of short and long-term memory, spatial memory, forms of implicit and statistical learning, and the development of memory through age. The practical part will consist of scientific presentations organized by the students. Recent publications in the field will be presented and discussed.

Course content:

Short and long-term memory
Brain plasticity
Anatomy of the Hippocampus
Spatial memory
Implicit/statistical learning
Learning to read
Memory and age
Memory disorders

Students will be introduced to the basics of philosophical and formal logic. The course focuses on propositional logic (truth-functional logic) and quantified logic (first-order logic). Additionally, a brief survey of informal logic will be given at the beginning of the course, and philosophical questions concerning the nature and status of logic will be addressed toward the end of the course.

This course provides an overview of three principal moral theories: Aristotle's virtue ethics as presented in his Nichomachean Ethics, Kant's deontoloical ethics as presented in his Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and John Stuart Mill's rule ethics as presented in his Utilitarianism.

Description
A survey of Western philosophy in the 17th and 18th Centuries, with emphasis on selected topics in the epistemology and metaphysics of the period, based upon a close reading and comparison of primary texts. Descartes, Hume and Kant are the principal authors discussed.

Teaching
The teaching involves both lectures and discussions. Lectures will give an exposition of the subject and/or of its main topics. Discussions will address more specific topics or questions.

An introductory course in Icelandic phonetics, phonology, and morphology. The basics of acoustic phonetics and Icelandic articulatory phonetics will be introduced, accompanied by training in phonetic transcription. The main concepts of phonology will be presented, followed by an overview of sound alternations in Icelandic and their conditions. Basic concepts in morphology will be presented and the main word formation processes in Icelandic and their productivity will be dealt with. Grammatical categories in Icelandic will be outlined, the inflection of the main parts of speech will be described, and an overview given of inflectional classes and variations.

The class is taught in Icelandic.  In this course, students get a chance to hone their writing skills. Students will hand in regular writing assignments where they practise different ways of presenting scholarly work in a creative manner, such as op-eds and creative nonfiction. Students will also write creative texts, such as short stories. Students can use material from their field of study but will also have to face new challenges. Classes will be in the form of lectures, discussions, and workshops. Assessment will be based on regular assignments, self-assessment, a midterm assignment, a final assignment, a portfolio, and attendance and participation. Attendance and participation make up 15% of the grade and is partly mandatory (8 out of 12 workshops). The course is open to all undergraduate students at the University of Iceland but students must themselves make sure that the course can be used for credit in their particular studies.

Online learning:

The course is organized as face-to-face learning but all lectures from teachers will be recorded. This is done to assure better access to the course. Students who do not attend class will listen to the lectures and write short reports. They also turn in assignments otherwise done in class.

This course is intended to introduce students to Engineering Psychology and Human Factors. Engineering psychology focuses on how psychological research can be applied to the design and use of tools, technology, and man-made environment. In particular, how the understanding of the capabilities and limitations of human performance through research on perception, cognition, and behavior, can inform design with the aim of usability and accessibility. In this course the emphasis will be on how learning and design intersect. That is, how the design of educational settings and materials influence learning and how design must take prior knowledge and training into account, as well as accommodate learning.

The course is organized as a seminar and students are expected to both contribute and participate in the discussion. Student work mainly consists of readings, discussions in class and independent course work.

This course is intended for students in educational sciences, psychology, and engineering.

This practicum offers students the opportunity to earn credit by working as research assistants on faculty research projects. Faculty members will supervise the students and allocate diverse tasks e.g. performing literature searches, data collection, data analysis or coding, contacting participants, data management etc. The practicum is not graded but the supervising faculty member will define which projects the student needs to complete in order to pass.

Politics are about interactions between people, and as such, inevitably linked to psychology as it is the discipline of people's cognition, motivation, and behavior. In this course we will explore both how psychological factors impact political behavior as well as how political systems may impact people's cognition, emotion, and behavior. We will cover both classic and recent theories in political psychology. Emphasis will be on the following topics: Introduction to political psychology, personality and politics, media and the perception of politicians, ideology and political attitudes, emotions and politics, decision making, intergroup relations, prejudice and violence. Attendance is mandatory and active class participation is required.

Contrary to what might be expected from contemporary political discourse, fear, conspiracy theories and mistrust have characterized politics since time immemorial. In this course, we explore these phenomena from the interdisciplinary perspective of political psychology with support from other related disciplines. Initially, we will discuss trust in politics, politicians and citizens as an important but complicated concept within politics. We reflect on the byproducts of mistrust, such as the polarization of social groups and political participation. Next, students learn about the psychology of fear and its known effects on people's beliefs. The psychology of conspiracy theories, their causes and consequences for political behavior and attitudes will also be discussed.

The programming language Java will be used in the course. Various data structures, algorithms and abstract data types will be covered. Among the data types and structures covered are lists, stacks, queues, priority queues, trees, binary trees, binary search trees and heaps along with related algorithms. Various search and sort algorithms will be covered. Algorithms will be analysed for their space and time complexity. There will be programming assignments in Java using the given data structures and algorithms. There will be many small assignments.

The main topics of this course are descriptive statistics and exploratory data analysis. Measures of central tendency and spread will be covered as well as Pearson's correlation and simple linear regression. The use of graphs to display distributions and relationships is emphasised. Sampling designs, probability theory and sampling distributions are also addressed.

Distance learning is not an option for this course. Students are expected to attend all lectures.

A general introduction course in psychology. Main topics covered are sensation, perception, cognition, motivation, learning, development, personality, social perception, intelligence and psychopathology.

The course addresses scientific explanations and their nature. It also covers different psychological explanations for human behaviour, comparing various conditions and an academic understanding of the psyche with everyday explanations.

The course covers scientific methods in psychology. Lectures provide an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of different research designs, with special emphasis on experimental design. Common methodological problems in psychological research are introduced. Critical thinking is emphasised. Short projects related to lecture topics will be set in class.

Theories of learning and behaviour analysis. Students are introduced to the basic principles of classical and operant conditioning, as well as other principles regarding behaviour and learning. There will be a brief discussion of the application of these principles in teaching, training and therapy.

The first part of the course will provide a general introduction to research methods in physiological psychology; the structure of the nervous system; the structure and function of neurones and muscle cells at a cellular level; the role of glial cells in the nervous system; neurotransmitter systems and communication between neurones; the effects of various drugs on neurotransmitters, control of movement and the nervous system; and other basic issues in neuroscience. The second part of the course will provide a thorough discussion of vision; the neurophysiology of sleep and alertness; motivational processes such as ingestive behaviour, with emphasis on the role of neuronal and endocrine factors; the development of sexuality and sexual behaviour and the activation of hormones; reinforcement and addiction, including the neurobiology of reinforcement; learning and memory, including learning in 'simple' organisms; psychiatric disorders; and psychoactive drugs from a physiologic perspective.

The main subject of the course is inferential statistics. The course will cover, for example, estimation based on sample information, confidence intervals, sample distribution, hypothesis tests, t-tests and chisquare-tests. Students work on assignments in parallel with lectures.

Introduction to basic skills in reading comprehension and essay writing in psychology. Emphasis is placed on training students to discuss psychology in good, clear Icelandic. For example, students practice using sources, writing essays and discussing statistical information.

The course focuses on the main methods of analysis for inferential statistics: one-way and two-way ANOVA, multiple regression analysis and factor analysis, with emphasis on the analysis and design of questionnaires. Students work on assignments in parallel with lectures.

The focus of this course is perception and cognition. Students design experiments to measure perception and cognition and learn about previous research on perception and cognition with an emphasis on the neural underpinnings of cognitive processes.

An overview of personality psychology, including the main theories and research methods. The course includes an introduction to different ways of measuring personality traits and detailed discussion of their stability over time and with changing circumstances. Biological and cognitive theories of personality are also covered. Students will also learn about intelligence, self-esteem and the links between personality and health. A great deal of emphasis is placed on training students to research personality psychology and they will conduct a substantial empirical research project over the semester. Students will then present their main findings in a short lecture and submit a written-up research report.

This course provides an overview of developmental literature, theory and research. Topics include cognitive, social and physical development from birth to adolescence, described in the context of developmental theory and research.  Students complete individual empirical research projects and submit a research report, as well as sitting multiple choice examinations.

An introduction to theories and methods in the study of perception and cognition. The emphasis will be on visual perception and the role of attention in perception. Resent methodological development in neuroscience will be discussed such as neuroimaging and neuropsychology.

Overview of psychometrics and measurement theory, test construction and interpretation of psychological tests. Exercises and classroom demonstrations emphasize conventional item analysis, reliability and exploratory factor analysis. 

The course is especially aimed at students on their first year of studies in disciplines within the field of health sciences. The joint Health science day is for incoming students of all faculties at the School of Health Sciences in January each year. The main topic is interdisciplinary cooperation and its importance. All basic factors of cooperation will be covered such as the common view on the right to good health, communication and ethics. Furthermore, the role and responsibility of health sciences.

A general introduction to social psychology. The areas covered are social cognition, self and identity, heuristics and decision making, attribution, attitude formation, social influence, group processes and crowds, aggression, conformity/obedience and stereotyping/prejudice. Students will be introduced to methods of applying their knowledge of social psychology.

The course covers the major types of mental disorders and their symptoms, contemporary psychological theories of major etiological and maintenance factors (emphasis being placed on cognitive behavioural theories), treatment approaches and research methods used in clinical psychology. Students are trained in writing a short academic report describing research results on a topic in clinical psychology.

Lecture hours cover:
i. Basics in philosophy of science and epistemology.
ii. Ancient and medieval philosophy on psychology.
iii. The roots of psychology in the scholarly community of the 17th and 18th centuries.
iv. The emergence of modern psychology in the 19th century.
v. The history of psychological ide as in the 20th century.

Training hours cover:Weekly training sessions are preparations for course exams.

Internship for undergraduate students in Psychology within Icelandic firms/institutions. Available for students at their third year.

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

BS thesis in Psychology

This course allows students to experience volunteer work at third sector organizations. Students commit themselves to a specific Non profit organization in the social welfare field for one school year. Volunteer work is selected under the supervision of a teacher. Students attend  discussion classes over the year where they present their own experiences and listen to the experience of others.

The course looks at empirical studies on treatment effects of training parents to manage aggressive, oppositional, and other antisocial behaviors that are the basis for diagnosis of hyperactivity, oppositional-defiant, and conduct disorders in children and adolescents. The content of parent training will be discussed intensively. The course will also discuss short parenting courses that have been developed on the basis of research results on parent training and are often used as a psychosocial prevention method for behavioral disorders and as a way to inform parents in general about parenting techniques that increase children's adaptation skills to daily life. 

We will discuss the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual and queer psychology. The main focus will be on introduction to queer studies, main terms used, marginalization, health, relationships, parenting and family. Gender identity, sexual orientation and gender expression will be discussed within the framework of psychology

The aim of the course is to introduce the basics of work and organizational psychology. Career analysis, recruitment, performance appraisal, motivation and work organization, job training, work stress, the role of leaders and corporate culture are discussed.

Students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of human behavior in the workplace and can use that knowledge to increase employee satisfaction and performance.

This course equips the students with understanding and knowledge of how various single-subject experimental designs can be used to study, monitor, and answer questions about the effects of interventions on behavior. The course includes coverage of the most common single-subject designs and reviews the most important issues in conducting research using single-case experimental designs. Students will learn to develop valid and reliable systems for measuring behavior, to display data, and to assess for orderly changes in behavior through visual inspection and interpretation of graphic data. The learning arrangements consist of lectures and applied projects.

The courses focus on EEG (electroencephalography) and its application in cognitive psychology. During the course, students in groups will prepare an EEG experiment from the scratch to data analysis and prepare mock-up conference abstracts under the teacher’s supervision.

Course content:

• Theoretical background on EEG and ERPs (event-related potentials)
• Reading and discussion of basic EEG papers on experiments to reproduce later in the class
• Creation of an EEG experiment by small groups of students (between a list of easy-to-reproduce experiments)
• Implementation of the experiment in PsychoPy and test of the experiment in the lab with triggers
• Running several participants in the lab (students participate in each other’s experiments)
• Data analysis in EEGlab (MATLAB)
• Presenting and interpreting the results for the class
• Reporting the results in writing

The main aim of this course is to introduce the student to the field of Criminology. The subjects covered can be roughly divided into two broad categories. First: Criminological research and theoretical explanations, determining both what constitutes crime in society, in addition to the causes of crime, are explored and discussed. For this task, various perspectives are analysed and evaluated, such as Classical and Positivistic theories. Second: Four specific types of crime are closely analysed in terms of their nature and impact in society, theoretical explanations and finally their containment.

This course discusses the question "What is Philosophy?" and the relationship of philosophy to science, art, religion and politics. We will read both classical and contemporary philosophy texts to study the different methods and problems of philosophy.

A survey of ancient philosophy, based upon a close reading of primary texts from the works of the Presocratics, Plato and Aristotle, and their Hellenistic successors. The primary aim is to offer an overview of the development of ancient philosophy. A secondary aim is to offer an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy, and deepen the students' competence in reading philosophical works from the ancient world. At the completion of the course, the students should be acquainted with the main periods and individual thinkers of ancient philosophy, their views and arguments. They should be able to give an account of these views, support it with references to the primary sources, and compare the views of different philosophers. Further, they should have gained an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy and the historical origins of classical philosophical problems.

This course covers the basic issues in Icelandic syntax, including parts of speech, phrasal categories, the syntactic classification of verbs, movements of various kinds and grammatical functions. The ways in which language use, semantics, and pragmatics relate to syntax will also be discussed.

This is a basic composition course. Writing skills will be honed through regular assignments, lectures, class discussions and workshops.Approaches to writing research papers will be addressed, such as choosing and narrowing a topic, structure, and sources. Register, style, spelling, punctuation, and resources for writers will be discussed. Students write essays and papers of various kinds and get regular feedback from peers and teachers. Course assessment is based on written assignments and class participation. The course can only be passed if all assignments are turned in.

Lectures: Mendelian inheritance. Sex chromosomes. Cytoplasmic inheritance. Chromosomes. Cell division (mitosis and meiosis). Life cycles. Linkage and recombination in eukaryotes. Bacterial genetics. Gene mapping and tetrad analysis. Genotype and phenotype. Chromosomal changes. DNA: Structure and replication. RNA: Transcription. Rgulation of gene transcription. Gene isolation and manipulation. Genomics. Transposons.  Mutations. Repair and recombination.  Model organisms. Laboratory work: : I. The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. II. Mitosis in onions. III. Plasmids and restriction enzymes. IV. PCR. V. Analysis of asci from Sordaria fimicola.

Exam: Laboratory and problems 25%, written 75%. Minimum mark needed for each part.

The cell biology part includes four lectures each week for 14 weeks (4L week for 14 weeks). The content includes: Introduction to cell biology, structure and evolution of eukaryotic cells. The main emphasis is on eukaryotic cells. Chemistry of the cell and energy conversion, structure and function of cellular macromolecules. The structure and function of cellular organs and functional units like the cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts, cytoskeleton, golgi-system, lysosomes and peroxisomes. Intracellular regulation and signal pathways linked to communication between cells, together with cell differentiation and cancer. Details on extracellular matrix are included and basic immunology.

Note: Only one course of either TÖL101G Tölvunarfræði 1 or TÖL105G Tölvunarfræði 1a can count towards the BS degree.

The Java programming language is used to introduce basic concepts in computer programming: Expressions and statements, textual and numeric data types, conditions and loops, arrays, methods, classes and objects, input and output. Programming and debugging skills are practiced in quizzes and projects throughout the semester.

This course focuses on a holistic approach to project management. The content deals with planning, scheduling, organizing, and controlling projects--for example, product development, construction, information systems, new businesses, and special events. The course includes major topics of Strategy, Priorities, Organization, Project Tools, and Leadership. Primary class emphasis is on the project management process and tools. Project management is becoming increasingly more important in today's world. Mastery of key tools and concepts could give you a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Please note, students must log in and purchase the book Project Management, The Managerial Process on the McGraw-Hill website. Further information can be found on the course's Canvas page.

In this course students will learn all about the main functions of HRM and HRM departments in companies, both from a theoretical and practical point of view. Students should gain understanding on the procedure of HRM within Icelandic companies as well as global. In this course students will analyse employment relations with a critical viewpoint.
Students should be prepared to work within HRM department after this course.

The aim of the course is to introduce to business students the field of industrial and employee relations and the main changes that have occurred in the labour market for the last decades. This course cover topics such as; theories of the labour market (unitary, conflict, social action, systems and Marxist theories), strike theories, corporatism, comparative European industrial relations, industrial democracy and employee involvement, institutionalisation of conflict, collective bargaining, role of trade unions, role of the state, role of employers association. Labor law, collective bargaining, strikes and strikes theories will be discussed. Finally main topics concerning employment relations will be discussed.

The main focus will be on commonsense (belief-desire, propositional attitude) psychology and on mistaking a priori statements for empirical hypotheses. Psychological jargon will be analysed in terms of commonsense psychology. Cognitive theories of emotions and the application of commonsense psychology to cognitive-behavioural therapy will be discussed.

The main subject of the course is regression, interpretation of results, evaluation and comparison of statistical models. The emphasis is on practical analysis and evaluation of model quality. Topics include transformations, categorical variables and interaction.

We will discuss several factors associated with normal aging, successful aging, and impairment. We will focus on research methods, cognitive abilities, cognitive impairment, mental health and well-being, physical health, falls, risk and protective factors associated with aging, and psychological assessment, diagnoses, and treament options.

Classification and epidemiology of childhood and adolescent psychopathology from a developmental standpoint.

The course discusses the interaction between people and their surroundings, the influence of natural and built environments on health and well-being, and how urban design can improve city life. It addresses environmental attitudes and concerns, as well as how the psychological perspective can add value to the discussion of sustainability and urban densification. Theories and research methods will be discussed. The course is a discussion oriented one with an emphasis placed on linking key concepts to everyday life.

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Emphasis on the psychological aspect of sports and exercise, including motivation, arousal, stress and anxiety, feedback, communication, addictive behavior, overtraining and burn-out, aggression, team dynamics, mental training, children and sports, etc.

This course gives an overview of the fundamental theories and the current research in learning and memory. The course will cover the basic anatomy of the hippocampus, theories of short and long-term memory, spatial memory, forms of implicit and statistical learning, and the development of memory through age. The practical part will consist of scientific presentations organized by the students. Recent publications in the field will be presented and discussed.

Course content:

Short and long-term memory
Brain plasticity
Anatomy of the Hippocampus
Spatial memory
Implicit/statistical learning
Learning to read
Memory and age
Memory disorders

Students will be introduced to the basics of philosophical and formal logic. The course focuses on propositional logic (truth-functional logic) and quantified logic (first-order logic). Additionally, a brief survey of informal logic will be given at the beginning of the course, and philosophical questions concerning the nature and status of logic will be addressed toward the end of the course.

This course provides an overview of three principal moral theories: Aristotle's virtue ethics as presented in his Nichomachean Ethics, Kant's deontoloical ethics as presented in his Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and John Stuart Mill's rule ethics as presented in his Utilitarianism.

Description
A survey of Western philosophy in the 17th and 18th Centuries, with emphasis on selected topics in the epistemology and metaphysics of the period, based upon a close reading and comparison of primary texts. Descartes, Hume and Kant are the principal authors discussed.

Teaching
The teaching involves both lectures and discussions. Lectures will give an exposition of the subject and/or of its main topics. Discussions will address more specific topics or questions.

An introductory course in Icelandic phonetics, phonology, and morphology. The basics of acoustic phonetics and Icelandic articulatory phonetics will be introduced, accompanied by training in phonetic transcription. The main concepts of phonology will be presented, followed by an overview of sound alternations in Icelandic and their conditions. Basic concepts in morphology will be presented and the main word formation processes in Icelandic and their productivity will be dealt with. Grammatical categories in Icelandic will be outlined, the inflection of the main parts of speech will be described, and an overview given of inflectional classes and variations.

The class is taught in Icelandic.  In this course, students get a chance to hone their writing skills. Students will hand in regular writing assignments where they practise different ways of presenting scholarly work in a creative manner, such as op-eds and creative nonfiction. Students will also write creative texts, such as short stories. Students can use material from their field of study but will also have to face new challenges. Classes will be in the form of lectures, discussions, and workshops. Assessment will be based on regular assignments, self-assessment, a midterm assignment, a final assignment, a portfolio, and attendance and participation. Attendance and participation make up 15% of the grade and is partly mandatory (8 out of 12 workshops). The course is open to all undergraduate students at the University of Iceland but students must themselves make sure that the course can be used for credit in their particular studies.

Online learning:

The course is organized as face-to-face learning but all lectures from teachers will be recorded. This is done to assure better access to the course. Students who do not attend class will listen to the lectures and write short reports. They also turn in assignments otherwise done in class.

This course is intended to introduce students to Engineering Psychology and Human Factors. Engineering psychology focuses on how psychological research can be applied to the design and use of tools, technology, and man-made environment. In particular, how the understanding of the capabilities and limitations of human performance through research on perception, cognition, and behavior, can inform design with the aim of usability and accessibility. In this course the emphasis will be on how learning and design intersect. That is, how the design of educational settings and materials influence learning and how design must take prior knowledge and training into account, as well as accommodate learning.

The course is organized as a seminar and students are expected to both contribute and participate in the discussion. Student work mainly consists of readings, discussions in class and independent course work.

This course is intended for students in educational sciences, psychology, and engineering.

This practicum offers students the opportunity to earn credit by working as research assistants on faculty research projects. Faculty members will supervise the students and allocate diverse tasks e.g. performing literature searches, data collection, data analysis or coding, contacting participants, data management etc. The practicum is not graded but the supervising faculty member will define which projects the student needs to complete in order to pass.

Politics are about interactions between people, and as such, inevitably linked to psychology as it is the discipline of people's cognition, motivation, and behavior. In this course we will explore both how psychological factors impact political behavior as well as how political systems may impact people's cognition, emotion, and behavior. We will cover both classic and recent theories in political psychology. Emphasis will be on the following topics: Introduction to political psychology, personality and politics, media and the perception of politicians, ideology and political attitudes, emotions and politics, decision making, intergroup relations, prejudice and violence. Attendance is mandatory and active class participation is required.

Contrary to what might be expected from contemporary political discourse, fear, conspiracy theories and mistrust have characterized politics since time immemorial. In this course, we explore these phenomena from the interdisciplinary perspective of political psychology with support from other related disciplines. Initially, we will discuss trust in politics, politicians and citizens as an important but complicated concept within politics. We reflect on the byproducts of mistrust, such as the polarization of social groups and political participation. Next, students learn about the psychology of fear and its known effects on people's beliefs. The psychology of conspiracy theories, their causes and consequences for political behavior and attitudes will also be discussed.

The programming language Java will be used in the course. Various data structures, algorithms and abstract data types will be covered. Among the data types and structures covered are lists, stacks, queues, priority queues, trees, binary trees, binary search trees and heaps along with related algorithms. Various search and sort algorithms will be covered. Algorithms will be analysed for their space and time complexity. There will be programming assignments in Java using the given data structures and algorithms. There will be many small assignments.