PSY 820 Statistics and Research Design (3). Prerequisite: PSY 291and 301 or equivalent with department approval.Principles and techniques of scientific observation, control, and analysis specifically oriented to research in psychology. Evaluation of research designs and their implementation in professional settings. Emphasis on univariate statistical analyses.
PSY 824 Intellectual Assessment (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Techniques, principles and problems in administration, scoring, interpretation, and reporting of individual tests of intelligence for children and adults.
PSY 825 Personality Assessment (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Techniques, principles and problems of evaluating personality via interviews, objective and projective testing. Emphasis on integration of results.
PSY 826 Professional Concerns (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Consideration of ethical and related problems of psychologists.
PSY 827 Proseminar: Topics in Assessment (1). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Administering, scoring, and interpreting instruments in the area of vocational interest, adolescent personality, adaptive behavior, and individual academic assessment. Emphasis is on application in school and clinical settings.
PSY 837 Social Psychology and Cultural Diversity (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Graduate level survey of topics in social psychology including social influence, persuasion, social cognition, self-justification, aggression and prejudice. Emphasis on multi-cultural diversity and tolerance of other groups.
PSY 840 Cognitive Bases of Behavior (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Broad survey of findings in the areas of learning and conditioning, memory and cognitive processes.
PSY 841 Psychopathology (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Etiology and description of various aspects of psychopathology and ineffective behavior.
PSY 843 Practicum (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Supervised practice I applied settings. Selective participation with an assigned agency varies with the student’s program; with level of preparation in course work, and with previous supervised field experience.
PSY 846 Behavioral Research Methods (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Theory and methods of contemporary practice of behavioral assessment and single subject research design. Supervised practice in clinical applications of assessment methods. Review of relevant learning theory and behavioral principles.
PSY 847 Topics in Individual Differences (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. The development of individual differences in traits and behavior examined from the perspective of personality and developmental psychology. Selected coverage of both seminal and current theoretical and empirical literatures.
PSY 850 Psychotherapy and Behavior Change I: Basic Techniques (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. A didactic and experiential introduction to the theories and techniques facilitative of personal growth and behavior change.
PSY 853 Biological Bases of Behavior (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. A survey of the principles, research and methodology of psychophysiology, including consideration of the autonomic correlates of emption and arousal, biofeedback, psychosomatic diseases, and psychophysiological correlates of psychopathology.
PSY 857 Interventions with Children and Families (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Intervention procedures for a variety of problems of school-age children are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on developing individual and group intervention skills for assisting children and their families.
PSY 860 Psychotherapy and Behavior Change II: Advanced Techniques and Theories (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. The in-depth study of techniques selected from those presented in PSY 850. Emphasis will be placed on developing proficiency in such skills and techniques.
PSY 871 Group and Family Therapy (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Theory and techniques of group and family therapy. Emphasis will be placed on developing and applying interventions skills.
PSY 890 Masters Thesis (3). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. The experimental investigation of a selected topic, including preparation of a formal report.
PSY 899 Internship in Clinical Psychology (6). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Intensive supervised experience approved clinical setting.
