Courses
Psychology (College of Arts and Sciences)
Number |
Name and Description |
Hours Credit |
Cognitive Psychology: Language and Symbolic Processes |
3 |
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Psychology of knowing, explaining, and understanding. Directed and associative thinking, memory, problem-solving, and concept formation. Nature, use and development of language. Prereq: 310 or consent of instructor. |
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Group Facilitation |
3 |
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Study of theory and technique through supervised experience in small groups. Prereq: 359 and consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum: 6 hrs. |
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Sensory Processes and Perception |
3 |
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Survey of physiological and psychological theories of perception. Audition and vision. Prereq: 210, 385 or Mathematics 115 or Statistics 201 or graduate standing. |
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Psychology of Religion |
3 |
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History of psychology of religion; various philosophical and empirical orientations. Psychological function of religion for individuals and society. Prereq: 110 or consent of instructor. |
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History and Systems of Psychology |
3 |
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History of psychological thought. Classical approaches and recent developments. Prereq: 110 or consent of instructor or graduate standing. |
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Psychology and the Law |
3 |
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Psychological aspects of legal systems. Prereq: 110 or consent of instructor. |
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Health Psychology |
3 |
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Survey of psychological factors related to health and illness: Stress, personality, and environment. Applications of psychological treatments to physical illness. Prereq: 110 or consent of instructor. |
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Psychology of Adjustment |
3 |
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Current psycosocial trends and their influence on personal adjustment and mental health. From scientist-practitioner perspectives of theory, research, and application. |
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Psychology of Gender |
3 |
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Biological, psychological, and social factors in gender. Importance of gender roles and stereotypes for behavior and experience. Prereq: and junior standing (60 semester hours) or consent of instructor. (Same as Women's Studies 434) |
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Organizational Psychology |
3 |
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Social psychological analysis of organizations, role-theory and systems theory. Prereq: 110 and 360 and consent of instructor. |
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Measurement and Testing |
3 |
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Theory of test construction and psychological measurement. Statistical methods in measurement. Survey of existing tests. Prereq: 110, 385 or Statistics 201 or consent of instructor. |
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Advanced Measurement and Testing |
3 |
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Mental test theories: classical test and item response theories. Prereq: 445. |
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Comparative Animal Behavior |
3 |
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Principles and methods of ethology: ecological, developmental, physiological and evolutionary aspects. (Same as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 450.) |
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Comparative Animal Behavior Laboratory |
3 |
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Introduction to observational and experimental research in ethology. Coreq: 450. (Same as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 459.) |
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Physiological Psychology |
3 |
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Nervous system and physiological correlates of behavior. Biological basis of emotion, learning, memory and stress. Prereq: 110 or consent of instructor and one of the following sequences, Biology 101 and 102, Biology 130 and 140, Anthropology 110 and 210. |
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Theories of Personality |
3 |
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Survey of major theories of human personality and their development. Prereq: 110 or consent of instructor. |
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Adolescent Development |
3 |
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Theoretical perspectives and empirical research findings pertinent to adolescent development. Prereq: 110 or consent of instructor. |
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Theories of Learning |
3 |
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Classical and current approaches to learning and cognition. Prereq: 110 or consent of instructor. |
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Topics in Psychology |
3 |
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Intensive analysis of special topics: African-American psychology or evaluation of programs in the community. Prereq: 110 or consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. |
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Supervised Research |
1-9 |
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Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Max: 12 hrs. |
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Thesis |
1-15 |
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P/NP only. |
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Registration for Use of Facilities |
1-15 |
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Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed. May not be used toward degree requirements. May be repeated. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. |
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Research Design |
3 |
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Techniques for planning and conducting research in controlled and natural settings: experiments, quasi-experiments, observational studies, surveys, and program evaluations. Development of questions and hypotheses for study. Design of studies to maximize validity. Prereq: Consent of instructor. |
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Foundations of Applied Psychology |
3 |
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Fundamental methods for application of psychology principles and techniques in community, organizational, and industrial settings, and related ethical and theoretical issues. Prereq: 505 and consent of instructor. |
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Readings and Special Issues in Psychology |
1-3 |
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Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours. |
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Research Practicum |
1-3 |
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Required of first-year graduate students in psychology. May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours. S/NC grading only. |
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Topics in Psychology |
3 |
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Intensive examination of selected issues in psychology. Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours. |
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Developmental Psychology |
3 |
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Normal processes of human socialization; physical, cognitive and emotional development from conception through infancy, childhood and adolescence. Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. |
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Life-Span Development |
3 |
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Theories and research concerning normal human development throughout life, adulthood and old age. Prereq: Consent of instructor. |
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Foundations of Psychology Biological Factors, Perception, Learning, Thinking, Motivation |
3 |
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Intensive survey. Prereq: Consent of supervising instructor. Approval form must be completed in office of unit head. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. |
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Colloquium in Experimental Psychology |
1 |
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Research and practical issues in experimental psychology. May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours. S/NC grading only. |
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Foundations of Counseling Psychology |
3 |
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History, theory, research and practice of counseling psychology. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. |
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Analysis of Variance for Social Sciences |
3 |
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Analysis of variance and statistical theory: application within social science framework. Contrasts among means, trend analysis, analysis of covariance, analysis of factorial designs, and multivariate approaches to analysis of within subjects data. |
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Multiple Regression for Social Sciences |
3 |
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Complexities of regression analyses and theory: application within social science framework. Bivariate correlation and regression, multiple regression, analysis of variance sets, interactions among continuous predictors, reducing co-linearity between main effects, and application of multiple regression to testing procedures of mediation and moderation. |
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General Vertebrate Neuroanatomy |
3 |
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Lecture and laboratory. Structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Prereq: 461 or equivalent and consent of instructor. |
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Behavioral Neurology |
3 |
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Disorders of nervous system, organic brain dysfunctions. Diagnosis and treatment. Prereq: Consent of instructor. |
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College Teaching in Psychology |
3 |
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Concepts, techniques, and materials for teaching psychology at the college and/or university level. Supervised practice. Prereq: Consent of instructor. S/NC grading only. |
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Cognitive Science |
3 |
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Theories and research. Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. |
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Advanced Animal Behavior |
3 |
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Second-level course in ethology, stressing evolution, genetics, physiology, ecology and human behavior. Prereq: 450.(Same as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 545.) |
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Ethological Psychology |
3 |
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Basic ethology and comparative psychology. Implications for human behavior. Prereq: Consent of instructor. (Same as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 546.) |
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Conceptual Foundations of Evolution and Behavior |
3 |
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Critical evaluation of seminal writings in theory and methods in comparative analysis of behavior. (Same as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 547.) |
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Social Psychology |
3 |
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Survey of theory and research concerning interpersonal interaction and individual behavior in social context. Prereq: Consent of instructor. |
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Laboratory in Psychometrics |
3 |
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Further learning about psychometric theories: item response theory (modern mental test theory), factor analysis, and applications of those methods using computer programs to simulated or empirical data. Prereq: 555, may be repeated. Maximum 6 hourrs. |
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Psychometrics |
3 |
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Basic concepts: factor analysis, scaling, test theories, probability models and their applications, computerized adaptive testing and other topics. Prereq: Statistics 537-538 or equivalent. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. |
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Interviewing and Observation |
3 |
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Sensitizing students to their own feelings and beliefs and to feelings of interviewees. Analysis of language content, style, and body language. Exploration of various important aspects of interviewee's life. Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology or consent of instructor. Coreq: 559. |
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Laboratory in Interviewing and Observation |
3 |
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Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology or consent of instructor. Coreq: 558. |
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Psychology of Learning |
3 |
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Review of current evidence from research involving human and/or nonhuman animals. Prereq: 400 and consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. |
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History and Systems of Psychology |
3 |
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History of philosophy concerning psychology. Major systems of psychology which emerged during the 20th century. Prereq: graduate standing. |
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Group Dynamics and Methods |
3 |
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(See Counselor Education 554) |
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Prepracticum in Career Development |
3 |
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Diadactic instruction and practice in counseling and career exploration. Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in counseling psychology. |
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Practicum in Counseling |
3 |
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(See Counselor Education 555) |
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Personality: Theory and Research I |
3 |
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Advanced survey of psychodynamic and neo-Freudian approaches to personality. Related research. Prereq: Admission to clinical program or consent of instructor. |
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Personality: Theory and Research II |
3 |
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Advanced survey of behavioral and humanistic approaches to personality: Related research. Prereq: Admission to clinical program or consent of instructor. |
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Individual Cognitive Assessment in Counseling |
3 |
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Basic concepts and applications in individual assessment of intelligence; proficiency in administrative scoring, interpretation for Wechsler, adults and children, Stanford-Binet. Prereq: 445, Counselor Education 525 or equivalent. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. |
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Descriptive and Theoretical Psychopathology |
3 |
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Current psychiatric taxonomic system. Theories of etiology for varios diagnostic categories. Examples from written case vignttes and recorded interviews. Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology or consent of instructor. |
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Cross-cultural Counseling: Theory and Research |
3 |
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(See Counselor Education 570) |
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Object Relations |
3 |
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European and American conceptions of normal and psychopathological development of object relations. Significance for psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and psychoanalytic theory. Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology or consent of instructor. |
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Research Questions and Designs |
3 |
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Question-asking process in research and strategies or designs through which answers might be derived. Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology or consent of instructor. |
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Independent, Off-campus, or Foreign Study |
1-15 |
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Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours. S/NC grading only. |
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Psychological Assessment I |
3 |
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Basic concepts and techniques of adult assessment: Intelligence tests and personality tests. Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology or consent of instructor. |
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Psychological Assessment II |
3 |
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Basic concepts and techniques of adult assessment: Intelligence tests and personality tests. Prereq: Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology and 594 or consent of instructor. |
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Laboratory in Psychological Assessment |
1 |
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Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology or consent of instructor. Coreq: 594 or 595. May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours. S/NC grading only. |
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Ethical Issues in Professional Psychology |
3 |
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Conceptual and practical applications in human services and research. Prereq: Consent of instructor. |
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Clinical Psychopathology |
3 |
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Formal use of descriptive categories ussed in the diagnosis of abnormal behavior. Prereq: 597, or equivalent or consent of instructor. |
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Doctoral Research and Dissertation |
3-15 |
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P/NP only. |
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Professional Seminar |
3 |
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Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. |
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Seminar in Applied Psychometrics |
3 |
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May be repeated. Maximum 9 hrs. Prereq: 555, 557 and consent of instructor. |
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Seminar in Applied Psychology |
1-3 |
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Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. |
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Seminar in Existential-Phenomenological Psychology |
3 |
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Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. |
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Seminar in Cognitive Science |
3 |
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Prereq: 543 and consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. |
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Seminar in Methods of Naturalistic Research |
3 |
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546 or consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. |
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Advanced Seminar in Personality |
3 |
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Theory, research and conceptual analysis of studies with application to education and counseling. Prereq: 470 or equivalent. (Same as Counselor Education 625.) |
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Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Psychology |
3 |
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Research, human services, teaching, and public policy. Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in psychology or consent of instructor. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. (Same as Educational Psychology 635; Counselor Education 635) |
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Education Implications of Neuropsychology |
3 |
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Theory and assessment. Common syndromes and their behavioral and cognitive manifestations. Prereq: 461 or consent of instructor. |
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Personality and Vocational Assessment |
3 |
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Use and integration of personality and vocational measures in assessment of clients. Prereq: 445 or Counselor Education 525 or consent of instructor. (Same as Counselor Education 671.) |
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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy I |
3 |
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Theories and principles. Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology or consent of instructor. |
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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy II |
3 |
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Theories and principles. Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology or consent of instructor and 670. |
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Psychological Dysfunction |
3 |
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Classification methods, dynamics and treatment of dysfunctional individuals in counseling. Prereq: 625 and a course in abnormal psychology, or consent of instructor. |
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Laboratory in Psychotherapy |
2 |
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Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in clinical psychology or consent of instructor. Coreq: 670 or 671. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. |
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Practicum in Counseling Psychology |
3 |
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Supervised practice of individual counseling. Minimum 135 clock hours required each semester. Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in counseling psychology, 445 or equivalent, 569 and consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. |
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Advanced Theory and Practice in Group Counseling |
3 |
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Theories and supervised practice. Prereq: 567 and consent of instructor. |
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Field Placement in Counseling Psychology |
3 |
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Prerequisite: 674 and admission to the doctoral program in counseling psychology. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. |
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Theory and Practice of Counseling Supervision |
3 |
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Theory and practice of supervision in counseling. Prereq: 674 or consent of instructor. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. |
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Internship in Counseling Psychology |
1-6 |
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Supervised employment in departmentally approved counseling psychology internship sites. Prereq: Admission to counseling psychology doctoral program and consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. |
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Seminar in Behavioral Medicine |
3 |
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Current research and theory concerning relationships between behavior and health. Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. |
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Field Placement in Clinical Psychology |
3 |
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Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in counseling psychology or consent of instructor. May be repeated. Max: 24 hrs. S/NC grading only. |
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Advanced Psychology Clinic Placement |
1-3 |
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Prereq: Admission to doctoral program in counseling psychology or consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 24 hours. S/NC grading only. |
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Supervised Field Work in Applied Psychology |
1-6 |
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Guided practice in applying psychological principles and techniques in industrial, organizational, and community settings. Prereq: 505, 507, 555, 557, and consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hrs. S/NC grading only.
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