Courses for PSYC (PSYC)
GERO
446/846
Psychology of Adult Development and Aging LINKCrosslisted as PSYC 446| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Major social and psychological changes that occur as a function of aging. Both normal and abnormal patterns of developmental change including their implications for behavior.
LAW
757G
Psycholegal Research Other than Thesis I LINKCrosslisted as PSYC 995| Credit Hours: | 3-6 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Research is supervised and approved by a faculty member in the Law/Psychology program. Absent the prior approval of the Dean, only those students enrolled in the Law/Psychology Joint Degree Program may register for this course. Absent the prior approval of the Dean, no student may take more than 6 hours of research in a selected and/or psycholegal research. A substantial research and writing project on a psychological topic.
LAW
758G
Psycholegal Research Other than Thesis II LINKCrosslisted as PSYC 995A| Credit Hours: | 3-6 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Research is supervised and approved by a faculty member in the Law/Psychology program. Absent the prior approval of the Dean, only those students enrolled in the Law/Psychology Joint Degree Program may register for this course. Absent the prior approval of the Dean, no student may take more than 6 hours of research in a selected and/or psycholegal research. For course description, see LAW 757G.
LAW
762G
Law and Behavioral Science LINKCrosslisted as PSYC 985| Credit Hours: | 1-4 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
General issues in the interaction between law and the behavioral sciences; discussion of the use/misuse/nonuse of the behavioral sciences in the law, with attention to ways of making behavioral science input most useful; analysis of the law as a behavioral instrument.
LAW
763G
Mental Health Law LINKCrosslisted as PSYC 988| Credit Hours: | 1-4 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Critical review of the mental health laws throughout the nation and their psychological foundations. Emphasis on the research that illuminates the problems facing mental health law, system, and processes and the available solutions. Includes the insanity defense, competency to stand trial, guardianship, conservatorship, and civil commitment.
LAW
764G
Topics in Law and Psychology I LINKCrosslisted as PSYC 989| Credit Hours: | 1-4 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
May be repeated once. Analysis of specific psycholegal topics. Previous course titles include Privacy, Mental Health Policy, Legal Decision Making, Institutional Reform and Deinstitutionalization, Legal Policy and Child Development, and Domestic Violence.
LAW
765G
Topics in Law and Psychology II LINKCrosslisted as PSYC 989A| Credit Hours: | 1-4 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
May be repeated once. For course description, see LAW 764G.
PSYC
421/821
Psychology of Gender LINKCrosslisted as WMNS 421/821| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs PSYC.
Theory and research on the role of gender in human behavior and attitudes. Diverse theoretical positions on the development of gender and the biological, social, and cultural bases that influence the relationship between gender and a variety of areas of human experience (e.g., intelligence and achievement, emotion, relationships, sexuality, physical fitness, stress, and coping).
PSYC
425/825
Psychology of Racism LINKCrosslisted as ETHN 425| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
For psychology majors: PSYC 350.
For non-psychology majors: any research methods course.
Major terms and issues in psychology that pertain to race and racism in the United States. General principles of the psychology of racism that are universal. Psychology of the major racial minority groups in the United States examined through their unique cultures, histories, traditions, and collective identities. Research methods for the psychology of racism reviewed as a basis for interpreting research results.
PSYC
428/828
Health Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Junior standing.
The relationship between psychological factors and physical health. Health behavior, health decision-making, health promotion and coping from a variety of theoretical perspectives.
PSYC
440/840
Perspectives in Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs psychology.
Currently important fundamental issues in psychology considered within a framework of their philosophical foundations and historical perspectives.
PSYC
450/850
Advanced Research Design and Data Analysis LINK| Credit Hours: | 4 |
| Course Format: | Lab 3, Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
PSYC 350 with a grade of B or better.
Presentation of advanced, experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental research designs and statistical models employed in psychological and behavioral research. Factorial ANOVA and ANCOVA designs and analysis, with interpretation and presentation of the results in oral, written, and web-based formats. Create, perform, and present an individual research project.
PSYC
451/851
Multivariate Research Design and Data Analysis LINK| Credit Hours: | 4 |
| Course Format: | Lab 3, Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
PSYC 350 with a grade of B or better
Presentation of multivariate research designs and statistical models employed in psychological and behavioral research. Analysis using multiple regression and linear discriminant function models; interpretation and presentation of the results in oral, written, and web-based formats. Create, perform, and present an individual research project.
PSYC
458/858
Behavior Genetics LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Introduction to concepts and research in behavior genetics. The role of heredity in normal and disordered behaviors will be examined, with a special emphasis on the mechanisms by which genetic variation influences individual differences in behavior.
PSYC
460/860
Human Memory LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs psychology, including PSYC 350.
Issues in human memory within the context of cognitive psychology: attention; short and long term memory; retrieval processes; semantic memory; how long-term memory is involved in comprehension and knowledge; how emotion affects memory; and the major research paradigms used in the study of memory.
PSYC
461/861
Learning Processes LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs psychology, including PSYC 268.
Theoretical evaluation of studies of learning, thinking, and perception.
PSYC
462/862
Motivation and Emotion LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs psychology, including PSYC 350.
Major problems and methods involved in the study of motivation and emotion including theoretical considerations.
PSYC
463/863
Perception LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Analysis and comparison of approaches to the study of current problems in human perception and information processing. Psychophysical judgment, signal detection theory, perception of form and space, and the role of imagery in perception.
PSYC
465/865
Behavioral Neuroscience LINKCrosslisted as BIOS 419/819| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Relationship of physiological variables to behavior, an introduction to laboratory techniques in neuropsychology.
PSYC
466/866
Attention and Performance LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Theory and research on human attention and the critical link between attention and performance within the context of cognitive psychology. The influence of various factors on attention (e.g., emotion, video games, cognitive disorders) and how these influence behavior (e.g., eye movements, perception, motor control, search).
PSYC
471/871
Human Sexuality and Society LINKCrosslisted as SOCI 471/871, EDPS 471/871, CYAF 471/871| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Junior standing and 12 hrs in one of the departments in which the course is listed.
Open to advanced students planning careers in the professions in which knowledge of human behavior and society is important (e.g., helping professions, medicine, law, ministry, education, etc.).
Interdisciplinary approach to the study of human sexuality in terms of the psychological, social, cultural, anthropological, legal, historical, and physical characteristics of individual sexuality and sex in society.
PSYC
483/883
Psychology of Social Behavior LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs PSYC, including PSYC 288.
Current problems, methods, and findings in the study of individual behavior as it is influenced by the social environment.
PSYC
485/885
Theories of Personality LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs psychology, including one 200-level Group 2 course.
Detailed comparative study of the classic and modern theories of personality from the point of view of conflicts in the philosophies of science and images of man implied in the various theories.
PSYC
486/886
Clinical Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs psychology, including one 200-level Group 2 course.
Fundamental procedures in clinical practice, a critical evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.
PSYC
489/889
Child Behavior and Development LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs psychology, including one 200-level Group 2 course.
Current issues in theory and research in developmental psychology examined (e.g., emotional development, the changing American family, the preschool years, social understanding), along with methods of research in these and other areas.
PSYC
899
Masters Thesis LINK| Credit Hours: | 6-10 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser
PSYC
901
Pro-seminars in Cognition and Learning LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
902A
Developmental: Biological and Cognitive Development LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
902B
Developmental: Social and Personality Development LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
903
Proseminar in Personality LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
904
Proseminar in Physiological LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
905
Proseminar in Sensation and Perception LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
906
Proseminar in Social Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
907
Proseminar in Cognitive Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
908
Proseminar in Clinical–Community LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
909
Proseminar in Psychopathology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
910
Proseminar in History and Philosophy of Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
PSYC
920
Seminar in Psychology: Abnormal LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-9 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Advanced graduate standing and permission
PSYC
921
Seminar in Psychology: Developmental LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-9 |
| Max credits per degree: | 9 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Advanced graduate standing and permission.
PSYC
922
Seminar in Psychology: Clinical LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-9 |
| Max credits per degree: | 9 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Advanced graduate standing and permission.
PSYC
924
Seminar in Psychology: Learning LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-9 |
| Max credits per degree: | 9 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Advanced graduate standing and permission.
PSYC
925
Ethics for Psychologists LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
Introduction to ethical principles and reasoning for research, teaching and professional practice in psychology.
PSYC
925A
Ethics for Clinical Psychologists LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Advanced graduate standing and permission
Application of ethical principles to practica and professional practice. Critique of the status of a professional mental health discipline, a discipline’s ethical code, and practice in society.
PSYC
925B
Ethics for Psychology and the Law LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 1 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Application of ethical principles to the practice of psychology in interaction with legal institutions with an emphasis on the communication of psychological expertise and research to those legal institutions.
PSYC
926
Seminar in Psychology: Personality LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-9 |
| Max credits per degree: | 9 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Advanced graduate standing and permission.
PSYC
929
Seminar in Psychology: Social Behavior LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-9 |
| Max credits per degree: | 9 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Advanced graduate standing and permission.
PSYC
930
Seminar in Psychology: Pychometric Methods LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-9 |
| Max credits per degree: | 9 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Advanced graduate standing and permission.
PSYC
941
Fundamentals of Research Design and Data Analysis 1 LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Instructor permission
PSYC 941 is usually offered every fall.
Presentation of basic methods, designs, and data analysis techniques employed in psychological and behavioral research. Univariate and bivariate statistical analyses and research hypothesis testing, multiple groups ANOVA, multiple regression, and the general linear model (GLM).
PSYC
942
Fundamentals of Research Design and Data Analysis 2 LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
PSYC 941 and instructor permission
PSYC 942 is usually offered every spring.
Presentation of additional basic methods, designs, and data analysis techniques employed in psychological and behavioral research. Factorial designs and ANOVA, integrating these designs into the general linear model (GLM), testing and comparing models, uses of statistical control, path analysis, linear discriminant function analysis, and cluster analysis.
PSYC
943
Fundamentals of Multivariate Modeling LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
PSYC 942 and instructor permission
Presentation of the core topics in modern multivariate analysis, including extensions of linear models involving link functions, maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation, missing data, path models for multivariate regression and mediation, repeated measures analysis of variance, and exploratory factor analysis.
PSYC
944
Multilevel Models for Longitudinal and Repeated Measures Data LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
PSYC 943 and instructor permission
Applications of the multilevel model (hierarchical linear model, general linear mixed model) for analyzing longitudinal and repeated measures data, including analysis of growth curves, within-person fluctuation, repeated measures research designs with crossed random effects, and simultaneous prediction of multiple sources of variation.
PSYC
945
Advanced Multilevel Models LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
PSYC 944 and permission
Advanced applications of the multilevel model (hierarchical linear model, general linear mixed model) for examining multiple sources of variation, models for crossed sources of nesting, three levels of nesting, heterogeneous variances, multivariate outcomes, and non-linear outcomes.
PSYC
946
Psychology of Survey Response LINKCrosslisted as SRAM 946| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Cognitive and communicative processes affect on dynamics of survey interviewing and relationships to principles of survey design. Effects of question wording on comprehension; question order and context on attitude; communicative and retrieval processes on validity of retrospective behavioral reports; and impact of response alternatives on answers.
PSYC
947
Questionnaire Design LINKCrosslisted as SOCI 947, SRAM 947| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Design of questionnaires for survey research and the theoretical and practical issues arising from them. Selection of appropriate measurement techniques for assessing opinions, past behaviors and events, and factual material.
PSYC
948
Latent Trait Measurement and Structural Equation Models LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
PSYC 943 and instructor permission
Contemporary measurement theory and latent variable models for scale construction and evaluation, including confirmatory factor analysis, item response modeling, diagnostic classification models, and structural equation modeling.
PSYC
955
Introduction to Clinical Assessment LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
Introduction to the theory and application of assessment procedures and techniques. Measurement and interpretive issues in clinical assessment. Laboratory introduction to structured techniques emphasizing intellectual assessment.
PSYC
956
Clinical Assessment Techniques LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
PSYC 955 or permission
Didactic and laboratory training in the administration, scoring, and beginning interpretation of projective and objective assessment techniques.
PSYC
957
Topics in Clinical Assessment LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
A selected topic taught during the course. Examples include clinical neuropsychology, assessment techniques and assessment batteries, individual case conference presentation, and assessment of sexual dysfunctions.
PSYC
958
Seminar in Dispositional Assessment LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Advanced interpretation, issues, and research in clinical psychology assessment. Emphasis on the “dispositional assessment” model of clinical analysis. Student presentations and individual case interpretation.
PSYC
960
Seminar in Alcohol Use and Abuse LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
Biopsychosocial perspective of alcohol abuse. Focus on multiple factors that contribute to alcohol problems, including physiological/genetic, psychological and sociocultural determinants. Intervention, treatment and prevention issues. Societal and governmental attitudes and policies. Emphasis on theoretical and empirical literature bearing on the above areas.
PSYC
961
Psychology of Decision Making LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Psychological, economic, and biological perspectives on decision making in humans and nonhuman animals. Examines the role of psychological mechanisms including learning, memory, heuristics, emotions, and theory of mind in decision-making contexts such as probability judgments, risky choice, intertemporal choice, and cooperation. Includes biological component examining an evolutionary perspective on decision making.
PSYC
963
Group Processes and Group Psychotherapy LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Open to students in community-clinical psychology or permission
Group phenomena which are relevant to mental health service providers. Incorporates both didactic and experiential teaching of group process and group outcome issues. Focus on group process issues in group therapy (using the group concepts of Yalom and other writers) and experiencing these concepts in a training group.
PSYC
970
Clinical Interviewing LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Admission to the community-clinical psychology program or permission
Basic skills needed in seeing a mental health client (e.g., listening, empathy, reflection and restatement) explored through didactic, group interaction and live individual interviews. Focus is preparing the student to meet their first psychotherapy client in a competent manner. Doing observing and rating pseudo and patient interviews.
PSYC
971
Psychological Literature I LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-6 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Reading assignments in special fields; library reading, conferences.
PSYC
972
Psychological Literature II LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-6 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
For course description, see PSYC 971.
PSYC
974
Teaching Methods for Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
Teaching methods, philosophical perspectives to teaching, practical ideas about classroom instruction, and career issues in higher education.
PSYC
975
Advanced Experimental Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-9 |
| Max credits per degree: | 9 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
Typical refinements of controlled investigations. General methodology and practice in carrying out a few prolonged experiments.
PSYC
976
Psychology of Race and Ethnicity LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Theoretical and practical implications for the impact of race and ethnicity on psychological processes and functioning. The meaning of race and ethnicity for notions of self, identity acquisition and maintenance, intra- and inter-group processes, measurement of biases and discrimination. Methods to improve the treatment of race and ethnic issues within the field of psychology.
PSYC
979
Cultural Diversity in Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
Influence of culturally driven world-views on psychological functioning and on psychological theory. American psychological theory, research and practice influenced by the socialization and world-views of the contributing psychologists. Ways in which existing theory and practice accommodate--or fail to accommodate--the world-views and experiences of racial/ethnic minorities in the contemporary United States.
PSYC
981
Clinical Intervention I LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Graduate standing in clinical psychology training program or permission of director of clinical training
Practical and didactic training in assessment and intervention for psychological and behavioral disorders. Emphasis on entry-level clinical skills including establishment of the therapeutic relationship, case conceptualization, and development of treatment plans within the scientist-practitioner model.
PSYC
982
Clinical Intervention II LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
PSYC 981 and either graduate standing in clinical psychology training program or permission of director of clinical training
Practical and didactic training in assessment and intervention for psychological and behavioral disorders. Emphasis on conceptualization of more complex cases, assessment and treatment of a broader range of cases, and evaluation of efficacy of interventions within the scientist-practitioner model.
PSYC
983
Therapy in Clinical Psychology I LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
Theory and methods employed by different “schools” of therapy analyzed and related to basic psychological theory.
PSYC
986
Child Psychopathology and Assessment LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Advanced graduate standing and permission
Major categories of child psychopathology, theoretical formulations of etiology of such disorders, empirical findings and issues related to each disturbance and appropriate instruments for assessing each disorder.
PSYC
987
Child Therapy LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Advanced graduate standing and permission
Various child intervention techniques with an emphasis on behavioral parent training for child noncompliance.
PSYC
990
Practicum in Teaching Methods for Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-6 |
| Max credits per degree: | 6 |
| Course Format: | Independent Study |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
PSYC 974 and permission
Students will contract with instructor to teach an undergraduate psychology course under supervision. Individual instruction on teaching methods, classroom assessment, and practical classroom techniques.
PSYC
991
Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission and second-year graduate standing; at least 1 sem graduate-level statistics
Research design and the application of design to real research problems, including the application of statistics, problems of control, confounding, alternative explanations, demand characteristics, and experimenter effects. In addition to readings in theory of design and experimentation, the practical solution of design problems and critique of research are emphasized.
PSYC
992
Field Methods in Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Second-year graduate standing and permission
Design and implementation of field research, including observational methods, experimental and quasi-experimental designs, and program evaluation. In addition to readings in the theory of field research methodology, the solutions to specific, commonly occurring design and statistical problems are emphasized.
PSYC
993
Seminar in Program Evaluation LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Major issues involved in the evaluation of programs which deliver human services. Includes needs assessments, outcome evaluation techniques, qualitative methods, goal attainment scaling, multi-attribute utility theory, role relationships and political problems with which evaluators must contend.
PSYC
996
Research Problems Other Than Thesis LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-24 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
PSYC
997
Clinical Practicum LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-30 |
| Max credits per degree: | 30 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Full graduate standing in clinical psychology training program or permission of director of clinical training
Individually supervised evaluative and diagnostic work with clinic subjects. Emphasis on the refinement of skills in evaluating and diagnosing behavior deviations.
PSYC
998
Practicum in Law and Psychology LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 6 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Full graduate standing in Law/Psychology Graduate Training Program or permission of the director of the Law/Psychology Program
See description under Law/Psychology Studies which follows. Supervised fieldwork in law and psychology. Emphasis on the integration of legal analysis and psychological research in the formulation or implementation of public policy.
PSYC
999
Doctoral Dissertation LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-24 |
| Max credits per degree: | 55 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair