Department: Psychology

Code Name Description
PSY3200 Biopsychology Introduces the biological bases of human and nonhuman behavior, with emphasis on underlying physiological mechanisms, and on the development, evolution, and function of behavior. Topics include neuroanatomy, neurochemical communication, sensation and...
PSY3500 Tests and Measurements in Psychology Covers the fundamentals of measurement theory and practice upon which all psychological testing rests. Major topics include: types of measurement, correlation, reliability, validity, test development and norms. Major individual and group tests of int...
PSY6455 Teaching of Psychology This course will provide a hands-on experience in the teaching of basic concepts in Psychology. It will provide training in a variety of teaching techniques, review relevant pedagogical issues, and assist graduate students in mastering their initial...
PSY6970 Research Practicum This course will provide research experience under mentorship. Student activities involve significant responsibilities in the research process, including design of data collection methods and instruments, collecting data, making the data file, condu...
PSY7702 Practicum II In the four-six semester Practicum sequence, students will be placed in a series of increasingly challenging internal and external placements, through which they will acquire hands-on training and experience in conducting psychological assessments an...
PSY7703 Practicum III In the four-six semester Practicum sequence, students will be placed in a series of increasingly challenging internal and external placements, through which they will acquire hands-on training and experience in conducting psychological assessments an...
PSY7704 Practicum IV In the six-semester Practicum sequence, students will be placed in a series of increasingly challenging internal and external placements, through which they will acquire hands-on training and experience in conducting psychological assessments and int...
PSY7705 Practicum V In the six-semester Practicum sequence, students will be placed in a series of increasingly challenging internal and external placements, through which they will acquire hands-on training and experience in conducting psychological assessments and int...
PSY7706 Practicum VI In the six-semester Practicum sequence, students will be placed in a series of increasingly challenging internal and external placements, through which they will acquire hands-on training and experience in conducting psychological assessments and int...
PSY7708 Practicum VIII In the six-semester Practicum sequence, students will be placed in a series of increasingly challenging internal and external placements, through which they will acquire hands-on training and experience in conducting psychological assessments and int...
PSY7711 Supplemental Practicum In the eight semester Practicum sequence, students will be placed in a series of increasingly challenging internal and external placements, through which they will acquire hands-on training and experience in conducting psychological assessments and i...
PSY7815 Multicultural Competence This course is an introduction to the psychological principles, theories, and applications of multiculturalism. Students will be required to examine one’s own sense of self and others’ identity, beliefs and assumptions, and behaviors from a multicult...
PSY7820 Evaluation of Treatment Effectiveness This course will teach the contemporary psychological approaches to assessment, treatment planning, and intervention based in biopsychosocial systems and evidence-based interventions. Major areas will include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substa...
PSY7825 Quantitative Research Methods This graduate course introduces basic research methodology and experimental design used in psychological science. Covers methods of empirical research, particularly applicable to clinical and counseling situations, primary emphasis on interpretation,...
PSY7830 Group Therapy This is a graduate course that covers the theories, approaches and techniques used in group psychological treatment. The student will learn group therapy behaviors that influence helping processes and group therapy theories that will provide the stud...
PSY8000 Risk Management in Clinical Practice The practice of professional psychology can be risky for practitioners, especially those new to practice. Risk can arise from many sources, from high-peril clients to inattentiveness, to details in completing paperwork. This course will teach student...
PSY8730 Crisis Intervention and Trauma This course will provide an overview of the psychological impact of crisis and trauma across the lifespan, including cultural and historical trauma. It includes theories of trauma from the Greco-Roman period to today, the multifaceted, biopsychosocia...
PSY8800 Dissertation Preparation This course provides guidance for students beginning to plan their dissertation. Through seminars, interactive exercises, and group supervision, students will generate and develop research questions and hypotheses, begin a preliminary literature revi...
PSY8811 Motivation and Emotion This course will provide basic concepts in the scientific understanding of motivation and emotion in psychology. You will be introduced to the study of emotions and how emotions contribute to the expression of motivated goal-directed behaviors. Emp...
PSY8812 Advanced Topics in Individual and Cultural Diversity This course provides an advanced, integrative review of a significant theme or topic in psychology that supplements regularly offered electives for doctorates in psychology. Topics may vary from semester to semester and could include human sexuality...
PSY8813 Psychopharmacology Introduction to pharmacology in the treatment of psychopathology, including discussion of various models of disorders and the impact of drugs that specifically act on the nervous system to influence behavior and mental processes. Emphasis on basic ph...
PSY9000 Dissertation Individual Supervision and Completion - I Over three semesters of individual supervision, dissertation chairs will supervise students to complete their dissertation research and writing, submit their written dissertation, and undergo an oral dissertation defense. In PSY 9000, students will...
PSY9001 Dissertation Individual Supervision and Completion – II Over three semesters of individual supervision, dissertation chairs will supervise students to complete their dissertation research and writing, submit their written dissertation, and undergo an oral dissertation defense. In PSY 9001, students conduc...
PSY9002 Dissertation Individual Supervision and Completion - III Over three semesters of individual supervision, dissertation chairs will supervise students to complete their dissertation research and writing, submit their written dissertation, and undergo an oral dissertation defense. In PSY 9002, students conduc...