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PC 725 - Loss and Bereavement (3.00 cr.)
Combines didactic and experiential activities in a seminar-style class that deals with the human grief reaction to loss and coping with issues of bereavement, illness, and end-of-life concerns. Personal experiences and readings enhance content that includes the psychology of human grief; bereavement rituals and cultural diversity; supporting grieving people, both generally and clinically; and criteria for identifying the presence of complicated grief reactions. Students are challenged to articulate the impact of counselor worldviews and the client's spiritual beliefs on the grieving process, and methods for evaluating counseling effectiveness. Students are also encouraged to explore the bereavement process relative to their own lives by sharing in small groups, readings discussions, and personal writings.
Prerequisite: PC 662 .
Restrictions: Restricted to MS students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 726 - Diversity Issues in Counseling (3.00 cr.)
An introduction to diversity issues in counseling emphasizing the cultural, spiritual, religious, social, gender, sexual orientation, and community contributions to human development and mental health. Students explore and challenge their assumptions of their own diverse backgrounds and develop the knowledge and sensitivity to working with those from different backgrounds, attributes, and cultures. Must be taken prior to PC 661 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 728 - Psychodynamic Theories: Treatment Approaches and Spiritual Integration (3.00 cr.)
Provides students with an advanced immersion in contemporary psychodynamic theory (Freud, Adler, and Jung) and practice with a spiritually-oriented emphasis. This course explores the theoretical developments of psychoanalytic thinking including affect regulation theory, and attachment theory in contemporary practice. The course also includes an exploration of spiritually oriented psychodynamic theory as related to clinical pastoral counseling. Discussion of theory is illustrated and integrated with clinical instruction in the rudiments of psychodynamic theory and its component skills, including mindfulness processes in psychodynamic clinical applications.
Prerequisite: PC 662 , PC 778 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 730 - Child and Adolescent Theory and Practice: Treatment Approaches and Spiritual Integration (3.00 cr.)
Focuses on the cognitive, physical, spiritual, and psychosocial development of children and adolescents and the implications for spiritually oriented psychotherapy. This course also explores assessment, prevention, and intervention for the spiritual, emotional, behavioral, and academic concerns typically seen from age 7 through adolescence, including depression, loss and trauma, ADHD, and externalizing and acting out issues. A variety of approaches are taught, including specialized strategies for spiritually oriented child therapy, play therapy, adolescent therapy, parent counseling, and intervention with families and schools.
Prerequisite: PC 662 , PC 778 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 732 - Spiritual and Theological Dimensions of Suffering (3.00 cr.)
An overview of differing religious worldviews of human pain and suffering. These worldviews are examined in terms of their potential to support healing from physical and emotional suffering, as well as the ways that the worldviews may directly or inadvertently create barriers to healing. Students investigate in depth at least one major religious or spiritual worldview in terms of its implications for facilitating or inhibiting healing.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 741 - Foundations of Social Justice (3.00 cr.)
Explores the philosophical, ethical, and theological foundations for social justice. Particular attention is placed upon Catholic social teachings and ethics. Students learn the ethical and theological imperatives for justice, such as those found in the gospels, toward the development of their personal, faith-based theo-ethic of justice. The course concludes by examining how such foundations influence applied ministry in particular contexts.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 742 - Transformational Leadership (3.00 cr.)
Explores the role of leadership in efforts to transform thinking, communities, systems, and policies. Traditional approaches to leadership that focus on authoritative and commanding individuals are contrasted with newer models that attend to the complexities of today's justice issues. Students learn leadership models that recognize the need to work collaboratively to navigate relationships, structures, processes, and institutional dynamics. Particular attention is given to leadership in community organizing and nonprofit management.
Restrictions: Restricted to MA students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 744 - Class and Poverty: Scriptures, Theologies, and Praxis (3.00 cr.)
Introduces students to religious social ethics as well as moral and liberation theologies. This course builds upon PC 742 to help students refine and develop their theo-ethic of justice and hone skills in social analysis and theological reflection. Students apply these skills to contemporary issues such as immigration, consumerism, globalization, world poverty, etc.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 753 - Statistics I: Introduction to Univariate Statistics (3.00 cr.)
A survey of elementary techniques of parametric statistics through one-way ANOVA, and an introduction to nonparametric statistics. Basic correlation and regression topics are examined. An introduction to the use of SPSS computer software. An overview of the basic philosophy of science. An introductory course for M.S.-Ph.D. and Ph.D. students; other students enroll in PC 653 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 754 - Statistics II: Multiple Regression (3.00 cr.)
General considerations in regression analysis; hypothesis testing in regression; multiple, partial, and semi-partial correlations; confounding variables and interaction effects in regression; regression diagnostics; dummy variables; one-way ANCOVA; use of SPSS for regression analysis.
Restrictions: Restricted to MS-PhD and PhD students (may be waived with written permission of the instructor).
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 755 - Statistics III: Multivariate Statistics (3.00 cr.)
An introduction to multivariate statistics and analysis including MANOVA, principal components and factor analysis, discriminant analysis, and canonical correlation. Basic psychometric analyses for scales and their development are also covered. Students are expected to use SPSS to conduct analyses and write reports based on data sets that are provided.
Prerequisite: PC 754 .
Restrictions: Restricted to MS-PhD and PhD students (may be waived with written permission of the instructor).
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PC 778 - Treatment of Psychopathology (3.00 cr.)
Students learn advanced skills in case conceptualization, differential diagnosis, and treatment strategies that are the foci of outpatient and inpatient intervention.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 790 - Integration Seminar (3.00 cr.)
Challenges students to integrate psychology and spirituality as they articulate their way of being, understanding, and intervening as pastoral counselors. Students focus attention on their personal histories up until the present time, and how that has influenced an understanding of their way of being and theory of mind. Students are also challenged to explore a clinical population of interest, and discover the relevant research and produce a literature review on that clinical population. Additionally, students address issues associated with treating that clinical population from a pastoral counseling perspective. The primary assignment for the course is the production of a final project.
Prerequisite: PC 663 .
Restrictions: Restricted to MS students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 805 - Advanced Individual Supervision I (3.00 cr.)
Consists of 15 hours each semester of individual supervision which may focus on one client to meet AAPC membership or several clients. Intensive process supervision with special attention to middle phase therapy issues. Weekly tapes are required. A supervisory fee is charged.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 806 - Advanced Individual Supervision II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of PC 805 . A supervisory fee is charged.
Prerequisite: PC 805 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 808 - Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues (3.00 cr.)
An examination of the ethical, legal, and professional issues faced by counselors in general, and pastoral counselors in particular. Specific topics include certification, licensure, and membership in professional organizations; confidentiality and privilege (including HIPAA privacy training); documentation and consultation; dual relationships and boundary issues; multicultural awareness; and many risk management and ethical issues that arise in counseling practice. Students become familiar with relevant ethical codes (especially those for the American Counseling Association and the American Association of Pastoral Counselors) and certain laws that govern the practice of counseling. Further, the course provides students with a framework for ethical decision making within the counseling context.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 821 - Cognitive Behavioral Theory and Practice: Treatment Approaches and Spiritual Integration (3.00 cr.)
Provides an overview of the theoretical foundations of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) and also introduces students to "third wave CBTs" such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and schema therapy. Students review CBT's causal assumptions, assessment methodologies, and intervention strategies, as well as religious and spiritually integrated CBT, and methods for evaluating counseling effectiveness. Through classroom demonstrations and exercises, case formulation and treatment plans, students practice and familiarize themselves with the applied issues that arise in cognitive-behavioral assessment and counseling interventions.
Prerequisite: PC 662 .
Restrictions: Restricted to MS-PhD and PhD students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 825 - Loss and Bereavement (3.00 cr.)
Combines didactic and experiential activities in a seminar-style class that deals with the human grief reaction to loss and coping with issues of bereavement, illness, and end-of-life concerns. Personal experiences and readings enhance content that includes the psychology of human grief; bereavement rituals and cultural diversity; supporting grieving people, both generally and clinically; and criteria for identifying the presence of complicated grief reactions. Students are challenged to articulate the impact of counselor worldviews and the client's spiritual beliefs on the grieving process, and methods for evaluating counseling effectiveness. Students are also encouraged to explore the bereavement process relative to their own lives by sharing in small groups, readings discussions, and personal writings.
Prerequisite: PC 662 .
Restrictions: Restricted to MS-PhD and PhD students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 828 - Psychodynamic Theories: Treatment Approaches and Spiritual Integration (3.00 cr.)
Provides students with an advanced immersion in contemporary psychodynamic theory (Freud, Adler, and Jung) and practice with a spiritually-oriented emphasis. This course explores the theoretical developments of psychoanalytic thinking including affect regulation theory, and attachment theory in contemporary practice. The course also includes an exploration of spiritually oriented psychodynamic theory as related to clinical pastoral counseling. Discussion of theory is illustrated and integrated with clinical instruction in the rudiments of psychodynamic theory and its component skills, including mindfulness processes in psychodynamic clinical applications and methods for evaluating counseling effectiveness.
Prerequisite: PC 662 .
Restrictions: Restricted to MS/PhD and PhD students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 830 - Child and Adolescent Theory and Practice: Treatment Approaches and Spiritual Integration (3.00 cr.)
Focuses on the cognitive, physical, spiritual, and psychosocial development of children and adolescents and the implications for spiritually oriented psychotherapy. This course also explores assessment, prevention, and intervention for the spiritual, emotional, behavioral, and academic concerns typically seen from age 7 through adolescence, including depression, loss and trauma, ADHD, and externalizing and acting out issues. A variety of approaches are taught, including specialized strategies for spiritually oriented child therapy, play therapy, adolescent therapy, parent counseling, and intervention with families and schools and methods for evaluating counseling effectiveness.
Prerequisite: PC 662 .
Restrictions: Restricted to MS PhD and PhD students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 842 - Transformational Leadership (3.00 cr.)
Explores the role of leadership in efforts to transform thinking, communities, systems, and policies. Traditional approaches to leadership that focus on authoritative and commanding individuals are contrasted with newer models that attend to the complexities of today's social change and justice issues. Students learn leadership and consulting models that recognize the need to work collaboratively to navigate relationships, structures, processes, and institutional dynamics. Particular attention is given to leadership in community organizing and nonprofit management, as well as consulting, program development, and evaluation in diverse organizations in counseling and related fields. Includes discussions of social change theory, multiculturalism, and advocacy action planning.
Restrictions: Restricted to MS-PhD and PhD students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 856 - Structural Equation Modeling (3.00 cr.)
An introduction to structural equation modeling (SEM) covering data modeling and its utility in theory testing. Students learn the computer-based program LISREL for carrying out path and confirmatory analyses. Students apply concepts to research with spiritual and religious constructs. Strengths and weaknesses are addressed.
Prerequisite: PC 754 , PC 914 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 873 - Crisis Intervention (3.00 cr.)
Crisis intervention theory, skills, and techniques. Change, crises in different cultures, and the legal implications of crisis intervention are studied. Practice focuses on caregiver awareness and understanding.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 897 - Spiritual Themes in Counseling Practice and Integration (3.00 cr.)
Examines the basic concepts that define the integration of spirituality into counseling; identifies and explores specific issues that arise within the therapeutic context; provides an overview of the research and practice of spiritual assessment in counseling; reviews examples of spiritual methods in counseling; and explores, through group presentations and class discussion, spiritual strategies in counseling. Students are encouraged to explore the integration of course concepts and class discussions into their pastoral identities and theoretical orientations.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 898 - Religious and Psychological Research (3.00 cr.)
An overview and summary of the empirical science of people's transcendence-seeking through religious and spiritual experience. Two goals include becoming familiar with the methods and topics that comprise the field known as the psychology of religion and spirituality, and reflecting on the conceptual underpinnings that a faith perspective brings to these topics while exploring the assumptive worlds and implications of these perspectives. Typical topics in the pastoral counseling domain include measuring religious experience; religious coping; forgiveness; hope; prosocial behavior; images of God and attachment; gratitude; meaning-making; and positive and negative aspects of religiosity. Students complete a limited review of the literature on a related topic to aid their integrative reflection.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 900 - Theory and Practice of Counselor Education (3.00 cr.)
Students enter into a mentoring relationship with a Loyola faculty member who supervises and evaluates their development as educators through a practicum format. Students are directed by the faculty member in readings on the theory and practice of counselor education, while also serving as co-instructor in a selected course, videotaping lectures, grading work products, and evaluating students. Written or electronic permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 901 - Doctoral Clinical Practicum (3.00 cr.)
Consists of weekly clinical case conferences in a small group (five to seven students) and focuses on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Weekly presentations involving audio and videotaped counseling sessions, progress notes, and reflections on the supervisory process are presented by the student. This course concentrates on the process of long-term psychotherapy. A clinical training fee is charged.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 902 - Doctoral Clinical Internship (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of PC 901 . A clinical training fee is charged.
Prerequisite: PC 901 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 908 - Doctoral Special Topics in Counselor Education (3.00 cr.)
An opportunity for students to pursue specialized study in counselor education. The project requires the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: PC 900 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 909 - Doctoral Special Topics in Research (1-3.00 cr.)
An opportunity for students to pursue specialized study in an area pertaining to research. The project requires the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: PC 755 , PC 915 , PC 917 , and written or electronic permission of the program director.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 914 - Quantitative Research Methods I (3.00 cr.)
An overview of the philosophy of science and its application to research. Focuses on quantitative research designs. Topics include constructing testable hypotheses, significance testing, randomization and sample selection, power, factorial designs, interactions, and quasi-experimentation. Issues of internal and external validity, generalization of research results, research ethics, scale development, and critical analysis of published research are addressed. Students are expected to develop a research proposal and to participate in data collection.
Prerequisite: PC 755 .
Restrictions: Restricted to MS-PhD and PhD students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 915 - Quantitative Research Methods II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of PC 914 . Students complete an independent research project, including data analysis, manuscript write-up, and scholarly conference presentation. The course focuses on advanced data management and statistical analysis, including both factorial and single-subjects designs. Psychometric theory and scale evaluation are also reviewed.
Prerequisite: PC 914 .
Restrictions: Restricted to MS-PhD and PhD students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 916 - Qualitative Research Methods I (3.00 cr.)
Focuses on theoretical and practical issues related to designing and conducting qualitative research, procedures to generate data relationships, interpretation, and presentation. Includes grounded theory, ethnographic, and phenomenological methodologies.
Restrictions: Restricted to MS-PhD and PhD students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 917 - Qualitative Research Methods II (3.00 cr.)
An advanced-level, qualitative research course that addresses research methodologies in counseling, with a focus on design, data collection, analyses, and writing. Advanced exploration of grounded theory, ethnography, phenomenological research, and action research is included. Students prepare to present their qualitative findings in a scholarly conference presentation or journal publication.
Prerequisite: PC 916 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 932 - Group Leadership (1.00 cr.)
Advanced skills in group leadership, group process and dynamics, and structured interventions appropriate to groups in a variety of settings. Pass/Fail
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 933 - Advanced Treatment in Family Systems (1.00 cr.)
An advanced seminar in the current practices, ethics, and research in family counseling/therapy. Pass/Fail
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 934 - Educational Technology (1.00 cr.)
An advanced experiential seminar examining current trends in the field of educational technology. Computer work outside of class is required. Pass/Fail
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 936 - Advanced Career Development Practices (1.00 cr.)
An examination of research, legislation, and current models of career counseling pertinent to individuals and groups. Pass/Fail
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 937 - Advanced Professional, Legal, and Ethical Issues (1.00 cr.)
A forum for doctoral students to examine and analyze current issues relevant for counselors, educators, and supervisors. Pass/Fail
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 941 - Doctoral Internship I (3.00 cr.)
The student enters into a mentoring relationship with a Loyola faculty member who supervises and evaluates the student's progress in an internship in the areas of: leadership, teaching, or research. Written or electronic permission of the program director. May be repeated for credit. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: PC 902 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 942 - Doctoral Internship II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of PC 941 . May be repeated for credit. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: PC 941 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 943 - Doctoral Internship III (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of PC 942 . May be repeated for credit. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: PC 942 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 944 - Doctoral Mentoring IV (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of PC 943 . May be repeated for credit. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: PC 943 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 950 - Approaches to Psychospiritual Integration (3.00 cr.)
An advanced course in the integration of psychology and spirituality in theory and practice. Students read and reflect on different approaches to the relationship between psychology and spirituality from diverse sources, including depth psychology, transpersonal psychology, Abrahamic theological traditions, Buddhism, philosophy of science, interreligious dialogue, and ethics. Students then critically apply these approaches to clinical examples, and construct their own proposals for integration in a pluralist society. Written or electronic permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 952 - Theory and Practice of Supervision I (3.00 cr.)
An exploration of the supervisory process through case presentation of supervisees in a small group format. Conceptual frameworks of supervision are addressed. Includes a practicum in supervising pastoral counseling students while receiving ongoing group supervision of the supervisory practicum. Specific attention is given to multicultural and ethical issues of supervision.
Prerequisite: PC 902 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 953 - Theory and Practice of Supervision II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of PC 952 .
Prerequisite: PC 952 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 960 - Directed Doctoral Research Supervision (3.00 cr.)
Individual supervision on research topics consisting of analysis, critical review, integration, and interpretation of research literature on a topic. Includes a regular appointment with one dissertation committee member. Written or electronic permission of the instructor and the program director. May be repeated for credit. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the qualifying process.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PC 990 - Dissertation Guidance (3.00 cr.)
Required each semester during which the candidate is actively working on the dissertation. Entitles the candidate to consultation with dissertation director, readers, and other consultants as authorized by the director of research. Written or electronic permission of the instructor and the program director. A dissertation guidance fee is charged for each semester. May be repeated for credit. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: PC 960 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PL 611 - Bioethics (3.00 cr.)
A study of the moral problems and uncertainties connected with biomedical research. Theoretical questions on the nature of morality and methodological foundations of science lead to a discussion of current topics, such as recombinant DNA, cloning, organ transplants, definitions of death, and death therapy.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 600 - Assessment and Appraisal with Lab (3.00 cr.)
Students are introduced to assessment, evaluation, and measurement as they apply to psychology and counseling. Students are instructed in historical perspectives of assessment, theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of assessment techniques, and psychometric concepts necessary for assessment. Students are familiarized with clinical interviewing, making and recording behavioral observations, appraisal and assessment with empirically validated measures, scoring and interpretation, and writing reports that integrate data from each of these.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 601 - Cognitive Assessment with Lab (3.00 cr.)
Students are instructed on the rationale, theory, and standardization of individual cognitive tests. Emphasis is placed on intellectual assessment (WISC, WAIS), and includes other measures. Issues related to assessing intellecutual disability and learning disabilities area addresssed. Students also learn basic interviewing skills, administration and scoring of cognitive tests, and rudimentary interpretation and report writing skills. Ethical and diversity issues, in accordance with the current version of the APA Ethics Code, are also addressed. Students are trained to assist in performing psychological evaluations under the supervision of licensed psychologists.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 602 - Personality Assessment with Lab (3.00 cr.)
Students are instructed in the most recent developments and current status of the assessment of personality using objective and projective personality measures. The focus is on the theoretical basis, administration, scoring, and rudimentary interpretation and report writing skills regarding objective personality assessment measures. Students are also instructed in the use of brief symptom inventories. Students are trained to assist in performing psychological evaluations under the supervision of licensed psychologists. Instruction is given on the background and historical use of projective measures. Ethical and diversity issues, in accordance with the current version of the APA Ethics Code, are also addressed.
Prerequisite: PY 601 or PY 603 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 603 - Introduction to Cognitive Assessment (3.00 cr.)
Students are instructed on the rationale, theory, and standardization of cognition tests. Students learn standardized administration, scoring, and interpretation of empirically validated cognition tests. Integration of assessment results and report writing are also taught. Emphasis is placed on intellectual assessment and achievement assessment.
Prerequisite: PY 600 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 604 - Neuropsychological Assessment (3.00 cr.)
Provides students with an introduction to neuropsychological assessment. Commonly used measures of attention, processing speed, executive function, memory, language, and perception are reviewed, as well as the cognitive dysfunctions associated with common neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Prerequisite: PY 601 or PY 603 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 605 - Psychopathology of Childhood (3.00 cr.)
Familiarizes students with the different diagnoses, etiologies, and treatments of major forms of child psychopathology. Uses the DSM-5 classification system and emphasizes the role of both developmental issues and current research findings in understanding psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 606 - Assessment in Clinical Geropsychology (3.00 cr.)
Provides students with an understanding of the psychometric properties and applications of commonly used measures of assessment with older adults. Students are required to administer, interpret, and complete written reports with older adult testing cases. An emphasis is placed on the assessment of dementia.
Prerequisite: PY 601 or PY 603 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 607 - Assessment: Diagnostic Clinical Methods with Children (3.00 cr.)
Provides students with an understanding of the psychometric properties and applications of commonly used measures of assessment with children and adolescents. Students are required to administer, interpret, and complete written reports with child testing cases. An emphasis is placed on the Bayley-II, WPSSI-R, WIAT, MMPI-A, VMI, and CBCL. The manner in which projective measures need to be adapted to meet the developmental needs of this population is also discussed.
Prerequisite: PY 601 or PY 603 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 608 - Forensic Assessment (3.00 cr.)
Covers the history and purpose of forensic assessment, competency and responsibility evaluations, malingering, risk assessments (both Violence and Sex Offender) and the use of other assessments (MMPI, PAI, MCMI, WAIS, WMS, etc). This course will also cover testifying in court and Maryland law, and includes a mock competency, mock responsibility, and mock testimony.
Prerequisite: PY 601 or PY 603 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 609 - Crisis Intervention and Disaster Mental Health (3.00 cr.)
Students receive formal training in the principles and practices of psychological crisis intervention and disaster mental health. Upon completion, students are in an improved position to take advantage of the professional opportunities available to those trained within this field.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 613 - Advanced Personality Theory and Research (3.00 cr.)
An in-depth survey of selected personality theories and current models of personality research. Typically offered semiannually.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 615 - Advanced Psychopathology (3.00 cr.)
Familiarizes students with the different diagnoses, etiologies, and treatments of major forms of psychopathology, using the DSM-5 classification system. Emphasizes the role of current research findings in understanding psychiatric disorders, ethical issues, and cultural diversity.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 618 - Group Therapy (3.00 cr.)
Provides a general understanding of various psychotherapy group intervention techniques through extensive readings and class materials. Students are provided examples and demonstrations of group intervention techniques through video and invivo classroom activities. Specific information on how to conduct groups for inpatient and outpatient groups is demonstrated and discussed.
Sessions Typically Offered: Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 620 - Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy (3.00 cr.)
Familiarizes students with basic concepts in the theories of counseling and psychotherapy and provides a review of both selected theories and current research relevant to those theories. The theories presented are critically evaluated, contrasted, and applied in understanding real-life treatment situations.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 621 - Principles and Practices in Psychotherapy with Lab (3.00 cr.)
Focuses on the effective use of counseling techniques and strategies, employing both didactic and experiential learning approaches. Familiarizes students with basic helping skills, specific model of intervention, treatment planning, and establishment and maintenance of the therapeutic relationship.
Prerequisite: PY 620 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 622 - Advanced Techniques of Counseling and Psychotherapy (3.00 cr.)
An in-depth survey of a specific counseling or psychotherapeutic modality for the student who wishes to develop further skills and learn the latest research and techniques in a specialized area. Each semester focuses on a different counseling or psychotherapeutic approach, for example, interpersonal therapy, behavioral therapy, cognitive psychotherapy, and others. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 624 - Marriage and Family Therapy (3.00 cr.)
An introduction to family therapy with coverage of the less extant literature that focuses on couples counseling. Course objectives include learning the major theoretical family therapy approaches; developing facility with systems-based conceptualizations; developing an understanding of the ethics involved in working with families; and appreciating the role that diversity has in family systems.
Sessions Typically Offered: Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 639 - Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependence: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention (3.00 cr.)
Provides advanced information on the most recent research, developments, and knowledge on alcoholism and other drug dependence. Students learn the latest developments in prevention techniques, procedures in diagnosis in accordance with DSM-5, and treatment methods.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 642 - The Nature and Treatment of the Stress Response (3.00 cr.)
Examines the nature of the stress response, its implications for disease, and its treatment via nonchemical means. Examines the role of biofeedback and various relaxation therapies and the most recent research on these treatments. Assists students in developing entry-level skills in the use of at least two relaxation therapies-for personal use as well as clinical implementation.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 645 - Introduction to Health Psychology (3.00 cr.)
Introduces the field of health psychology. Discusses the nature and domain of health psychology in addition to current clinical and research issues relevant to the field. Specific topics include psychobiological and behavioral factors in human disease, behavioral medicine, adherence, the interdisciplinary health care team, health assessment, and current training and employment opportunities.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 657 - Lifestyle and Career Development (3.00 cr.)
A review of vocational/career/lifestyle theories and models; life span development stages and career identity; vocational/career assessments; career decision making models; and special topics including cultural influences, organizational settings, and boundaries between mental health and vocational counseling.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 658 - Applied Techniques in Psychology and Law (3.00 cr.)
Focuses on applied clinical aspects of forensic psychology and the most recent research and techniques in this field. Emphasizes the role of the psychologist as expert witness (evaluation process, identification of legal standard, preparation for court, testifying, cross-examination). Topics include competence to stand trial; criminal case disposition and sentencing; death penalty phase assessments; civil commitment; treatment and release issues; and child custody.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 664 - Advanced Developmental Psychology: Life Span (3.00 cr.)
An exploration of typical human development, including infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and later adulthood. Social, emotional, and cognitive development are emphasized. Students are asked to apply an understanding of developmental issues in their professional/work activities.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 667 - Psychology and Spirituality (3.00 cr.)
The intersection of psychology and spirituality is explored in a variety of ways. Students examine how spirituality enhances people's lives to reduce their levels of stress and distress; promotes health; and helps them live fuller, more transcendent lives. Through reading, reflection, discussion, and writing, students also explore the issue of spirituality in the psychological lives of individuals and examine how to respond to spiritual needs and issues in the therapeutic context.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 700 - Research Externship (3.00 cr.)
By arrangement with a selected research setting, students engage in a supervised research experience. Written or electronic permission of the director of master's education, thesis track. An externship fee is charged.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 701 - Research Externship Continuation (3.00 cr.)
For students who wish to receive more than three credits for the research externship. Written or electronic permission of the director of master's education, thesis track. An externship fee is charged.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 704 - Introduction to Clinical Experiences: Community Outreach Rotation (3.00 cr.)
Students engage in supervised community outreach. Training includes outreach efforts, as well as discussing issues of race, social justice, and mental health. May be repeated twice for credit. Pass/Fail
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 705 - Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Counseling and Psychology (3.00 cr.)
A seminar covering professional ethics and legal issues in the professions of counseling and psychology. Students learn models of ethical decision making; write a term paper on a relevant topic; and learn to effectively use the Codes of Ethics of the American Counseling Association, American Psychological Association, and state law.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 707 - Introduction to Clinical Experiences: Adult Intake Rotation (3.00 cr.)
Students engage in supervised clinical intake procedures with adult clients in need of therapy and/or assessment services. Training includes completion of a multimodal structured intake assessment and report, as well as initial diagnostic impressions and recommendation for referral, including multidisciplinary services needs. Pass/Fail
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 708 - Introduction to Clinical Experiences: Child and Adolescent Rotation (3.00 cr.)
Students engage in supervised clinical intake procedures with children, adolescents, and their families who are in need of therapy and/or assessment services. Training includes completion of a multimodal structured intake assessment and report, as well as initial diagnostic impressions and recommendations for referral, including multidisciplinary services needs. Pass/Fail
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 710 - Diversity Issues in Psychology (3.00 cr.)
An overview of the nature of human diversity in psychology. Students develop sensitivity to issues in research and professional practice that may be influenced by factors such as age, ethnicity, race, religion and spirituality, gender, socioeconomic class, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, and other cultural diversity topics.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 711 - Special Topics in Psychology (3.00 cr.)
Elective courses offered on a rotating basis that provide coverage of a specific topic with applications to the practice of psychology and counseling. Topics include social justice, human development, specific treatment populations, intervention techniques for a specific disorder, specialized assessment techniques, advanced statistical methods, and administration of mental health services. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 712 - Business Issues in Professional Practice (3.00 cr.)
Introduces students to business issues in the professional practice of psychology. Topics covered include business models of independent private practice, insurance and managed care paneling, reimbursement, and other contracts. Additional topics include advertising, internet presence, individual or group practice considerations, state licensing laws, professional wills, liability insurance, and short and long-term disability insurance for private practitioners. Students explore rates of reimbursement for self-pay and insurance clients, costs of starting a private practice, and develop a business and marketing plan. Students also explore areas of niche specialization and investigate the feasibility of pursuing this niche based on their research.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 715 - Human Biopsychology (3.00 cr.)
A review of current research and theory regarding brain-behavior relationships. The content includes in-depth comprehension and learning of both human neuroanatomy and physiology.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 725 - Supervised Externship I (3.00 cr.)
Students engage in a supervised training experience by special arrangement with an individual and a selected mental health agency. This course provides students with an opportunity to develop and apply counseling and/or clinical diagnostic skills in a practical setting. Students are also required to register for on-campus supervision. Written or electronic permission of the director of field education. An externship fee is charged.
Prerequisite: PY 621 and 18 graduate hours.
Concurrent Requisite: PY 728 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 726 - Supervised Externship II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of PY 725 . Students are also required to register for on-campus supervision. Written or electronic permission of the director of field education. An externship fee is charged.
Prerequisite (may be taken concurrently): PY 725 .
Recommended Prerequisite: PY 728 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 727 - Supervised Externship III (3.00 cr.)
Designed for students who have completed the first two required externships in the same semester and are continuing with an externship. Students are also required to register for on-campus supervision. Written or electronic permission of the director of field education. An externship fee is charged.
Prerequisite: PY 726 .
Concurrent Requisite: PY 728 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 728 - Field Experience: On-Campus Supervision (0.00 cr.)
On-campus supervision for students who are currently engaged in an off-campus supervised externship. May be repeated twice. Pass/Fail
Concurrent Requisite: PY 709 or PY 725 or PY 726 or PY 727 or PY 771 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 733 - Externship: Continuation (3-6.00 cr.)
For students who wish to receive more than six credits for the externship. Written or electronic permission of the director of field education. An externship fee is charged. May be repeated six times for credit.
Prerequisite: PY 725 and PY 726 may be taken concurrently.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 739 - Research Externship: Continuation (3.00 cr.)
For students who wish to receive more than six credits for the externship. Written or electronic permission of the director of master's program, thesis track. An externship fee is charged. May be repeated twice for degree credit.
Prerequisite: PY 700 , PY 701 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 746 - Research Methods in Psychology I (3.00 cr.)
Covers the goals and limitations of behavioral research which include both experimental and non-experimental designs; the process of formulating research questions and hypotheses; the concepts of variance and control; internal and external validity; the primary methods of describing data; the process of measurement in psychology; sampling; and the goals and techniques of inferential statistics to test hypotheses. In addition, current trends in research methodology and statistics are examined.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 765 - Thesis Guidance: Continuation (0.00 cr.)
Students work with their major readers toward completion of their thesis. If thesis is not completed by the end of the second year in the program, students must enroll in this course each semester (excluding summer) until thesis is completed. Students may request a leave of absence if no work will be done on thesis. A thesis guidance fee is charged for each semester. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: PY 764 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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PY 770 - Practicum (0.00 cr.)
Students complete 100 hours of combined didactic and experiential training in preparation for the externship placement(s). Pass/Fail
Restrictions: Restricted to Clinical Professional Counseling MS students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 771 - Off-Campus Externship (3.00 cr.)
Students engage in a supervised counseling experience where they develop and apply counseling and diagnostic skills in a mental health setting. Students are also required to register for on-campus supervision. May be repeated twice for credit. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: PY 770 .
Concurrent Requisite: PY 728 .
Restrictions: Restricted to Clinical Professional Counseling MS students.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 800 - Professional, Legal, and Ethical Issues (3.00 cr.)
An introduction to the current ethical, legal, and professional standards and principles that govern the practice of psychology. Coverage includes the current APA Ethical Standards and local regulations or issues related to the practice and business of psychology. Examines topics associated with the clinician's legal and professional responsibilities to patients, the court system, institutions, and other professionals.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 802 - Principles and Methods of Assessment (3.00 cr.)
Focuses on case conceptualization, interpretation, and integration of information from multiple sources such as psychological testing, background history, and theoretical knowledge.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 810 - Psychological Measurement (3.00 cr.)
Topics include basic statistical indices, theory of measurement error, reliability, validity, and the role of measurement as it pertains to theory and technique of behavioral measurement.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 813 - Seminar on Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior (3.00 cr.)
A review of current research and theory regarding social and cultural factors impacting human behavior and application to clinical practice.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 814 - Biological Bases of Behavior (3.00 cr.)
A review of current research and theory regarding brain-behavior relationships. The content includes in-depth comprehension and learning of both human neuroanatomy and physiology.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 815 - Psychopathology Seminar (3.00 cr.)
An advanced examination of current theoretical work and research findings in adult and child psychopathology. Controversies in the area are explored.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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PY 816 - Life Span Development (3.00 cr.)
An in-depth study of current research and theory in human development across the life cycle.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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