| 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... |
| PSYM5000 | Introduction to Graduate Study in Psychology | This is an introductory course to graduate study in psychology, broadly surveying the processes underlying behavior, cognition and emotion. These topics and their relationship with each other will include their application in everyday life and in spe... |
| PSYM5200 | Research Methods in Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Covers methods of empirical research particularly applicable to clinical and counseling situations primary emphasis on interpretation, evaluation and application of published research in professional settings. General research design in clinical psyc... |
| PSYM5315 | Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior | This course will provide an overview of the interplay of cognition and affect by evaluating both classical and contemporary core theories and research. Students will become familiar with conscious and unconscious processing, sensation, perception, me... |
| PSYM5325 | Biological Bases of Behavior | 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... |
| PSYM5345 | Social Bases of Behavior | This course examines the social behavior of individuals and groups. Students will become familiar with both classical and contemporary social psychological theories, empirical research, and how to study social phenomena scientifically. Topics include... |
| PSYM5350 | Clinical Psychology | An introduction to the methods, rationale, and empirical foundations of the field of clinical psychology, including historical roots, conceptual models, professional issues, current controversies, and career options. |
| PSYM5365 | Psychopathology and Psychodiagnostic Assessment | Overview of theory, etiology, base rates, and comorbidities of psychopathologies included in the current diagnostic manual. Students learn to use the DSM criteria to make differential diagnoses and to apply psychodiagnostic skills through clinical in... |
| PSYM5550 | Lifespan Development | This course provides an overview of normative and atypical human development across the lifespan, from birth to old age. Theories of biological, social, emotional, and cognitive development will be considered, along with individual variations and cul... |
| PSYM5760 | Counseling Children & Adolescents | This is a course in child and adolescent psychopathology, assessment and treatment. The course will cover DSM child and adolescent disorders. The course will review prevalence, etiology, diagnostic criteria, co-morbidity, sampling patterns, assessmen... |
| PSYM5830 | Group Therapy | This course covers the theories, approaches and techniques used in group psychological treatment. Students will learn group therapy behaviors that influence helping processes and group therapy theories that will provide them with models to conceptual... |