May 21, 2024

Academic Catalog 2016-2017

Academic Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Continuing Education	CE
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Educational Leadership for Change	ELC
Human and Organizational Development	HOD
Infant and Early Childhood Development	IECD
Media Psychology	MSC
Neuropsychology	NEPSY
Organizational Development and Leadership	ODL
Psychology	PSY
Research	RES
School of Leadership Studies	SLS

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	PSY-694A Psychodynamic Clinical Training - Beginner 1 semester credits The track has the goal of fostering interaction among students and faculty interested in deepening their understanding of psychodynamic theory, its history and evolution, contemporary controversies, and relevance to psychology and psychotherapy. We offer track seminars and special events at national sessions and a track forum on FELIX. Delivery Method: In person/Blended Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-694B Psychodynamic Clinical Training - Intermediate 1 semester credits The track has the goal of fostering interaction among students and faculty interested in deepening their understanding of psychodynamic theory, its history and evolution, contemporary controversies, and relevance to psychology and psychotherapy. We offer track seminars and special events at national sessions and a track forum on FELIX. Delivery Method: In person/Blended Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-694C Psychodynamic Clinical Training - Advanced 1 semester credits The track has the goal of fostering interaction among students and faculty interested in deepening their understanding of psychodynamic theory, its history and evolution, contemporary controversies, and relevance to psychology and psychotherapy. We offer track seminars and special events at national sessions and a track forum on FELIX. Delivery Method: In person/Blended Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-695 Clinical Practicum 1-15 semester credits Practicum training is an organized field experience for credit that provides supervised, face to face training with clients/patients in psychological assessment and intervention. The goal of the practicum training is to develop competencies at levels required for the clinical internship. The minimum practicum experience is 1,000 hours, with most students completing more hours to develop the competency levels needed to pass the Comprehensive Examination and to be competitive in seeking an internship. Awarded one semester unit of credit per 80 real-time clock hours. Pre-requisites: PSY-708 , PSY-709 , PSY-710A , PSY-710B , PSY-711A1 , PSY-711A2 , PSY-715A Delivery Method: In person Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-695A Additional Clinical Practicum Hours 1-50 semester credits Intensive and formally supervised training in the provision of direct psychological services. The goal of the practicum is to develop at least minimal competencies in each of the four dimensions, and to make students desirable candidates for good internships. 1,000 hours of practicum are required, to include 150 hours of direct service; 75 hours supervision; 10 hours of case conference. The remaining 765 hours may be distributed in direct service, indirect service, or supervision. Semester credit accrued at ratio of one credit to 80 clock hours. Delivery Method: In person Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-695B Additional Clinical Practicum Hours 1-50 semester credits Intensive and formally supervised training in the provision of direct psychological services. The goal of the practicum is to develop at least minimal competencies in each of the four dimensions, and to make students desirable candidates for good internships. 1,000 hours of practicum are required, to include 150 hours of direct service; 75 hours supervision; 10 hours of case conference. The remaining 765 hours may be distributed in direct service, indirect service, or supervision. Semester credit accrued at ratio of one credit to 80 clock hours. Delivery Method: In person Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-695C Additional Clinical Practicum Hours 1-50 semester credits Intensive and formally supervised training in the provision of direct psychological services. The goal of the practicum is to develop at least minimal competencies in each of the four dimensions, and to make students desirable candidates for good internships. 1,000 hours of practicum are required, to include 150 hours of direct service; 75 hours supervision; 10 hours of case conference. The remaining 765 hours may be distributed in direct service, indirect service, or supervision. Semester credit accrued at ratio of one credit to 80 clock hours. Delivery Method: In person Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-696 Clinical Internship 24 semester credits Clinical internships provide a planned, integrated sequence of clinical and didactic experiences with the goal of providing sufficient training and supervision so that the intern can, upon completion, function responsibly as an entry level professional psychologist. Students are required to apply for an accredited internship through the APPIC Match process. Locations of accredited internships can be found at appic.org. Delivery Method: In person Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-697 Specialized Clinical Training 1-20 semester credits Specialized clinical training are seminars that are in addition to the basic requirements. Depending on the nature of the clinical training, faculty and students may develop seminars that increase the knowledge and clinical skills in a specific area/modality. Delivery Method: In person Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-699 Residency Hours Completion 0 semester credits The residency requirement is a minimum amount of contact with faculty members in a variety of activities. This course is logged as complete when a minimum of 300 hours of demonstrated, face-to-face faculty-student contact in a variety of contexts is logged. Students maintain a residency log on which faculty verify the hours of contact between the student and faculty during cluster meetings, regional and national sessions, and other times throughout the student’s tenure at Fielding. Delivery Method: In person Note: Residency hours should be logged as complete prior to internship application. Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-701A Research Methods I 4 semester credits For our PhD students, this is the first part of a two course requirement in research design and methodology. This course provides an overview of research epistemology and ethics and the assumptions that underlie scientific inquiry. Students are expected to become familiar with major research methodologies and designs and the principles underlying their implementation. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Understand the basic epistemological assumptions and tenets that underlie scientific inquiry. 2. Be familiar with a variety of research methods and designs for investigating specific research questions. 3. Understand the implications of internal and external validity in the design and interpretation of research. 4. Be able to apply ethical standards to human research. 5. Be able to read and critically evaluate the concepts, methods and results of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research studies, and to evaluate whether methods were used appropriately, and whether studies were conducted with sensitivity to identified groups (e.g., race, ethnicity, SES, gender, culture, ability, sexual orientation, and to ethical issues.
	PSY-701B Research Methods II 4 semester credits This is the second part of a two course requirement in research design and methodology. This course focuses on developing the abilities make scholarly arguments, critique existing research studies, and design research studies. The primary outcome of the course is writing a research proposal, including a scholarly review of the literature and methodology, on a topic of interest. Pre-requisites: PSY-701A Co-requisites: If not completed previously, PSY-717 must be taken concurrently. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be able to apply basic research design principles and strategies. 2. Be able to develop a scholarly argument with empirical implications. 3. Be able to design and write a research proposal.
	PSY-702 Developmental Bases of Behavior 4 semester credits Normal human development across the lifespan is examined in this course. Included are the major theories and contributors to the understanding of emotions, cognition, language, social behavior, moral reasoning, intelligence, sex roles, and identity. Students analyze how different development approaches/models might conceptualize a given topic of interest. Pre-requisites: PSY-500 , PSY-500A , PSY 525 , or PSY 533 concurrently or completed prior. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: This course is only open to Clinical or Media PhD students or RCP certificate students. Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with classical developmental models and theorists and their limits and current critiques. 2. Be able to analyze how different developmental approaches/models might be conceptualized and studied. 3. Be aware of the complex interaction between nature and nurture influences across the life cycle. 4. Be familiar with how family structures, gender roles, values, beliefs, and worldviews differ across cultural groups and across identified groups in the United States, and how they affect developmental outcomes. 5. Understand the central processes of human development across the entire life cycle.
	PSY-703 History and Systems of Psychology 4 semester credits This course offers a historical understanding of the field of psychology with attention to its major systems and the individuals who contributed to its evolution as an organized discipline. Students demonstrate independent and critical thinking and examine how psychological theory, methods of inquiry, and professional practice are historically and culturally embedded. Co-requisites: PSY-500 , PSY-500A , PSY 525 or PSY 533 taken concurrently or completed prior. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: This course is only open to Clinical or Media PhD students or RCP certificate students. Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with a body of knowledge in the history and systems of psychology, and understand the relevance of that history to current psychological theory. 2. Understand how current ideas, trends, and controversies in psychology reflect, and are impacted by the history of the field. 3. Adopt a “historical sense,” and a habit of going to historical and “primary” sources when researching a topic of theoretical moment. 4. Understand the philosophical roots and foundations of psychology, the basic ideas in the philosophy of sciences as they apply to psychological science, and be familiar with the underlying philosophical and conceptual assumptions of the psychological paradigms (biological, behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic, humanistic, systems, etc.) that underlie current perspectives in psychology. 5. Be able to identify assumptions and trends that define various theories in psychology. 6. Reflect an openness to the interface between psychology and other disciplines, such as philosophy, biology, anthropology, sociology, theology and literary studies that have impacted the history and development of the field. 7. Understand the role and place of psychology within history of ideas and culture. 8. Be familiar with the contributions and potential contributions of non-western and indigenous cultures to psychological theory.
	PSY-704 Theories of Personality 4 semester credits The goal of this class is to develop an understanding of the conceptual and empirical bases of key theories of personality. The multitude of personality theories has been organized into five main approaches: cognitive-behavioral, humanistic-existential, narrative, psychoanalytic, and psychometric/descriptive. Each approach or school shares a set of basic assumptions about what people are like, their motives, course of development, and sources of change. Central to this course is your understanding of the shared issues across theories as well points of commonality and uniqueness. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be able to articulate the core assumptions of major schools of personality: cognitive-behavioral, existential-humanistic, psychoanalytic, and psychometric/descriptive approaches such as trait theories and the five-factor model. 2. Recognize and discuss the similarities and differences across personality theories and consider the benefits and limitations of integrative approaches. 3. Recognize and provide support for the strengths and limitations of a given theory when it comes to addressing the full range of human diversity. 4. Be able to critically report upon and evaluate the empirical support for constructs from specific approaches to personality.
	PSY-705 Social Bases of Behavior 4 semester credits The functioning of the individual within the context of the social environment is examined in this course. It comprises an appraisal of current research and theory in the sub-areas of social psychology, including perception of self and others, interpersonal relationships, group dynamics, attitudes and social behaviors, and cultural/sexual roles. Pre-requisites: PSY-500 , PSY-500A , PSY 525 or PSY 533 taken concurrently or completed prior. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: This course is only open to Clinical or Media PhD students or RCP certificate students. Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know about social construction, including how we construct the concepts of normalcy and pathology, culture, gender, ethnicity, and social class. 2. Be familiar with the literature on group dynamics and leadership. 3. Know about cultural differences and similarities, including stereotyping, prejudice, oppression, and discrimination. 4. Be able to address sociopolitical influences that impinge upon the lives of identified groups (e.g., poverty, stereotyping, powerlessness, and marginalization). 5. Know the literature on attitudes and attitude change, including cognitive consistency, dissonance, persuasion, and the relationship of attitudes to behavior. 6. Understand the literature on social cognition, including person perception (know the classic studies on impression formation and attribution theory). 7. Be familiar with the literature on aggression and violence, with a focus on the role of social learning. 8. Understand the work on social influence (conformity, obedience, bystander psychology, cooperation, altruism, brutality). 9. Know the literature on interpersonal attraction and relationships. 10. Understand and be able to identify methodological problems in social psychology research, including demand characteristics.
	PSY-706 Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior 4 semester credits This broadly conceived course includes knowledge derived from history, philosophy, early psychology, and contemporary neuroscience. Some of its foci, notably involving the nature of consciousness, address questions that remain insufficiently answered and possibly ultimately unanswerable by those with human brains and nervous systems. Students investigate how human behavior is shaped and modulated by cognition, affect, and their interaction. The course includes theories and empirical bases of learning, perception memory, language, motivation, affect, emotion, and executive function, as well as factors that influence cognitive performance and emotional experience and their interaction. Topics include (1) contemporary perceptual, cognitive and affective neuroscience, (2) false and distorted memories, (3) the nature of consciousness, (4) basic emotions, (5) culture, gender, cognition and affect, and (6) interrelationships among cognitions/beliefs, behavior, affect, temperament, and mood. Pre-requisites: PSY 500 , PSY 500A , PSY 525 or PSY 533 taken concurrrently or completed prior. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: This course is only open to Clinical or Media PhD students or RCP certificate students. Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with the primary models of emotion, including “wet mind/dry mind” approaches, interactions and consequences. 2. Be familiar with the theories and models of memory, including metacognition, paradigms and paradoxes. 3. Be familiar with the theories of consciousness, including biological, mathematical, and phenomenological models. 4. Be familiar with the models and research foundations of cognitive science, including neural networks and their implications, and artificial intelligence’s contributions to the understanding of cognitive processes.
	PSY-707 Biological Bases of Behavior 4 semester credits This course surveys the structural and functional relations of the central nervous system, physiology, sensory processes, and behavior. Study is divided into two subsections: (1) physiological psychology and (2) evolution, genetics, and behavior. Students become familiar with the biology of memory and the biological/genetic aspects of psychiatric disorders. Knowledge of the functioning of the brain at the anatomical, cellular, and molecular levels underpins any understanding of behavior. Biological Bases of Behavior provides fundamental knowledge of brain functions in the interest of providing an understanding of the foundational grounding from which all behavior comes. Attention is paid to the physiology of the brain; the environmental, genetic and evolutionary influences on the brain; and the ways in which the brain processes information, records emotions, and instantiates memory and learning. The course includes an understanding of how information from the environment is processed, the underlying mechanisms of affect and reinforcement, how experience can alter the brain, and what limitations are imposed on an individual following neural damage. It also includes a solid understanding of the evolution of mechanisms involved in behavior, as well as the putative mechanisms of medications in the brain. Pre-requisites: PSY 500 , PSY 500A , PSY 525 or PSY 533 taken concurrently or completed prior. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: This course is only open to Clinical or Media PhD students or RCP certificate students. Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know the major anatomical areas of the brain, their evolutionary significance, and their putative functions, and the structure and function of a neuron. 2. Know the mechanisms of information processing at the cellular and molecular levels and the mechanisms of learning and memory at the cellular, molecular, and anatomical levels. 3. Know the influences of heredity and environment on brain development and functioning, pre-and post-partum and through the life span. 4. Know how the brain regulates bodily and brain functions, and how behaviors arise from the biochemical functions at the molecular level, including the transduction of stimuli into information and the generation of responses to internal and external environments.
	PSY-708 Psychopathology 4 semester credits This course examines approaches to the systematic description of psychological disorders: historical, sociopolitical, ethno-racial, gender, age, SES, medical, behavioral, and epidemiological. Topics include the nosological system (DSM-5), the differential diagnoses among its subcategories, etiology, possible alternatives to the existing system, and research in this field. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Certificate students with a graduate level clinical psychology course in psychopathology within the last 5 years may have this course waived, although they will be expected to complete a half-day workshop on DSM-5 if their prior course did not cover DSM-5. This course can only be taken by post-bacc certificate students or Clinical PhD students. Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with the historical evolution of definitions of psychopathology. 2. Be familiar with the various nosological systems (including DSM-IV and general proposals for the DSM-5 revision). 3. Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the present and past nosological systems based on research findings. 4. Understand diverse viewpoints of psychopathology from the perspective of major theoretical orientations. 5. Be able to formulate cases representing major diagnostic categories from different theoretical orientations. 6. Know the prevalence, course, and differential diagnostic and prognostic issues of the major psychological disorders. 7. Know how cultural variables, gender, ethno-racial, SES, and age influence the etiology and manifestation of mental illness, including, but not limited to, culture-specific diagnoses.
	PSY-709 Legal, Ethical and Professional Practice 4 semester credits This course highlights legal and ethical problems that confront psychologists in professional practice and the vital issues facing the profession. Students gain knowledge of the APA code of ethics and standards regarding professional practice and demonstrate familiarity with the laws that establish qualifications, rights, and duties of psychologists in their local jurisdiction. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with the legal and ethical frameworks and guidelines for professional practice (APA Code of Ethics). 2. Know how to access information about the state laws and regulations concerning the practice of psychology in one’s own jurisdiction, and the resources for accessing that information concerning practice in other jurisdictions. 3. Understand the importance of self-awareness and self-care and know how to maintain it. 4. Be able to apply ethical decision making and problem solving to clinical situations and ethical conflicts in a multiculturally sensitive manner.
	PSY-710A Clinical Interviewing 1 semester credits This course will combine aspects of both Idiographic and Structured Clinical interviewing techniques/issues, including attention to mental status, DSM diagnosis, and family/social/medical history-taking. While an emphasis will be on active listening skills, mastering these effectively will help the interviewer prioritize means for gaining specific, needed information in the consultation period for evaluating a prospective adult psychotherapy client. Delivery Method: In person Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know how to conduct initial interviews for assessment purposes. 2. Be able to incorporate a balance of structured clinical interviewing and idiographic interviewing techniques. 3. Be able to conduct interviews to obtain family, socio-emotional, and medical histories. 4. Be able to use interviews to assess client mental status and preliminary DSM diagnoses. 5. Be able to demonstrate active listening skills in order to obtain necessary information for evaluating prospective adult clients.
	PSY-710B Cognitive Assessment 3 semester credits The course will review psychometric theory, and cover cultural issues, biases, and theories of intellectual assessment. The course will also cover development and standardization of the WAIS. During the semester, a video on WAIS administration will be available for review and study. Additionally, during the semester, students are required to attend a 2 day inperson training seminar at the associated National Session (i.e., the National Session that occurs during the semester you are taking this course). This seminar will provide hands-on training in correct administration and scoring of the WAIS. Students must demonstrate proficiency in WAIS administration, scoring, and interpretation in order to successfully complete this course. Pre-requisites: PSY-710A Co-requisites: Required co-requisite unless already completed: PSY-715A Delivery Method: Blended Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know the basics of psychometrics, including test construction and test theory. 2. Be familiar with theories of intelligence, bias in intellectual assessment, cultural issues and controversies. 3. Be able to administer and score the WAIS. 4. Be able to interpret the WAIS IV full scale score, the indexes and the subtests.
	PSY-710C Objective Assessment 3 semester credits This course combines an exploration of the construct of personality and the conceptual issues in the measurement of personality with specific training in the applied skill of personality assessment using structured tests, primarily the MMPI-2. Co-requisites: Required co-requisite unless already completed: PSY-710B Delivery Method: Blended Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know the basic assumptions about the nature of personality and the nature of measurement involved in objective psychological assessment of personality and psychopathology. 2. Know the critique of personality assessment by those who assert the importance of situations and culture in the evaluation or prediction of human functioning. 3. Be familiar with some of the critiques of traditional personality assessment based on other understandings of personality (i.e., CAPS) and other systems of measurement (i.e. Rasch Modeling). 4. Be able to use this information in the critique of psychological tests and in the interpretation of results from psychological testing using the MMPI-2.
	PSY-710D1 Projective Personality Assessment: Introduction to the Rorschach Coding 2 semester credits This course is designed to be the first of two courses on the Rorschach. Students participate in an online course in which they are introduced to the projective method and the most common instruments used: TAT and Rorschach. Students attend weekly online meetings where they are introduced to the elements of coding and practice and post coding questions. Pre-requisites: PSY-710B Co-requisites: Required co-requisite unless already completed: PSY-710C Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Understand the foundations of Projective Assessment, its history, and various instruments available in projective assessment. 2. Demonstrate knowledge of the history of the Rorschach, the significance of the comprehensive system, and theoretical foundations and rationale for the Performance Assessment System. 3. Know and be able to code responses using the R-PAS system of coding and be able to solve typical coding problems.
	PSY-710D2 Projective Personality Assessment: Advanced Coding and Administration 3 semester credits This course is the second of two courses on the Rorschach. Students attend 2 days in person and biweekly online meetings where they achieve a certain proficiency in coding, administration and scoring of the Rorschach. Elements of Interpretation are introduced. Students must have Rorschach cards for the term. Pre-requisites: PSY-710C , PSY-710D1 Delivery Method: Blended Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be able to score with 80% accuracy a Rorschach protocol. 2. Be able to administer a valid Rorschach protocol. 3. Be able to obtain summary codes for interpretation. 4. Know the basic principles of interpretation and provide a basic interpretation of a simple protocol.
	PSY-710E Projective Assessment: Thematic Apperception Test 3 semester credits This course provides an introduction and overview to the Thematic Apperception Test. It includes a consideration of the conceptual and research literature associated with the TAT as well as skill development in administering, scoring, and using the instrument ethically and appropriately in various settings. Pre-requisites: PSY-710B Co-requisites: Required co-requisite unless already completed: PSY-710C Delivery Method: Blended Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Understand the development of and theory behind Thematic Apperception techniques. 2. Be able to demonstrate proper administration of the TAT (CAT and SAT). 3. Know the basics of at least one of the five standardized scoring systems and understand the advantages and disadvantages of its use and that of other scoring systems. 4. Know, at a beginning level, how to interpret and apply thematic apperception measures for assessment. 5. Be familiar with theory and research applications of the TAT, including cross-cultural studies. 6. Be able to write up TAT results in a format appropriate for inclusion in an evaluation report.
	PSY-710F Cognitive Behavioral Assessment 2 semester credits This CBT assessment course will acquaint students with domain specific CBT self-report and structured interview-based measures of several DSM-5 mental disorders (particularly anxiety and depression). Students will be exposed to the underlying logic of this type of assessment for empirically supported psychological interventions, as well as how to specify outcomes for which clinical significance can be determined. Focus also will be on idiographic case formulation principles and techniques widely utilized by cognitive-behavioral therapists. Specific examples of case formulations applied to the assessment of the major DSM-5 Axis I mental disorders will be reviewed, and students will develop cognitive-behavioral case conceptualizations of their own cases. Students will be familiarized with a psychological report format that integrates cognitive-behavioral domain specific client self-report measures, and structured interview-based measures of DSM-5 Axis I mental disorders, with objective psychological tests such as the WAIS-IV and the MMPI-2, in order to provide providing clear, behaviorally specific assessments and treatment recommendations. Students will learn how to develop a CBT treatment plan from the case formulation and to present the results of the assessment and the treatment recommendations to the client using an interactive discussion based on Finn’s therapeutic assessment model. Pre-requisites: PSY-710B Co-requisites: Required co-requisite unless already completed: PSY-710C Delivery Method: Blended Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know domain specific CBT self-report and structured interview-based measures of anxiety and depression and is able to select appropriate measures for factors maintaining target behaviors and for treatment outcomes. 2. Be familiar with idiographic case formulation principles and models used by cognitive-behavioral therapists. 3. Be able to develop cognitive-behavioral case conceptualizations for specific clinical cases. 4. Be familiar with a psychological report format that integrates CBT domain specific client self-report measures, structured interview-based measures of DSM-IV Axis I mental disorders, and objective psychological tests such as the WAIS-IV and the MMPI-2, in order to provide providing clear, behaviorally specific assessments and treatment recommendations. 5. Be able to develop a CBT treatment plan from the case formulation, and then present the results of the assessment and the treatment recommendations to the client using an interactive discussion based on Finn’s therapeutic assessment model.
	PSY-710G Integrated Assessment 2 semester credits This course provides training, practice and feedback in the formulation and writing of integrated psychological assessment reports. Students will be required to integrate findings from multiple sources (clinical interviews, mental status examination, intellectual assessment, objective and projective personality assessment) in the production of a psychological testing report at the beginning internship level. Pre-requisites: PSY-710A , PSY-710B , PSY-710C , PSY-710D1 and PSY-710D2 (or PSY-710E and PSY-710F ), 6 credits of clinical practicum (any combination of PSY-695 or PSY-630 ). Delivery Method: Blended Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be able to articulate in writing psychological test findings, including those from cognitive, (Wechsler scales), objective personality (e.g. MMPI-2, MCMI-III, PAI) and projective (Rorschach, TAT) tests in a manner consistent with beginning internship level. 2. Be able to integrate clinical and test findings in a psychological testing report in a clear and professional manner, one that goes beyond specific findings to a rich and well-supported description of the individual being assessed. 3. Understand the readers to whom a given psychological report is to be directed and write in a manner commensurate with one’s anticipated readers. 4. Be aware of the limitations inherent in any clinical assessment and cognizant of the need for further work-up, research, interviews and referrals when these are needed.
	PSY-711A1 Introduction to Psychotherapy: Theory 3 semester credits This course will focus on theoretically based approaches to psychotherapy with a specific focus on cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic and humanistic/system models. Students will also be introduced to integrative models and common factors perspectives. Finally, students will begin to explore the diversity of research that informs psychotherapy. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with the three major theoretical orientations. 2. Understand how theory informs practice. 3. Be familiar with research that informs practice. 4. Begin to define a preferred theoretical orientation for clinical practice.
	PSY-711A2 Introduction to Psychotherapy: Technique 1 semester credits This two-day, in-person seminar begins to integrate psychotherapy theories into practice. As a pre-cursor to clinical practica, students learn generic therapy skills through role play exercises. Content includes basic interviewing and relationship skills, managing client engagement and resistance, and developing a theoretical focus for practice. Legal and ethical issues such as contracting, record-keeping and other practical information will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to explore a preferred psychotherapy orientation. Pre-requisites: PSY-711A1 Delivery Method: Blended Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only Learning Objective(s): 1. Understand how theory informs practice. 2. Continue defining a preferred theoretical orientation to clinical practice. 3. Be familiar with and practice psychotherapy skills related to the three phases of treatment: initiation, action, and termination. 4. Be familiar with contracting, ethical practice, and record keeping.
	PSY-711B Research in Psychotherapy 4 semester credits This course provides an understanding of the psychotherapy literature in terms of issues of evidence and outcomes. Readings will cover how psychologists from different perspectives understand the practice of psychotherapy, including contemporary dialogue in the field. The course emphasizes the application of research methods to the study of psychotherapy process and outcome. Students are expected to learn how to apply research to make informed clinical decisions and to be familiar with evidence-based practice and related issues. Pre-requisites: PSY-701A , PSY-711A1 , PSY-711A2 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be able to justify professional interventions on the basis of demonstrated effectiveness and efficacy. 2. Be familiar with the current literature on psychotherapy research, including empirically supported practices and evidence based practice. 3. Be familiar with the major theories of psychotherapy, their proposed mechanisms of change (specific factors), and how these are most effectively applied. 4. Understand the literature on non-specific factors or common factors that may cut across different forms of practice (e.g. therapeutic alliance). 5. Know how to evaluate the effectiveness of clinical research and its application to practice.
	PSY-712 Multicultural Psychology 4 semester credits The Multicultural Psychology course has been designed to engage students in learning about the psychological foundations of the influences and effects of culture and society on individuals and groups, and their interactions. Students will learn about culture and society’s potential impacts on the experience and management of similarity and difference in the therapeutic relationship, in clinical assessment, in research practices, in everyday life, and on the interpretation of empirical data. The course consists of an academic and an experiential component in order to provide exposure to the knowledge and self- and other- awareness that facilitates multicultural competence. Students will learn to place in psychological context American and cross-cultural experience, multiculturalism and diversity, and individual differences within and amongst people. Pre-requisites: PSY-500 , PSY-500A , PSY 525 or PSY 533 taken concurrently or completed prior. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: This course is only open to Clinical or Media PhD students or RCP certificate students. Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know how a nation’s history and culture affect individual and interpersonal experience. 2. Be able to thoughtfully critique multicultural approaches in psychology. 3. Know how cultural variables influence the etiology and manifestations of mental health and illness, including but not limited to knowledge of culture-specific diagnoses. 4. Know how normative values within a culture interface with individual differences to influence illness and help-seeking behaviors, interactional styles, and world views. 5. Know how to assess/measure variables of special relevance to identified groups, such as cultural orientation, acculturative stress, and the effects of discrimination. 6. Be able to identify and critique epistemologies, research concepts, methods, instruments, and results based on their tacit assumptions related to individuals or groups and to propose alternate methods/interpretations. 7. Be aware of how one’s own cultural heritage, gender, class, ethnic/racial identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, language, and age cohort help shape personal values, assumptions, and biases related to identified groups.
	PSY-715A Psychometric Theory 3 semester credits This course is designed to give students a broad understanding of psychometric principles related to psychological assessment. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding the science of psychological assessment including reviewing statistics which are foundational to the field of psychological assessment, the development of tests, reliability, validity, development of norms and item analysis. Classical and Modern Test Theory (including IRT) will be reviewed. Co-requisites: Clinical students: must have completed PSY-716A or PSY-717 previously or take PSY-716A concurrently. Media students: must have completed PSY-540A or take concurrently. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with basic principles of measurement and psychometric theory, including classical test theory, generalizability theory, item response theory, and statistical techniques that undergird these contemporary approaches. 2. Understand the concepts of standardization and norming, reliability and validity. 3. Be able to make selection decisions with assessment instruments based on psychometric data. 4. Know the concepts and procedures pertaining to test construction, including scaling, item construction and item analysis. 5. Be familiar with cultural issues related to psychological assessment. 6. Be familiar with legal and ethical standards associated with psychological assessment.
	PSY-716A Statistical Methods 4 semester credits For our PhD students, this is a pre-requisite for PSY-717 . Course covers basic concepts and measures in descriptive and inferential statistics, including the statistical tests, one and two sample t-tests, one-way ANOVA, (including repeated measures, a-priori and post hoc tests), bivariate correlation and regression analysis. Familiarity with non-parametric alternatives to parametric tests and the analysis of cross tabulated data, the chi-square test and related measures of association. This course may not be taken as pass/fail. By special arrangement, PhD students can test out of this course via a proctored exam. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Only Learning Objective(s): 1. Understand basic concepts and methods of univariate descriptive statistics, including levels of measurement, z-scores, measures of central tendency and dispersion, types of distributions, independent and dependent variables. 2. Understand basic concepts and methods of bivariate descriptive statistics, including cross-tabulations, scatterplots, cell and marginal frequencies, linear relationships, regression models, residuals, and measures such as gamma, phi, slope, Y intercept, coefficient of determination, Pearson’s r, and eta. 3. Be familiar with univariate and bivariate graphing approaches, including bar charts, histograms, stem and leaf diagrams, pie charts, boxplots, scatterplots, regression lines, and bivariate data display with bar charts. 4. Understand basic concepts of statistical inference, including sampling distribution, sampling error, standard error, null and alternative hypothesis, one and two tailed tests, Type I and Type II error, rejection region, alpha level, level of significance, rejection of null hypothesis, rejection region (critical region), central limit theorem, confidence interval, general logic of inference, relationship of confidence interval to hypothesis test, meaning of Z, t, F and chi-square distributions. 5. Know the theory behind null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) and criticisms to the theory. 6. Be able to conduct the following statistical tests: chi-square test, one and two sample t-test (both independent and correlated group designs for two sample t-test), confidence intervals for proportions and means, oneway analysis of variance (oneway ANOVA), bivariate regression and correlation analysis. 7. Know the meaning of statistical power and the relationship between power, effect size, sample size, and Type I and II error.
	PSY-717 Multivariate Statistics 4 semester credits Students will study the assumptions of multivariate methods and the testing of these assumptions through exploratory data analysis. Statistical topics include Factorial ANOVA & ANCOVA, Multiple Regression (including hierarchical methods, moderation and mediation models), Logistic Regression and Factor Analysis. Knowledge of SPSS is critical to the successful completion of PSY-717. When completing this course, students will be able to conduct advanced statistical analyses and communicate the results of these analyses using appropriate language and APA style for text, tables and figures. This course may not be taken as pass/fail. Pre-requisites: PSY-716A Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know the assumptions underlying multivariate statistical techniques and how to test these assumptions through exploratory data analysis methods using IBM-SPSS. 2. Be able to apply data modification and transformation methods when the assumptions of multivariate statistical techniques are violated. 3. Be able to apply appropriate statistical method to a variety of research questions and designs. 4. Be able to conduct Factorial ANOVA & ANCOVA, Multiple Regression (including hierarchical methods, moderation and mediation models), Logistic Regression and Factor Analysis. (Some instructors may include canonical correlation and MANOVA or other topics). 5. Be able to write-up the results of all the statistical techniques discussed above, using APA format and including properly constructed tables. 6. Be familiar with the issues related to statistical significance, effect sizes, confidence intervals, and contemporary challenges and alternatives to null hypothesis significance testing (NHST). 7. Be able to address real world problems through the application of appropriate multivariate statistical methods.
	PSY-718 Qualitative Data Analysis Software 2 semester credits This course will familiarize the student with using qualitative software for research analysis and exploration while learning basic qualitative methodology. Qualitative research usually involves the analysis of observations. Text transcribed from these observations (in the form of media episodes [television programs, radio shows, web events], interviews, focus groups, reports, field notes, social media postings, listservs, published text, etc.) can then be analyzed with software specifically designed for finding and extracting patterns and meaning. This course will set the basic groundwork for using and understanding qualitative software for performing analysis. The goal of this course is to prepare the student and provide the basic foundation for qualitative analysis including content analysis with software packages. Pre-requisites: PSY-701A (Clinical) or PSY-540A (Media) Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with common qualitative software terms. 2. Be able to create categories and categorization of responses. 3. Be able to code open-ended responses in a quick and reliable manner. 4. Be able to place a word/phrase into a category. 5. Be able to identify major themes. 6. Know how to extract and export qualitative data for analysis and graphing.
	PSY-719 Quantitative Data Analysis Software 2 semester credits This course will familiarize the student with using quantitative software for research analysis and exploration. The student will also learn how to read and analyze basic quantitative output. Quantitative research usually involves the analysis of statistical operations. Quantitative software facilitates quantitative analysis by applying predictive analytics to uncover patterns and associations. Quantitative Software analysis is designed to provide the student with an overview as to how to use statistical software (IBM SPSS) to analyze basic and intermediate statistics, construct data sets, and use syntax. The goal of the class is to acquaint the student with data analysis-the art of examining, summarizing, and drawing conclusions from data. The course will set the basic groundwork for using and understanding quantitative software for performing analysis. Students will learn the specifics of the software (IBM SPSS). Pre-requisites: Clinical students: PSY-701A , PSY-716A Media students: PSY-540A Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with common quantitative software terms. 2. Be able to analyze basic and intermediate statistical processes using SPSS. 3. Understand and explain statistical analysis software output. 4. Be able to create data sets for statistical analysis software. 5. Be able to create new variables and manage data. 6. Be able to analyze data using syntax. 7. Be able to explain analysis using student knowledge. 8. Demonstrate command of Results Coach (within SPSS).
	PSY-720 Special Topics in Research 2 or 4 semester credits The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. This course might include coursework in qualitative interviewing, qualitative data analysis, qualitative data presentation, construction of data collection instruments, and advanced research methodology. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-721 Special Topics in Statistics 2 or 4 semester credits The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. This course might include coursework in causal modeling, classification methods, multi-level modeling, etc. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-722 Content Analysis 4 semester credits This course will provide the basic groundwork for using content analysis methodology. Content analysis is a scientific methodology used for making inferences by objectively and systematically identifying content and studying the content of communication. For educators, psychologists, teachers, consultants, and other professionals, it is valuable to examine media offerings that are deliberately designed to benefit individuals educationally, psychologically, and socially. Such analyses can be of film, television, print images, text, news, advertisement, and web pages. In this course, students will learn to conduct, assemble, and synthesize research on content. Lieblich’s model of analyses, including holistic-content, holistic-form, categorical-content and categorical form, will create systemic tools for the learner to identify themes in narrative. Learner generated written texts will give practice in “naked” as well as template coding of qualitative data. Pre-requisites: Clinical students: PSY-701A , PSY-716A ; Media students: PSY-540A Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with epistemological assumptions of content analysis from both a qualitative and quantitative framework. 2. Be familiar with Libelich’s quadrant model of content analysis. 3. Be able to analyze content analysis research articles in terms of research question, data collection, methods of coding, reliability, and validity. 4. Be able to collect narrative data and use inductive coding to establish themes. 5. Be able to compute reliability on a data set. 6. Be able to complete a content research prospectus including literature review, research question, criteria for a data set, and coding plans.
	PSY-723 Qualitative Research 4 semester credits The goal of this course is to develop an understanding of the theory and practice of qualitative research so that the student is prepared to conduct such an inquiry. We will review the epistemological foundations of qualitative inquiry, current debates about its place in psychology and then proceed to a more practice-oriented consideration of issues in interviewing and techniques of analysis of qualitative data. We will conclude with practice in writing up qualitative results with attention to issues of forms of writing and conceptual framing of results. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-724A Media and Cognitive Psychology 4 semester credits The problem of mediation, filters, organization, and censorship has often been studied as attributes of mass media. And yet, this issue is seminal to the study of cognition and how we process information. For the purposes of this course, perception will be broadly defined as the relationship between images and words that characterizes human thought and cognition. Using the psychology of advertising and photography as a point of departure, we will discuss selection, grouping, illusion and ambiguity as processes of visual perception, and briefly explore the role of memory and embedded subliminals in perception. This course will explore filters that occur at the level of personality and because perception involves words, we will discuss how words and rhetoric influence what we see. This discussion of mediation at the individual level will be integrated within the context of ideological, sociological, structural and cultural filters that occur at the level of mass media. The aim will be to show how mass media and audience effects are dependent on the psychology of cognition. In this course you will explore and consider possible alternatives to the problem of mediated perception for both media systems and cognition. Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-724B Media and Social Psychology 4 semester credits Broadly defined, social psychology looks at how people think and influence each other. If we think of mass media as cultural centers that influence public opinion and attitudes, then social psychology is inherently tied to the study of mass media communications. This course will provide students with an overview of social psychological processes as they are related to issues in mass media. We will explore processes of self concept formation, the formation of judgments, explanations, and expectations, along with an exploration of attitudes and behavior, and social identity embedded within the context of mass media influence and new media interactions. We will then turn to the core relationship that exists between media and social psychology: the study of social influence. We will explore conformity and minority influence as paradigms for passive and active resistance to influence and discuss the micro processes behind the creation of norms and standards. How do these processes of influence play out in various forms of media today? Finally we will explore the important relationship between media contents and attitudes, opinions, and behavior. Other topics discussed include: video games, violence-aggression, prejudice and the social psychology of social networks. Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-724C Narratives, Symbols and Imagery in Media 4 semester credits Media serve as vehicles for the communication of messages to audiences who interpret the meaning of the messages. The meanings intended by those who craft a message and the meanings understood by those who receive the message draw on a shared cultural repertoire of background codes and rules. This common background contains understandings of what words and images stand for and the kinds of meanings assumed by various presentation formats; e.g., scientific writing, narratives, poems, movies, twitters, and web-pages. The cultural background through which signs and symbols are linked to meanings is termed the semiosphere and its study is termed semiology. The content of this KA draws on the concepts and theories of semiology and their relationship to the crafting and interpretation of media. Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-724D Media and Political Psychology 4 semester credits Media is called upon to define the public agenda. Interactive and social media get a great deal of attention and in many instances supplant print, radio, and television, yet major questions remain unanswered. How do voters and consumers actually process information? What is the connection between political technique, political conviction, and appeal to the heart and to the mind? This course focuses on political psychology and what happens when reason and emotion collide. How does one side in the political debate claim the political narrative? At first look these approaches to narrative and agenda setting appear to be uniquely American. But American-style political messages and spin are being sold to the world - and the world is buying. Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-724E Media Literacy and Social Impacts of Technology 4 semester credits This course covers the basics of media literacy, which is defined simply as “understanding how to identify, evaluate, and apply the techniques of media persuasion.” This course addresses the theories of Marshall McLuhan and other media ecologists, and considers structured approaches to assessing the social impacts of media and other kinds of technology. Questions addressed may include: How does the evolving nature of media impact the nature of literacy? How do we critically examine technologies in order to understand their impacts, reactively and proactively? How is “the medium the message” and how does the nature of a medium impact the nature of the message it conveys? Students may be involved in creating media, as well using social media as part of the class structure. Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-725 Special Topics in Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in cognitive and affective bases of behavior covers content not addressed in PSY-706 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-726 Special Topics in Biological Bases of Behavior 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in biological bases of behavior covers content not addressed in PSY-707 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-727 Psychopharmacology 4 semester credits This course extends the study of brain chemistry into the topic of drugs and the chemical treatment of emotional and behavior disorders. This course provides an overview of drugs and biological interventions commonly used in clinical practice, their underlying brain mechanisms, and the research to support their effectiveness. Pre-requisites: PSY-707 Co-requisites: PSY-727L must be taken in the same term or completed prior. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know the basic constructs of pharmacy, with an emphasis on neural mechanisms. 2. Be familiar with a brain circuit conceptualization of symptom manifestation in major diagnostic categories of mental disorders. 3. Know the biochemistry implicated in these brain circuits. 4. Be familiar with the working hypotheses related to various medication regimens currently used to treat the selected mental disorder categories. 5. Be aware of issues of diversity that impact pharmacotherapy considerations.
	PSY-727L Seminar in Psychopharmacology 1 semester credits This seminar is the in-person (face-to-face/real time) seminar providing the basics in pharmacology and psychopharmacology necessary to successfully complete the advanced course in Psychopharmacology, PSY-727. Constructs of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics as well as neural biology important to psychopharmacology will be covered, as will networks applicable in psychopharmacological treatment. Co-requisites: PSY-727 is a recommended co-requisite when both are offered in the Spring term. Delivery Method: In person Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-728 Neuropsychology 4 semester credits This course addresses the wide-ranging discipline of clinical neuropsychology. This field is represented by four emerging areas: the classic analysis of behavioral sequelae to brain damage, including substance abuse; pathology from slow development of specific cognitive functions; neuropsychological deficits based on unusual learning histories which have no organic basis; and the developing and aging brain. Pre-requisites: PSY-707 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with the organization of the higher cortical functions by areas (units) as outlined by A. R. Luria and his approach to the assessment of these functions. 2. Be familiar with the bases behind the process approach to clinical neuropsychology as set forth by Edith Kaplan and her colleagues and be able to describe the differences between this approach and what could be called the “batter” approach of others. Also be able to outline the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. 3. Be familiar with the current findings in clinical developmental neuropsychology, to include the anatomical development of the brain through adolescence as well as the development of the major areas of cognitive functioning through adolescence. 4. Be familiar with functional neuropsychological deficits that are associated with environmental, personality, or other factors and not with brain damage or hypodevelopment. 5. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the importance of ecological validity as applied to neuropsychological assessment, including both generic and individual factors.
	PSY-729 Special Topics in Neuropsychology 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in neuropsychology covers content not addressed in PSY-728 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-730 Neuroanatomy 2 or 4 semester credits This course covers the structure and function of the various portions of the brain, what lies next to what, and what does what. Knowledge from this course will help students estimate the structures involved in a given trauma and the functions that are expected to be disrupted by it. For 2 credits one must only take the neuroanatomy examination. For 4 credits one must also write a 15 to 20 page (of text) paper on a topic within the realm of neuroanatomy. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be able to identify cortical and subcortical anatomical structures from frontal sections of the brain. 2. Be able to identify anatomical structures from mid sagittal and basal views of the brain. 3. Be able to identify the gyri and sulci from the lateral view of the brain. 4. Be able to identify the major fasciculi from a frontal section of the brain.
	PSY-731 Health Psychology 4 semester credits This course recognizes the broadening role of psychologists in health care settings. Students examine psychological principles and interventions to treat and prevent illness, promote health, and analyze and improve the health care system. Topics include research on the interaction of psychology, biology, sociology, anthropology, economics, and the environment, as well as controversies, current research, and interventions in the field. Pre-requisites: Clinical: PSY-701A , PSY-707 Media: PSY-540A Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with a variety of current approaches to define “Health.” 2. Know how recent research and changes in health patterns have contributed to new ways of understanding the mind-body problem. 3. Be able to integrate current research in the following areas into a conceptualization of health and illness: genetic and conceptualization factors, developmental factors, personality factors, behavioral factors, health care system factors, culture and gender, neurological, physiological, pharmacology factors, environmental/ecological factors. 4. Be able to read, evaluate, and integrate research and research methods utilized to study health and illness behaviors, particularly epidemiological research methods. 5. Understand the importance of gender and diversity issues in health psychology research and the dangers inherent in neglecting these critical variables. 6. Be able to identify and connect the relationships between health and healing to social values and individual belief systems. 7. Be familiar with how brain mechanisms and various psychology/personality factors affect the body’s health. 8. Be familiar with interdisciplinary professional issues which arise in the settings in which health psychologist work. 9. Be familiar with legal and ethical issues unique to health psychology.
	PSY-732 Special Topics in Health Psychology 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in health psychology covers content not addressed in PSY-731 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-733 Language 4 semester credits The development of language takes place from birth to adulthood and is directly linked to cognitive and cultural variables that can be understood from multiple perspectives. Language disorders, on the other hand, may involve central deficits in phonemics, semantics, syntax, morphology, and pragmatics. This course focuses on the basic concepts of language development in the early school age years and different forms of language and reading deficits and their remediation. Pre-requisites: PSY-706 , PSY-707 . Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with basic concepts and controversies in the area of language development. 2. Understand the process of language development in the early school age years (5 to 12). 3. Be familiar with different forms of language and reading deficits and the importance of these distinctions for remediation.
	PSY-734 Neurological Disorders 4 semester credits This course addresses the underlying neurological and organic bases, psychological ramifications, and neuropsychological consequences of common neurological disorders. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be able to demonstrate advanced knowledge of the organization of higher cortical functions as applied to specific neurological/neuropsychiatric disorders. 2. Be able to demonstrate advanced knowledge of neuropsychological/cognitive test profiles pertaining to neurological/neuropsychological disorders, including familiarity with the process approach to clinical neuropsychology set forth by Edith Kaplan and her colleagues. Knows the differences between Kaplan’s approach and the “battery” approach of others, including strengths and weaknesses of each approach. 3. Be able to demonstrate advanced knowledge of disease-specific cognitive profiles. 4. Be familiar with neurological and neuropsychiatric symptoms typical of specific neurological disorders.
	PSY-735 Special Topics in Developmental Psychology 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in developmental psychology covers content not addressed in PSY-702 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-736 Special Topics in Social Psychology 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in social psychology covers content not addressed in PSY-705 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-737 Special Topics in Personality Theories 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in personality theories covers content not addressed in PSY-704 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-738 Special Topics in Psychopathology 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in psychopathology covers content not addressed in PSY-708 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-739 Special Topics in Psychological Assessment 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in psychological assessment covers content not addressed in the PSY-710A -PSY-710G course series. The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-740 Special Topics Multicultural Psychology 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in multicultural psychology covers content not addressed in PSY-712 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-741 Special Topics in Legal and Ethical Practice 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in legal and ethical practice covers content not addressed in PSY-709 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-745 Consultation and Supervision 2 semester credits This course focuses on understanding the roles, functions, and relational attributes of a psychologist serving as a supervisor or consultant. The factors that contribute to effective supervision and consultation are examined through reading relevant theoretical and empirical articles. The range of competencies needed to work in various settings and with diverse populations is addressed. Ethical and legal responsibilities that come with these roles are also considered. The overarching goal is to support students’ development in becoming effective supervisors and consultants. Pre-requisites: Student must be engaged in or have completed clinical practicum. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know major supervision and consultation models and theories. 2. Be able to describe the developmental processes involved in the supervision relationship as well as the consultation relationship. 3. Be familiar with the research on the supervisee relationship and the supervisory triad including issues related to supervisor-supervisee matching, factors that promote effective or harmful supervision, and outcomes of effective supervision. 4. Be familiar with the research on consultation in regard to the relationship, processes, and outcome. 5. Be familiar with national and state ethical and legal requirements pertaining to supervision and consultation. 6. Know about the cultural sensitivity issues related to the supervisory-supervisee and consultant-client relationship.
	PSY-746 Psychoanalytic Theory/Therapy 4 semester credits This course includes a consideration of the terminology, major figures, and theories of psychopathology and psychotherapy from psychoanalytic and neoanalytic orientations. Pre-requisites: PSY-711A1 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Conversant with the development and main features of selected psychoanalytic theorists. Understands basic concepts and the approach to psychotherapeutic technique. 2. Knows the significance of each major psychoanalytic theory and how each theory has contributed to our understanding of personality and/or therapy. 3. Be able to employ in discussion the major terms in psychoanalytic psychotherapy (the following are just examples): id, ego, superego, defense mechanisms (as a general concept and specific forms) object, object relations, transitional object, false self, mirroring, narcissism, transference, countertransference, the “analytic third,” collective unconscious, archetypes, and basic anxiety.
	PSY-747 Cognitive-Behavioral Theory/Therapy 4 semester credits This course covers behavioral and cognitive theories and therapies. Principles of learning and their application will be covered. The movement from behavioral psychology to cognitively mediated theories of personal change will be discussed. Social Cognitive Theory and its role in the development of CBT will be reviewed as well as the mechanisms of therapeutic change. Students will learn the underlying theory and principles of CBT and how these principles apply to the broad spectrum of psychological disorders. Pre-requisites: PSY-711A1 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know the principles of classical, operant, and vicarious learning and how they can be used to effect change. 2. Know the role of Social Cognitive Theory in the paradigm shift from a purely behavioral perspective of personal change. 3. Know the role of self-efficacy in psychological disorders and therapeutic change. 4. Know the mediating processes of personal change. 5. Be familiar with different cognitive behavioral therapies and how they apply cognitive, behavioral, and environmental interventions contextually for different psychological disorders. 6. Know how to apply CBT in a culturally competent manner.
	PSY-748 Humanistic and Existential Theory/Therapy 4 semester credits This course looks at the major concepts and issues of humanistic, existential, phenomenological, and organismic personality theories and their respective approaches to intervention. This course comprehends humanistic/existential psychology as an approach to psychological theory, research, and psychotherapy that focuses upon lived experience in the context of the individual’s relatedness to self and others, and their cultural, social and natural environments. Humanistic/Existential psychologists typically take a profound interest in the experience of clients, therapists, subjects and investigators. They promote an “open economy” of experience and ideas, respect the autonomy and value of individuals, communities and cultures, honor and value history and tradition without being blindly obedient to them, place the individual’s experience and the therapeutic relationship (as opposed to diagnosis, theory and classification) at the focus of clinical interactions, and take particular interest in the fundamental conditions of human existence, including mortality, freedom, desire, will, isolation, alienation, relatedness, meaning, and creativity. Humanistic/existential psychology is concerned with the positive and joyous, as well as the pathological and tragic aspects of human life. This course will examine the philosophical foundations of psychological practice and research, and takes a broad view of the Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Psychology, focusing on the work of such philosophers as Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre and Buber. Students may also examine such thinkers as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Tillich, as well as the work of the psychologists Laing, Binswanger, May, Yalom, Maslow, Rogers, Boss, Bugental, Fromm, Frankl, and Perls. Pre-requisites: PSY-711A1 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Understand the philosophical and psychological foundations of existential and humanistic psychology. 2. Understand the language and concepts related to phenomenological, humanistic, and existential approaches to psychology and psychotherapy. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the more recent issues and problems confronting humanistic/existential research and its connections to non-specific variables and common factors as well as how this field addresses the question of “evidence based treatments”. 4. Be able to describe how several prominent existential-humanistic theorists understand therapeutic technique and change. Amongst these psychotherapy theorists are: I. Yalom, R.D. Laing, F. Perls, M. Boss, V. Frank, J. L. Moreno, C. Rogers, L. Binswanger, J. Bugental, A. Maslow, M. Erickson, R. May, E. Berne, E. Fromm.
	PSY-749 Marriage and Family Therapy 4 semester credits This course embraces historical and cross-cultural views of the complex and changing social unit known as the family, dealing with contemporary theories and current issues in marriage and family therapy Pre-requisites: PSY-711A1 and PSY-711A2 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be familiar with the history of marriage and the family in Western culture, including alternatives to the traditional nuclear family. 2. Be familiar with historical and sociocultural influences on the concepts of love and pairing. 3. Be familiar with the importance and contributions of systems thinking in family and couples therapy. 4. Know the historical context of contemporary theories of family therapy by familiarizing yourself with the origins and development in this field over the past 40 years. 5. Understand the development and history of family psychology and marriage and family therapy. 6. Be conversant with the scientific literature in family psychology providing empirical support for couples and family interventions. 7. Know the differences and similarities among psychoanalytic, behavioral, and systemic theories of couples and families. 8. Be familiar with current developments in the field of couples therapy, including the influence of research in neurobiology.
	PSY-750 Group Psychotherapy 4 semester credits This course will focus on group dynamics, including components of group process, developmental stages of a group as they pertain to group therapy as well as the theory and technique of group therapy itself. We will examine group member’s roles and behaviors and therapeutic factors of group work. We will consider the relationship between leadership styles and group functioning and review some of the research as well as the clinical literature. While the focus will primarily be on interpersonally-focused therapy groups, we will also consider when and how to use different types of groups, including task groups, psycho-educational groups and support groups. Finally, we will review the ethical and legal principles unique to group work, with an awareness of the ethical responsibility to demonstrate sensitivity to group member diversity with regard to race, ethnicity, gender, spirituality, sexual orientation, and disabilities. All students will be expected to participate in an experiential group (to be negotiated with the professor), the experience of which will be a focus of one of the required papers. Pre-requisites: PSY-711A1 , PSY-711A2 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Know of the eleven therapeutic factors which are intrinsic to the group therapy process. 2. Be able to identify the typical stages of group development and basic group theory principles. 3. Be able to modify a prototypic group to the needs of a particular setting, issue, or purpose. 4. Know the ethical and professional issues relevant to group therapy. 5. Be familiar with the basic techniques/strategies that are useful in leading groups and that differentiate group from individual counseling. 6. Understand how to work with diverse populations in group settings. 7. Be conversant with contemporary research on group therapy.
	PSY-751 Advanced Topics in Psychotherapy 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in psychotherapy might include coursework in crisis intervention, brief psychotherapy, re-decision therapy, managed care, etc. The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-752 Positive Psychology 2 or 4 semester credits Positive psychology is an orientation to the field of psychology going beyond the emphasis on illness and pathology and instead examines areas such as happiness, well-being, optimism, and fulfillment. The course readings will examine topics including strength, virtue, and positive institutions; subjective well-being and happiness; the science of happiness; self-esteem; hope and optimism; resiliency; humor, flow, and emotional intelligence; creativity; and the role of religiosity. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-755 Writing for the Internship Application 2 semester credits This course assists students in developing and polishing materials for the internship application process. Students will identify their unique clinical strengths, growth edges, and training goals and learn strategies to write with clarity and purpose for the intent of developing high quality internship materials. Pre-requisites: PSY-638 (pre-proposal approval) Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only Learning Objective(s): 1. To write clearly, concisely, engagingly and effectively both for scholarly and other professional purposes. 2. To use correct grammar, spelling and APA format. 3. To apply these skills for a particular task: the application for the APPIC Internship Match.
	PSY-756 Special Topics in Academic Writing 2 semester credits This course assists both new students who wish to develop their graduate-level writing skills and ongoing students who wish to polish their skills. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-760 Independent Study 1, 2 or 4 semester credits Students may propose and develop an independent study contract in subject areas or subareas of psychology not encompassed by another course. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-765 Forensic Psychology 4 semester credits This is the basic core course in forensic psychology, required for all students in the forensic concentration. It provides an overview of the field of forensic psychology. Forensic psychology applies psychological art and science to legal and quasi-legal problems. This course addresses principles that underlie the use of psychologists in legal problem solving and the growth of forensic psychology. Topics include the role of forensic specialists in child psychology, neuropsychology, abnormal psychology, and psychological measurement. Pre-requisites: PSY-710B , PSY-710C and PSY-715A . Media students can be registered without these pre-requisites by contacting registrar@fielding.edu Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter Learning Objective(s): 1. Be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the scope of the field of forensic psychology. 2. Be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the tasks involved in applying psychological knowledge and skills to the psycho-legal issues to which forensic psychologists respond. 3. Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the core psycho-legal issues in various types/areas of forensic practice. 4. Be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the ethical issues relevant to forensic practice. 5. Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the steps required to conduct a forensic assessment and prepare a forensic report (clinical) or the ability to present expert testimony and an expert report on a relevant forensic issue (non-clinical).
	PSY-765A Forensic Assessment in Criminal Cases 2 semester credits Advanced course in Forensic Criminal Assessment with one-day face-to-face lab. Co-requisites: Prior completion of or concurrent registration in PSY-765 Delivery Method: In person/Blended Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-765B Forensic Assessment in Civil Court 2 semester credits Advanced course in Forensic Assessment in Civil matters, with one-day face-to-face lab. Co-requisites: Prior completion of or concurrent registration in PSY-765 Delivery Method: In person/Blended Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-765C Forensic Assessment in Child Custody and Parental Rights 2 semester credits Advanced course in Child Custody and parental rights with one-day face-to-face lab. Co-requisites: Prior completion of or concurrent registration in PSY-765 Delivery Method: In person/Blended Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-765D Forensic Neuropsychology Assessment 2 semester credits This is an advanced course in forensic neuropsychology assessment with a 2-day face-to-face seminar at summer session. This course introduces students to the scientific approach to forensic neuropsychological assessment and applies this approach to cases in the criminal and civil legal arenas. Co-requisites: Completion of or concurrent registration in PSY-765 Delivery Method: In person/Blended Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-765E Forensic Psychology: Police and Public Safety Personnel 2 semester credits Police Psychology covers the core concepts and issues of this newly recognized specialty, which also overlaps with forensic psychology. Students will learn about occupational culture issues associated with law enforcement work, pre-employment screening for police and public safety professions, and fitness-for-duty assessments. Specific assessment instruments for police and public safety evaluations will be explored in detail. This course is designed to provide adequate familiarization with police psychology to position students to work in practicum or internship settings in police psychology. The course requires two days of in person lab training and a semester long forum on which papers addressing police psychology will be posted. Co-requisites: Concurrent enrollment or prior completion of PSY-710G or PSY-800B is required. PSY-765 is also required as a concurrent or previously completed course. Delivery Method: In person/Blended Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-765F Malingering and Deception 2 semester credits This class will provide students with a general framework for evaluating malingering of both cognitive and functional psychological symptoms. A comprehensive model for assessing malingering and exaggeration, utilizing psychological tests, interview data, historical records, collateral interviews and longitudinal observation will be described and applied to case examples. The use of forced choice and graded difficulty techniques for assessing malingering of cognitive deficits and self-report and interview instruments for assessing functional psychopathology will be reviewed and their use demonstrated. Relevant readings will be assigned and students will be expected to submit written work that reviews and critiques one instrument used in the assessment of malingering and addresses one significant controversy in the assessment of malingering–and to comment briefly on their classmates’ submissions. Co-requisites: Prior completion of or concurrent registration in PSY-765 Delivery Method: In person/Blended Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-765G Evaluations for the Immigration Courts 2 semester credits This course will focus on the role the forensic psychologist can take in cases in the United States immigration courts. An overview of the legal aspects of immigration proceedings will be covered with a focus on the processes of seeking asylum and contesting removal from the United States. Didactic instruction will be provided regarding the special challenges facing those that immigrate to the United States as well as the mental health issues prevalent in immigrant communities. Students will be instructed on how to conduct an assessment for the immigration courts and testify in immigration proceedings. Co-requisites: Prior completion of or concurrent registration in PSY-765 Delivery Method: In person/Blended Note: Elective Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-765L Forensic Psychology Lab 1 semester credits Two day face-to-face lab at session. Pre-requisites: PSY-710A Co-requisites: Prior completion of or concurrent registration in PSY-710B , PSY-710C and PSY-765 . Delivery Method: In person/Blended Note: Elective Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-766 Special Topics in Media Psychology 4 semester credits Includes an approved project or paper where the student examines a particular area of interest in depth. Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-767A The Social Impact of Mobile and Immersive Media 4 semester credits Every new medium introduces new forms of narrative. Immersive media (IM), augmented reality (AR), transmedia storytelling, and more, create tremendous media disruption - and tremendous opportunity. Internet 1.0 (1994 - 2000) was all about the great disruption of a hyperlinked world, which was quickly watered down to online shopping. Internet 2.0 (2004 - 2009) was the decade it took to figure out what to do with a networked, rich web app, social media world. The advent (2009 - present) of IM, and particularly AR, is where broadband enabled mobile technology makes the Internet inescapable offering pitfall and promise. As we rapidly move toward a future where wireless is embedded in everything around us, these media innovations, combined with the modern tablets and smart phones, empower the user with extraordinary capabilities. In theory, almost anyone can know almost anything almost anywhere. This increased transparency leads to reduced privacy, timely access to information breeds constant access to entertainment and we can trust product marketers to use and abuse the medium. Can these developments be used to increase the cognitive understanding of social concerns? Can location based information (GIS) and spatial psychology be used to increase our cognitive relationship to physical place? What is the social impact of real time data delivery? This seminar recasts Marshal McLuhan’s famous axiom where the device becomes the message. Public and private organizations as well as foundations and NGOs are adding GIS competence and functions. This development, combined with a layer of real time information accessed through immersive media and augmented reality, addresses the demand for media strategists rather than technologists. In this seminar, these new innovations are brought to life through case studies, research findings and a myriad of applications, product demos and false starts. It draws on the foundations of psychology that lead to effective data visualization, application design, increased human understanding and most importantly mobile advocacy. This revolution will not be televised. Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-767B Narrative and Digital Storytelling 4 semester credits This course examines how new media narrative both observes and adds to traditional forms of storytelling. Students create reflective media, using planning tools that help them visualize the overall arc and map of a story, as well as describe the media components of their stories in order to integrate and align media and narrative, deliberately and reflectively. The media that students produce is zero budget media in that students are not expected to have or use equipment beyond their own laptop and digital camera. In addition, students read narrative theory, synthesize their own concepts in this area, and present their findings in written work, particularly as it applies to their professional practice. Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-769 Advanced Topics in Media Psychology 2 or 4 semester credits Designed to allow for a diverse array of topics. Each assessment involves an individual special topic agreed between the student and the faculty member. Students may choose from a large array of topics that reflect theories on psychology as applied to the media. These may be applied to media technologies in practica, research projects, and special studies in media effects. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-770 Special Topics in Forensic Psychology 2 or 4 semester credits This special topic course in forensic psychology covers content not addressed in PSY-765 . The specific content of this course must be negotiated and approved with a faculty member using an assessment contract. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-771 Legal and Ethical Issues in Media Psychology 4 semester credits This course involves a review of pertinent research literature from the study of media effects. Some sample topics include court cases and legal principles involving such issues as freedom of expression, protected and unprotected speech, libel, obscenity, privacy, commercial expression, copyright, intellectual property, and related issues. The course will assist participants in developing an understanding of psychological theories that pertain to culture, the law, and media. Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-772 Media and the Comparative Identity of Nations, States and Cultures 4 semester credits This course explores the relationship between media, public opinion and the comparative and competitive identity of nations, regions and cultures. Ever since the introduction of “nation branding” in the mid - 1990s, there has been growing interest in the notion that countries, regions and cultures can build and maintain their own images. There is very little agreement on how, or even if, the techniques of brand management can apply to places. There is broad agreement, however, that the effect and power of the media drives public opinion in one direction or another toward a conclusion about the quality, openness, and desirability of visiting, doing business with or entering into agreements with a nation, region or culture. Just how is this public opinion “framed” and how can it be changed? What determines whether the media will accept or reject a country’s perspective on how it would like to be viewed? What are the ways that encourage the open exchange of ideas between governments and the media and between the media and the public? What consequences does this new media environment have for how a country sees itself and how others see it? Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-773 Media Innovation and Online Education 4 semester credits Higher education is seeking those who both create innovative media psychology, emerging media and related content and are familiar with on-line delivery platforms. This seminar is designed to address emerging technology and the creation of virtual courseware for those seeking to deliver educational experiences within degree programs, private executive development and international development programs. Both advanced doctoral students and recent graduates are finding tremendous value in preparing for online course delivery. This seminar includes: Comparative delivery platforms and forum management Fully annotated syllabus development Keys to innovative course content Topic specific literature review Managing your professional online identity Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-774 Neuropsychological Care in Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment, Rehabilitation, and Advocacy 4 semester credits This course addresses both the evaluation and treatment of traumatic brain injury from a rehabilitation neuropsychology perspective. Emphasis is placed on how TBI is expressed on neuropsychological evaluations, and how rehabilitation neuropsychologists can use neuropsychological evaluations for treatment planning. First-person accounts of TBI from survivors and family members are considered. The need for rehabilitation neuropsychologists to be familiar with multi-disciplinary teams in medical settings is emphasized, and the roles of these other health professions are covered. Pre-requisites: PSY-707 , PSY-728 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Note: Elective Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-775 Asmt- Advanced Forensics 0.5 semester credits This course provides training on the standards and practices for providing psychological evaluations and effective testimony on specific psychological issues. Delivery Method: In person Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-777 Positive Psychology in Media 4 semester credits This course examines the major tenets of positive psychology and how they are can be applied to media and beyond. Among the topics to be covered are: The deconstruction of happiness and how distinguishing between hedonic and eudaimonic happiness impacts the conceptualization of media use and enjoyment; the role of empathy and altruism in Internet behaviors; how the role of attachment and affiliation manifest in social media; the neuroscience of positive emotions; the role of social and mobile technologies in individual and collective agency; the positive power of storytelling in making social change and designing games and transmedia narratives for flow. Pre-requisites: PSY-525 , PSY-533 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter
	PSY-779 RCP Comprehensive Exam 4 semester credits This course comprises the clinical comprehensive evaluation that includes written essays on the student’s theoretical orientation, ethics, and theoretically framed case conceptualization and treatment plan as well as an annotated transcript from a therapy session. Pre-requisites: PSY-500A ; PSY-708 ; PSY-709 ; PSY-710A ; PSY-710B ; PSY-710C ; PSY-710D1 and PSY-710D2 , OR PSY-710E and PSY-710F ; PSY-711A1 ; PSY-711A2 ; PSY-711B ; PSY-712 ; one course from PSY-746 , PSY-747 or PSY-748 ; the first two terms of Practicum Case Seminar (PCS) including 10 case presentations (PSY-620 ); 6 units (500 hours) of PSY-695 Clinical Practicum ; PSY-710G (may be taken concurrently). Delivery Method: In person/Blended Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
	PSY-801 Advanced Research: Respecialization Concentration 6 semester credits This course is designed for students who are completing a Clinical Psychology Concentration in forensic, health psychology or violence prevention. In lieu of a dissertation, the research component for the concentration will be fulfilled by a scholarly article or publishable paper in the area of concentration to be evaluated by a concentration faculty. Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter

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PSY-694A Psychodynamic Clinical Training - Beginner

PSY-694B Psychodynamic Clinical Training - Intermediate

PSY-694C Psychodynamic Clinical Training - Advanced

PSY-695 Clinical Practicum

PSY-695A Additional Clinical Practicum Hours

PSY-695B Additional Clinical Practicum Hours

PSY-695C Additional Clinical Practicum Hours

PSY-696 Clinical Internship

PSY-697 Specialized Clinical Training

PSY-699 Residency Hours Completion

PSY-701A Research Methods I

PSY-701B Research Methods II

PSY-702 Developmental Bases of Behavior

PSY-703 History and Systems of Psychology

PSY-704 Theories of Personality

PSY-705 Social Bases of Behavior

PSY-706 Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior

PSY-707 Biological Bases of Behavior

PSY-708 Psychopathology

PSY-709 Legal, Ethical and Professional Practice

PSY-710A Clinical Interviewing

PSY-710B Cognitive Assessment

PSY-710C Objective Assessment

PSY-710D1 Projective Personality Assessment: Introduction to the Rorschach Coding

PSY-710D2 Projective Personality Assessment: Advanced Coding and Administration

PSY-710E Projective Assessment: Thematic Apperception Test

PSY-710F Cognitive Behavioral Assessment

PSY-710G Integrated Assessment

PSY-711A1 Introduction to Psychotherapy: Theory

PSY-711A2 Introduction to Psychotherapy: Technique

PSY-711B Research in Psychotherapy

PSY-712 Multicultural Psychology

PSY-715A Psychometric Theory

PSY-716A Statistical Methods

PSY-717 Multivariate Statistics

PSY-718 Qualitative Data Analysis Software

PSY-719 Quantitative Data Analysis Software

PSY-720 Special Topics in Research

PSY-721 Special Topics in Statistics

PSY-722 Content Analysis

PSY-723 Qualitative Research

PSY-724A Media and Cognitive Psychology

PSY-724B Media and Social Psychology

PSY-724C Narratives, Symbols and Imagery in Media

PSY-724D Media and Political Psychology

PSY-724E Media Literacy and Social Impacts of Technology

PSY-725 Special Topics in Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior

PSY-726 Special Topics in Biological Bases of Behavior

PSY-727 Psychopharmacology

PSY-727L Seminar in Psychopharmacology

PSY-728 Neuropsychology

PSY-729 Special Topics in Neuropsychology

PSY-730 Neuroanatomy

PSY-731 Health Psychology

PSY-732 Special Topics in Health Psychology

PSY-733 Language

PSY-734 Neurological Disorders

PSY-735 Special Topics in Developmental Psychology

PSY-736 Special Topics in Social Psychology

PSY-737 Special Topics in Personality Theories

PSY-738 Special Topics in Psychopathology

PSY-739 Special Topics in Psychological Assessment

PSY-740 Special Topics Multicultural Psychology

PSY-741 Special Topics in Legal and Ethical Practice

PSY-745 Consultation and Supervision

PSY-746 Psychoanalytic Theory/Therapy

PSY-747 Cognitive-Behavioral Theory/Therapy

PSY-748 Humanistic and Existential Theory/Therapy

PSY-749 Marriage and Family Therapy

PSY-750 Group Psychotherapy