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Nov 21, 2024
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PSY-765 Forensic Psychology4 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. Students under the “old” forensic concentration curriculum may take it without co-registering for the lab portion, PSY-765L . Students under the “new” forensic concentration curriculum should register for the PSY-765L lab to be held at session, ideally in the same term in which PSY-765 is taken.
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
Grading Default: Letter
Note: Elective
Learning Outcome(s):
- Identify the scope of the field of forensic psychology.
- Explain the tasks involved in applying psychological knowledge and skills to the psycho-legal issues to which forensic psychologists respond.
- Describe the core psycho-legal issues in various types/areas of forensic practice.
- Achieve an understanding of the leading cases relevant to the practice of civil forensic psychology
- Examine the ethical issues relevant to forensic practice.
- Understand and apply 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).
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