Course Catalog & Registration

This course involves an examination of current issues related to the classification and diagnosis of abnormal behavior and psychological states. Dimensional, descriptive, and categorical approaches to classification are reviewed, with emphasis on the current forms of adult psychopathology found in the DSM. Topics include the symptomatology, etiology, developmental patterns, and treatment approaches to various diagnostic categories. Empirical findings, methodological concerns, and conceptual issues are discussed.
Cross-listed as Psyh 520 - Advanced Psychopathology. May not receive credit for both.

This course introduces studies that provide an understanding of individual and group approaches to assessment and evaluation in a culturally diverse society. This course also provides an understanding of assessment in counseling through (1) an overview of basic counseling assessment concepts, (2) an understanding of test construction, (3) familiarity with instruments, and (4) an overview of test interpretation. It also provides a discussion of typical problems and approaches to individual and group testing in the areas of intelligence, aptitude, achievement, interest, and personality measurement. History, rationale, and ethical issues in the use of counseling assessment instruments are included.
Previously listed asn Psyh 585. May not receive credit for both.

This course examines theoretical approaches including major systems theories, strategies, and techniques of family and relationship therapy. A survey of the development of family and techniques of family and relationship therapy. A survey of the development of family and relationship counseling and proponents of the field are studied. Issues of conflict and ethical considerations are examined. The impact of cultural and social forces upon the family system is explored. Previoulsy listed as Psyh 630. May not receive credit for both.

This course provides the opportunity for counselors and clinicians to strengthen their multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills in the competencies necessary to effectively evaluate and treat culturally and ethnically diverse clients. Students will be able to develop an awareness of the prevalent beliefs and attitudes of different cultures, and to develop skills useful for appropriate interactions with diverse individuals. In the course of these studies, it is hoped that students will also become more aware of their own cultural values and biases as they study prevalent beliefs and attitudes of different cultures and diverse groups.
Cross-listed as Psyh 655 - Multicultural and Diversity Issues. May not receive credit for both.

This course is designed to provide clinical students with skills in the administration, scoring, interpretation, and integration of several major psychological assessment instruments currently used in clinical practice with adults and children. Supervised practical experience assessing adults or children in clinical settings is the focus of this course. Emphasis is also placed on the integration of assessment data and report writing. There will also be discussions of current issues in clinical assessment including basic issues of psychometrics. Prerequisites: Candidacy in the MA Psychology Program; Psyh 660 or an approved course in professional ethics; clinical assessment courses as required for the student's program. (Formerly Psyh 679)
Cross-listed as Psyh 689 - Practicum. May not receive credit for both.

This course completes the internship requirements for students in the Counseling Program. Prerequisite: Coun 690, and Candidacy in the MA Psychology Program.
Cross-listed as Psyh 691. May not receive credit for both.

(Offered annually. Alternates F/S with CRJU 205) Substantive law course examining prevailing legal standards for arrest, search and seizure, self incrimination and confessions, the exclusionary rule, and other matters pertaining to suspect rights and governmental prerogatives in the context of criminal proceedings.

(S) This course presents an overview of the development of federal and state court systems examining structure, administration, case flow, and interaction with other portions of the criminal justice and govermental systems. Cross-listed as PLSC 209.

(S) This course examines the way in which seminal questions with relation to the proper foundations and structures of society have been approached in the modern era. Analysis includes examination of founders, religion, and the military, especially in connection to the concepts of fortune and necessity. Cross listed with PLSC 383.

(F) Course examines and compares structural and plicy attributes of non-American systems of justice. Specific systems considered vary continuously by semester and academic year, and include those outside the Anglo-American and Western traditions. These courses may be used interchangeably for satisfaction of degree requirements for the Criminal Justice major (requires completion of two semester hours).

(F) This course involves close examination of fundamental policy questions arising within the system of criminal justice, and involves consideration of the linkages between crime; electoral politics; policies of executive, judicial, legislative, and administrative structures; and the substantive law. This course is an integrative capstone for undergraduate study within the Liberal Education Core and the Criminal Justice programs. Available for upper division elective credit in Political Science. Cross-listed as PLSC 401. Upper division standing.