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PSYC 604 - Biological Bases of Behavioral Development [3]
An introduction to theory and research dealing with biological perspectives in behavioral development. Topics to be covered include hominid evolution, genetics and behavior, pre-natal and post-natal determinants of behavior, neuro-endocrine and mediation, organization of behavior, behavioral ecology and socio-biology.
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PSYC 605 - Learning and Cognition [3]
A systematic survey of research and theory about learning and cognition from a variety of perspectives. Topics include reinforcement, discrimination, respondent conditioning, attention, memory and language. Special attention is given to the role of these processes in problems of human behavior.
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PSYC 606 - Adult Psychopathology [3]
Examination of major forms of adult psychopathology. Research and theory on psychological and biological mechanisms of selected disorders and current approaches to their diagnosis and classification are emphasized.
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PSYC 607 - Developmental Psychopathology [3]
This course introduces major theoretical models of development and developmental psychopathology and examines how these models influence current research and practice in child clinical psychology and applied developmental psychology. This course examines general models used to understand psychopathology in children, as well as models that are more diagnosis-specific.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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PSYC 608 - Human Diversity Research and Intervention [3]
This course explores human diversity in the research and practice of psychology. Similarities and differences across a wide variety of human diversity, including ethnicity, race, age, gender, sexual orientation, class, religion, ability, community/cultural context will be discussed. This course will include a focus on understanding the definitions, development, meanings, values and implications of diverse identities and experiences in society, in psychology, and in work with research participants and intervention clients. The main focus will be on practical guidelines for understanding the salience of diversity in psychological work and becoming a culturally competent psychologist in a complex, multiply diverse society. Primary and secondary source readings, including first person accounts and research and intervention case vignettes will be utilized as a means of understanding how issues of culture are manifest and transversed in a variety of cultural contexts.
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PSYC 611 - Data Analytic Procedures I [3]
The purpose of the course is to train students in the theory and uses of simple and complex analyses of variance and in the uses of multiple regression analyses as a hypothesis-testing procedure.
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PSYC 611L - Data Analytic Procedures I Laboratory [1]
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PSYC 615 - Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis [3]
This course treats behavioral interventions for establishing, strengthening and maintaining functional behavior (e.g., communication skills) and reducing aberrant behavior (e.g., self-injury), and it examines the experimental foundations of assessment and intervention methods, including research on multiple sources of behavior. By integrating clinical research and practice, it also prepares students for the practicum and intervention sequences in the Applied Behavior Analysis Program.
Co- or Prerequisite: PSYC 605 .
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PSYC 616 - Measurement in Applied Behavior Analysis [3]
This course provides a basic understanding of systematic data collection and analysis methods used in applied behavior analysis to make informed (data-driven) clinical decisions. The course covers behavioral assessment strategies and topics, including sampling and observation methods, inter-observer agreement and behavioral inter- viewing. It also covers data-analysis methods for systematically answering clinical questions with individual clients, including functional analysis, graphical data analysis and reversal, multiple-baseline and multi-element designs.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: PSYC 615 .
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PSYC 617 - Applied Behavioral Analysis in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities [3]
This course will introduce students to biological, genetic, and environmental factors associated with intellectual and developmental disabilities that are commonly encountered by behavior analysts. An Understanding of the range of disabilities will be developed and the primary strengths and deficits associated with specific disabilities will be emphasized. This course will focus on both the practice and the science of working with individuals with disabilities, from a behavior analytic perspective.
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PSYC 620 - Methods of Assessment I [3]
This course is a clinically oriented introduction to intellectual and personality assessment of children and adults. The course provides instruction in the theory, administration, scoring, interpretation and report writing of the WISC-III and WAIS-III, as well as an introduction to self-report inventories, clinical interviewing and observational techniques. Assessment of familial dysfunction also will be addressed.
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PSYC 621 - Methods of Assessment II [3]
This course will cover the theory, rationale and use of projective techniques and the use and rationale of standardized personality tests in describing and predicting patterns of human behavior. Focus is on the use of these techniques with both children and adults.
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PSYC 622 - Clinical Intervention I [3]
This course acquaints students with the theories, research and techniques of psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive and behavioral therapies. The application of these therapies in treating aggressive, anxious, depressed and other maladaptive behaviors in children, adolescents and adults is addressed by reviewing appropriate literature and participating in course-linked practice.
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PSYC 623 - Clinical Intervention II [3]
In this course, students are taught techniques to establish therapeutic relationships, enhance motivation to change, and facilitate behavioral and cognitive change in adult clients. Empirical research is reviewed on involvement in and outcome of psychological interventions in individual, relationship and group therapeutic modalities.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: PSYC 622 .
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PSYC 624 - Consulting for I/O Psychology [3]
This course examines the roles, functions, and processes used by human capital consultants to solve organizational problems. Students will acquire a broad perspective of internal and external consulting practices and experiences in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology. Active learning techniques will be used to introduce soft skills such as communication and conflict resolution as well as processes in business development and project management.
Course ID: 056595
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R/A
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PSYC 630 - Introduction to Clinical Interviewing [1]
This course provides an overview of fundamental interviewing skills that are essential to the development of a therapeutic relationship and an introduction to the process of functional assessment and cognitive-behavioral case conceptualization. Course activities will include readings, class discussion and lecture, structured in-class skill-building activities, and skill-specific interviewing and case-conceptualizing assignments conducted outside of class.
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PSYC 635 - Community Psychology [3]
This course provides an introduction to the theory, practice and research concerned with the interventions of community psychology. A major goal is to articulate how psychologists intervene at the level of small groups, organizations, institutions and communities to reduce stress, to enhance the quality of life and to prevent the onset of emotional/behavioral disorders. The course includes lectures, small group discussions and guest presenters.
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PSYC 636 - Primary Prevention [3]
This course covers the theoretical, empirical and applied underpinnings of primary prevention. Topics include etiology, levels of intervention, research design, parenting interventions, inter-personal problem-solving skills in children, social-support systems, modification of high-risk lifestyles and macro-environmental stress.
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PSYC 645 - Social Psychology [3]
This course provides an in-depth presentation of theory and research on the relationship between the individual and the social environment. Topics within the major sub-areas of social perception and attribution, attitudes and attitude change, group processes, aggression and inter-personal influence will be discussed. The course also will consider social-psychological perspectives on applied problems.
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PSYC 646 - Clinical Neuro-psychology [3]
This course considers interactions between nervous-system activity and human behavior and is concerned with evaluating nervous- system functions in the control of normal and abnormal behavior. Particular attention is paid to changes in the neuro-physiological and biochemical processes that accompany behavior pathologies generally encountered in clinical settings.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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PSYC 647 - Neuro-psychological Assessment [3]
This course provides a survey of assessment procedures used to evaluate suspected or known central nervous-system dysfunction. Areas covered include describing the nature of neuro-psychological deficits, using interview and test data to assist in diagnosis, the longitudinal evaluation of changes using neuropsychological function, and assessing the effects of medical and behavioral interventions.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PSYC 620 and PSYC 646 .
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PSYC 650 - Child Clinical Psychology [3]
This course covers the etiology, symptomatology, assessment and treatment of psychopathology in children and adolescents. A variety of treatment approaches (e.g., behavior modification, cognitive therapies and family therapy) will be presented, and students will learn how to apply these techniques to such problem areas as anxiety, depression, hyperactivity, non-compliance and aggression.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PSYC 607 , PSYC 622 , PSYC 623 and consent of instructor.
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PSYC 651 - Cognitive Development [3]
This course provides an in-depth examination of current research and theory in cognitive development. Representative topics include problem-solving, memory, concept formation, perception, metacognition, communication and social cognition. Theoretical perspectives include those of Piaget, Vygotsky and contemporary information processing theorists. Emphasis is on the relevance of basic theory and research for understanding problems of cognitive development.
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PSYC 652 - Learning Problems [3]
This course focuses on problems of children in learning situations, including the nature and validity of diagnosing of these problems, as well as treatments and assessing treatment. Neurological, perceptual, cognitive, emotional and motivational explanations for deficits will be explored in the context of normal development.
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PSYC 653 - Cultural Aspects of Human Development [3]
This course examines selected issues and approaches at the interface between culture and human development, such as the linguistic relativity hypothesis, culture contact and social change, bilingualism and bi-culturation, gender and sexuality, parental behavior and ideas, cognitive style, the socialization of academic abilities and values, home-school relations and moral development, methodological strategies in cultural and cross-cultural research, meaning systems and hermeneutics, and indigenous and national psychologies. Applications are considered to contemporary problems of social-service policy and practice in various societies, as is cultural bias in psychological assessment.
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PSYC 655 - Advanced Topics in Applied Behavior Analysis [3]
This course offers advanced coverage of special topics, including interventions concerned with communication skills in the developmentally disabled, management of self-injury and other dangerous behavior problems, feeding disorders, autism, etc. Students will demonstrate skills in literature search and integration of the literature by writing reviews and giving presentations on specific topics.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: PSYC 616 .
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PSYC 656 - Applied Social Psychology [3]
This course covers the application of theories and findings of experimental social psychology to individual and social problems. Examples of topics covered: the role of dissonance, reactance and attribution processes in behavior change in applied settings; intrinsic motivation; misattribution techniques and the alleviation of dysfunctional behavior; issues in attitude behavior congruence; media influences; and value self-confrontation and behavior change.
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PSYC 662 - Verbal Behavior [3]
Current empirical and theoretical matters relevent to the functional analysis of verbal behavior, within an applied behavior analytic framework. Students will be introduced to the basic verbal operants and to experimental operations designed to teach the basic verbal operants.
Course ID: 102416
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R
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PSYC 663 - Ethics for Behavior Analysts [3]
This course provides a comprehensive review of the Ethical Guidelines established by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and codes of conduct for behavior analysts in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis. Behavioral intervention for children is a Human Services field. Practitioners and researchers make decisions that can significantly impact the lives of the people with whom they work, and their families. Further, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities frequently receive services from other disciplines. This means that behavior analysts must operate in a manner that is professional while providing the most empirically supported ethical interventions.
Course ID: 102417
Prerequisite: PSYC 605
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R
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PSYC 665 - Drugs and Behavior [3]
The course integrates contemporary theory and empirical observations from neurophysiology, biochemistry and psychology as each interfaces with problems relating drug action and behavioral consequences. It focuses on current research relating biogenic amines, behavior and central nervous system action and chemical alteration in drug-induced states and chronic or acute behavioral disorders.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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PSYC 669 - Organizational Behavior Management [3]
The purpose of this class is to expose students to a behavior-analytic conceptualization of organizational behavior and the underlying research on applied interventions in a variety of organizational settings. The readings and class discussions will provide students with a strong foundation in organizational psychology from a behavioral orientation, with particular emphasis in the last section of the class on issues specific to human services settings. Students will also develop a research proposal for an OBM-type intervention in an applied setting. During the course of the class, students will be given opportunities to hand in sections of the proposal, so that they will receive frequent feedback on their manuscript before the final deadline.
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PSYC 670 - Industrial Organizational Psychology [3]
A general survey of industrial/organizational psychology, including such topics as personnel selection and evaluation, job satisfaction, environmental factors, and current research on individual behaviors in complex organizations.
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PSYC 671 - Seminar in Applied Social Psychology [3]
Social Psychology is the study of the individual’s relation to others and factors affecting that relation. Social Psychology includes a diverse set of topics, including self-identity, decision-making, attitudes, influence of culture and groups, persuasion, prejudice and discrimination, aggression, conflict management, helping, quality of life and mental health, and forensics. This course encompasses a broad overview of these content areas with particular interest in how such content can be applied to real-world situations for greater individual and group well-being and productively.
Course ID: 100332
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R
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PSYC 672 - Research Methods and Statistical Data Analysis [3]
This course gives students a background in and a basic understanding of the statistics used in industrial/organizational psychology, and provides an overview of the theory and uses of simple and complex analyses of variance and of the uses of multiple regression as they apply to industrial/organizational psychology. More recent advanced statistical methods are also introduced, including statistics to determine ‘group’ effects (ICC1, ICC2, and rwg), structural equation modeling and hierarchical linear modeling.
Course ID: 100334
Prerequisite: Admission to PRST INOP
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R
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PSYC 673 - Legal, Ethical & Professional Issues in I/O Psychology [3]
This course will explore the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) context that Industrial-Organizational Psychologists practice in via employee selection and other organizational initiatives. Particular emphasis is given to federal statutes/executive orders, enforcement agencies, employment discrimination litigation process, and relevant work often performed by I-O Psychologists in this context. Common professional and ethical challenges faced by Industrial-Organizational Psychologists that practice human resource management is also discussed.
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PSYC 674 - Methods of Assessment in I/O Psychology [3]
This course provides an I/O-oriented introduction to intellectual and personality assessment of individuals working in organizations. In addition, it gives an introduction/overview of basic measurement theory; essentials of test evaluation including reliability, validity and utility; methodology of test and survey construction, development, and analysis, the employment interview, and the utilization and interpretation of test scores. The format of the course will be lecture, activities, instrument administration, guest speakers, and presentations.
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PSYC 675 - Psychology and the Law [3]
This course introduces students to critical behavioral issues as they are reflected in the courts and penal institutions. Topics include the implications of psychological theory and research for evaluating legal testimony, for cross-examination procedures and for jury selection, plus the McNaghten Rule, the concept of personal responsibility and the penal institution as an instrument designed to alter behavior. The course will involve lectures and a practicum.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Note: Also listed as LAW 526.
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PSYC 676 - Human Factors [3]
This course provides background in the areas of Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction as they relate to the design and use of information systems in the workplace. In addition, this course addresses the importance and interdisciplinary nature of information systems, computer science, psychology, and sociology as they relate to the design of usable systems. Quantitative and qualitative methods for analyzing usability will be discussed and conducted, including task analyses, usability tests, and expert reviews, as well as ongoing assessments of installed products by interviews and surveys. Students learn about the design lifecycle and guidelines that are involved in developing professional-level, high quality user interfaces. Students also learn to address the needs of disabled users in terms of accommodation and accessibility.
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PSYC 677 - Professional HR Practices [3]
This course examines the theoretical foundation of the human resource management field, and the evolution of human resource management, labor and law, including human capital. Trends and issues influencing the development and application of these elements within contemporary organizations will be analyzed. Awareness of the effects of regulation on businesses will be explored.
Course ID: 102258
Prerequisite: Completion of PSYC 672 and 670; Admission to PRST INOP
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R, A
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PSYC 678 - Group Decision Making [3]
This course is based on the understanding one’s own decision making characteristics and then takes the student into the group dynamics surrounding decision making in groups and organizations. The focus is on developing the student’s awareness of how others respond to her/himself, and her/his impact on group performance. Also, focusing on individual heuristics/biases/stereotypes and one’s own ethics are incorporated into the expansion of knowledge involved in personal and group decision making in organizations that students will later play key roles in as staff and management.
Course ID: 102259
Prerequisite: Admission to PRST INOP
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R
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PSYC 679 - Survey Design and Development [3]
This course provides an overview of surveys for purposes such as needs analysis, market research, program evaluation, assessing employee attitudes or opinions and strategic planning. This course includes instruction and practical application on how to: translate client and stakeholder concerns into questions, make decisions on survey design; develop survey questions; develop a sampling strategy; pilot test and evaluate a survey; identify and report the precision of survey-based estimates; analyze and interpret survey data; and report findings to clients and stakeholders.
Course ID: 102487
Prerequisite: Admission to PRST INOP
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R, A
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PSYC 680 - Personality [3]
A comparative survey of major personality theories will serve as a background for an analysis of basic issues in personality structure, development and processes. Empirical research on clinically relevant personality topics, such as the origins and control of aggressive behavior and stress and coping strategies, will be reviewed.
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PSYC 681 - Human Performance Technology [3]
This course introduces the student to the literature, tools, and techniques of performance technology. The performance technologist analyzes and solves human productivity and efficiency problems in the workplace. Students will examine major theories, models, methods and techniques of analyzing and solving individual and organizational performance problems that call for solutions and interventions that go beyond training. Students learn and apply performance analysis and improvement strategies such as feedback and incentive systems, professional development plans, and workplace and job design. This highly participatory seminar is a natural complement to graduate courses in instructional design and instructional technology.
Course ID: 102488
Prerequisite: PSYC 672, Admission to PRST INOP
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R, A
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PSYC 682 - Change Management [3]
This course is an integrated approach to large-scale change in organizations. Change is analyzed from three levels: top management, where leadership and vision are critical, middle management, where implementation is the focus, and lower levels, where receptivity and upward influence are the emphasis. Cases will provide opportunities to develop diagnostic skills and intervention plans, while experiential learning and a team project is used to develop a tool box of specific intervention technique and skills.
Course ID: 102489
Prerequisite: Admission to PRST INOP
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R, A
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PSYC 683 - Advanced Statistics [3]
This Master’s level course in advanced statistics is designed to provide the I/O student with the knowledge base of higher-level statistics in research and practice. The course assumes that the learner has a solid foundation of the theory behind basic inferential statistics and its application through SPSS. The procedures covered will provide the student with a portfolio of references and examples to guide him/her through future analytic questions in the applied setting.
Course ID: 102490
Prerequisite: Completion of PSYC 672; Admission to PRST INOP
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R, A
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PSYC 684 - Program Evaluation for I/O Psychology [3]
This course introduces the student to the literature, theories, and approaches to evaluating organizational programs, policies and procedures. Students will acquire a broad perspective on types of program evaluation, including formative and summative evaluation, process evaluation, monitoring of outputs and outcomes, impact assessment and cost analysis. Students gain practical experience through exercises and assignments involving the design and development of a program evaluation plan. Topics such as experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental study designs are introduced in the context of a variety of settings, including schools, welfare agencies, mental health organizations, criminal justice settings, environmental programs, nonprofit organizations, and corporations.
Course ID: 102494
Prerequisite: Admission to PRST INOP
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R, A
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PSYC 686 - Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychology [3]
This course examines the ethical principles that are fundamental to the scientific exploration of psychological questions and to the practice or application of psychology in promoting human health and wellbeing. Problems and issues to be addressed include applicating psychology to individuals of different ages and cultures, couples, families and larger groups, including organizations and local, national and international communities; the legal system; health and mental health delivery systems; and education and policy making. In addition, issues relating to the integrity of research, including informed consent; analog, animal and clinical studies; data management; authorship and publication practices and conflicts of interest will be discussed. Also highlighted will be issues of ethnic and cultural sensitivity, sexual harassment, dual relationships, intellectual property and peer review.
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PSYC 687 - Job Analysis [3]
This graduate level course is an elective offering which will reinforce I/O students’ previous exposure to Job Analysis. In many ways, Job Analysis (JA) is the building block of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. JA contributes to performance measurement, selection system development and other core Human Resources functions. In the first part of the course, the theoretical underpinnings of JA as well as JA’s contribution to many areas of organizational functioning. In addition, a significant component of the class will be performance of Job Analyses by students individually and collaboratively. Finally, the JA information will be applied to the development of performance management and employee selection systems.
Course ID: 102491
Prerequisite: Admission to PRST INOP
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R, A
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PSYC 688 - Topics in ADP [1]
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PSYC 689 - Strategic Planning [3]
This course introduces students to the theories, tools, and processes for strategic planning. The course is highly applied in nature and will provide students with opportunities to plan, conduct, and finalize a strategic plan for an actual organization. This will include preparing interview and focus group protocols, researching industry trends, reviewing historical documents and conducting interviews/focus groups with a client’s leadership team. The final project for this class will be a presentation of the strategic plan to the organization’s leadership.
Course ID: 102492
Prerequisite: Admission to PRST INOP
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R, A
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PSYC 690 - Field Experience [1-3 credits each semester]
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PSYC 693 - Practicum I in Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions [3]
This sequence provides students with basic competencies relevant to increasing functional behavior (e.g., communication skills) and decreasing maladaptive behavior (e.g., self-injury). Experience with basic behavioral interventions will include procedures such as shaping and chaining, arranging differential consequences of behavior and manipulating antecedent stimuli. Pass/fail grading only.
Co- or Prerequisite: PSYC 615 .
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PSYC 694 - Practicum II in Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions [3]
This sequence provides students with basic competencies relevant to increasing functional behavior (e.g., communication skills) and decreasing maladaptive behavior (e.g., self-injury). Experience with basic behavioral interventions will include procedures such as shaping and chaining, arranging differential consequences of behavior and manipulating antecedent stimuli. Pass/fail grading only.
Co- or Prerequisite: PSYC 615 .
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PSYC 695 - Advanced Seminar in Human Services Psychology [3]
Selected topics in human services psychology.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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PSYC 697 - Directed Research Experience [1-3 per semester; 6 total]
Students receive one to three graduate credits for participation in ongoing faculty research projects.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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PSYC 698 - Capstone Experience [3]
The Capstone Experience provides students who are completing the MPS in I/O Psychology with practical experience in the field. As part of this course, faculty will oversee a meaningful project conducted with a local organization. Students may identify a host venue for the Capstone on their own or UMBC may assist students in identifying a suitable placement. These supervised internships will enable students to demonstrate the integration of the knowledge accumulated in their classroom work to the workplace. Each experience will be closely coordinated with the sponsoring organization and integrated into its work plan and activities. Students will work with a project Advisor to help guide their project, provide advice, and evaluate the final deliverables.
Course ID: 102493
Prerequisite: Admission to PRST INOP; completion of 27 credits or co-enrolled.
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R
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PSYC 699 - Directed Independent Study [1-3]
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PSYC 710 - Research Methods in Psychology [3]
Examination of various methods and models of research in developmental and human services psychology and the applications and assumptions associated with them. Students critique research studies and complete a research proposal.
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PSYC 711 - Data Analytic Procedures II [3]
Applications of multi-variate methods of data analysis in psychological research. Topics include multi-variate descriptive statistics, multi-variate multiple regression, multi-variate analysis of variance and covariance and factor analysis.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: PSYC 611 or consent of instructor.
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PSYC 711L - Data Analytic Procedures II Laboratory [1]
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PSYC 713 - Longitudinal Data Analysis [3]
The focus of this course is on the understanding and application of analytical techniques that are alternatives to the Repeated Measures ANOVA model when working with data arising from longitudinal designs; Latent Growth Curve modeling (LGC) and Individual Growth Curve analysis (IGC). This course focuses on the ability to distinguish and choose between the techniques, to understand strengths and weaknesses of the techniques, to critically read research using the techniques, and to apply both of these techniques to your own research.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: PSYC 711 .
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PSYC 715 - Measurement of Behavior [3]
Course content includes basic measurement theory; essentials of test evaluation, including reliability, validity and utility; methodology of test construction and development; and using and interpreting test scores. The course enables students to evaluate existing assessment instruments in psychology and to propose, implement and evaluate innovative procedures when necessary.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: PSYC 611 .
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PSYC 717 - Structural Equation Modeling [3]
This course will build upon students’ knowledge of multivariate statistical analysis by introducing them to one of the newer multivariate techniques - structural equation modeling. This technique encompasses an entire family of methods known by many names, among them covariance structure analysis, latent variable analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, and causal modeling. An understanding of structural equation modeling will be developed by relating it to students’ previous knowledge of multiple linear regression and exploratory factor analysis, and expanding to allow for correlated and causally related latent constructs.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: PSYC 711 .
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PSYC 720 - Infant Assessment [3]
An in-depth examination of the theoretical and applied issues relating to assessing children up to age three, with specific focus on assessments of intellectual development, socio-emotional development, adaptive behavior and family functioning. Although the course is tailored for developmental psychologists in applied arenas, the approach taken is inter-disciplinary, with discussions included on how specific norm- and criterion-referenced assessments have been used to intervene with high-risk and developmentally delayed infants.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PSYC 651 and PSYC 781 or consent of instructor.
Note: It is expected that students enrolling in PSYC 720 also will enroll in PSYC 691.
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PSYC 721 - Assessment of Children [3]
This course focuses on assessing children from pre-school through high school. Assessment of cognitive skills will be emphasized, and social/behavioral issues also will be considered. The over-arching goal of this course is to help students understand the theories and research underlying the assessment of children and to apply this knowledge to the task of evaluating children.
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PSYC 730 - Parenting [3]
This course focuses on the parenting subsystem and the biological, familial and socio-cultural factors that influence it. Topics range from issues in the transition to parenthood, psycho-biological underpinnings of parenting, parenting and the cultural context and fathers and parenting in an assortment of high-risk contexts.
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PSYC 736 - Applied Psychology and Public Policy [3]
This course examines major public policy issues relevant to applied developmental and human services psychology. Federal and, to a lesser degree, state policies, policy making constituencies and policymaking processes will be reviewed.
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PSYC 738 - Qualitative Methods [3]
PSYC 738 will provide an introduction to qualitative research traditions, paradigms, ethics, and methods, and its application to psychological study. Qualitative methods are an vital complement to quantitative methods in psychology, providing a means of exploring the processes and meanings of human experiences. Readings and discussion of both theoretical and applied issues in qualitative research will be supplemented by applied psychology fieldwork experience. Fieldwork may involve additional reading on both methods and study content, work collecting data in community settings, analyzing data on site at UMBC, etc.
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PSYC 741 - Topics in Behavioral Medicine [1 per semester]
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PSYC 742 - HSP Advanced Seminar in Child Health Psychology [3]
This advanced graduate seminar provides an overview of current issues in child health psychology. Topic areas include: childhood cancer, chronic pain conditions, stressful and painful medical procedures, chronic childhood illnesses (e.g. diabetes and asthma), compliance and self-management, and professional/ethical issues in child health psychology. Each medical topic area will be addressed from a multidimensional perspective including: a) a brief overview of the disease process and/or medical management, b) the experience of the child and the developmental tasks affected by health condition, c) implications for the family and the larger community, d) coordination with the medical system, and e) the empirical/theoretical literature. Clinical case material will be presented to complement empirical readings. The role of the psychologist as a consultant in primary and tertiary care pediatric settings also will be discussed.
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PSYC 750 - Etiology and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors [3]
This course examines the biological, psychological and social factors related to how addition develops and how individuals with addictions move through the process of recovery. The focus will be on the process of change that underlies both initiation and cessation of addictive behaviors and how influences interact with that process.
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PSYC 751 - Advanced Seminar in Couple and Family Therapies [3]
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an overview of family and couples therapies. Course objectives fall into three interrelated categories: Ethical issues, conceptual and factual knowledge, and development and practice of skills relevant to family and couple therapies.
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PSYC 780 - Language Development [3]
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PSYC 781 - Social Development [3]
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PSYC 782 - Reading and Reading Disabilities [3]
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PSYC 783 - Children’s Mathematical Thinking [3]
This course will cover theories and research in the development of children’s and adolescents’ mathematical reasoning processes. Topics may include mathematical reasoning, conservation of number and early predictors of mathematical thought. Prerequisite: Cognitive Development or consent of instructor.
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PSYC 784 - Intervention in Infancy and Early Childhood [3]
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PSYC 786 - Psychological Aspects of Aging [3]
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PSYC 787 - Schooling and Development [3]
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PSYC 793 - Interventions in Applied Behavior Analysis I [3 per semester, 3 total]
This intervention sequence is designed to help students develop independent intervention skills relevant to applied behavior analysis. The student will apply behavioral principles and methods to a problem of social importance (e.g., clinical, educational, organizational) by carrying through all stages of a program with a client, from assessment and design through intervention and evaluation of outcome. After designing and implementing the intervention program, the student will describe the methods and outcomes in a presentation and also in a written format appropriate to journals that publish research or clinical investigations in behavior analysis.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PSYC 616 and PSYC 693 -PSYC 694 .
Co- or prerequisite: PSYC 655 .
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PSYC 794 - Interventions in Applied Behavior Analysis II [3 per semester, 3 total]
This intervention sequence is designed to help students develop independent intervention skills relevant to applied behavior analysis. The student will apply behavioral principles and methods to a problem of social importance (e.g., clinical, educational, organizational) by carrying through all stages of a program with a client, from assessment and design through intervention and evaluation of outcome. After designing and implementing the intervention program, the student will describe the methods and outcomes in a presentation and also in a written format appropriate to journals that publish research or clinical investigations in behavior analysis.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PSYC 616 and PSYC 693 -PSYC 694 .
Co- or prerequisite: PSYC 655 .
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PSYC 796 - Field Experience in Teaching of Psychology [1 per semester, 2 total]
This course is intended for graduate students interested in learning how to teach at the college level. Students will work closely with an identified faculty mentor in all aspects of course development and delivery and receive guidance/supervision in independent teaching of a course. Students must have a master’s degree in Psychology.
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PSYC 798 - Independent Research [1-3]
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PSYC 799 - Master’s Thesis Research [2-9]
Note: Six credit hours are required for the master’s degree.
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PSYC 898 - Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Research [3-9]
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PSYC 899 - Doctoral Dissertation Research [9]
Research on doctoral dissertation is conducted under direction of faculty advisor.
Prerequisite: Admission to Doctoral Candidacy Required
Note: A minimum of 18 credit hours are required. This course is repeatable.
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PSYC 900 - Psychology Internship Course
This course can be used if a student is on internship and has completed the dissertation.
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PSYC 7700 - Master’s Special Study [1]
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PSYC 8800 - Doctoral Special Study [1]
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PUBL 600 - Research Methodology [3]
A course designed to advance graduate students’ knowledge of the field of scientific modes of inquiry and analysis and to familiarize them with research methods and techniques.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Evidence of an undergraduate level of understanding of research methods and consent of instructor.
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PUBL 601 - Political and Social Context of the Policy Process [3]
This course is designed to introduce students to the processes by which policy is made in the United States. It introduces students to the policymaking system, including the institutional, structural and political contexts, as well as the policymaking environment. The various stages of the policymaking process from problem definition and agenda-setting to implementation are examined and discussed, and important theories and models of policymaking are presented. Significant concepts relating to the political analysis of public policy are discussed, such as the social construction of problems, group demands, political influence and resources, motivations and incentive for political behavior and political feasibility.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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PUBL 603 - Theory and Practice of Policy Analysis [3]
An overview of the basic principles and elements of policy analysis. The course focuses on the activities and elements of policy analysts. In addition, the relationship between policy analysis and policymaking, along with emerging professional and ethical issues, are addressed.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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PUBL 604 - Statistical Analysis [3]
An introduction to the concepts and methods of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques are discussed.
Note: Also listed as SOCY 604 . Consent of instructor.
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PUBL 606 - The Politics and Administration of Program Evaluation [3]
An examination of the political and organizational processes affecting the conduct of program evaluation and the impact of evaluation on decision-making. Means of increasing the use of evaluation in decision-making are analyzed.
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PUBL 607 - Statistical Applications in Evaluation Research [3]
Advanced course in analyzing and evaluating data. Focuses on interpreting statistical procedures for assessing the impact of programs and policies based on a variety of experimental and quasi-experimental designs, including true experiments, non-equivalent control group designs and interrupted time-series designs. Consent of instructor.
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PUBL 608 - Applied Multivariate Regression - An Introduction [3]
An introduction to the practical application of widely used basic multivariate regression techniques. Experience in the use of these techniques is provided through hands-on exercises and the preparation of an original regression analysis of real-world data in an area of interest selected by the student. Methods covered include multiple linear regression, models with binary dependent variables, analysis of pooled data, and methods for assessing and comparing the performance of alternative models. Rather than focusing on the mechanics of regression computation, the course emphasizes the basic concepts involved in constructing and estimating regression models, and in interpreting their results. Consent of instructor.
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PUBL 609 - Social Science Approaches to Policy Analysis [3]
A methodological examination of the contributions, complementarities and conflicts among the economic, political science and sociological approaches to policy analysis. Focuses on the nature of questions each discipline can answer by looking at their methods and limitations. Fundamental assumptions, theories, perspectives and policy recommendations are discussed.
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PUBL 610 - Special Topics in Public Policy [3]
Topics selected on the basis of the background and interests of the faculty member and students.
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PUBL 611 - Causal Inference in Program Evaluation [3]
Surveys methods for identifying causal relationships in evaluation and policy research. The course considers the use of randomized experiments as well as a number of quasi-experimental research designs. Topics include matching techniques, panel data estimation, instrumental variables, discontinuity designs, and selection correction. Consent of instructor.
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PUBL 613 - Managing Public Organizations [3]
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the world of public management. More specifically, it focuses on who public managers are, what they do, the environments within which they operate, the tasks they perform and the roles they play in their organizations. In addition to the assigned textbook and readings, the course is case-based. That is, principles elucidated in readings are expanded from the “real world” of public management.
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