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Courses: Psychology (PSYC)

6198: 6298: 6398: 6498: 6598: Special Problems
Cr. 1-6 per semester, or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of chair. Individual student projects carried out in conjunction with a faculty member.

6300: Statistics for Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. The origins of inferential statistics. Emphasis is placed on understanding the uses of statistical concepts in psychological research.

6301: Psychological Theory: History and Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Principal themes in history of science, history and systems (paradigms) of psychology, philosophy of science and epistemology.

6302: Experimental Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Review of basic principles of design and design models. Concentration on multivariate factorial designs, both parametric and nonparametric, including analysis of variance, covariance, Latin and Greco-Latin squares, and trend analysis.

6303: Foundations of Clinical Intervention I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. History and scope of clinical interventions; major theoretical models.

6304: Foundations of Developmental Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or approval of program director. An advanced introduction to basic concepts, current issues, and applications of developmental psychology.

6306: Foundations of Cognitive Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or approval of program director. An advanced introduction to basic concepts current issues, and applications of cognitive psychology. Areas represented are information processing, language, judgement, memory, and thinking.

6308: Foundations of Neuropsychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). An introduction to the nomenclature, theory and concepts of normal and abnormal brain development, brain functioning, and neuroanatomy.

6313: Multivariate Methods
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 6300 or consent of instructor. Application of multiple regression and correlation to psychological data; introduction to discriminant analysis, canonical correlation, multivariate analysis of variance, and the general linear model.

6316: Interventions in Clinical Psychology II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6303 and consent of instructor. Problem-specific techniques and therapeutic strategies based on functional analytic and cognitive-behavioral perspectives.

6317: Psychopathology I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Major theoretical formulations associated with functional disorders.

6318: Psychopathology II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6308 PSYC 6317 and consent of instructor. Major theoretical formulations of behavior disorders in childhood; systematic and alternative perspectives on psychopathology.

6331: Cognitive and Clinical Neuropsychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Study of behavioral and cognitive concomitants of damage to various structures and systems in the central nervous system through the life span.

6337: Social Psychology/Behavioral Medicine
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Social psychological theories as related to health behavior/behavioral medicine, research, including the preparation of applications for funding of research grants.

6338: Foundations of Social Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. An advanced introduction to the basic concepts, current issues, and applications of social psychology.

6340: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6305 and consent of area director. Theory and implementation of specific psychological techniques in the retraining of neurological patients, including cognitive training, behavior modification, biofeedback, and training under drug-induced states.

6341: Perception
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing in psychology and consent of instructor. Concerned with visual perception and other sense modalities. Topics include sensory organization and processes, space perception, constancies and illusions, pattern recognition, contributions of neurophysiology, perceptual learning and development, visuomotor coordination.

6342: Psychophysiology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing in psychology and consent of instructor. A study of central electrical activities of the brain and the peripheral autonomic processes, including recording techniques and clinical applications.

6343: Psychopharmacology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing in psychology and consent of instructor. Electrical activity of the brain and synaptic transmitter systems. Manipulation by endogenous and exogenous chemicals and drugs, and their operation in various brain pathologies.

6345: Developmental Neuropsychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6308 and consent of instructor. Survey of development and maturation processes related to abnormal brain functions.

6346: Intervention in Neuropsychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6308 and consent of instructor. Survey of interviewing, counseling, and therapeutic techniques used with various pathologies.

6348: Applied Developmental Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor. The application of developmental theories and research to applied settings, including medical and educational settings. Conceptual, empirical, and ethical issues in policy and practice are discussed and related to relevant literature.

6349: Neuropsychological Assessment of Adults
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6308 and consent of instructor. A survey of neurophysiological tests and diagnostic procedures for adults.

6350: Neuropsychological Assessment of Children
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6308, PSYC 6345, and consent of instructor. Survey of neuropsychological tests and diagnostic procedures for children.

6351: Research Methods in I/O Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Designed to provide experience in the process of research in industrial/organizational psychology. Students evaluate research in terms of conceptualization, hypothesis generation, design, the use of statistics, and conclusions. Students design and evaluate proposals.

6356: Clinical Assessment I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Test standards, the history of assessment, basic measurement theory, dependability of data, models of prediction, decision theory, Cognitive Assessment.

6357: Clinical Assessment II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6356 and consent of instructor. Enrollment limited. Required for clinical psychology concentration. Rationale, administration, scoring, and interpretation of basic, personality and behavioral assessment instruments.

6360: Child in the Family
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 6304 or consent of instructor. Comprehensive review of current research in developmental psychology on children and their families. The course is organized chronologically from infancy to adolescence.

6361: Social Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 6304 or consent of instructor. Origins of social behavior, parent-child relations, and the development of sex-role taking, moral conduct, social cognition.

6362: Cognitive Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 6304 or consent of instructor. Origins and levels of knowing of the natural and social world; the relation of perception, thought, and language.

6364: Developmental Methodology
Cr. 3 (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in developmental psychology. Covers concepts related to measurement and research design in developmental psychology. Topics addressed include validity, reliability, measurement modes, designs, and measurement for assessing inter-individual differences and intra-individual change, measurement, equivalence, etc.

6370: Foundations of Industrial Organizational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Survey of the major content areas of I-0 psychology as well as the relevant journals, the roles played by I-0 psychologists, and the major ethical issues.

6371: Seminar in Personnel Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Theory and application of principles of individual differences and psychological measurement to the study of behavior in organizational settings. Applied emphasis is on employee selection and development.

6374: Organizational Change and Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Diagnostic and intervention strategies concerned with social processes in organizational functioning.

6379: Occupational Health Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. Review of the major theories and empirical research showing the effects of the work environment on employees' health and well being. Primary emphasis on development and maintenance of healthy people within healthy organizations focusing on prevention of illness, disease, health problems and injuries in the work environment. Topics include occupational safety and health hazards, organization of work factors and their relation to employee safety and health, safety climate and training, the etiology of job stress and burnouts, work-place, health promotion programs and the role of employee assistance programs, the interface of work and non-work factors in maintaining occupational health, and epidemiological and other research and measurement issues.

6381: Social Psychological Methodology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Various methodological orientations pertaining to experimental and quasi-experimental research in the social sciences.

6389: History and Theory of Social Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. Survey of major historical and theoretical antecedents of modern social psychology.

6390: Topics in Current Literature in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six semester hours with approval of chair. Review of present psychological knowledge on topics broadly related to work behavior. The aim is to define future research needs. Topics are determined by instructor and student research interests.

6391: Seminar in Teaching of Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0).

6392: Clinical Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). May be repeated. Enrollment limited. Supervised field work in clinical psychology.

6393: Clinical Research Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6302 and consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of nine semester hours. Clinical research involving experimental design, data collection, quantitative analysis, and preparation of research reports.

6394: Selected Topics in Social Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated when topics vary. In-depth coverage of special topics in social psychology.

6395: Selected Topic - Current Literature-Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Review of present psychological knowledge on topics broadly related to work behavior, aimed at defining future research needs. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours with approval of department chair.

6396: Topics in Applied Developmental Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 6304 or consent of instructor. Examination of public issues such as impact of television, day care, parent education, child advocacy programs from point of view of developmental theories and empirical research.

6397: Selected Topics in Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0).

6399-7399: Master's Thesis
Cr. 3. (3-0).

7305: Structural Equations in Psychological Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6300 and PSYC 6302 or consent of instructor. Estimation, testing, and assessment of fit using LISREL are examined for path analytic, confirmatory factor, and latent variable models.

7311: Applied Developmental Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Application of developmental theories and research to settings designed for providing child day care or for children who are handicapped, terminally ill, mentally retarded, juvenile delinquents, and autistic. Theories, data and methodological issues involved in research in applied settings.

7321: Head Injury
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6305 and consent of instructor. Research and clinical issues in pathophysiology, epidemiology and neurobehavioral sequelae of head injury.

7322: Issues in Community Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six semester hours.

7324: Health Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Introduction to theory and research in health psychology and behavioral medicine; includes concepts and research from developmental, cognitive, and clinical psychology in addition to the traditional social psychology perspective.

7325: Aphasiology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6308 and consent of instructor. Historical and current approaches to the study of aphasia. Topics include localization of function and the analysis of deficits in syntactic and phonological components of language; group-study versus case-study methodology.

7326: Professional Problems in Applied Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Issues involved in service delivery systems (ethics, program administration, interprofessional relationships, etc.).

7327: Child Assessment and Interventions I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: 24 SCH in clinical psychology, including PSYC 6356 and PSYC 6357. Review principles of counseling youth, with particular emphasis on empirically supported treatments (ESTs); review theoretical perspectives and their research bases; explore change processes and outcomes; examine current literature on ESTs.

7328: Child Assessment and Interventions II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: 27 SCH in clinical psychology, including PSYC 6356, PSYC 6357, and PSYC 7327. Applied/practical review of clinical child/family assessments including: clinical interviewing, cognitive and achievement testing, behavioral and observational techniques, disorder-specific assessments; integrative report writing; special consideration of child/family issues.

7329: Seminar in Clinical Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated.

7332: Program Evaluation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six semester hours. Design and evaluation of treatment and educational programs.

7333: Experimental Techniques in Human Neuropsychology
Cr. 3. (3-0).Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Behavioral and psychological techniques for studying human brain function.

7334: Dementia
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6308 and consent of instructor. The etiology, prevalence, neuropathology and clinical aspects of major dementing disorders; symptomatology, differential diagnosis, and neuropsychological testing.

7336: MHS-I: Research and Services for the Severely and Chronically Mentally Disabled
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: second year or beyond in clinical psychology program and/or consent of instructor. An advanced seminar in clinical psychology covering research requirements, problems, and empirically validated structures and procedures for effective programs with psychotic and other chronic mental disorders.

7337: MHS-II: Assessment and Diffusion of New Technologies
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 7336 and/or consent of instructor. An advanced seminar in clinical psychology extending MHS-I to in depth coverage of assessment and decision-making practices in service delivery systems and research requirements, problems, and principles for effective dissemination of new technologies.

7342: Biological Bases of Behavior
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. The biological, neurological and physiological aspects of behavior as they are relevant to psychology.

7343: Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. Processes by which affective responses develop and the processes through which information is acquired, organized and used and their influences on behavior.

7344: History and Systems of Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. The history of psychology as a science, including its major figures and theoretical systems and major external influences.

7345: Psychological Methodology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing in psychology and PSYC 6300 and PSYC 6302, or consent of instructor. Techniques used to generate research ideas and the use of experimental and quasi-experimental designs to test these ideas.

7346: Professional Ethics for Psychologists
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. Ethical principles and legal issues of concern to psychologists involved in teaching, research, and practice.

7360: Seminar in Training
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Training needs-analysis, development of training programs, evaluation of training outcomes.

7362: Interviewing in Personnel Selection
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Review and analysis of research literature: emphasis on relationship of issues in selection to issues in training and identification of research needs.

7363: Seminar in Organizational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Review and analysis of research methodologies and theories related to social processes in organizations.

7364: Legal Issues in I/0 Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Analysis of legal issues including those raised by the American Psychological Association and Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology Testing Guidelines.

7365: Psychology of Leadership in Organizations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Review and analysis of basic paradigms of leadership, controversies among theories and studies, and difficulties in measuring leadership processes in organizations.

7366: Work Motivation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6300 and PSYC 6302 or consent of instructor. Factors and processes influencing effort, intentions, performance, other job behaviors.

7379: Categorical Data in Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6300 and PSYC 6302 or consent of instructor. Models and methods for working with categorical data, from joint probability and two-way contingency tables through log-linear models and their application to higher order tables.

7380: Selected Topics in Clinical Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of nine semester hours. Various topics relevant to central processing of information, e.g., localization and hemispheric functioning, predictability and control of stressors, state dependent learning, brain models of memory, motivational, and cognitive processing.

7389: History of Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. History of psychology and the historiography of psychology. Past ideas and movements and a critical, historical view of the present and possible future of psychology.

7390: Clinical Neuropsychology Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of program director. Pracitcum in clinical neuropsychology. May be repeated.

7392: Psychology Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Enrollment limited. Faculty supervised field work in clinical, industrial, and institutional settings.

7393: Field Practicum in Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Enrollment limited. Supervised field work in clinical, industrial, and institutional settings.

7394: Selected Topics - Clinical Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Topics relevant to central processing of information, e.g., localization and hemisheric functioning, predictability and control of stressors, state dependent learning, brain models of memory, motivational, and cognitive processing. May be repeated for a maximum of nine semester hours.

7395: Child Interventions
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. In-depth review of the principles of counseling youth, with particular emphasis on empirically supported treatments (ESTs).

7396: Selected Topics in Quantitative Methods
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 6300 or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Examples of topics are factor analysis, test theory, Bayesian methods, and computer simulation.

7397: Selected Topics in Applied Cognitive Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated when topics vary.

8121: 8321 8621: 8921: Clinical Psychology Internship
Cr. 1-9 per semester as indicated. Prerequisite: consent of program director. Enrollment limited. May be repeated (three terms required for completion of the program requirement.)

8190: 8390: 8690: 8990: Internship in Clinical Neuropsychology
Cr. 1-9 per semester. Prerequisite: consent of program director. Internship in clinical neuropsychology. May be repeated (three terms required for completion of the program requirement).

8192: 8292: 8392 Advanced Clinical Practicum
Cr. 1-3 per semester. May be repeated. Enrollment limited. Supervised field work in clinical psychology.

8320: Field Work in Organizational Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing. Best practices in applying organizational behavior, human resources, and organization development research to organizational problems; content varies in order to leverage emergent field opportunities; may be repeated with instructor approval.

8323: Organizational Climate and Culture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in Psychology or consent of the instructor. Review of the history, evolution and relationships among such concepts as organizational culture and climate and psychological climate. The emphasis is on research and applied issues related to these concepts and their role in behavior, organizational performance and organizational development and change.

8324: Job Attitudes: Theory and Measurement
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Provides an overview of the history and evolution of attitude theory and measurement in general and a review of theories and measures encountered in job-related attitudes, such concepts as job satisfaction, job involvement and organizational commitment.

8325: Job Attitudes: Theory and Measurement
Cr. 3. (3-0).

8392: Advanced Clinical Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). May be repeated. Enrollment limited. Supervised field work in clinical psychology.

8393: Selected Topics in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of nine semester hours with approval of chair. Topics will be described and posted in the Department of Psychology prior to registration.

8393: Group Processes
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of nine semester hours. Dynamics, leadership styles, and therapies in groups.

8395: Selected Topics in Neuropsychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated when topics vary.

8396: Topics in the Development of Language and Thought
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 6304 or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Advanced topics in the clasical issue of how the child develops and coordinates thought and language.

8397: Memory Disorders
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 6308 and consent of instructor. The clinical and experimental literature on various memory disorders having structural or functional etiologies and their rehabilitation.

8397: Selected Topics in Social or Developmental Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PSYC 6304 or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Intensive study of selected topics that are central to the field or current interests of faculty and students.

8397: Attention and Perception
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Historical and theoretical developments and more recent behavioral and neurophysiological correlates of attentional processes.

8690: Internship in Clinical Neuropsychology
Cr. 1-9 per semester. Prerequisite: consent of program director. Internship in clinical neuropsychology. May be repeated (three terms required for completion of the program requirement).

8990: Internship in Clinical Neuropsychology
Cr. 1-9 per semester. Prerequisite: consent of program director. Internship in clinical neuropsychology. May be repeated (three terms required for completion of the program requirement).

8199: 8299: 8399: 8699: 8999: Doctoral Dissertation
Cr. 1-9 per semester as indicated.