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PAST 626 - Physician Assistant Research Project
Physician Assistant Research Project
Prerequisites & Notes
RSCH 610
Credits: 3
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PAST 640 - PA Seminar VIII
This seminar course examines the biopsychosocial model of health and illness, approaches to the challenging patient, and concepts in risk management and quality assurance. Students begin formal Grand Rounds presentations.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all previous PAST courses.
Credits: 1
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PAST 650 - PA Seminar IX
This seminar course examines the impact of national and state health care policies on the delivery on health care and the health issues associated with violent crimes. Students continue Grand Rounds presentations.
Credits: 1
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PAST 660 - PA Seminar X
This final seminar course presents the current state and federal policies affecting the physician assistant graduate, and reviews medical ethics through selected case studies. Students continue Grand Rounds presentations.
Credits: 1
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PAST 671 - Inpatient Medicine
The inpatient medicine clerkship is a six week clinical experience that provides the foundation for clinical evaluation and treatment of general medical patients. Training includes assessment of inpatient populations and their medical problems. Students learn clinical presentation of general medical problems, evaluation, therapeutic intervention, and methods of documentation. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, daily morning and work rounds and in-hospital overnight call.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all ACRs and all fourth year PAST courses.
Credits: 6
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PAST 672 - Family Medicine
The family medicine clerkship is a six week clinical experience that provides the principles of clinical diagnosis and management of general medical problems in the adult and pediatric ambulatory setting. Training includes assessment of outpatient populations and their medical problems. Students learn clinical presentation of general medical problems, evaluation, therapeutic intervention, and methods of documentation. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, daily office or clinical hours (including weekends), medical coverage of hospitalized patients, and evening and weekend on-call hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all ACRs and all fourth year PAST courses.
Credits: 6
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PAST 673 - General Surgery
During the general surgery clerkship, students learn management of surgical patients in hospital and ambulatory settings. These experiences include presentation and work-up of common surgical problems, surgical interventions, and the care of preoperative, operative, and postoperative patients.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all ACRs and all fourth year PAST courses.
Credits: 6
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PAST 674 - Emergency Medicine
This course is a six week clerkship with the purpose of providing practical clinical experience in the care of acute medical and surgical emergencies. Students develop an understanding of the concept of triage in an emergency situation. Additionally, students have the opportunity to assess patients of all ages with a variety of problems. Attention is given to the psychosocial and economic factors influencing each patient’s current and future care.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all ACRs and all fourth year PAST courses.
Credits: 6
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PAST 675 - Obstetrics and Gynecology
This is a six week clerkship with the purpose of providing clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of women. Experience is gained in the areas of family planning, pre, intra, and postpartum care, as well as routine gynecological care for sexually transmitted diseases, dysmenorrhea, and menopausal health. Students come to understand the effects that sexual activity, childbearing, and menopause have on a woman’s medical, emotional, and social well-being.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all ACRs and all fourth year PAST courses.
Credits: 6
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PAST 676 - General Pediatrics
Pediatrics is a six week clerkship which provides the opportunity to assess medical and surgical problems that require both inpatient and ambulatory management of children. Students spend approximately fifty to sixty hours per week in the clinical setting. Time is spent giving students practical clinical experience in the ambulatory setting managing routine childhood illness and health maintenance, and with the medical team in the hospital at the time of delivery assessing the newborn and caring for children with more severe medical problems. Students learn to recognize the influences that family interactions can have on the course of the patient’s development, well-being, and illness.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all ACRs and all fourth year PAST courses.
Credits: 6
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PAST 677 - Psychiatry
The purpose of the psychiatry clerkship is to provide the student with clinical experience in the varied presentations of mental illness in inpatient and ambulatory settings. Students have an opportunity to evaluate, identify, and learn management of both acute and non-acute psychiatric patients.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all ACRs and all fourth year PAST courses.
Credits: 6
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PAST 680 - Preceptorship
The preceptorship is a six week clinical and non-clinical experience that provides
opportunities in clinical evaluation and treatment of patients, and a more in-depth
understanding of the daily administrative aspect of health care practices. Training
includes assessment of a variety of patient populations and their health care
problems. Students strengthen previously developed skills of data gathering from
historic information, physical assessment, and therapeutic treatment planning.
A broad exposure to the administrative aspects of the practice of medicine is
emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all ACRs and all fourth year PAST courses.
Credits: 6
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PSYC 510 - Introduction to the Wraparound Process
This course explores the current theory and principles of the wraparound approach as defined by the national wraparound initiative. Specifically, the course reviews the definition and history of wraparound, the four phases of wraparound, the ten principles of wraparound, and the roles of the care manager and family partner. Class activities include group discussion, role-play exercises and videotaped examples of care plan team meetings.
Credits: 1
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PSYC 530 - Psychology of Sport Injury
This course is a seminar pertaining to psychological theory, research, and practice in the domain of sport injury. Group discussion, interactive, experiential, and lecture methods are used to foster awareness and knowledge of psychological responses to sport injury and the role of psychological factors in the occurence, prevention, and rehabilitation of sport injuries.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 545 - Imagery, Hypnosis, and Self-Hypnosis
This course examines the historical development, theories, techniques, and research in the application of imagery and hypnosis. Special emphasis is placed on the role of those techniques as a tool in human helping professions. Topics covered include: the mind/body relationship, healing and pain management, neurolinguistic programming, criminal investigation, sports skill enhancement, and ethical and legal considerations.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 601 - Developmental School Guidance Counseling
This course presents the philosophy, principles, and practices of Developmental School Guidance Counseling, and recent research in the field. Students learn about the roles and functions of counselors at the elementary, middle, and high schools levels. This course focuses on academic guidance including the Curriculum Frameworks, MCAS, standardized testing and test interpretation, and counselors’ roles in special education, college counseling, and post-secondary options.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 603 - Psychological Testing
This course aims to establish an understanding of the problems involved in the measurement of abilities, achievement, attitudes, interests, behavior, and personality. Methods of test construction and the concepts of reliability and validity are considered. Cultural issues related to assessment are explored, and the ability to critically evaluate assessment techniques from a scientist-practitioner perspective is fostered.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 606 - Psychology of Diversity
This course examines the ways in which culture influences behavior and perception, and is concerned with understanding psychological principles as either universal or culture specific. Standard areas of psychology, cognitive development, language acquisition, emotion, abnormal behavior, and social psychology are explored from a cross-cultural perspective.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 611 - Psychology of Humor
Psychology of humor provides a theoretical and practical basis for the role and use of humor in our society. This course explores the positive use of humor in areas of education, health and wellness, creativity, and as social commentary. It also investigates the negative uses of humor in society in areas such as racism, sexism, and ethnicity.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 612 - Psychopharmacology
This course examines the role of psychiatric medication in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Topics include the neurological basis of mental disorders, pharmokinetics, and specific medications used in the treatment of mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders. In addition, the role of biological treatment of organic disorders is investigated.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 631
Credits: 3
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PSYC 613 - Professional Ethics
This course provides a foundation for the ethical practice of counseling. The focus is
on ethical decision-making through an understanding of legal and ethical standards
of practice for counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychologists. Issues such as client rights, confidentiality, family law, dual relationships, duty to warn, and ethical consideration of special populations are studied.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 614 - Counseling Diverse Populations
This course examines the complex interplay of values, expectations, and social
and political forces that influence the counselor/client relationship. Students
learn about multicultural counseling competency in mental health agencies, schools,
and other settings. Students improve their ability to counsel members of specific
ethnic groups and gay men and lesbians.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 615 - Child Development and Counseling
This course examines the bio-psychosocial development of children and adolescents. Learning, normal development, and play therapy techniques are covered.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 620 - Health Psychology
This course is a survey of psychological theory, research, and practice in the health
domain. Didactic, interactive, and experiential methods are used to foster
awareness and knowledge of the critical role of behavioral factors in health.
Opportunities for application of behavioral principles to aspects of personal health are
provided.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 621 - Theories of Personality
This course emphasizes the dynamics of human behavior and the application of these principles in a better understanding of one’s life. A variety of theorists from the major schools of thought (psychoanalytic, behavioral, and existential/humanistic) are covered so that students are able to examine their own assumptions about people.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 622 - Principles of Counseling
The course provides graduate students with opportunities to learn and acquire basic counseling skills that can be used in a variety of settings. Participants survey major approaches to counseling in order to further their knowledge of human behavior and the change process. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the dynamics underlying various therapeutic techniques and fostering the ability to establish a strong working alliance.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 623 - Crisis Intervention
This course examines crisis intervention techniques used in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults in hospital and community agency settings. Topics such as suicide and risk assessment, polysubstance abuse, spousal battery, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress syndrome, violence, and bereavement are explored in light of current crisis intervention strategies.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 626 - Research Project in Psychology
This course builds on the research foundation established in Research 610, and specifically addresses applied research within the discipline of psychology. Interpretation of research and its impact on professional practice are studied. Students participate in the design, implementation and interpretation of a research project.
Prerequisites & Notes
RSCH 610.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 627 - Individual Intelligence Testing
This course features instruction and supervised practice in the administration and interpretation of the Wechsler scales. The history, purpose, interpretation, strengths, and weaknesses of these scales are reviewed. Each student gives no less than five tests on each of the Wechsler scales (WAIS, WISC-R, WPPIS). A total of twenty satisfactory tests are required. The course format includes lecture, demonstrations, and videotaped testing sessions.
Credits: 4
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PSYC 630 - Adventure Therapy: Facilitating Life Skills through Experiential Learning
Adventure Therapy: Facilitating Life Skills through Experiential Learning, is a course designed to help students gain a practical and theoretical understanding of adventure therapy. This course offers students the opportunity to facilitate the growth of various life skills (i.e., career development, study skills, goal setting, time management, health, values clarification, etc.) through program development and workshops. Students will explore how the use of experiential education, adventure activities, and life skill development can be used as a treatment modality working with groups and individuals in a variety of settings.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 631 - Psychopathology
Employing a biological, psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, and sociocultural approach, various types of pathology across the lifespan are examined, emphasizing descriptive characteristics, etiology, and treatment. This course focuses on the use of the DSM-IV, interpretation of case histories, and awareness of moral/ethical aspects of labeling or acknowledging psychopathology.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 633 - Introduction to Psychotherapy
This course explores the major psychotherapies, ranging from psychoanalysis through person-centered therapy to neurolinguistic programming, and integrates their techniques into the theory of relative causation.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 635 - Psychology in Organizations
This course aims to help students understand the nature and problems of personnel
administration and to evaluate ways in which psychological theory and techniques
may be applied to the improvement of human relations in business and industry.
Major topics include motivation, attitudes, and morale; psychological and other
devices for selection; placement and development of personnel; analysis and evaluation
of jobs and job performance; communication; training and supervision; employee
services and programs.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 638 - Adult Development and Learning
This course introduces students to current information related to adult development and learning. Life stage, life phase, and life event theories are examined, as well as research concerning learning during the adult years. Implications for teaching, counseling, and serving adult students are discussed. A special emphasis is placed on adult transitions and the change process.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 639 - Human Life Span Development
This course examines the major theories of Human Life Span Development from birth to death. This course investigates each age group from a cognitive, physical, psychosocial, and cultural developmental perspectives with a focus on age specific issues that impact development.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 640 - Counseling the College Bound Student
This course explores the college admissions process, with emphasis on current issues
confronting secondary school counselors, application and admissions criteria for
various types of colleges and college counseling for special student populations.
Students gain an understanding of the resources available to counselors in the
college admissions process including print material, software, web sites and
organizations. Psychological and family issues in college counseling are also explored.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 641 - Psychology of Sexual Behavior
This course studies all forms of human sexual behavior, with emphasis on attitudes and practical concerns, such as interpersonal relationships, emotional involvement, and sexual difficulties, failures, and therapy.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 643 - Career Development and Counseling
This course provides a framework for career development interventions across a variety of professional settings. Theory and research perspectives related to career development over the life span are offered as a basis for individual and group work in career planning, guidance, and employment counseling. Current issues such as college counseling, employment trends, assessment, multiculturalism, and the use of technology in career advisement are addressed.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 645 - Prevention & Group Counseling in Schools
In this course students develop skills in preventing and intervening with violence, substance abuse, mental illness, and child maltreatment. Topics include group guidance and leadership, changing the school climate, consultation, and referrals. Students learn about the relationship of counselors to other professionals in pupil personnel services, the school system, and the community. Students complete a 60-hour pre-practicum in a school.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 601
Credits: 3
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PSYC 646 - Organizational Conflict Management
This course is a classroom simulation that will serve as an experiential opportunity for developing practical skills to prevent and manage everyday workplace (and personal) conflict, and for learning effective tools for resolving disputes. Students will develop conceptual understanding of the psychological and behavioral dynamics of interpersonal, intergroup, and systemic conflict in an organizational context. Students will develop practical skills and acquire effective tools for resolving such conflicts both as a principal party (one who is personally involved in a dispute) and as a third party (one who mediates conflict between others).
Credits: 3
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PSYC 648 - Training and Development in Organizations
This course is designed as a practicum in developing and conducting training programs. Specific topics include training needs assessments, training evaluation, program design, as well as presentations skills. A major focus is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to create and implement training and development strategies that result in measurable improvement in individual and organizational performance.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 649 - Communication and Motivation in Organizations
This course examines the communications processes and motivational theories and practices in organizations. Specific areas addressed are communication modes and channels, nonverbal communications, listening skills, and individual, group, and organizational communication issues. Theories of motivation and their implementation in the workplace are also addressed.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 650 - Organizational Development and Change
This course examines the process of planned organizational change. Students are introduced to several organizational development techniques, including team building, job enrichment, survey feedback, Quality of Work programs, and the quality-control circle. Class demonstrations and participatory activities help students experience organizational change strategies.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 651 - Student Personnel Administration in Higher Education
This is an introduction to various forms of organizations and functions in student personnel work in higher education. Student development theory is analyzed and its utilization is examined in a variety of settings, including admissions, counseling, financial aid, residence life, and career development.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 652 - Consulting Skills
This course examines management, motivational, and leadership theories and their applications in a variety of settings. Change strategies, organizational development, and the role of the consultant are emphasized.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 654 - Issues and Techniques in Athletic Counseling
This course examines current counseling strategies used with members of sport teams at high school, college, and professional levels. Participants explore current research in three main areas: motivation and skill development, psychosocial development, and career maturity. Class demonstrations, counseling experiences, and field visits are designed to enhance learning.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 655 - Current Issues in Student Personnel
This course provides an in-depth study of current trends, issues, and problems facing the student personnel field today. Students will explore demographic, social, financial, ethical, legal, and professional issues through research, readings in current periodicals, class presentations, and discussion.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 657 - Professional Studies in Athletic Counseling
This course is designed to prepare athletic counseling students for their roles as professionals in the field. Areas of study include professional ethics, record keeping, NCAA guidelines, working as part of an interdisciplinary team, and legal issues.
Credits: 1-3
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PSYC 660 - Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy
This course introduces students to the history of marriage and family counseling, major interpretive systems, current theoretical issues, counseling techniques, and practices. While the course focuses on helping students understand these cognitive elements, it also provides for some direct experience with counseling techniques and assessment instruments.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 661 - Postmodern Therapies
This course explores social constructionist therapies, in particular narrative and collaborative therapies, with a range of populations. Course content includes development of strengths-based case assessments, and such helping techniques as externalizing problems, narrative letter writing, reauthoring life stories, and developing communities of support for clients. Class activities include role-play exercises, case presentations and discussion, and review of videotaped case examples.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 667 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 662 - Marital and Family Interaction
This course examines the family in a life-cycle framework. The interaction patterns of individuals before marriage, in the marital dyad, and as members of a family are presented as valuable constructs for the understanding and treatment of the family unit. A significant component of this course is the student’s analysis of his/her own family of origin from a three-generational perspective.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 663 - Structural Family Therapy
This course presents concepts related to the formation and resolution of human problems from the structural family therapy perspective. Students learn the basic theory and skills used in assessing and treating problematic families.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 660, 662, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 664 - Couples Therapy
This course is designed for students who have mastered basic counseling skills and marriage and family theory. Specific dynamics that became important when working with couples are explored. Students are asked to demonstrate the use of counseling techniques in simulated couple counseling situations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 685 and 660, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 665 - Family Counseling in Schools
This course is designed to help school counselors assess family systems, establish school/family partnerships, and work together with parents and other school personnel to help children and youth succeed. Students learn how to conduct qualitative research with families on their relationship with schools, and develop their consultation and family counseling skills.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 667 - Strategic Family Therapy
The purpose of this course is to teach students the theory and application of three specific models of strategic family therapy as developed by the Mental Research Institute, Haley and Madanes, and the Milwaukee Group. Students have the opportunity to videotape family role plays and design strategic team interventions, utilizing the live supervision approach with the three models.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 660, 662, and 663, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 668 - Forensic Psychology
This course examines the interaction between the fields of psychology and criminal justice. This course is designed to examine the many roles a psychologist might assume within the criminal justice system. This course is designed to cover several topics including eyewitness testimony, courtroom psychology, critical incident counseling, NGRI pleas and a variety of other interdisciplinary topics in order to provide students with a wealth and breadth of information. Therefore, the goal of this course is to gain a better understanding of the interaction between several disciplines that combine to create the field of Forensic Psychology.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 669 - Professional Studies in Marriage and Family Therapy
This course is designed to prepare marriage and family therapy students for their roles as professionals in the field. Areas of study include professional ethics, licensure or certification, professional organizations, legal issues, family law, and independent practice. In addition to these professional issues, attention is given to personal factors in professional development including the interaction of career with family.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 670 - Psychology of the College-Age Adult
Covering ages 17 to 25, this course deals with psychological and social development in this critical period. Principle dimensions and conditions influencing development are examined. Relevant research findings are related to the student’s current circumstances and stage of development.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 672 - Laboratory in Counseling Athletes
This course is designed for athletic counseling students who wish to improve their career development, counseling, and skill building techniques with athletes. Participants have an opportunity to practice strategies to enhance their effectiveness in counseling this unique population.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 654 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 673 - Human Factors in the Workplace
This course is designed as an overview and practicum in the study of organizational ergonomics. The major goal is to provide students with a broad understanding of the worker’s relationship with technology and the design of the workplace environment. The course involves contemporary human factors theory, concepts, principles, and research techniques. A hypermedia laboratory allows students the opportunity to apply ergonomic principles using computer simulations.
Credits: 4
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PSYC 674 - Counseling for Enhanced Performance
This course focuses on the psychological skills, methods, and strategies used by
performance enhancement consultants working in business, industry, personnel development, sport, and other domains. Each student has the opportunity to practice perfoemance enhancement interventions in a supervised setting. The course is conducted as a seminar, emphasizing participant interactions and cooperative learning. Major theories covered include the transtheoretical model, the theory of planned behavior, self-efficacy theory, self-determination theory, flow, IZOF theory, catastrophe theory, competence motivation theory, the multi-dimensional model of leadership, goal setting theory, attribution theory, and reversal theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 622
Credits: 3
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PSYC 675 - Clinical Seminar in Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment Planning
This course examines mental health counseling within the confines of the medical model. Major topics include clinical assessment and treatment planning, as well as program design and utilization of existing facilities for inpatient, outpatient, partial treatment, and aftercare.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 631
Credits: 3
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PSYC 680 - Group Dynamics
This is an examination of and experience in basic group processes. Emphasis is on knowledge of group dynamics, skill building as group leaders, and participation in a group experience. Awareness of self and others at increasingly open and honest levels of communication is encouraged without the intensity of encounter approaches.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 681 - Work Group Dynamics
This course is designed to teach students how to be effective work team members and leaders. Students learn the theoretical and experiential aspects of the dynamics of work groups. By forming intact semester project work teams, students actively assess work group dynamics and behaviors, practice inter- and intra-group communications, manage group conflicts, and develop group facilitation and leadership skills.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 683 - Ethical School Counseling Practicum Seminar
In this course students engaged in their Practicum in School Guidance Counseling discuss their work and receive group supervision. Students learn about the ethical and legal guidelines relevant to school counseling, and the steps required to resolve typical dilemmas, including mandatory reporting, confidentiality, school records, grouping, professional obligations and limitations, special education law, and children’s rights to schooling.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 601, 622, 645, and permission of the instructor. Co-requisite: PSYC 684.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 684 - Practicum in School Guidance
This course brings graduate students face-to-face with the daily responsibilities undertaken by school guidance counselors. In a supervised environment, students are involved in all facets of guidance counseling. They work with students, administrators, teachers, parents, and other constituencies. They engage in group and individual interventions. Students are challenged to apply classroom knowledge to the practice of school guidance.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 601, 645, & permission of the Director of School Guidance.
Credits: 3-6
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PSYC 685 - Counseling Practicum
This course provides an opportunity for skill-building experience in the application of counseling methods in a closely supervised laboratory situation. Each student is seen individually and in group seminar on a weekly basis for discussion and videotape evaluation of counseling interviews.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 622.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 686 - Fieldwork/Internship and Seminar
Supervised field experience is considered to be an integral part of preparation for professional activity. The specific nature of the fieldwork/ internship experience varies with the submajor and goals of the student and depends upon approval by the respective graduate program director. Students receive regular supervision from competent professionals in the field and attend a weekly fieldwork/internship seminar with the faculty. Each semester hour of credit is based upon fifty clock hours of fieldwork/internship plus a weekly one-and-a-half hour seminar. The minimum number of credits required varies with the submajor.
Credits: 1-16
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PSYC 687 - Advanced Counseling Practicum
Advanced Counseling Practicum
Credits: 3
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PSYC 694 - Management of Compensation and Benefits
This course focuses on managing employee compensation in contemporary organizations. Students examine the current state of compensation decision-making and learn how to apply theoretical and research developments in their decisions. Specific content includes strategic perspectives associated with the design of compensation systems as well as the determinants of individual compensation packages.
Credits: 3
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CMDS 656 - Language Acquisition and Development
This course provides an overview of the normal language acquisition and development process throughout the life span, with particular emphasis on birth through school age. The interrelationships among linguistic, neurophysical, cognitive, social, and cultural factors as they affect language acquisition are discussed. The student becomes familiar with various theories of language acquisition, the rule systems of the English language, stages of language development, and techniques for collecting and analyzing a language sample.
Credits: 3
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CMDS 662 - Aural Rehabilitation
This course introduces students to the habilitation and rehabilitation of adults and children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Assessment and therapy procedures related to auditory training, speechreading, assistive technology, speech/language/communication facilitation, hearing aid training, and cochlear implant therapy are taught. Educational management, counseling strategies and consultation models are presented.
Prerequisites & Notes
CMDS 101, CMDS 239, CMDS 455 and CMDS 456/656.
Credits: 3
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CMDS 683 - Language Disorders in Children
Topics include etiology, diagnosis, evaluation, cultural differences, and treatment of children with language disorders. Clinical case material is discussed and analyzed. Introduction to diagnostic tools and evaluations/methodology. Basic theoretical constructs pertaining to the treatment of the language-impaired populations from birth through high school.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 501 - Human Development, Diversity and Disabling Conditions
This course is designed to assist students to gain an understanding of the world of persons with disabilities. The social, psychological, and cultural aspects of illness, trauma, and various impairments are examined. The nature, meaning, and dynamics of disability are explored in relation to the normal course of human development.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 505 - Rehabilitation Counseling and Services: History, Philosophy, Ethics, and Practice
This course is an introduction to the historical foundation, philosophy, and ethical principles of rehabilitation counseling and services. Emphasis is placed on an understanding of the scope of practice of rehabilitation counselors and the rehabilitation process as it relates to professional ethics and legal issues for people with chronic illnesses or disabilities. Students will become familiar with private/public sector counseling roles and functions through lectures, readings, group discussion, and selected case study exercises.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 506 - Casework Management
This course is an introduction to case management and caseload management procedures, techniques, and issues. The relationship of evaluation, counseling, vocational rehabilitation, independent living, and utilization of community resources is investigated. Casework recording and management skills, including computer applications and technology for caseload management, are presented.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 546 - Medical Survey for Rehabilitation Counselors
This course is presented by medical professionals and others acquainted with the total rehabilitation process. Emphasis is placed on interpreting and understanding medical information, evaluation, and alternative treatment techniques for typical disability cases. The role and responsibilities of physicians and other members of a rehabilitation team is also stressed.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 577 - Assistive Technology in the Classroom
Using a case-based approach, students work in small interdisciplinary teams to explore the use of assistive devices and technologies that promote the participation of all
children in school. Class activities include lecture and demonstration, and hands-on
experience with hard- and software, adaptive quipment, and a variety of high-and low-tech devices.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 580 - Special Topics: Working in Special Issues and Techniques in Rehabilitation
This course is used to provide an opportunity for an intensive examination, discussion, and skill development in a specialty area of rehabilitation services. Designated topical units may be selected from disability areas, rehabilitation techniques, or current professional issues. May be taken for up to a maximum of six semester hours of credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
RHDS 126 or equivalent.
Credits: 2-3
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RHDS 585 - Treatment Methods in Substance Abuse Rehabilitation
This course is an introduction to the major issues in the field of alcohol and substance abuse rehabilitation, including etiology, models of recovery, and the biological and psychological consequences of substance abuse. Primary consideration is given to treatment issues; polyaddiction, specific detoxification methods; self-help programs; individual and group counseling; therapeutic community residencies; and family and other support groups.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 587 - Substance Abuse and Family Treatment
This course is an introduction to the issues and techniques of treatment of the family affected by substance abuse or dependency. Central topics discussed in this course include: viewing the family as a client, diagnostic assessment techniques, and prescriptive treatment of the substance abuser or dependent client, extended family members and children. An emphasis is also placed on child development in unhealthy family systems.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 602 - Implications of Disabilities for the Family
The focus of this course is on understanding the world view of the parent, child, sibling, or spouse of a person with a disability. A family system approach is used in examining problems in readjustment to disability and the effectiveness of coping strategies. Students examine the goals of interventions, including support of the family unit and its individual members.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 611 - Cultural Competency for Rehabilitation and Health Professions
This course provides students with an in-depth exploration of multicultural and diversity issues as they relate to the field of rehabilitation counseling. Through in-
depth exploration into the intersections of cultural identities such as race, class, gender, age, sexual orientation and disability, the unique needs of individuals with disabilities who experience multiple oppressions will be examined. Exploration into theoretical models, research, counseling techniques and therapeutic interventions, provides students an understanding of the impact of race, social class, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, and ability on counseling relationships. The concept of social justice and strategies and tools to interrupt injustice are introduced. Emphasis is placed upon gaining cultural self-awareness necessary for effective multicultural counseling relationships.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 618 - Guided Independent Study
Rehabilitation Counseling undergraduate and graduate students with special needs,
interests, and capacities conduct individual study under faculty supervision involving
library work, tutorial work, research, independent reading or writing, or an approved activity which contributes to the educational growth of a particular student. This course is not a substitute for, nor part of, the thesis requirement.
Credits: 2 - 3
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RHDS 630 - Children with Disabilities
This course develops concepts related to students with moderate and severe special needs. Instruction encompasses issues relevant to the nature, causes and basic life and educational needs of children with moderate and severe delays. Terminology, modifications, and accommodations of services and supports are described and practiced. Intervention strategies are introduced for a wide array of special needs. Instructional approaches principles and strategies are identified and applied. Students learn to prepare and adapt curricular content and work with others in delivering services and supports based on “best practices.”
Credits: 3
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RHDS 635 - Counseling and Consultation Theories
Students are provided with an overview of counseling theories and practices as they pertain to the rehabilitation process. Emphasis is given to the students’ development of counseling skills and techniques which are used to influence and support consumer change and rehabilitation efforts.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 640 - Psychosocial Evaluation and Assessment
This course provides a professional level introduction to the issues surrounding psychological assessment and techniques. Topics include: assessment of strengths, resources, capabilities, aptitudes, interests, personality, and cognitive abilities; understanding the consumer in the context of their environment and personal ecology; appraisal through behavioral observation; assessment of the effectiveness of interventions; utilizing assessment and appraisal information to determine appropriate services; acquisition of an assessment and appraisal knowledge base.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 642 - Behavioral Techniques for the Developmentally Disabled
This course is an introduction to the principles of applied behavior analysis, with attention to effectiveness with youth and adults who have developmental disabilities. The case study approach is used to provide guidelines for solving specific problems. Students design and implement behavior modification programs for various rehabilitation settings.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 644 - Employment and Career Development for Special Populations
This course focuses on developing the knowledge, and skills necessary for the
rehabilitation counselor to provide employment and career services. Students are
provided an introduction to career development theory and career counseling
approaches within the rehabilitation process. Job placement and developmental strategies to facilitate employment of people with disabilities are explored through
experiential activities, labor market analysis, a job analysis, and a transferable
skills analysis.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 664 - Autism and other Developmental Disabilities
This is an overview of the nature, needs, and approaches that are used in rehabilitation programs that serve persons with intellectual disabilities, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, TBI, and other central nervous system disorders. The course explores techniques used in various life stages and reviews innovative ways to overcome apathy and discrimination in community settings.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 669 - Behavioral Medicine
The course is designed to present the spectrum of mind-body behavioral health techniques. Meditation, stress management, self-hypnosis, relaxation, biofeedback, and spirituality techniques are taught. Applications to disabling conditions involving both chronic disease and chronic pain are emphasized.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 670 - Needs of the Aging
Aging in our society is associated with a variety of special medical, social, and psychological needs. Participants explore these needs, as well as available rehabilitation services and agencies. The focus is on keeping the aged individual in the community.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 675 - Integrated Medicine
This course surveys the major health care traditions and selected complementary therapies. Emphasis is placed on the responsible integration of practices including Ayureveda, chiropractic, herbalism, massage, mind-body medicine, music therapy, Reiki, and yoga with conventional Western biomedicine options in the prevention, diagnosis, and healing of disabling conditions.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 682 - Rehabilitation Counseling Practice
Students experience opportunities for the application of counseling techniques, skills,
and procedures in a closely supervised laboratory situation. Each student is seen
individually and in a group seminar on a weekly basis for discussion, skill building
experiences, and videotape evaluation of counseling interviews within a helping
relationship.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate degree student in rehabilitation.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 683 - Learning Disabilities
This course is used to examine theories of etiology and intervention models for remediation and compensation of learning disabilities. Emphasis is on adolescents and adults whose learning disorders are chronic and may include other primary handicapping conditions.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 684 - Rehabilitation Counseling Practicum
This course is a supervised experience in an approved rehabilitation setting. The
experience includes increasing responsibility in counseling,rehabilitation planning and
coordination. A minimum of one hundred clock hours during the semester with at least
40-50 clock hours in direct contact service work with persons with chronic illnesses or
disailities are required. A review of counseling interviews and casework by an approved faculty and/or clinical supervisor is also required. The course is restricted to students in
rehabilitation counseling and services.
Prerequisites & Notes
RHDS 605.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 686 - Rehabilitation Internship
This course is a part-time or full-time internship of 600 total clock hours in an intensive and practical learning experience in an appropriate rehabilitation center, hospital, school, or agency, for students doing advanced graduate work in rehabilitation counseling. Through direct service work, which is supplemented with individual and group supervision, students are provided an opportunity to demonstrate and perfect skills and competencies related to his or her respective rehabilitation counseling and services program.
Prerequisites & Notes
RHDS 684
Credits: 1 - 10
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RHDS 691 - Neurological Conditions
This course familiarizes students with the major issues in the field of neurological rehabilitation. As the number of adolescents, young adults, and elderly who survive brain injury has increased, so has there been an increased demand from rehabilitation professionals with knowledge and skills in this area. The emphases of this course are on the causes, symptoms, and especially the treatment methods for neurological injury.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 692 - Group Counseling Techniques in Rehabilitation
Students are presented with an overview of the major counseling techniques used with rehabilitation consumers in group situations. The integration of group counseling theory in specific rehabilitation settings is also emphasized. Active participation by all students is presumed.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 694 - Psychiatric Rehabilitation
This course is an overview of chronic mental health diagnoses and treatment methods
used in the rehabilitation of people with psychiatric disabilities. Primary emphasis
is given to diagnosis of and treatment planning for abnormal, deviant or
psychopathological behavior, counseling techniques, the use of psychoactive
medication, independent living and interdisciplinary services within the community
with emphasis on the rehabilitation model. Rehabilitation techniques and vocational
rehabiitation strategies are also discussed.
Credits: 3
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