- 5807. Introduction to Counseling. 3 s.h.
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6903. Psychology of Learning. Examination of the teaching and learning process and its implications for use in education. 3 s.h.
6905. Human Growth and Development. A life-span perspective to theoretical and empirical issues of development from conception to death. 3 s.h.
6906. Advanced Child Development. Expanded aspects of child and adolescent psychology. 3 s.h.
6907. Psychology of Adjustment. Basic problems dealing with mental health, individual differences, motivation, and minor deviant behavior. 2 s.h.
6930. Child and Adolescent Health Psychology. Comprehensive theoretical and empirical coverage of topics in pediatric and health psychology. Prereq.: PSYC 6905. 3 s.h.
6936. Cognitive and Social Development. This course will survey major theories and empirical findings of cognitive development and the development of interpersonal relations across childhood. Prereq.: PSYC 6905. 2 s.h.
6940. Personality Theory. The study of major personality theories and their implications for psychotherapy and mental health work. Prereq.: PSYC 3740. 2 s.h.
6955. Psychopathology. The study of abnormal behavior with an emphasis placed on psychopathological conditions. Prereq.: PSYC 6940. 2 s.h.
6960. Fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis. An introduction to the scientific and theoretical foundations of applied behavior analysis including definitions and characteristics, principles and concepts, and behavior change procedures. Prereq.: Admission to the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or permission of the instructor. 3 s.h.
6961. Foundations of Experimental Analysis of Behavior. An examination of the roles that consequences, and their scheduling, play in the acquisition, maintenance, and structure of behavior, mechanisms, and theories about mechanisms by which consequences select and shape behavior, and issues surrounding methods, measurement, and quantification. Prereq.: Admission to the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or permission of the instructor. 3 s.h.
6962. Behavior Theory and Philosophy. The course is designed to help students understand the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of behavior analysis and to become familiar with some of the controversial issues surrounding the field from both modern and historical perspectives. Prereq.: Admission to the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or permission of the instructor. 3 s.h.
6963. Behavioral Interventions and Ethical Considerations. Introduction to the practice and application of empirically derived behavioral interventions, antecedent manipulations, extinction, differential reinforcement procedures, and punishment procedures for behavior maintained by social positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, and automatic reinforcement. Prereq.: Admission to the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or permission of the instructor. 3 s.h.
6964. Observational Methods & Functional Assessment. This course provides intensive instruction in functional assessment procedures and direct observation methods to be used by the applied behavior analyst in service delivery in community, mental health and education settings. Prereq.: Admission to the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or permission of the instructor. 3 s.h.
6965. Behavioral Systems Analysis. The application of basic principles of behavior in business and industry settings. Students are expected to master fundamental principles of behavior analysis and apply those principles to a variety of performance problems in business and industry. Prereq.: Admission to the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or permission of the instructor. 3 s.h.
6966. Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis. This course covers direct measurement, graphing data, visual inference, single-subject research methodology, program monitoring and evaluation, and ethical issues in applied behavior analytic research. Prereq.: Admission to the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or permission of the instructor. 3 s.h.
6968. Practicum I. The first-year practicum will give students experience doing functional analyses and behavior assessments with a specific client population. Possible settings include indusstry, senior-care, prisons, and rehabilitation centers. This course will follow the experience guidelines of the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (www.BACB.com), which requires 1,000 total hours of practicum experience. Students will work 20 hours per week at their practicum sites (BACB requirement for Practicum). Prereq.: Admission to the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or permission of the instructor. 3 s.h.
6969. Practicum II. Tyhe second-year practicum will give students experience designing and implementing behavior analytic interventions with a specific client population. This population will be different than that encountered in Practicum I. Possible settings include indusstry, senior-care, prisons, and rehabilitation centers. This course will follow the experience guidelines of the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (www.BACB.com), which requires 1,000 total hours of practicum experience. Students will work 20 hours per week at their practicum sites (BACB requirement for Practicum). Prereq.: Admission to the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or permission of the instructor. 3 s.h.
6981. Seminar in Special Education. (see SPED 6981) 1-2 s.h.
6990. Seminar in Psychology. Study of topics in psychology. To be announced by topic. Prereq.: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to 6 s.h. with change in topic. 1-2 s.h.
7000. Psychopharmacology. An introduction to the basic principles of pharmacology; a review of the structures and mechanisms of the central nervous system with emphasis on neurotransmission; and a survey of the drugs that especially affect the central nervous system including possible mechanisms of action. 2 s.h.
7010. Counseling Internship. (see COUNS 7010) 1-10 s.h.
7060. Thesis. Design, proposal, completion, and reporting of scholarly research deemed acceptable by the BATC (Behavior Analysis Training Committee). A student may register for 6 s.h. in one semester of for 3 s.h. in each of two semesters. Prereq.: Admission to the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or permission of the instructor. 3-6 s.h.