Appendix F - Saybrook University

for Academic Writing 0700. Enrollment can be by student's
choice, required at admission, or recommended to the student by
content course instructors at any time during the program.
Students may take up to 3 credits of Academic Writing over the
duration of their program at Saybrook. Enrollments beyond the
3-credit limit will be on a non-credit basis only. 0.0 credits.
ALL 1035
ALL 3040
Critical Thinking for Psychologists
This course is intended to help students think, read, write and
practice with critical acumen about key issues in clinical psychology's
theory, research, training and practice. The field's fundamental
assumptions and their implications will be examined. A
set of vital, current controversies will be addressed, including the
medical model; psychodiagnostic categories and processes; theories
of personality and change; manualized, outcome-based psychotherapy;
etc. Students are encouraged to consider in greater
depth the evidence and arguments marshaled for various positions,
and to examine, refine or revise their own conclusions. 3.0
credits.
Models of Consciousness
This course will explore the process of model building in psychology
and human science by examining a spectrum of current
models which dominate the study of consciousness, including
those from cognitive neuroscience, the classical depth psychologies
of Freudian psychoanalysis, humanistic and transpersonal
approaches, Jungian psychology, and a selection of conceptions
from the classical psychologies of Asia. How to identify the logic,
metaphysics, epistemology, ontology, and cosmology of a given
model will be a primary focus. What relevance these models of
consciousness have for humanistic and transpersonal psychology
and for human science will also be of concern. Because individuals
often attempt their own integration, based on some fusion of
theoretical readings, empirical scientific research, personal proclivities,
and phenomenological goodness of fit with their own
intuitive norms from experience, the synthesis of a more adequate
model of consciousness for the student's own purposes will
be encouraged. Prerequisite: Psychology of Consciousness,
Humanistic Psychology, or Transpersonal Psychology or by permission
of the instructor. 3.0 credits.
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