2013-2014 GRADUATE BULLETIN - The University of Akron

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575 AMERICAN INTEREST GROUPS 3 credits
Reading and research on the development, structure and function of interest groups in the
United States.
576 AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES 3 credits
Prerequisite: six credits of political science or permission. Reading and research on the development,
structure and function of parties in the United States.
577 LOBBYING 3 credits
Examines the lobbying profession in the political process. Topics include theories of lobbying,
tools of lobbying, the lobbying process, and types of lobbying.
580 POLICY PROBLEMS 3 credits
(May be repeated for a total of six credits) Intensive study of selected problems in public policy.
581 THE CHALLENGES OF POLICE WORK 3 credits
Analysis of various political dimensions underlying the study of politics and policing in the context
of police reform, crime, and the community.
582 CURRENT ISSUES (CJ TOPIC) 3 credits
Study and critical analysis of current issues, programs, and policies relating to political science
and criminal justice at the federal or state level.
583 CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 3 credits
Analyzes Supreme Court policy-making regarding problems of criminal justice, including
search and seizure, self-incrimination, right to counsel, jury selection, and post-appeal prisoner
rights.
590 WORKSHOP IN POLITICAL SCIENCE 1-3 credits
(May be repeated for a total of nine credits). Timely workshops on varying subjects to meet the
changing needs of our students in response to new and emerging political issues and controversies.
600 SCOPE AND THEORIES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission. Emphasis on
the nature, scope and content of political theory; theory construction and validation in political
science.
601 RESEARCH METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE 3 credits
Prerequisites: 600 or permission. Techniques of quantitative research methodology in political
science; utility and limitations of quantitative analysis.
603 SCHOLARLY WRITING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE
3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission. Course will
assist in the development of Essay/Capstone projects: organization, format presentation, editing,
committee review. Will help polish student writing and presentation skills.
610 SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission. Analysis of
current problems in theory and practice of politics and organization.
620 SEMINAR IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS 3 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission. Research
selected topics in comparative politics. Comparative method.
622 SEMINAR IN ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE AT HOME AND ABROAD 3 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission. An interdisciplinary
analysis of the nature of violence--from interpersonal to international--to enhance our
capacity to reduce violence and other threats to liberty.
630 SEMINAR IN NATIONAL POLITICS 3 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission. Reading and
research on formulation, development and implementation of national policy in one or more
areas of contemporary significance.
650 SEMINAR ON LAW, PUNISHMENT, AND POLITICS: U.S. AND THE WORLD 3 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission. Reading and
research on the multiple and contingent interconnections between law, punishment, politics,
and power.
655 CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION LAW 3 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission. Examines the
legal environment for political campaigns. Topics include historical background, legal foundation,
voting rights, filing requirements, campaign finance, and political advertising.
668 SEMINAR IN PUBLIC POLICY AGENDAS AND DECISIONS 3 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission. Reading and
research on the development of public policy issues and modes of decision making used by
policy makers.
672 SEMINAR: POLITICAL INFLUENCE AND ORGANIZATIONS 3 credits
Prerequisites: permission. Examination of how public concerns and demands are resolved or
diffused. A theoretical and applied look at parties, interest groups, public opinion, media, and
protest.
690 SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission. Graduatelevel
examination of selected topics in American politics, comparative politics, international politics,
international politics or political theory.
695 INTERNSHIP IN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 3-6 credits
(May be repeated for a total of six credits.) Prerequisite: Admission to a Political Science graduate
program or permission. Supervised individual placement with political office holders, party
groups, governmental agencies, law firms and other organizations providing professional-level
work.
697 INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND READINGS 1-4 credits
(May be repeated, but no more than six credits toward the master’s degree in political science)
Prerequisite: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission.
699 MASTERS THESIS 2-6 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to a Political Science graduate program or permission.
PSYCHOLOGY 3750:
500 PERSONALITY 4 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the Graduate School. Consideration of current conceptualizations
of the normal personality with emphasis on methods of measurement, experimental findings
and research techniques.
510 PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS 4 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the Graduate School. Consideration of the nature, construction and
use of tests and measurements in industry, government and education. Includes aptitude and
achievement tests, rating scales, attitude and opinion analysis.
520 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the Graduate School. Survey of syndromes, etiology, diagnoses
and treatments of major psychological conditions ranging from transient maladjustments to
psychoses.
530 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS OF CHILDREN 4 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the Graduate School. Survey of syndromes, etiologies and treatments
of behavioral disorders in children from the standpoint of developmental psychology.
Behavioral data and treatment approaches emphasized.
543 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 4 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the Graduate School. The application of psychological theory to the
effective management of human resources in an organization, including recruitment, selection,
training and retention of personnel.
544 ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY 4 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the Graduate School. The application of psychological theory to
macro-level processes in organizations including leadership, motivation, task performance,
organizational theories and development.
545 PSYCHOLOGY OF SMALL GROUP BEHAVIOR 4 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the Graduate School. Intensive investigation of factors affecting
behavior and performance in small groups including effects of personality, social structures,
task, situation and social-cognitive variables.
550 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 4 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the Graduate School. Theory and research on life-span changes in
cognitive processes including concept formation/categorization, information processing and
Piagetian assessment tasks.
560 HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY 3 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the Graduate School. Psychology in pre-scientific period and details
of developmental or systematic viewpoints in 19th and 20th Centuries.
601,2PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH USING QUANTITATIVE AND
COMPUTER METHODS I AND II
4 credits each
Sequential prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or the collaborative doctoral program
in counseling psychology or special nondegree students with permission. Psychological
research problem applying quantitative and computer methods. Topics include research
design, sampling, controls, threats to validity, hypotheses testing, psychological measurement,
error, robustness and power.
610 CORE I: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2 credits
Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or the collaborative doctoral program in counseling
psychology or permission of instructor. Introduction to empirical research and theories
on the psychological processes related to interpersonal behavior, focusing on topics like attitude
change, social influence, and prosocial behavior.
620 CORE II: COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2 credits
Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or the collaborative doctoral program in counseling
psychology or permission of instructor. Survey of theories, concepts, empirical phenomena,
and methodologies in human cognitive psychology. Topics include attention,
cognitive capacity, learning, memory, categorization, skill acquisition/expertise, and training
effectiveness.
630 CORE III: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2 credits
Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or the collaborative doctoral program in counseling
psychology or permission of instructor. Survey of theoretical perspectives on individual
differences in personality and behavior and of literature on between- and within-group cultural
variables influencing personality development and assessment.
640 CORE IV: BIOPSYCHOLOGY 2 credits
Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or the collaborative doctoral program in counseling
psychology or permission of instructor. Survey of nervous system structure/function
including neuroanatomy, neuron physiology, and synaptic transmission. Also overviews biological
bases of learning, memory, consciousness, intelligence, psychopharmacology, behavior
genetics.
650 CORE V: SOCIAL-COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2 credits
Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or the collaborative doctoral program in counseling
psychology or permission of instructor. Social and cognitive theory/research applied to
the issue of how people understand their social experiences. Topics include: person perception,
attribution, social categorization, social inference.
660 SCIENCE AND ETHICS OF INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Survey of Industrial Psychology including coverage of selection and performance management.
Also, discusses professional and scientific guidelines regarding the ethics of Industrial
Psychology.
672 COUNSELING PRACTICUM 4 credits
Prerequisites: graduate standing in psychology and permission of instructor. Introduction to
and development of therapeutic skills and intervention techniques via instruction, roleplay
exercises, and case conference evaluations of actual clinical work samples. (Must be repeated
for a total of 8 credits.) Credit/noncredit.
673 COUNSELING PRACTICUM LAB 4 credits
Prerequisites: graduate standing in psychology, 672, and instructor’s permission. Development
and application of assessment and intervention skills with clients in the Psychology
Department Counseling Clinic, including individual and small group supervision of clinical
work. (Must be repeated for a total of 8 credits.) Credit/noncredit.
674 PERSONNEL PRACTICUM 1-4 credits
(May be repeated.) Prerequisites: 660, graduate standing in psychology, 14 credits of graduate
psychology, and permission of the instructor. Supervised field experience in industrial/organizational
psychology in settings including business, government or social organizations. The field
experience requires the application of industrial/organizational psychological theories and techniques.
Credit/noncredit.
675 APPLIED COGNITIVE AGING PRACTICUM 1-4 credits
(May be repeated.) Prerequisites: 727, graduate standing in psychology, 14 credits of graduate
psychology and permission of the instructor. Supervised field experience in applied cognitive
aging psychology to provide the student with the opportunity to apply skills and knowledge
acquired in the academic setting and to obtain knowledge about community programs and
agencies which focus on developmental processes. Credit/noncredit.
680 EXTERNAL SPECIAL TOPICS 1-4 credits
(May be repeated for a maximum of 16 credits.) Prerequisite: permission of area chair. Graduate
coursework taken at Kent State, Youngstown State, and/or Cleveland State universities
to apply toward a UA degree either as a required or an elective course.
699 MASTER’S THESIS 1-4 credits
(May be repeated.) Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Research analysis of data and
preparation of thesis for master’s degree.
700 SURVEY OF PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES 4 credits
Prerequisite: 630 or instructor’s permission. Introduction to rationale, assumptions and ethics,
and research of projective testing. Elementary administration, scoring and interpretation of
Rorschach; and survey of other important contemporary projective instruments.
701 PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS 4 credits
Prerequisite: 700. Application of psychological testing to problems of diagnosis and evaluation.
Practical experience in administration, scoring and interpretation. Integration of projective data
with other assessment techniques in variety of settings.
707 SUPERVISION IN COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY I 4 credits
Prerequisite: doctoral standing or permission of instructor. Instruction and experience in supervising
a graduate student in counseling.