Graduate Catalog - University of Central Oklahoma

University of Central Oklahoma
Graduate Catalog, 2012 - 2013
Graduate Course Descriptions
PSY 5523 - Child & Adolescent Counseling
This course provides an overview of the theories, therapeutic approaches,
and empirically supported treatments specific to working
with children and adolescents. Students will become proficient in the
legal, ethical, and diversity issues applicable to the diagnosis and
treatment of children and adolescents through didactic instruction,
role play and classroom demonstration. Prerequisite(s): PSY 5473
with a minimum grade of “B” and written permission.
PSY 5533 - Couples and Family Counseling
This course provides an overview of the theories, therapeutic approaches,
and empirically supported treatments specific to working
with couples and families. Students will become familiar with the
legal, ethical, and diversity issues applicable to the diagnosis and
treatment of couples and families. The course will employ didactic
instruction, role play and classroom demonstration. Prerequisite(s):
Written permission.
PSY 5543 - Career Counseling
The course provides an introduction to the major career development
and trait theories, career assessment techniques, and empirically
based career counseling techniques. The course emphasizes the
integration of theories, techniques, and counseling applications. In
addition to the classroom, the on site counseling laboratory provides
the opportunity for applied practice. Prerequisite(s): PSY 5473 with
a minimum grade of “B”.
PSY 5563 - Advanced Social Psychology
This course provides an in-depth study of the interaction of humans
with their social environment with special emphasis on classic and
current themes and methods of social research. Prerequisite(s):
Written permission of instructor.
PSY 5623 - Theories of Personality
This course will discuss the primary approaches to understanding
personality: psychodynamic, biological/evolutionary, behavior/social
learning, trait, humanistic, and cognitive. For each approach, the
course will review the origins of the theoretical approach, discuss the
approach’s assumptions about personality, and examine examples
of related research.
PSY 5633 - Modern Learning Theories
This course provides a comprehensive study of theories of learning
and memory including a historical review and a survey of contemporary
cognitive psychology. Prerequisite(s): PSY 4763 and written
permission from psychology chair required.
PSY 5643 - Empirical Basis of Therapy
This course is designed to prepare the student for clinical work in
counseling. The course will promote knowledge and understanding
of those counseling variables and counseling techniques that are
supported by empirical research. Prerequisite(s): PSY 5473 and
written permission.
PSY 5653 - Forensic Psychology
This course reviews the contribution of psychology to the explanation
of criminal conduct and the treatment and rehabilitation of offenders,
covering basic concepts of criminal justice and the study
of crime while examining the nature of offending from sociological,
psychiatric, and psychological perspectives. It also addresses the
impact of crime from the standpoint of victims as well as responses
to victims of crime.
PSY 5683 - Advanced Counseling
This course provides an in-depth view of the theories, therapeutic
approaches, and empirically supported treatments specific to working
with various individual client populations. Students will become
familiar with the legal, ethical, and diversity issues applicable to the
diagnosis and treatment of various types of individual clients and
diagnoses. The course will employ didactic instruction, role play and
classroom demonstration. Prerequisite(s): PSY 5473 with a minimum
grade of “B” and written permission of instructor.
PSY 5722 - Introduction To School Psychological Services
This is a course designed to aid school psychometrist and school
psychologists in exploring their role and functions. Ethics for their
discipline, legal implications, current research on assessment of
children and adults, school placement, classroom management, referral
sources, therapeutic intervention strategies, consultation, and
professional affiliation will also be covered. Prerequisite(s): Written
permission from psychology chair required.
PSY 5753 - Advanced SPSS
This course emphasizes coding data for data files, writing SPSS
control files to read the data file, and completing SPSS procedures.
Procedures covered range from basic data transformations to complex
multivariate procedures. Prerequisite(s): PSY 3813; PSY 4383
preferred and written permission from psychology chair required.
PSY 5803 - Individual Testing Techniques-Wechsler
This course is a study of the rationale and administration of the
Wechsler tests. Emphasis is placed on the administration and diagnostic
uses of both adult and children scales. Prerequisite(s): Admission
to the program and written permission of instructor.
PSY 5813 - Diagnostic Testing Techniques
This course is a survey of diagnostic techniques which deal with sensory
motor skills, language development, and social and emotional
development. Emphasis is placed on the rationale and functions of
such instruments which would help specialists in reading, counseling,
and psychometry to evaluate those aspects of behavior not currently
assessed by traditional testing procedures. Prerequisite(s): PSY 5793
or 5803 and written permission of instructor.
PSY 5823 - ABA I: Found in Behavior Analy
This is the foundational course in Applied Behavior Analysis. The
course is designed to cover the basic elements in 10 of the 11 core
areas of applied behavior analysis. The course focuses on the ethics
and basic characteristics, processes, concepts, terminology, and
learning principles upon which ABA is based. Assessing behavior
and designing intervention outcomes and strategies using principles
of experimental evaluation including displaying and interpreting behavioral
data is emphasized. ABA is compared to other explanations
of behavior and students are guided in the creation and application
of individualized behavioral programs for teaching functional skills.
PSY 5833 - ABA II: App Tech Ap Beh Analy
ABA II: Application of Techniques in Applied Behavior Analysis is the
second of five courses in the BCBA approved sequence. The course
takes basic ethical foundations and principles of ABA articulated in
eight of the Core Areas to a higher level of understanding and application.
Students are expected to apply knowledge and skill from
both the introductory course and ABA II in the development of extensive
training modules for fellow professionals using the principles
of ABA. Training modules including treatment for all age levels (In
Oklahoma that encompasses Sooner Start to Waivered Services
Independent Adult Living). Training design includes ongoing supervision
of comprehensive and intense programs for functional behavior.
This course also examines the effects of the use of psychotropic
medications for behavior control and dual diagnoses (Ex. Mental
Illness and a developmental disability). Prerequisite(s): PSY 5823
and graduate standing.
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