2010-2011 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

PSYC 5310 Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychology and Counseling
A seminar format will provide the student with opportunities to study ethical standards and applications in psychology.
PSYC 5312 Psychological Perspectives on Marriage, the Family, and Children
This course is an introduction to the field of family therapy. It will feature theory and practice in the treatment of
families, marriages, and children. Students will develop an understanding of the prominent theories that form the basis
of family therapy approaches and will develop basic skills in utilizing therapeutic interventions with families.
PSYC 5313 Methods and Techniques in Counseling
This course will introduce the student to those active listening skills which communicate the qualities of empathy,
genuineness and unconditional positive regard. The course will include role-playing and videotaped exercises. Other
selected interventions will be included.
PSYC 5314 Methods and Techniques in Christian Counseling
This course is designed to introduce graduate students to basic techniques, methods, and theories behind the practice of
Christian counseling and to integrate established psychotherapeutic techniques into the practice Christian counseling.
PSYC 5315 Christian Integration Seminar I
The purpose of this course is to help the student begin a path to effectively integrate their Christian faith with
psychology and counseling. Theological backgrounds of counseling, major theories of Christian integration with
counseling and the role of the Christian counselor in society will be examined. The student will formulate their own
Christian integration perspective based on activities and readings in the course. This course is to be taken in the
student‘s first year in the MACC program.
PSYC 5316 Child Psychopathology
(Offered also as PSYC 4316.)
PSYC 5323 Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy
(Offered also as PSYC 4323 and EPSY 5323.)
PSYC 5326 Psychology of Dying, Bereavement, and Counseling
(Offered also as PSYC 4326, EPSY 5326.)
PSYC 5330 Psychology of Learning
(Offered also as EDUC 4330, PSYC 4330, and EPSY 5330.)
PSYC 5332 Social Psychology
(Offered also as PSYC 4332 and SOCI 4332.)
PSYC 5334 Psychology of Religion
(Offered also as CHRI 4334 and PSYC 4334.)
PSYC 5353 Physiological Psychology
A study of physiological bases of behavior with an emphasis on mental disorders, behaviors, and emotions.
PSYC 5360 Cultural Psychology
This course is designed to strengthen diversity and multicultural awareness among counselors, and other mental health
providers. The course will strengthen counseling relationships and processes. Included in the study are theories of
multicultural counseling, dimensions of worldviews, racial/cultural identity development, counseling ethnic minorities,
bicultural/biracial minorities, women, and sexual minorities. The main focus of the course will be on gaining practical
knowledge and skills necessary to work effectively with ethnically and culturally diverse clients in North America.
(Offered also as PSYC 4360)
PSYC 6101, 6102, 6103, 6104, 6105, 6106 Licensed Specialist in School Psychology Internship
This course is designed for students who have completed the Masters of Arts in Psychology degree and the additional
hours required for the LSSP. The internship experience is a minimum of 1200 contact hours, of which 600 must be in a
public school supervised by an individual qualified in accordance with state requirements. A licensed psychologist
must supervise the non-school experience. The student must complete the internship in less than two years and in no
more than two sites. The student must have direct, systematic supervision with experiences that include assessment,
intervention, behavior management, and consultation for children representing a range of ages, populations, and needs.
This course meets on campus when the student is involved in an off-campus internship assignment.
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