PSYCH 446/646 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
 
 

Description of Action: Continuation of Inactive Course

Sponsor(s): P.B. Poorman and Meg Waraczynski

Department(s): Psychology

College(s): Letters and Sciences

Effective Term:

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Proposal:

Continuation of PSYCH 446/646 Introduction to Clinical Psychology

Rationale: We have not been able to offer this course in the past three years because of the need to dedicate faculty FTE to covering General Education courses (Individual and Society and Introductory Psychology). Also, one of our faculty members who is eligible to teach the course has become the department chair, thus curtailing our ability to offer our full range of clinically-related courses. This year we hired a new faculty member who would be able to assist in covering these courses therefore we expect to be able to offer Introduction to Clinical Psychology more regularly in the future. There is a strong demand for the course when it is offered, as most of our graduate-school-bound majors are interested in careers as clinical psychologists.

Course outline

I. Foundations of Clinical Psychology

A. Brief history of clinical psychology
B. Current issues in clinical psychology
C. Research methods in clinical psychology
D. Abnormal psychology and clinical practice

A. Assessment interviews
B. Assessing intelligence
C. Personality assessment
D. Behavioral assessment

A. Psychodynamic traditions and current psychodynamic trends
B. Humanistic existential therapies
C. Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapies
D. Family/couples therapies
E. Group therapies

A. Community psychology
B. Health psychology
C. Neuropsychology
D. Forensic psychology
E. Pediatric and child psychology

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