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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is a comprehensive overview of the barriers faced by people with physical and mental disabilities. The focus is on sensitivity training, awareness of community resources, and recent civil rights legislation as means of surmounting stereotypical attitudes.
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3.00 Credits
Forensic Psychology is a growing interdisciplinary approach to providing a range of services to clinical forensic and legal populations. In this course, students will develop a broad understanding of the interface of psychology and the law, as well as the differences between the two fields of study. They will further examine the theoretical and scientific principles underlying forensic psychology and analyze how forensic psychology is applied in professional settings.
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3.00 Credits
Through independent study, the student is offered the opportunity to pursue individual special interests under supervision. This course is graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory.
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3.00 Credits
Biological, sociological, psychological, and medical attributes of the facts and myths regarding adulthood and aging are examined in this course. Historical and cultural perspectives are applied to understanding attitudes regarding adulthood and aging. The course will provide a comprehensive and up-to-date study of human adulthood. Included will be an understanding of how early development influence later development. Areas of development to be studied include physical, social-emotional, and intellectual development. Major developmental theorists will be studied. The inter-relationship of heredity and environmental factors that influence change will be considered.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the construction and evaluation of standardized tests for psychological, educational, and industrial applications. Students will learn about various instruments that can be used to collect data from individuals and populations.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will further develop their abilities to read, analyze, and evaluate research, identify and solve problems, apply ethical principles, write professionally and in accordance with current American Psychological Association guidelines, and effectively deliver oral presentations. Students will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of research methods by designing a research study, writing a proposal, and presenting their proposal to a mock Institutional Review Board.
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3.00 Credits
This course uses a theoretical approach to crisis intervention in social, therapeutic, and business settings. Students develop a sound theoretical approach to crisis work, along with some pragmatic approaches to commonly encountered problems.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore human trafficking both as a domestic and global social problem, and how the economic, technological, cultural, and global conditions have shaped this market and allowed the trafficking of human beings to flourish. Using a sociological perspective, students will examine human trafficking of women and children into the sex industry and domestic work, and the trafficking of men into forced labor. This course will also examine government roles, laws, culture, organized crime, and discuss efforts being made to combat the human trafficking problem. Crosslisted as: SOC 404.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the concept of mental health and well-being through the lens of Positive Psychology. Following a strengths-based perspective, students will learn about the adaptive, creative, and emotionally fulfilling aspects of human behavior. Students will examine the positive aspects of human functions from a variety of levels (e.g., personal, relational, institutional, cultural). Learning activities will challenge students to apply the concepts, theories, and research-based evidence, to real world situations.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of trauma-informed approaches, covering the types of trauma experienced, the impact of trauma on individuals, and principles of trauma-informed care. Trauma-specific interventions covered may include, but are not limited to, the addiction and trauma recovery integration model, the sanctuary model, the trauma, addiction, mental health and recovery model, and the trauma recovery and empowerment model.
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