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3.00 Credits
This course explores issues faced by adolescents as they navigate the developmental trajectory from childhood to adulthood. The course focuses on issues that impact the social, emotional and psychological development of youth in the United States. Topics include: influence of the media and the commercialization of youth, academic performance and achievement, schools, peer relationships, sex and sexuality, youth violence and victimization, juvenile justice, diversity of identities, and preparation for the challenges of adulthood. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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4.00 Credits
This course explores Buddhist psychological methods for dismantling neurotic patterns of suffering and cultivating loving-kindness, compassion, equanimity and sympathetic joy. These higher emotions are known as the Four Immeasurables. Students are introduced to a basic meditation practice and assigned readings in preparation for a 3 1/2 day residential retreat. Instruction draws upon central Buddhist concepts and themes giving students a broad view of Buddhist perspectives with an emphasis on practical self-experiencing. The Retreat itself includea lecture, sitting and walking meditation, processing and extended periods of noble silence. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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3.00 Credits
This course examines current and historical views of the development of problem-solving skills, language skills, and conceptual abilities in children. Through work with these topics, the student is introduced to central issues and concepts in cognitive psychology. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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3.00 Credits
This course proposes models for relating brain dysfunction and/or damage to observable empirically describable psychological behavior. Basic concepts covered are: the relationship between brain and behavior, lateralization of brain function, emotions, and the neuro-psychology of development and aging. The course also considers a number of neuro-pathologies: neuro-linguistic problems, apraxias, memory problems, and the neuro-psychology of drug abuse. SCIENCES & SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAINS
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3.00 Credits
This survey course engages various theories of gay psychology. Students examine how the subject of homosexuality has been treated throughout the ages in various cultures, focusing primarily on its treatment within the field of psychology. From Freud to Skinner, students explore what various theorists have had to say about the development of sexuality in general and homosexuality in particular. Students also examine how these differing schools of thought have influenced culture and the ways in which gays and lesbians are treated in the clinical setting. Finally, the course addresses the lively debate currently going on between constructionists and essentialists as a way of understanding the development of homosexuality and the gay psyche. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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4.00 Credits
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the range of school and community-based interventions available for school-aged children. Through readings, lecture, video presentations and discussions students are expected to develop an understanding of: 1) approaches to intervention with young children in school settings; 2) approaches to intervention with young children in community settings; and 3) how school and community approaches to interventions with children can be integrated for maximum efficacy. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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3.00 Credits
In this interactive, collaborative class (readings, discussions, videos and roleplays) students learn the underlying assumptions, the working principles, and the basic practices of doing resource-oriented, Postmodern Therapy. Specific models examined include Solution-Focused Therapy and Narrative Therapy, both with an underlying perspective based in Social Constructionist thought. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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3.00 Credits
This course studies Mark Twain as a social critic and moral educator and examines the personal philosophy that he brought to his writings. In context of Rawls' moral psychology, course topics include Twain's critiques of moral determinism, conventional religion, creationism, as well as the "moral sense" in human morality, adultery, hypocrisy, patriotism, superstition, religious intolerance and persecution. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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4.00 Credits
This psychologically based course utilizes a meditation retreat format to explore awakening as an organizing principle of relationship. The "Heart Sutta" isMahayana Buddhism's most celebrated text and most profound philosophical statement. Students learn to use this time-honored guide as well as profound Tibetan Teachings on relationship to come to know and improve their relationships with others and with themselves. These teachings are especially useful for those seeking completeness within or for those wishing to deepen a lifelong love relationship with another. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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2.00 Credits
This two-day experiential workshop explores the theories and practical applications of emergency mental health for widespread disasters. Participants learn how to recognize and effectively manage normal and maladaptive reactions to extreme stress in themselves and in others. Through examples of real past events and related emergency responses, quick-write exercises, and role-plays, students learn psychological crisis management approaches for individuals, small groups, and whole communities. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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