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  • 0514-548: Biological Bases of Mental Disorders

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    A comprehensive introduction to the biological foundations of schizophrenia, depression, autism, bipolar disorder, Tourette's syndrome, and other mental disorders. Topics include neuro-psychological testing, etiology, and structural and functional neuro-imaging. Laboratory work will focus on language and cognitive function in one or two of these disorders. Part of the biopsychology and clinical psychology tracks for the psychology degree program. This course is open to non-majors as a professional elective. It cannot be used to fulfill a liberal arts requirement. (0514-210, 350, 400) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0514-549: Introduction to Clinical Psychology

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the field of clinical psychology. The course is designed for upper-level undergraduate students interested in learning more about this specific field. Students will learn about the primary tasks of a clinical psychologist, including fundamentals of assessment, clinical research, conceptualizing problems, and psychotherapy. In addition, students will learn about the educational and professional behavior, and controversial issues within the field. Part of the clinical psychology track for the psychology degree program. This course is open to non-majors as a professional elective. It cannot be used to fulfill a liberal arts requirement. (0514-210, 350, 400) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0514-550: Psychological Testing

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course will explore the theories, methods, and applications of psychological testing. The advantages and drawbacks of psychological testing in general, and selected tests in particular, will be emphasized. The use of tests in clinical and other applied areas of psychology is based on several assumptions. First, assessment is apt to be more useful if based upon reliable and valid information. Second, improving one's knowledge of tests will help students gather meaningful information about people and environments. Third, it is desirable to design intervention plans based on accurate assessment data, and to use data to evaluate intervention outcomes. Part of the clinical psychology track for the degree program. This course is open to non-majors as a professional elective. It cannot be used to fulfill a liberal arts requirement. (0514-210, 350, 400) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0514-551: Research Clinical Psychology

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course will explore the theory and methods used to evaluate interventions in the field of clinical psychology and related human services. Topics to be covered will include within subjects/single experiments, between-subjects experiments/clinical trials, and general program evaluation. Two primary objectives are to help students develop an appreciation for the importance of scientific evaluations of psychotherapy and other interventions and to develop skills for evaluating the efficacy of clinical interventions. Part of the clinical psychology track for the psychology degree program. This course is open to non-majors as a professional elective. It cannot be used to fulfill a liberal arts requirement. (0514-210, 350, 400) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0514-597: Senior Project in Psychology

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course is intended for students in the psychology major to demonstrate independent, experimental research expertise. Students are guided by faculty advisors in conducting experimental research on an issue of their choice. Students design the method, run subjects, analyze the results of their study, and students write up the project in APA format. Passing this write-up qualifies the students for the writing requirement in psychology. Because senior project is the culmination of a student's scientific research learning experience in the psychology major, it is expected that the project will be somewhat novel, will extend the theoretical understanding of their previous work (or of the previous work of another researcher), and go well beyond any similar projects that they might have done in any of their previous courses. (0514-210, 350, 400) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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  • 0515-210: Foundations of Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    An introduction to the way sociologists interpret social reality, including the elementary terms, foundational ideas, major insights, and research discoveries in the discipline. Included are topics such as stat uses and roles, socialization, cultural variation, deviance, social stratification, social institutions, and social change. Fulfills a liberal arts core social/behavioral science requirement. Counts as a prerequisite for the sociology/anthropology concentration and minor and the international studies and urban communities studies majors as a prerequisite for the required cultures in globalization. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered quarterly)
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  • 0515-325: Honors Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course is designed to explore the fundamental insights into social behavior developed by leading historical and contemporary scholars in the field of sociology. Students will learn fundamental concepts and theories through immersion in the classics of sociological thought, the writing of giants in the field from Marx and Weber to Goffman and William Julius Wilson. The course will be organized in a seminar format in which student participation is required. Fulfills a liberal arts core social/behavioral science requirement. Counts as a prerequisite for the sociology/anthropology concentration. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0515-406: Qualitative Methods

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This is a course in the practical aspects of doing theoretically informed qualitative social research. Special attention will be given to the processes by which research problems are formulated, research designs selected, data gathered and interpreted, and influences and conclusions drawn. Through example, illustration, and application, specific research skills will be simulated using case studies. Part of the sociology/anthropology concentration and may also be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with public policy, 0521-406. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0515-413: Urban Planning and Policy

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course analyzes social and spatial characteristics of cities and considers reasons for urban development, ecological factors, types and network of settlements, and urbanism as a way of life. It also examines the issues of neighborhoods, suburbia "ghetto" enclaves, metropolitan regions, urban social andpolitical structures, planning and urban policy. Part of the sociology/anthropology concentration and minor; the public policy concentration and minor; A professional elective for the urban and community program; and may also be taken as an Institute elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0515-441: The Changing Family

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course examines the essential concepts and theories fundamental to the social science of family studies. It analyzes family systems with reference to gender role, participation in the workplace, marital relationships and communication between parents and children. The course also focuses on ways in which changes in the economy and technology have influenced the form of the family, and men's and women's work. Part of the sociology/anthropologyconcentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0510-210, 0515-210 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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