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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of psychological development as a lifelong process. Examination of patterns of adult learning and ways to facilitate it. Exploration of the role of memory for learning and psychological functioning. Study of issues in mental health in adulthood and later life. Cross-listed as GERN 421. Prerequisite: junior standing.
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4.00 Credits
This course explores personal values and attitudes about life and death and seeks to understand them in relation to our own psychology and to the larger social context. Topics of separation and loss, loss as transformative process, the dying process, bereavement, suicide, homicide, mythology, and immortality will be addressed. Cross-listed as GERN 422.
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4.00 Credits
Examines community structure and processes in relation to human needs; organizing community action; and the role of the individual in social change. Theories and strategies of organizing, building alliances, and affecting legislation and policy are reviewed.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Designed to develop insight and skills related to the functioning of human, taskoriented organizations, this course uses social-psychological theory, phenomenologically based data, and a holistic, systems perspective. In field projects with community organizations, psychology majors gain practical experience and leadership skills for assisting human organizations to function more effectively and humanely.
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4.00 Credits
The study of the wide spectrum of mental disorders found in the DSM with applications for community mental health, psychotherapy, and other helping professions. Prerequisite: PSY 306 and junior standing, or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the theories and practices of the counseling process. Various approaches are considered and methods for the development of component skills presented. Prerequisites: PSY 306 and junior standing, or consent of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An experiential-didactic approach to the Gestalt process as developed by Fritz Perls and his associates. Includes contemporary additions to the process and varied approaches. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: PSY 307, 329, or 428; or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An overview of the field of Art Therapy, its varied schools of thought, and different possibilities of application—from public school settings to mental hospitals. Information on graduate and professional training in the field. Prerequisite: junior standing.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the fundamentals of group work with older adults. Provides an overview of the phases of group development and basic skills and techniques for facilitating effective groups. Theoretical perspectives from sociology and psychology are used to examine how groups function, the value they have for older adults, and common themes in groups for older adults. Students travel to senior sites in the community to cofacilitate weekly, intergenerational dialogue groups. Service-learning course. Cross-listed as SOC 432 and GERN 432.
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4.00 Credits
Designed to give participants a better understanding of the experience of people with disabilities and an awareness of how society regards them. The disabilities addressed include traumatic physical injuries, progressive diseases and conditions, mental retardation, alcoholism, and emotional disabilities. Appropriate for anyone interested in disability, whether for personal or professional reasons. Cross-listed as GERN 438.
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