Department: DPSY

Code Name Description
PP-8204 Practicum IV Extension As a continuation of Practicum III, PP8203 Practicum IV (offered in the Spring) is part of the 2 years of required practicum that provides supervised clinical field experience. In addition to the required hours working at the assigned training site,...
PP7000 History and Systems No Description Set
PP7010 Lifespan Development This course focuses on normal transitional aspects of development across the lifespan, including aspects of physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. Cross-cultural, gender, familial, and historical perspectives are emphasized. App...
PP7040 Cognition & Affective Processes This course offers a review of current research and theory in cognitive science, focusing on both cognitive and affective processes. Areas such as memory, attention, perception, problem solving, language, emotion, and decision making are conside...
PP7041 Quantitative Inquiry This course surveys the major methodologies for completing psychological research, with an emphasis on the design of quantitative strategies for answering clinical questions. Students develop critical thinking skills to evaluate and review publi...
PP7042 Statistics Laboratory Students learn statistics necessary for describing data and evaluating research instruments and complete analyses associated with the methodologies surveyed in PP7041 - Quantitative Inquiry.
PP7043 Qualitative Inquiry This course explores qualitative research methodologies to answer clinical questions both in research and in practice. Students develop critical thinking skills to evaluate and review published qualitative research, and gain knowledge and skills...
PP7044 Consultation & Community Mental Health This course will introduce students to the theoretical and empirical knowledge as it relates to consultation and community mental health. Students will become familiar with the multiple systemic arenas in which clinical psychologists function as...
PP7045 Psychopathology The concentration of the study is on the observation, description, etiology, assessment and understanding of the moderate range of symptomatology and personality and behavioral disorders of adulthood. Developmental and dynamic elements are consi...
PP7051 Biological Bases of Behavior This course introduces students to the gross anatomy and the neurophysiology of the nervous system. Students are presented with updated data and findings regarding neurological functions as the foundations of human behavior. It presents an overv...
PP7060 Social Psychology Concepts from research and theory in social psychology are presented for the understanding of social influence on personality, human interaction, and behavior. Applications of social psychology to clinical settings are emphasized.
PP7100 Professional Issues: Ethics, Conduct, And Law This course explores ethical and legal issues related to professional conduct, including such topics as ethical reasoning, APA ethical principles, state regulations with respect to licensure, and rules of conduct licensure, complaint resolution...
PP7110 Professionalization Group I These discussion groups for first-year students are led by a core faculty. Students discuss topics related to professional psychology and the development of a professional identity. The faculty leading the group helps students with academic and...
PP7111 Professionalization Group II This course is a continuation of PP7110 - Professionalization Group I.
PP7342 Evaluation and Treatment of Diverse and This course is designed to sensitize students to issues of inclusion, exclusion, and power in clinical work with ethnically, racially, and culturally-defined groups, women and men, gay/lesbian/bisexual/ transgendered people, people with disabili...
PP7352 Clinical Supervision The aim of this course is to provide students with an overview of theory, research and practice models for clinical supervision. Numerous conceptual models for clinical supervision are described and discussed with an emphasis on the following ap...
PP7360 Clinical Psychopharmacology This course provides an introduction to psychotropic drugs, their neurochemical basis, their mechanism of action, and their clinical application.
PP7365 Clinical Interviewing This course offers students the opportunity to learn basic listening and interviewing skills, as well as how to conduct a full clinical interview as part of an initial assessment. Students examine directive and nondirective approaches to intervi...
PP7370 Cognitive Assessment This course introduces the student to the major approaches and techniques for intellectual assessment in children and adults. It covers principles of test construction and psychometrics, the history of intellectual assessment, theories of intell...
PP7371 Objective Personality Assesment This course introduces the student to the major approaches and techniques for objective personality assessment in adults. Topics covered include general principles and issues in objective assessment, and techniques of personality assessment. The...
PP7372 Projective Personality Assesment This course covers the Exner Comprehensive System for the Rorschach as well as selected projective tests. In addition to understanding theoretical underpinnings, the student is expected to develop some competency in the administration, scoring,...
PP7373 Integrative Assessment The course builds skills in integration of assessment data, communication of results toward answering a specific question, and development of treatment recommendations. This course provides training in the Integrative Assessments of patients see...
PP8010 Cognitive Behavioral Theory & Therapy Major cognitive-behavioral therapies, as well as their theoretical foundations, are reviewed in this course. There is an emphasis on developing skills in cognitive behavioral analysis and treatment, with special attention to the treatment of sel...
PP8020 Person Centered & Exp Therapy This course offers an introduction to the theory, research, and practice of person-centered, experiential, and existential therapy. Through experiential exercises, students learn skills that build a therapeutic relationship (e.g., genuineness, e...
PP8030 Psychodynamic Theory Therapy The course reviews major schools of psychodynamic theories and methodology of each approach in clinical settings. Both classic psychoanalysis and contemporary theoretical approaches are covered. Attention is given to case formulation with a psyc...
PP8060 Group Psychotherapy This course provides an introduction to the basic principles of group psychotherapy operations. Emphasis is on gaining both firsthand experiences and a conceptual grasp of membership issues in group therapy; therefore, this course consists of bo...
PP8070 Organizational Behavior No Description Set
PP8201 Practicum I The 2 years of practicum provide supervised clinical field experiences. In addition to the required hours working at the assigned training site, students enrolled in practicum meet weekly in a practicum seminar led by a clinical faculty member. The o...
PP8202 Practicum II As a continuation of Practicum I, PP8202 Practicum II (offered in the Spring) is part of the 2 years of required practicum that provides supervised clinical field experience. In addition to the required hours working at the assigned training site, st...
PP8203 Practicum III See description for Practicum I (PP8201).
PP8204 Practicum IV As a continuation of Practicum III, PP8203 Practicum IV (offered in the Spring) is part of the 2 years of required practicum that provides supervised clinical field experience. In addition to the required hours working at the assigned training site,...
PP8315 Substance Abuse & Addictions This course provides an introduction to addictive disorders including substance use disorders. The etiology of alcoholism, drug dependency and other addictive disorders are examined along with diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. A careful revi...
PP8325 Human Sexuality An overview of sexual anatomy, development, and human response is the focus of the course. Students acquire an understanding of human sexual response, sexual dysfunction, and concepts of sex therapies from a variety of gender and cross cultural...
PP8335 Special Populations in Cln Psy Special populations in clinical psychology," are, for the purpose of this course, defined as including any patient/client group that tends to be underrepresented in society and has a unique set of needs: Among others, children and adults with di...
PP8339 Health Psychology This course provides an introduction to the basic principles of health psychology. Emphasis is on gaining an understanding of the complex interplay between physical well-being and biological, psychological, and social factors. The course exposes...
PP8501 Dissertation Final This course provides academic credit while students are in the process of completing their dissertation. The dissertation is a scholarly work that provides students with an opportunity to deepen their knowledge and thought about a particular cli...
PP8646 Neuropsychological Assessment This course provides an introduction to the assessment of brain-behavior relationships. A variety of neuropsychological tests will be introduced, covering the major cognitive domains in neuropsychology, with an emphasis on the process by which s...
PP8900 Internship This course offers a supervised field experience in a variety of community settings.