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PSYC 5003 - Statistics for Social Sciences
Credits: 3.00
Provides a systematic, precise and rational perspectivebased on probability theory. Learnings involve descriptive and inferential statistics and computer application of statistical packages. Same as SOCI 5003.

PSYC 5030 - History & Development of Psychology
Credits: 3.00
A comprehensive study of the development of psychology.

PSYC 5040 - Psychology of Dreams
Credits: 3.00
An exploration of the content analysis of dreams as a vehicle for personal growth. Classical theories (e.g., Freudian, Jungian, Gestalt) will be covered, as well as contemporary physiological, phenomenological and cognitive theories. Emphasis will be placed on personal understanding of one's dreams as they relate to everyday life.

PSYC 5070 - Psychology of Myth and Symbol
Credits: 3.00
A study of myths and symbols in human expression.

PSYC 5085 - Horizon Seminar
Credits: 3.00 to 4.00
A special series of topical seminars meant to explore subjects at the leading edge of contemporary psychology which are special interest to students and faculty.
May be repeated for credit.

PSYC 5090 - Groups and Group Process
Credits: 3.00
An introduction to factors affecting the formation, evolution and development of groups and group process. Examines factors affecting groups and group process in a variety of settings. Includes discussion of leadership styles and their impact on group functioning and group process.

PSYC 5130 - Eastern & Transpersonal Psychology
Credits: 3.00
Introduction to spiritual experience and its understanding in Hinduism, Buddhism, and transpersonal psychologies.

PSYC 5140 - Psychology of Gender
Credits: 3.00
Gender-related perspectives on human psychology. Emphasis on helping men and women to re-examine their self-images in the light of contemporary gender-based movements.

PSYC 5160 - Psychology of Love
Credits: 3.00
An exploration of the dynamics involved in building an intimate relationship that is fulfilling to all parties. By way of definition the important aspects of a love relation are discussed.

PSYC 5200 - Parapsychology
Credits: 3.00
An examination of the ways scientists and psychologists investigate unusual experiences such as telepathy, pre- cognition, psycho-kinesis, remote viewing and clairvoyance. Parapsychology's impact on consciousness studies, research design, and medicine and healing is discussed.

PSYC 5230 - Phenomenological Psychology
Credits: 3.00
A study of the foundations, method and applications of phenomenology in psychology with special attention to the nature of the self and the scientific attitude.

PSYC 5270 - Psychology of Childhood
Credits: 3.00
A psychological study of the pre-adult world, emphasizing psychological growth from the prenatal period through adolescence. Developmental issues will be examined from psychoanalytic, psychosocial, phenomenological, and transpersonal perspectives.

PSYC 5280 - Psychology of Adolescence & Adulthood
Credits: 3.00
A psychological study of the adult world, emphasizing psychological growth from the end of adolescence through old age. Developmental issues will be examined from psycho- analytic. psychosocial, phenomenological and transpersonal perspectives.

PSYC 5290 - Moral and Social Development
Credits: 3.00
Explores the cross-cultural structure and psychological dimensions of the moral self, and its evolving relationship with the interdependent social world.

PSYC 5300 - Seminar in Global Studies
Credits: 3.00
An interdisciplinary study of a selected culture, involving history, politics, sociology, and economics, as well as literature, art, music and spiritual life. The course includes a trip to the area studied. Same as FORL 5300.

PSYC 5500 - Explorations into Creativity
Credits: 3.00
An experiential exploration into the nature of creativeness. Relevant research will be related to students' attempts to discover their own creative potential.

PSYC 5660 - Advanced Topics in Abnormal Psychology
Credits: 3.00
An in-depth examination of a topic within abnormal psychology. Subject matter will change from semester to semester.

PSYC 5670 - Values, Meaning & Spirituality
Credits: 3.00
A study of the human need to structure living around sets of meanings and values and a consideration of the spiritual nature and implications of this need.

PSYC 6000 - Foundations of Humanistic Psychology
Credits: 4.00
An examination of the paradigm of psychology as a specific- ally humanistic discipline. Its focus is on the historical origins and philosophical foundations of the approach. Required for M.A. students.

PSYC 6010 - Human Growth and Potential
Credits: 4.00
Self-disciplinary inquiry to facilitate greater awareness of where one is coming from so as to attain greater freedom in relation to where one is going.
Required for M.A. students.

PSYC 6020 - Transpersonal Development
Credits: 3.00
An overview of the farther reaches of human development including consideration of consciousness studies, altered states, spiritual growth, and ways of knowing.

PSYC 6030 - Introduction to Organizational Development
Credits: 3.00
Provides a working understanding of organizational development (OD) and change, including the process of change, the forces (internal and external) which impact organizations: the role of OD, and intervention strategies. Students will also gain an understanding of the impact that personality and consulting style may have in an organizational environment.

PSYC 6050 - Consciousness Studies
Credits: 3.00
Examines selected topics in consciousness studies, such as the history of consciousness, the phenomenology of consciousness and society, etc.
May be repeated for credit.

PSYC 6083 - Research Methods
Credits: 3.00
A theoretical and applied exploration of research methods particular to the human sciences.

PSYC 6151 - Psychological Appraisal
Credits: 3.00
Techniques for understanding individual personality and behavior such as observation, interviewing, and tests of ability, achievement, interest, motivation, and social characteristics.
Same as CEPD 6151.

PSYC 6161 - Counseling Methods
Credits: 3.00
An overview of various counseling theories, the counselor as a person and skill building through the use of video tape feedback in developing personal strengths in counseling.

PSYC 6180 - Advanced Counseling Methods
Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
Emphasizes the mastery of attending, responding, action and termination strategies necessary to assist client's progress through the stages of counseling. Focuses on the counseling skills which facilitate client self-understanding, client goal-setting and client actions.
Same as CEPD 6161.

PSYC 6200 - Theoretical Approaches to Counseling & Psychotherapy
Credits: 3.00
A comprehensive approach to the basic paradigms of the major systems of individual psychotherapy. The emphasis will be upon bringing light to the cardinal issues that are always at stake in any form of therapeutic praxis. The explanatory standpoint that emphasizes techniques and skills will yield to a foundational approach aimed at understanding the art/ science of therapy.

PSYC 6220 - The Counseling & Psychotherapy Process
Credits: 3.00
A practical introduction to the methods of initiation, facilitation, and termination of the psychotherapeutic process. Therapeutic frame and contract, transference and countertransference issues are explored through lectures and role-playing exercises with volunteer clients.

PSYC 6230 - Group Counseling & Psychotherapy
Credits: 3.00
The history, philosophy, principles, and practice of group counseling and theory. Includes pertinent research in the dynamics of group interaction in group counseling settings.
Same as CEPD 6160.

PSYC 6240 - Principles of Family Therapy
Credits: 3.00
An exploration of principles, basic concepts, theoretical assumptions and a variety of therapeutic techniques in the field of family therapy from both historical and contem- porary perspectives. Major approaches such as intergenera- tional, structural, strategic, and constructionist are highlighted.

PSYC 6250 - Foundations of Psychoanalysis
Credits: 3.00
Addresses fundamental concepts in psychoanalysis through a return to Freud's texts and exploration of the basic schools in psychoanalysis after Freud. The emphasis is on clinical practice and the relationship between psychoanalysis and psychology. Course will require clinical and/or research applications.

PSYC 6260 - Clinical Hypnosis
Credits: 3.00
This course combines lecture, demonstration, and supervised practice to develop skills in clinical hypnosis. Topics include: phenomena of hypnosis, methods, and techniques of induction, self-hypnosis, application to clinical practice along with professional and ethical issues. Students will be given the opportunity to practice in small group settings.

PSYC 6270 - Foundations of Clinical Interviewing
Credits: 3.00
A gateway course to our offerings in clinical psychology. Introduces the student to a phenomenologically-based approach and method toward gathering and writing up descriptive data derived from initial intake interviews. Also serves as a foundation for approaching psychological assessment in psychotherapy situations.

PSYC 6280 - Theory/Practical Clinical Assessment
Credits: 3.00
This course has a dual force: (1) it offers a reflective approach to the fundamental concepts of psychometric and projective assessment; (2) it provides an introduction to the administration and scoring of psychological assessment instruments, (e.g., the WISC-R, WAIS-R, projective drawing, etc.), and to writing reports based upon the information gathered. The specific instruments taught will vary each time the course will be offered.

PSYC 6283 - Continuing Research
Credits: 1.00
This course is for students completing degree requirements who will be using staff time or University facilities and for whom no regular course is appropriate.

PSYC 6284 - Psychopathology and Health
Credits: 3.00
A seminar designed to explore theoretical and practical issues of psychological difficulty and well-being.

PSYC 6287 - Clinical Practicum I
Credits: 3.00
Structured supervised experience in counseling and psycho- therapy in agency settings.

PSYC 6387 - Clinical Practicum II
Credits: 3.00
Advanced structured supervised experience in counseling and psychotherapy in agency settings.

PSYC 6390 - Psychological Suffering & Disorders
Credits: 3.00
An introduction to those milder forms of psychological disorders - including anxiety reactions, phobias, depression, dissociative and conversion hysteria, obsessive- compulsive disorders, and paranoid reactions. Nature, etiology, and dynamics explored through traditional and phenomenological approaches.

PSYC 6393 - Personality Disorders
Credits: 3.00
An exploration of the nature, dynamics and etiology of those psychological disorders termed "personality dis- orders." Overall description and subtype classification will be discussed from traditional and phenomenological approaches.

PSYC 6397 - Psychotic Disorders
Credits: 3.00
An exploration of those serious psychological disorders termed the psychoses. Both affective and thinking disorders will be considered, with attention to their nature, dynamics and origins. Traditional and phenomenological approaches will be used.

PSYC 6400 - Psychology, Culture, & Society
Credits: 3.00
An intensive exploration of the effects of culture on psychological life that works with recent ideas on the interrelationship between history, culture, and the "production" of the psychological. The course draws upon theory and research approaches derived from feminism, qualitative research paradigms, cultural studies, discursive analysis, and psychoanalysis.

PSYC 6430 - Cross-Cultural Communication
Credits: 3.00 to 12.00
Instructor on-site supervised combination of classroom, foreign live-in and other appropriate experiences specifically designed to thematically explore cultural and ethnic dimensions in the interest of deepening psychological understanding. Three to four successfully completed hours of credit may be used to satisfy the psychology department foreign language requirement.

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PSYC 6460 - Advanced Organizational Development
Credits: 3.00
An analysis of the processes for organizational development and renewal with emphasis on individual and organizational health. Special attention will be gien to effective processes for change agentry in the organizational context.

PSYC 6490 - Phenomenology of Social Existence
Credits: 3.00
An exploration of the phenomenology of intersubjectivity as a horizon of human existence.

PSYC 6500 - Existential Psychology
Credits: 3.00
An exploration of existential thought not only as a mode of philosophical inquiry, but as a radical revisioning of the epistemological and valuative foundations of psychology.

PSYC 6584 - Phenomenological Psychology
Credits: 3.00
This seminar will provide either an in-depth focus on a particular phenomenological thinker (such as Husserl, etc.) or a theme of phenomenological study (such as perception, memory, imagination, etc.

PSYC 6600 - Personality and Motivation
Credits: 3.00
Survey of theories of personality and motivational factors, from a sampling of psychological, spiritual and philosophical traditions.

PSYC 6650 - Buddhist Psychology
Credits: 3.00
An introduction to the teachings and psychospiritual methods of the major schools of Buddhism.

PSYC 6670 - Music and the Mind
Credits: 3.00
An inquiry into the relationship between sound and the mind, including music and therapy.

PSYC 6700 - Advanced Experiential I
Credits: 3.00
Experiential activities aimed at developing a capacity for empathy. Examples: cross-cultural experience where the student can live in a significantly different culture or sub-culture to enter the phenomenological framework of this group; survival experiments; other ventures decided on by the professor and student.

PSYC 6710 - Advanced Experiential II
Credits: 3.00
Experiential activities aimed at developing a capacity for empathy. Examples: cross-cultural experience where the student can live in a significantly different culture or sub-culture to enter the phenomenological framework of this group; survival experiments: other ventures decided on by the professor and student.

PSYC 6720 - Advanced Experiential III
Credits: 3.00
Experiential activities aimed at developing a capacity for empathy. Examples: cross-cultural activities, live-in experience where the student can live in a significantly different culture or sub-culture to enter the phenomenologi- cal framework of this group; survival experiments; other ventures decided on by the professor and students.

PSYC 6750 - Group Project I
Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
Discipline-related long term project, initiated, planned, and cooperatively carried out, culminating in tangible, original, professional level production, or recognized contribution to the field. Examples: educational film, new research avenues, book, journal, newsletter, new field applications.

PSYC 6760 - Group Project II
Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
Continuation of Group Project I (PSYC 6750) into following semester.

PSYC 6785 - Advanced Horizon Seminar
Credits: 3.00 to 4.00
A special series of topical seminars meant to explore subjects at the leading edge of contemporary psychology which are of special interest to students and faculty.

PSYC 6800 - Psychology of Mind/Body
Credits: 3.00
Examines the effects of psychological experiences on bio- physiological processes. Topics discussed include: psychoneuroimmunology, state-dependent learning, mind/body therapies (e.g., bio-feedback, meditation, hypnosis, guided imagery, etc.), and mind/body disciplines (e.g., yoga, tai chi, etc.).

PSYC 6810 - Tutorial
Credits: 1.00
Students meet in small groups with instructor once a week to discuss a research topic. Subject matter varies each semester. May be repeated for credit.

PSYC 6820 - Workshop
Credits: 1.00
This course is offered over three consecutive weekends, 4.25 hours each weekend. Subject matter varies each semester.
May be repeated for credit.

PSYC 6830 - Invited Lectures
Credits: 1.00
Invited lectures by a visiting professor. Subject matter varies each semester.
May be repeated for credit.

PSYC 6881 - Independent Project
Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
Preparation of an independent project under the direction of the professor. May be repeated for credit.

PSYC 6882 - Directed Reading in Psychology
Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
Concentrated readings and review of research studies and literature relative to areas of significance in psychology. May be repeated for credit.

PSYC 6887 - Practicum: Experience in Human Services
Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
Individually-designed program of supervised experience in the field of human services aimed at providing opportunities for field-related practice and development of sensitivity, awareness and skills relevant to provision of human services.
May be repeated for credit.

PSYC 6899 - Thesis
Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
Independent study and investigation exploring a definite topic related to the field of psychology.
Required for completion of M.A. degree under the thesis option.
May be repeated for credit.

PSYC 7102 - Lifespan Human Development
Credits: 3.00
Study of human growth and development from birth through aging and death. The course focuses on areas of physical, cognitive, social, personality, and emotional development as a series of progressive changes resulting from the biologi- cal being interacting with the environment. It will study factors affecting these changes within historical, multi- cultural, and special needs contexts of development.

PSYC 7132 - Gestalt
Credits: 3.00
An introduction to Gestalt therapy as a conceptual theory and a psychotherapeutic practice. This course will cover the historical development of Gestalt therapy as well as specific therapeutic strategies.
Same as CEPD 7132.

PSYC 7133 - Transactional Analysis
Credits: 3.00
An overview of transactional analysis with emphasis on application for personal and professional development. This course will cover the historical and theoretical development of transactional analysis as well as specific strategies for personal and professional development.
Same as CEPD 7133.

PSYC 8884 - Psychology Proseminar
Credits: 1.00 to 3.00

PSYC 8887 - Advanced Practicum in Psychology
Credits: 1.00 to 3.00