May 28, 2024  
2022-23 Graduate Bulletin 
    
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  • SPSY 5304 - Ethics in Applied Behavior Analysis

    This course will familiarize the student with ethical issues and responsibilities of special educators and behavior analysts by leading organizations in the fields of education and mental health. Informed consent, due process, protection of confidentiality and selection of least-intrusive, least-restrictive behavior change procedures will be presented and discussed within the context of case method. Ethical decision-making processes will be emphasized, and the relationship between ethics and law will be explored.
    Repeated: No

Education Psychology
  

  • SPSY 5133 - Thesis Writing

    Credit(s): 1 to 3

    Individual study. Permission of major professor required.
    Note: A student must register for SPSY 5332and/or 590 each semester or summer session until the thesis is completed; however, a student may not register the first time for 590 until the thesis prospectus has been approved.
  

  • SPSY 5175 - Advanced Graduate Studies

    Credit(s): 1 To 3

    Independent instruction.
    Repeated: Yes
  

  • SPSY 5301 - Behavior Assessment

    Credit(s): 3

    This lecture course will extend students’ knowledge of problem identification, assessment, decision-making and intervention design, analysis, and evaluation through the utilization of applied behavior analysis methodologies.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 5302 - School Based Applied Behavior Analysis

    Credit(s): 3

    This lecture course continues students’ preparation in the area of School Psychology with a focus on ABA and data-based treatment strategies for students with disabilities. Topics relating to human learning and behavior change such as: reinforcement, extinction, punishment, establishing operations, stimulus control, functional assessment, and other topics will be reviewed and discussed. In addition, students will read applied research literature.
    Prerequisite Course(s): SPSY 5301
  

  • SPSY 5303 - Individual Case Consultation

    Credit(s): 3

    Techniques of individual case consultation in school psychology. Includes consultation with parents, teachers, administrators and other mental health or educational professionals.
  

  • SPSY 5306 - Advanced Applied Behavior Analysis

    Credit(s): 3

    This lecture course will expose students to the principles of behavior analysis as it is applied to school, agency and home settings with an emphasis on ethics and clinical concerns. Systematic assessment of behavior, intervention development, intervention implementation and intervention evaluation will be covered, as well as the integration of these components into a single model of consultation and direct service provision.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 5307 - Severe Developmental Disabilities and Autism

    Credit(s): 3

    This lecture course includes etiology, research, characteristics, assessment and program components related to children and youth with severe developmental disabilities and autism. Study of methods for designing and providing appropriate educational interventions also are covered.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 5311 - Psychoeducational Assessment

    Credit(s): 3

    The administration and interpretation of tests designed to measure achievement, adaptive and maladaptive behavior, and social/emotional behavior for use in educational planning and interventions with disabled students.
  

  • SPSY 5312 - Individual Intelligence Testing

    Credit(s): 3

    The administration and interpretation of intelligence tests, report writing, selection and interpretation of assessment batteries, including measures of social/emotional behavior.
  

  • SPSY 5313 - Tests and Measurements

    Credit(s): 3

    An in-depth look at the characteristics, use, administration and interpretation of educational, vocational and psychological tests. Emphasis is placed on determining reliability and validity of tests.
  

  • SPSY 5314 - Human Neuroscience

    Credit(s): 3

    Course includes the study of structure and function of the human nervous system, including an introduction to issues of development and neural dysfunction that can interfere with behavior.
  

  • SPSY 5315 - Academic Assessment and Intervention

    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines current research related to the theory, techniques and procedures of academic assessment and intervention.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 5331 - Research Methods

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced study of research procedures.
  

  • SPSY 5332 - Thesis Research

    Credit(s): 3

    Individual study.
    Note: A student must register for 589 and/or SPSY 5133each semester or summer session until the thesis is completed; however, a student may not register the first time for SPSY 5133until the thesis prospectus has been approved.
  

  • SPSY 5336 - Single Case Research Methods

    Credit(s): 3

    This lecture course will provide students with the knowledge to conduct research utilizing single-subject designs with emphasis on causal inference. Additionally, it will prepare students to critically evaluate peer-reviewed literature.
    Repeated: No
    Registration Restriction by Department
    Department of Human Services and Educational Leadership
  

  • SPSY 5341 - School Psychology

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced study of consultation, assessments and intervention strategies in the school system. Preparation for national certification as a school psychologist.
  

  • SPSY 5342 - Ethics in School Psychology

    Credit(s): 3

    This graduate (master’s level) course is a survey of ethical, legal and professional issues facing school psychologists. It is designed to teach a process of ethical decision-making and to increase awareness of the complexities in practice of beginning practicioners.
  

  • SPSY 5343 - Social Basis of Behavior and Personality

    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines the effects of the social environment and cultural influences on individual behavior and the development of personality.
  

  • SPSY 5344 - Advanced Human Growth and Development

    Credit(s): 3

    A study of current research related to emotional, social and mental development.
  

  • SPSY 5345 - Systems and Interventions in School Psychology

    Credit(s): 3

    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 5346 - Practical Assessment

    Credit(s): 3

    School Psychology candidates initiate assessments, consultations, and treatments for students with handicapping conditions (as well as students who are in the pre-referral stages of assessment and treatment) in the general areas of learning problems and emotional/behavioral disorders. During this lecture course, candidates interact with field-based school psychologists, special educators, educational diagnosticians, and related special education and psychological services personnel. Candidates become directly involved in psychoeducational assessments, and engaging in the RIOT model of record review, observation, interview, and testing.  
    Repeated: No
    Registration Restriction by Major
    SPSY
  

  • SPSY 5351 - School Psychology Practicum

    Credit(s): 3

    This course covers supervised experience in administration and interpretation of various psycho-educational instruments resulting in written diagnostic evaluation reports or supervised practicum experience providing instruction to children with disabilities.
    Repeated: No
    Prerequisite Course(s): grade of B or better in SPSY 5436 Practical Assessment
  

  • SPSY 5352 - Internship School/Psychology

    Credit(s): 3

    A post-practicum field placement requiring supervised exposure to best practices in school settings.
  

  • SPSY 6138 - Dissertation

    Credit(s): 1 To 3

    A doctoral dissertation is required for partial fulfillment of the degree. This reflects an original, scholarly contribution to the research literature relevant to school psychology and child and family issues. Students will work closely with the chair of their supervisory committee to formulate dissertation ideas. Students will register for this course a minimum of three times.
  

  • SPSY 6154 - Internship

    Credit(s): 1 To 6

    A post-practicum field placement requiring a minimum of 1,500 to 2,000 hours of supervised exposure to best practices in school setting.
  

  • SPSY 6175 - Special Problems

    Credit(s): 1 To 6

    This course includes an in-depth analysis of selected developments in psychology. It is offered to advanced students who wish to study individual problems in psychological, technological, neurological, social or philosophical foundations of school psychology and/or counseling strategies under faculty member guidance.
    Repeated: Yes
  

  • SPSY 6178 - Special Topics in School Psychology

    Credit(s): 1 To 6

    An in-depth study of a selected special topic in school psychology. Regularly scheduled conferences between the student and faculty member are required during the semester. Approval from the faculty member directing the study and the department chair or school director is required.
    Repeated: Yes
  

  • SPSY 6301 - Learning and Cognitive Development

    Credit(s): 3

    This course is the post-B.A., doctoral-level version of SPSY 5301. This course is the study of basic processes that determine student learning and cognition with emphasis on applications to the instruction and treatment of learners with disabilities. The course focuses on the basic empirically derived principles of learning and directly relates to the National Association of School Psychologists requirements. In addition, the course reflects the James I. Perkins College of Education’s conceptual framework.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 6303 - Individual Case Consultation

    Credit(s): 3

    This is the post-B.A., doctoral-level version of SPSY 5303. The course teaches techniques of individual case consultation in educational settings. The primary focus of the course is on individual case consultation and specifically, consultative services to teachers, parents, administrators and allied mental health workers as well as other ancillary professionals for whom one-to-one consultation would be beneficial as well as team collaboration on an individual case.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 6304 - Verbal Behavior

    Credit(s): 3

    A functional/analytic account of elementary language relations and complex private cognitive behaviors and emotional events that include thinking, verbal psychopathologic processes, anxiety, rule formation and perspective taking. Course concepts apply to educational, psychotherapeutic and social interventions.
  

  • SPSY 6305 - Severe Developmental Disabilities and Autism

    Credit(s): 3

    Etiology, research, characteristics, assessment and program components related to children and youth with severe developmental disabilities and autism. Study of methods for designing and providing appropriate educational interventions.
  

  • SPSY 6306 - Applied Behavior Analysis

    Credit(s): 3

    Functional assessment and data-based treatment for students with disabilities. Special emphasis will be placed on derived stimulus relations.
  

  • SPSY 6307 - Behavioral Ethics

    Credit(s): 3

    This specialized course is a survey of ethical, legal and professional issues facing behavior analysts in the field. Further, these ethical guidelines will be cross-referenced with those of psychologists. It is designed to teach a process of ethical decision-making and to increase awareness of the complexities in practice of beginning practitioners.
  

  • SPSY 6311 - Psychoeducational Assessment

    Credit(s): 3

    This course is the post-B.A., doctoral-level version of SPSY 5311. The purpose of this course is to teach the administration, scoring, interpretation and use of measures of cognitive ability as well as achievement. Students will be immersed in the learning of interviewing, performing observations and functional behavioral assessments. Students will receive direct instruction and some supervised practice with measures of cognitive functioning as well as measures of academic achievement.

    These three measures of cognitive functioning will be the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition, (WISC-V) (seven kits total),  the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition, (WAIS-IV) (four kits total) and the Differential Ability Scale (DAS) Cognitive Scale/Mullen Scales of Early learning (one kit total). (The WISC-III also will be reviewed along with the WISC-V).

    The two measures of achievement will be the  Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement, Fourth Edition, (WJ ACH-IV) (six kits total) and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Third Edition, (WIAT-III) (five kits total). In addition, students will learn the basics of assessment, such as interviewing and collecting assessment data.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 6312 - Individual Intelligence Testing

    Credit(s): 3

    This course is the doctoral-level version of SPSY 5312. The purpose of this course is to teach the administration, scoring, interpretation and use of measures of cognitive ability as well as achievement. Students will receive direct instruction and supervised practice with measures of cognitive functioning as well as measures of academic achievement.

    Cognitive functioning measures will include but not be limited to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition, (WISC-V) (five kits total), the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition, (WAIS-IV) (four kits total), and the Differential Ability Scale (DAS) Cognitive Scale/Mullen Scales of Early learning (one kit total).

    The two measures of achievement will be the third edition of the Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement, Fourth Edition, (WJ ACH-IV) (three kits total) and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Third Edition, (WIAT-III) (five kits total). This course also will be infused with social/behavioral measures, such as the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC-III).

    This course also will address historical perspectives, psychometric issues, current social/legal controversies, theories and skills related to standardized assessment practices. Issues related to psychological report writing and non-discriminatory assessment will be emphasized.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 6314 - Human Neuroscience

    Credit(s): 3

    The class is the post-B.A., doctoral-level version of SPSY 5314. Structure and function of the human nervous system, including an introduction to issues of development and neural dysfunction that can interfere with behavior.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 6315 - Child and Family Assessment

    Credit(s): 3

    Review and practice of standard observational and self-report assessment methods for children and families. Includes laboratory practice.
  

  • SPSY 6316 - Advanced Neuropsychological Assessment

    Credit(s): 3

    This course is designed to familiarize students with the advanced principles and procedures in experimental research design and data analysis. The course material is directed at traditional group research designs. The course will emphasize reviewing the professional literature, developing and employing research designs, and the sharing of results with peers and colleagues according to a professional (APA VI) format. The course will include competencies and material relating to quantitative and qualitative research.
    Prerequisite Course(s): SPSY 5314
  

  • SPSY 6317 - Biopsychological Interventions

    Credit(s): 3

    A survey of physiological and behavioral effects of the major classes of psychoactive therapeutic agents, including their therapeutic indications, mechanisms of action and side effects. This course will review drugs and psychophysiological techniques that affect the nervous system function. Topics include preclinical and clinical psychopharmacology, and neuromodulation.
    Repeated: No
    Prerequisite Course(s): SPSY 6314 or equivalent
    Registration Restriction by Degree Type
    Doctorate of Philosophy
  

  • SPSY 6321 - Child and Adolescent Therapy

    Credit(s): 3

    Specialized training in techniques and strategies utilized in child and adolescent therapy.
  

  • SPSY 6322 - Family Therapy

    Credit(s): 3

    In-depth study of the methods and strategies used in working with families based on relevant empirical research.
  

  • SPSY 6323 - Multicultural Considerations in Child and Adolescent Therapy

    Credit(s): 3

    This course is an in-depth study of the multicultural considerations in working with children and adolescents based on relevant empirical research. It provides an introduction to human diversity and its impact on counseling practices. Some aspects of diversity to be addressed include culture, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, religion, age, gender, appearance and abilities. Identity development models and the effects of privilege, oppression and acculturation on individuals and groups will be explored. Students will be presented with opportunities to examine their own identities, worldviews and attitudes, and how these may impact the counseling process. Basic multicultural counseling competencies will be presented with a focus on experiential practice of strategies and techniques.
  

  • SPSY 6331 - Quantitative Research Methods

    Credit(s): 3

    This course is the doctoral-level version of EPS 550/SPSY 5331 for post-baccalaureate school psychology students. The course is designed to familiarize students with basic principles and procedures in experimental data analysis. Research methods, emphasizing use of experimental control, and analysis of data for reporting experimental and nonexperimental results in the psychological study of human behavior.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 6334 - Psychometrics and Clinical Research

    Credit(s): 3

    This advanced course exposes doctoral-level school psychology students to methods by which psychologists strive to conceptualize human behavior and individual differences in terms such as skills, aptitudes, attitudes, values, personality and intelligence. The course covers epistemological questions considering a number of psychometric theories that will help us to understand the underpinnings of psychological measurement and psychological therapies. The course will examine the concepts of reliability and validity with an eye towards the implications of these constructs to understanding principles of scale development and applications of assessment in clinical and research contexts.
    Prerequisite Course(s): RSCH 6311
    Registration Restriction by Degree Type
    Doctorate of Philosophy
  

  • SPSY 6335 - Multivariate Statistics

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced study of multivariate statistical methods, including discriminate analysis, repeated measures analysis, priority and ad-hoc procedures. Neural networking procedures will address nonlinear data modeling and identifying complex patterns among diversified data types.
  

  • SPSY 6336 - Single-subject Research Methods

    Credit(s): 3

    Characteristics and implementation of traditional single-subject research designs. This course will provide students with the knowledge to conduct research utilizing single-subject and single-case-study designs with emphasis on causal inference.
  

  • SPSY 6337 - Advanced Single-subject Research Methods

    Credit(s): 3

    This course is an advanced study of the issues and procedures inherent to experimental methodology. The literature informing educational psychology consists of many philosophies and methods. However, scientific inquiry has rules, regardless of philosophy. In this course, students will study those rules, evaluate their use in contemporary literature and apply them to their own interests.
  

  • SPSY 6340 - Computer Language in School Psychology

    Credit(s): 3

    This course provides students with structured lessons and step-by-step guidance in computer programming while they learn to develop and deploy applications using object-oriented computer programming. Students will learn to develop and deploy applications using Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in the Visual C# 2008 language. The focus in this course will be on the 2008 version of Visual C#, supplemented with programming techniques from Visual Basic 2008. Each class will include exercises, didactic instruction, Adobe notes, and hands on practice with an emphasis on developing and deploying a wide range of OOP techniques. The course is designed to provide school and behavioral psychologists with the necessary skills to adapt their research agenda to the changing face of behavioral technology and applied human-computer interactive research. The course will show students how to computerize stimulus presentations and a wide range of data collection procedures (e.g., functional behavior assessment and rotation scan procedures). The course will provide details regarding the specific programming routines that can be customized and incorporated into human-computer interactive designs. A major component of the course will provide doctoral students in the school psychology program to conduct research based on stimulus equivalence and relational frame theory.
  

  • SPSY 6342 - Seminar in Professional Psychology

    Credit(s): 3

    This course introduces and provides a broad overview of the field of professional psychology with a focus on science and practice. Major topics include definition, training and professional activities of psychologists, along with history and current controversies, diagnosis according to the DSM-V, interviewing and psychological assessment methods, psychotherapy approaches, ethics, and forensics.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 6343 - Social Basis of Behavior and Personality

    Credit(s): 3

    This lecture course examines the effects of the social environment and cultural influences on individual behavior and the development of personality.
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 6344 - Advanced Human Growth and Development

    Credit(s): 3

    This course is the post-baccalaureate, doctoral-level version of SPSY 5344.

    This course examines current research related to emotional, social and mental development. The major intent of the course is to relate theory and research to present concerns of those who work in the helping professions. Theoretical models related to the cognitive, physiological, psychological and social development of humans throughout the lifespan are applied to present day situations. 
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 6346 - Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

    Credit(s): 3

    Comprehensive overview of etiology, identification (e.g., diagnostic nomenclature, DSM), and interventions for the emotional and behavioral disorders of children and adolescents.
  

  • SPSY 6347 - Advanced School Psychology

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced study of consultation, assessments and intervention strategies in the school system. Preparation for national certification as a school psychologist.
  

  • SPSY 6348 - Professional Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychology

    Credit(s): 3

    Advanced study of professional, legal and ethical issues relating to the practice of school psychology, behavior analysis and counseling.
  

  • SPSY 6349 - History and Systems

    Credit(s): 3

    This course covers the major occurrences and developments in the field of psychology and school psychology and the contributions of important leaders and their systems of thought.
    Prerequisite Course(s): SPSY 5302andSPSY 5301and SPSY 6304
  

  • SPSY 6351 - School Psychology Practicum

    Credit(s): 3

    Following primary coursework, school psychology candidates initiate assessments, consultations and treatments for students with handicapping conditions, as well as students who are in the pre-referral stages of assessment and treatment, in the general areas of learning problems and emotional/behavioral disorders. During practicum, candidates interact with field-based school psychologists, special educators, educational diagnosticians, and related special education and psychological services personnel. Candidates (practicum students) become directly involved in conducting traditional and functional assessments, taking reliability measures during direct-observation procedures, as well as developing and implementing intervention strategies. Practicum requires candidates receive regular supervision and feedback as they progress through the 200-hour training experience. Case studies and related reports regarding the assessment and treatment of students are reviewed by class cohorts, professors and field supervising psychologists. Class time will be divided between traditional didactic lecture, seminar discussions and face-to-face supervision of individual case studies. Field-based supervisors and program faculty members will conduct face-to-face supervision of individual cases.   
    Repeated: No
  

  • SPSY 6353 - Practicum

    Credit(s): 3 To 9

    Supervised experience in the assessment and intervention of children and families.
  

  • SPSY 6362 - Instructional Strategies for Exceptional Learners

    Credit(s): 3

    This course is the post-baccalaureate, doctoral-level version of SPSY 5362.

    The course includes methods of evaluation and remediation of sensory and perceptual deficiencies. It is designed to provide knowledge and skills to school personnel in understanding and implementation of scientifically validated instruction procedures with students with disabilities. 
    Repeated: No