2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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PSY 702 - Psychiatric Disorders
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on psychopathology, including the prevalence, etiology, maintenance, and treatment of DSM-5 diagnoses, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 704 - Statistics in Psychology
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on statistics within the psychological sciences, including descriptive and inferential statistics, univariate and multivariate analytic strategies, hypothesis testing, power, effect sizes, and estimation, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 711 - Child Abuse Reporting, Assessment, and Treatment
Units: 2
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on child abuse and neglect, including the assessment and treatment of childhood abuse, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology. Legal and ethical issues are explored, along with physical and behavioral signs of abuse, techniques to intervene, community-based services, and mandatory reporting requirements.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 712 - Cultural Diversity
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on individual and cultural diversity (ICD), including the dimensions of culture, race, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, language, socioeconomic status, disability, and national origin, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology. A special emphasis is placed on helping students cultivate the flexibility and self-awareness necessary to see the self as different from others, honoring cultural differences and client self-determination as they learn to work effectively with a wide variety of worldviews in assessment and psychotherapy contexts.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 713 - Law and Ethics in Clinical Psychology
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on the APA Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct, California law for mental health professionals, and federal law (e.g., HIPAA), applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology. Within this course, applying both law and ethics to clinical practice also involves using peer-reviewed decision-making models, as well as consultation, to arrive at an ethical solution, with the best interest of the client in mind.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 714 - Research Methods in Psychology
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on both quantitative and qualitative research methods within the psychological sciences, as well as experimental and non-experimental research designs. Assessment strategies, sampling methods, replication, approaches for testing and validating theories, meta-analyses, and strengths and limitations of the various research methods and designs are explored. This understanding of research is applied to the profession of clinical psychology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 704
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PSY 720 - Clinical Practice I: Basic Skills
Units: 2
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on the development of basic helping skills in psychotherapy, including the importance of the client-therapist relationship, the here-and-now, process versus content, self-awareness, empathy, warmth, building and maintaining a therapeutic alliance, establishing treatment goals, and working towards change, applying this skill-set to the profession of clinical psychology. Students receive six hours of training in suicide risk assessment and intervention, and direct observation is used via mock therapy sessions to help students develop foundational clinical skills.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional clinical fee
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PSY 722 - Human Development Across the Lifespan
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
This course focuses on lifespan development, including a range of theories and empirical models within the developmental psychology literature. The various stages of life, physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development, and death and dying are explored, applying this understanding to the procession of clinical psychology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 723 - Psychometrics
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
This course focuses on psychometrics, including psychological measurement, scale development, strategies to evaluate measurement quality, standardization, measurement theory, reliability, and validity, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 714
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PSY 725 - History of Psychological Science
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on the history and systems of psychology, including philosophical foundations, key movements and figures that influenced the field, the formal founding of the discipline of psychology, and current theoretical orientations, specialty areas, and empirical models, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 726 - Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on theoretical and empirical models of emotion, affect, and mood, including the various roles that emotional states play in human behavior, as well as higher order cognitive processes, such as memory, knowledge, learning, and thinking. Cognitive and affective bases of behavior are integrated so as to help students obtain an advanced knowledge base within the discipline of psychology, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 730 - Clinical Practice II: Advanced Skills and Treatment Planning
Units: 2
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on the continued development of helping skills in psychotherapy, exploring transference and countertransference, process comments, the corrective relational experience, ruptures and repairs in the therapeutic alliance, and working through clients’ problematic relational patterns, applying this skill-set to the profession of
clinical psychology. Treatment planning and progress note writing are also emphasized, including the various models of documentation used within clinical psychology. Direct observation is used via mock therapy sessions to help students continue to develop clinical skills.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 720
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PSY 735 - Addictive Behavior
Units: 2
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on addictive behaviors, including the etiology, assessment, and treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders, as well as risk prevention and factors and dual diagnoses, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology. A biopsychosocial-spiritual approach will be emphasized in conceptualizing and treating addictive behaviors.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 736 - Behavioral Neuroscience
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on the biological bases of human behavior, exploring the structure and functioning of the brain, neurochemistry, hormones, genetic influences, and biological contributing factors to psychopathology. This understanding of neuroscience is applied to the profession of clinical psychology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 740 - Clinical Practicum I: Professionalism
Units: 2
When Offered: Fall
This course is a forum for students to explore practicum-related experiences at an internal practicum site, receiving consultation from faculty on topics such as professional development, legal and ethical considerations, case conceptualization, diagnosing, and assessment and intervention strategies, and serving as a source of support for students
receiving clinical supervision. Direct observation is used at students’ practicum sites to help them develop clinical skills. For Clinical Practicum I, students must be making progress towards 500 total hours of practicum experience, which are completed by the end of Clinical Practicum II. Clinical Practice I and II serve as the foundation for this course, and students focus on the competencies of professionalism, professional values, and attitudes during the semester.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional clinical fee
Prerequisite(s): PSY 700, 702, 712, 713, and 730
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PSY 741 - Assessment I: Personality Testing
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on reliable, valid personality testing instruments, including (but not limited to) the MMPI-2 and newer MMPI-2-RF, MCMI-IV, PAI, and 16PF. Administration, scoring, and interpretation considerations are explored, as well as report writing and strategies for integrating a presenting problem, background information, behavioral observations/mental status exam, reliability and validity of tests used, data from multiple tests, diagnostic impression, and treatment recommendations into a final assessment report.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 723
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PSY 742 - Assessment II: Intelligence Testing with Lab
Units: 4
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on intelligence and other forms of cognitive testing, including the Wechsler scales and memory and achievement testing. Students explore cultural and other important considerations when administering, scoring, and interpreting cognitive testing. An additional lab is required that allows students to practice test administration. Report writing strategies are explored, integrating the presenting problem, background information, behavioral observations/mental status exam, reliability and validity of tests used, data from multiple cognitive tests, diagnostic impression, and treatment considerations into a final assessment report.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 723
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PSY 743 - Assessment III: Projective Testing
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
This course focuses on projective testing, including the Rorschach (using Exner’s scoring system), Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), Human Figure Drawing, House-Tree-Person, and Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank. Students practice administering, interpreting, and scoring projective tests, and report writing strategies are explored, integrating the presenting problem, background information, behavioral observations/mental status exam, reliability and validity of tests used, data from multiple cognitive tests, diagnostic impression, and treatment considerations into a final assessment report.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 723
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PSY 745 - Human Social Behavior
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on social psychology, including social perception, attitudes, biases, group processes, and discrimination, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 746 - Intimate Partner Abuse
Units: 2
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on spousal and partner abuse assessment and treatment, including theoretical and empirical models of domestic violence, as well as evidence-based treatment programs for offenders and victims and community resources, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 750 - Clinical Practicum II: Interpersonal Skills
Units: 2
When Offered: Spring
This course is a continued forum for students to explore practicum-related experiences at an internal practicum site, receiving consultation from faculty on topics such as professional development, legal and ethical considerations, case conceptualization, diagnosing, and assessment and intervention strategies, and serving as a source of support for students receiving clinical supervision. Direct observation is used at students’ practicum sites to help them develop clinical skills. For Clinical Practicum II, students must complete at least 500 total hours of practicum experience, some of which were obtained while in Clinical Practicum I. Clinical Practice I and II serve as the foundation for this course, and students focus on the competencies of relationships and interpersonal skills during the semester.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 740
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PSY 751 - Research Team I
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall
In this course students join a research group within the Center for the Study of Human Behavior, which involves developing an original, empirical research project under the supervision of a faculty team leader and collaborating with student peers. This project may lead to the further development of a dissertation topic, or students may wish to co-present or publish their findings at an academic conference or within an academic journal.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 723 and permission of the Program Director
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PSY 752 - Research Team II
Units: 1
When Offered: Spring
In this course students continue to work within a research group at the Center for the Study of Human Behavior, which involves continuing to develop an original, empirical research project under the supervision of a faculty team leader and collaborating with student peers. This project may lead to the further development of a dissertation topic, or students may wish to co-present or publish their findings at an academic conference or within an academic journal.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 751 and permission of the Program Director
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PSY 753 - Research Team III
Units: 1
When Offered: Summer
In this course students continue to work within a research group at the Center for the Study of Human Behavior, which involves continuing to develop an original, empirical research project under the supervision of a faculty team leader and collaborating with student peers. This project may lead to the further development of a dissertation topic, or students may wish to co-present or publish their findings at an academic conference or within an academic journal.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 752 and permission of the Program Director
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PSY 755 - Supervision and Consultation in Clinical Psychology
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
This course focuses on the role of supervisor in clinical practice, including an understanding of the models, expectations, roles, procedures and processes, supervisee knowledge and skill acquisition, and supervisor-supervisee relationship. The role of consultant is also explored, emphasizing consultation-based services. Students learn to recognize the unique role of a consultant as separate from therapists, faculty members, or supervisors, identifying and applying assessment strategies and methods that are grounded in the consultation literature. Taking context into consideration, students focus on properly addressing the referral question so as to offer helpful recommendations.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 756 - Aging and Long-Term Care
Units: 2
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on aging and long-term care, including a developmental viewpoint on the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to health and dysfunction among older adults, as well as theoretical and empirical treatment approaches in working with older adults in psychotherapy, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology. Community resources are also explored.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 760 - Clinical Practicum III: Reflective Practice
Units: 2
When Offered: Fall
This course is a forum for students to explore practicum-related experiences at an external practicum site, receiving consultation from faculty on topics such as professional development, legal and ethical considerations, case conceptualization, diagnosing, and assessment and intervention strategies, and serving as a source of support for students receiving clinical supervision. Direct observation is used at students’ practicum sites to help them develop clinical skills. For Clinical Practicum III, students must be making progress towards 500 total hours of practicum experience, which are completed by the end of Clinical Practicum IV. Students focus on the competencies of reflective practice, self-assessment, and self-care throughout the semester.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional clinical fee
Prerequisite(s): PSY 750
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PSY 761 - Psychology and Christianity I: Theology
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
As the first of four courses, students focus on understanding and applying Christian theology to the foundations of clinical psychology. Referred to as an “integrationist” approach, students learn to competently integrate a Christian view of God into previously-established theoretical and empirical models within clinical psychology so as to help Christian clients ameliorate suffering. Students also develop the ability to start from a Christian view of the triune God, exploring ways to build theoretical and empirical models that are rooted in the Bible in order to help Christian clients heal, integrating clinical psychology as a way to strengthen a distinctly Christian view of God. Areas of investigation, from an “integrationist” perspective, include the God image, God attachment, and religious coping literatures, along with “Christian psychology” topics, such as how a view of God’s infinite power, wisdom, love, and holiness impacts mental health and the Trinity as a model for human relational functioning. These themes, among others, will be applied to clinical practice, including the assessment and treatment of Christian clients in psychotherapy.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 700 and 725
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PSY 762 - Psychology and Christianity II: Worldview, Ontology, and Epistemology
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Building on the first course in this four-course series, students focus on understanding and applying the basics of a Christian worldview to the foundations of clinical psychology, comparing and contrasting these building blocks with the various worldviews in psychology today. Students also explore ontology, before moving on to epistemology. Finally, students review the various epistemologies, applying them to the foundations of clinical psychology. Focusing on three distinct epistemologies-reason, empiricism, and divine revelation-students explore the prioritization of ways of knowing from psychological and Christian perspectives. From an “integrationist” point of view, empiricism is heavily relied upon as a starting point, followed by attempts to integrate divine revelation. On the other hand, “Christian psychology” attempts to begin with divine revelation, turning to empiricism as a way to deepen an understanding of scripture and God’s design. Each of these ways of knowing is detailed, along with strategies to apply the various epistemologies to research design and clinical practice, culminating with the effective, ethical, and competent care of Christian clients.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 761
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PSY 763 - Psychology and Christianity III: Biblical Anthropology and Axiology
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Building on the first two courses in this four-course series, students explore a biblical anthropology of the self-rooted in the Christian meta-narrative of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration-applying this understanding to the foundations of clinical psychology. Referred to as an “integrationist” approach, students competently integrate a Christian view of the human self into previously-established theoretical and empirical models within clinical psychology so as to help Christian clients ameliorate suffering. Students also develop the ability to start from a Christian view of the self, exploring ways to build theoretical and empirical models that are rooted in the Bible in order to help Christian clients heal, integrating clinical psychology as a way to strengthen a distinctly Christian view of the self. Areas of investigation, from an “integrationist” perspective, include spiritual development models, along with “Christian psychology” topics of consideration, such as human sin, shame, a two- or three-part view of the self, and Jesus’ call to self-denial. These themes, among others, are applied to clinical practice, including the assessment and treatment of Christian clients in psychotherapy. Students also review axiological considerations in clinical practice, focusing on biblical values and the similarities and differences between the values promoted within the pages of the Bible and those explicated within clinical psychology. An “integrationist” view is presented, identifying points of overlap between clinical psychology and the Bible, as well as a “Christian psychology” perspective, exploring distinctly Christian understandings on the role that biblical virtues play in enhancing clinical work with Christian clients.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 762
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PSY 764 - Psychology and Christianity IV: Redemption
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Concluding the four-course series, students review and apply redemptive considerations to clinical practice, including God’s common and special grace. Focusing primarily on the redemption God offers within the Christian life, students explore the notion of communion with God, including the psychological and spiritual benefits of spiritual formative practices, as well as topics such as mercy, grace, justification, sanctification, divine union, solitude, and fellowship with both God and other Christians in the Body of Christ. Special attention is devoted to Christian contemplative practices, including burgeoning empirical support for contemplative prayer as a Christian alternative to mindfulness-based interventions in psychotherapy.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 763
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PSY 765 - Clinical Psychopharmacology
Units: 2
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on psychotropic medications, exploring the use of biological interventions for a range of DSM-5 disorders and applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology. The neurobiology of mental disorders is emphasized, along with randomized controlled trials on the efficacy of psychotropic medications. Referral considerations are discussed, as are medication side effects and research comparing medication and psychotherapy outcomes for the more common DSM-5 disorders.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 766 - Human Sexuality, Sexual Disorders, and Treatment
Units: 2
When Offered: Summer
This course focuses on human sexuality, including sexual identity, sexual behaviors, and sexual disorders, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology. The assessment and treatment of sexual disorders are emphasized. A biopsychosocial approach will be employed, with students exploring the biological, psychological, and social-cultural contributing factors to sexual health and dysfunction, as well as contemporary theoretical and empirical models.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PSY 770 - Clinical Practicum IV: Evidence-Based Practice
Units: 2
When Offered: Spring
This course is a forum for students to explore practicum-related experiences at an external practicum site, receiving consultation from faculty on topics such as professional development, legal and ethical considerations, case conceptualization, diagnosing, and assessment and intervention strategies, and serving as a source of support for students receiving clinical supervision. Direct observation is used at students’ practicum sites to help them develop clinical skills. For Clinical Practicum IV, students must complete at least 500 total hours of practicum experience, some of which were obtained while in Clinical Practicum III. Students focus on the competency of evidence-based practice throughout the semester.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 760
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PSY 771 - Intervention I: Psychodynamic Approaches to Treatment
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on psychodynamic approaches to treatment in clinical psychology, including theoretical foundations, intervention strategies, and the evaluation of treatment progress. Classical psychoanalysis, object relations, self psychology, intersubjectivity, relational psychoanalysis, and time-limited psychotherapy are covered, as well as newer developments in the field. Direct observation is used via mock therapy sessions to help students develop psychodynamic intervention skills.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 700
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PSY 772 - Intervention II: Cognitive Behavioral Approaches to Treatment
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on cognitive-behavioral approaches to treatment in clinical psychology, including theoretical foundations, evidence-based intervention strategies, and the evaluation of treatment progress. Behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, as well as mindfulness- and acceptance-based treatments are explored, as are newer trans-diagnostic approaches in clinical psychology. Direct observation is used via mock therapy sessions to help students develop cognitive-behavioral intervention skills.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 700
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PSY 773 - Intervention III: Couples Approaches to Treatment
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
This course focuses on theoretical and empirical models of couples therapy, including (but not limited to) cognitive behavioral, integrative behavioral, emotionally focused, the Gottman method, and psychodynamic approaches. Special issues and populations relevant to couples therapy are covered, as are evaluation strategies for monitoring treatment progress, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology. Students are exposed to the American Psychological Association’s specialty area of couple and family psychology, drawing from this body of literature to guide couples work in clinical practice. Direct observation is used via mock therapy sessions to help students develop intervention skills with couples.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 700
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PSY 774 - Intervention IV: Family Approaches to Treatment
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course focuses on theoretical and empirical models of family therapy, including (but not limited to) cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, systemic, postmodern, and other family interventions. Special issues and populations relevant to family therapy are covered, as are evaluation strategies for monitoring treatment progress, applying this understanding to the profession of clinical psychology. Students are exposed to the American Psychological Association’s specialty area of couple and family psychology, drawing from this body of literature to guide family interventions in clinical practice. Direct observation is used via mock therapy sessions to help students develop intervention skills with families.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 700
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PSY 775 - Intervention V: Child and Adolescent Approaches to Treatment
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course focuses on theoretical and empirical models of child and adolescent therapy, including (but not limited to) cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, collaborative problem solving, systemic, and postmodern approaches. Students review strategies to evaluate treatment progress, and are exposed to the American Psychological Association’s specialty area of clinical child and adolescent psychology, drawing from this body of literature to guide child and adolescent interventions in clinical practice. Direct observation is used via mock therapy sessions to help students develop intervention skills with children and adolescents.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 700
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PSY 776 - Intervention VI: Group Approaches to Treatment
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
This course focuses on theoretical and evidence-based models of group therapy, including (but not limited to) Yalom’s eclectic approach and cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and other group-focused theoretical orientations. Students review strategies to evaluate treatment progress, and are exposed to the American Psychological association’s specialty area of group therapy, drawing from this body of literature to guide group interventions in clinical practice. Direct observation is used via mock therapy sessions to help students develop intervention skills for groups.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 700
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PSY 780 - Clinical Practicum V: Interdisciplinary Systems
Units: 2
When Offered: Fall
This course is a forum for students to explore practicum-related experiences at an external practicum site, receiving consultation from faculty on topics such as professional development, legal and ethical considerations, case conceptualization, diagnosing, and assessment and intervention strategies, and serving as a source of support for students receiving clinical supervision. Direct observation is used at students’ practicum sites to help them develop clinical skills. For Clinical Practicum V, students must be making progress towards 500 total hours of practicum experience, which are completed by the end of Clinical Practicum VI. Students focus on the competency of interdisciplinary systems throughout the semester.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional clinical fee
Prerequisite(s): PSY 770
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PSY 781 - Dissertation I
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall
In this course students select one of several types of dissertations, including a quantitative, qualitative, literature review, program development, or theoretical dissertation, working collaboratively with their dissertation chair to design, propose, and defend a dissertation before graduation. Students are also encouraged to submit a condensed version to a peer-reviewed academic journal for publication. For students conducting a quantitative dissertation, the Research Team course sequence can serve as the catalyst for further empirical study.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 753 and permission of the Program Director
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PSY 782 - Dissertation II
Units: 1
When Offered: Spring
In this course students continue to develop one of several types of dissertations, including a quantitative, qualitative, literature review, program development, or theoretical dissertation, working collaboratively with their dissertation chair to design, propose, and defend a dissertation before graduation. Students are also encouraged to submit a condensed version to a peer-reviewed academic journal for publication.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 781 and permission of the Program Director
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PSY 783 - Dissertation III
Units: 1
When Offered: Summer
In this course students continue to develop one of several types of dissertations, including a quantitative, qualitative, literature review, program development, or theoretical dissertation, working collaboratively with their dissertation chair to design, propose, and defend a dissertation before graduation. Students are also encouraged to submit a condensed version to a peer-reviewed academic journal for publication.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 782 and permission of the Program Director
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PSY 784 - Dissertation IV
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall
In this course students continue to develop one of several types of dissertations, including a quantitative, qualitative, literature review, program development, or theoretical dissertation, working collaboratively with their dissertation chair to design, propose, and defend a dissertation before graduation. Students are also encouraged to submit a condensed version to a peer-reviewed academic journal for publication.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 783 and permission of the Program Director
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PSY 785 - Dissertation V
Units: 1
When Offered: Spring
In this course students continue to develop one of several types of dissertations, including a quantitative, qualitative, literature review, program development, or theoretical dissertation, working collaboratively with their dissertation chair to design, propose, and defend a dissertation before graduation. Students are also encouraged to submit a condensed version to a peer-reviewed academic journal for publication.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 784 and permission of the Program Director
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PSY 786 - Dissertation VI
Units: 1
When Offered: Summer
In this course students continue to develop one of several types of dissertations, including a quantitative, qualitative, literature review, program development, or theoretical dissertation, working collaboratively with their dissertation chair to design, propose, and defend a dissertation before graduation. Students are also encouraged to submit a condensed version to a peer-reviewed academic journal for publication.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 785 and permission of the Program Director
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PSY 790 - Clinical Practicum VI: Client Advocacy
Units: 2
When Offered: Spring
This course is a forum for students to explore practicum-related experiences at an external practicum site, receiving consultation from faculty on topics such as professional development, legal and ethical considerations, case conceptualization, diagnosing, and assessment and intervention strategies, and serving as a source of support for students receiving clinical supervision. Direct observation is used at students’ practicum sites to help them develop clinical skills. For Clinical Practicum VI, students must complete at least 500 total hours of practicum experience, some of which were obtained while in Clinical Practicum V. Students focus on the competency of client advocacy throughout the semester.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 780
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PSY 791 - Clinical Internship I
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall
This course requires a full-time, 12-month internship (or equivalent). Students are advised to secure an APA-accredited or APPIC internship. The internship must be approved by the Director of Clinical Training, and permission to begin the internship year must be granted by the Director of the PsyD Program. Direct observation is used at students’ internship sites to help them develop clinical skills.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Fee: Additional clinical fee
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Program Director
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PSY 792 - Clinical Internship II
Units: 1
When Offered: Spring
This course corresponds with the second semester of a full-time, 12-month internship (or equivalent). Direct observation is used at students’ internship sites to help them develop clinical skills.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 791
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PSY 793 - Clinical Internship III
Units: 1
When Offered: Summer
This course corresponds to the third and final semester of a full-time, 12-month internship (or equivalent). Direct observation is used at students’ internship sites to help them develop clinical skills.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): PSY 792
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PSY 798 - Continuation
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students who are not actually taking units in the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology program, but still enrolled, are required to enroll in this one unit continuation course every semester. Examples of situations that may warrant a continuation course include taking a semester off from the program due to an emergency or continuing to work on the dissertation after all other coursework has been completed.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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DPA 701 - Public Administration Foundations and Theory
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course introduces students to the foundational theories and concepts of public administration within the discipline and practice. Historical and seminal works of foundational theorists as well as classical and contemporary perspectives will be addressed as they pertain to efficient and effective practices for both government and non-profit management. Foundational and emerging theories will be studied and applied to organizational constructs of a bureaucracy.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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DPA 710 - Leadership in Public Sector
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This seminar will examine specific topics that include but are not limited to the focus on how the leader’s values and beliefs affect financial and budgetary issues in public sector organizations, collective bargaining, outsourcing, private sector partnering, diversity management leadership, social networking, and media.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 701
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DPA 720 - Ethics and Social Justice
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
In this course, students examine the philosophy of ethics as it relates to issues of social justice and relationships between ethical and moral practices and effective leadership. Theories of economic disparity, power, and privilege and ethical dilemmas will be explored. Attention is focused on accountability in leadership and best practices that result in fair and equitable treatment of employees and service delivery in diverse communities. Current events will be analyzed as well as a variety of moral dilemmas that exist in societies and organizations along with the exploration of key factors in decision-making and ethical principles.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 710
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DPA 725 - Strategic Planning and Management
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course presents innovative concepts of strategic planning in relation to an organization’s mission, and vision for organizational sustainability. Students will learn practical skills of best practices needed to develop strategic plans that focus on key aspects of resource allocation, implementation, collaboration, and budgeting.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 720
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DPA 730 - Performance Management and Evaluation
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course introduces students to public sector performance measurement. Benchmarking within strategic management principles is discussed. Focus on how changes in an organizational climate and culture affect operational strategies as well as how internal/external politics of program planning will be addressed. Examples of methodologies used in relation to government program planning and evaluation is explored.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 725
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DPA 740 - Collaboration and Networked Governance
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course examines the concepts and practices of managing networks. Theories, analytical skills, and processes of designing, developing, sustaining, and evaluating networks will be addressed. Concepts of successful and challenging collaboration efforts among public, private, and nonprofit organizations will be explored. Integration of budgetary factors will be included as it relates to service delivery.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 725
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DPA 750 - Public Policy, Advocacy, and Economics
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course will explore trends, characteristics, imperatives, and consequences of public-policy making. Discussion includes how global economies affect the political climate and how representation of powerful actors, PACS, and institutions are representative factors of collective action, electoral processes, fiscal policy, bureaucracy, regulation and constitutional reforms at the federal, state and local levels.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 740
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DPA 755 - Public Administration as a Profession
Units: 1
When Offered: OPS
Doctoral students are required to attend this professional colloquium. The focus of this colloquium is to develop professional skills and retrospectively review the first year process as well as next steps for scholarship. Colloquium may coincide and require attendance at a public administration focused conference. Successful completion of this course is required for continued enrollment in the program.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): DPA 750
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DPA 760 - Legitimate Bureaucracy and Accountability
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course examines the political role of the bureaucracy and the impact of other government institutions on bureaucratic structure, functions, and behavior. Issues related to cross cultural dynamics, ethical and accountable leadership, and the influence of politics in public organizational life is examined. Concepts related to constituent representation, legislative processes, and voting trends/behaviors are of importance in how these factors impact public sector organizations.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 750
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DPA 762 - Data Analysis and Interpretation
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
The purpose of this course is to introduce the principles and methods for descriptive and inferential statistics. The course will focus on understanding how descriptive and inferential calculations can be applied to effectively interpret data. Descriptive analysis covered will include measures of central tendency, variability, relationships, basic distributions. Inferential analysis covered includes chi-square, ANOVA, regression; the analysis of variance covariance, and multivariate data. Students will be required to utilize statistical software.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 795
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DPA 765 - Qualitative Research Methods
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course examines the theoretical foundations of qualitative research methods and techniques applied within the study of organizational administration and behavior. Students will be exposed to a wide array of research methods, design, measurement, analysis, and interpretation techniques that are crucial in descriptive research. Students will learn how to analyze human behavior, perceptions, and reactions as well as the meanings people give to their experiences.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 770
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DPA 770 - Quantitative Research Methods
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
The purpose of this course is to present an examination of quantitative methods and designs that are utilized in the public sector. Areas of focus include measurement, sampling, and design issues in generating and testing research questions. Experimental, quasi-experimental, and survey research designs are assessed and applied.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 762
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DPA 780 - Research Design
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the practice of research and research design. The course develops an understanding of the principles, processes and techniques used in social science research. Topics will include reading and evaluating dissertations, identification of quality research design criteria, development of quality hypothesis statements, and the effective use of descriptive statistics. Students will use this information to evaluate their own thinking about research questions and develop potential research design descriptions.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 765
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DPA 781 - Comprehensive Experience
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course is designed to expand upon the transition of a prospectus into a formal dissertation. Official committee formation is expected by the end of this course. Successful completion of a defense experience outlining and defending Ch.1-3 of a viable prospectus must be successfully completed in order to progress to DPA 797.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): DPA 780
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DPA 795 - Public Administration Special Topics
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course is designed to complete an outline for the first three chapters of the dissertation. Topic area is determined and preliminary research on topic is explored.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 750
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DPA 796 - Proposal Exploration and Development
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course addresses both the theoretical and practical aspects of designing dissertation research. The goal of the course is to assist students with the proposal writing processes and defense expectations. Development of the first three chapters is expected. Committee formation must be executed by the end of this course.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 795
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DPA 797 - Dissertation Experience
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
Students will be guided through the research process after completed dissertation proposal. This will include completion of the five chapter dissertation including introduction, literature review, methodology, findings and conclusions. Students will work with their dissertation committee.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): DPA 781 and permission of the Program Director
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DPA 798 - Dissertation Defense
Units: 2
When Offered: OPS
This is the culminating course in the program in which students will defend their dissertation in a public oral examination open to all members of the University community. Although the defense is concerned primarily with the dissertation research and its interpretation, the examining committee may explore the student’s knowledge of areas relevant to the core of the dissertation problem. Students will finalize their dissertation manuscript for publication.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Program Director
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DPA 799 - Dissertation Completion
Units: 1
When Offered: OPS
Students who have successfully completed the final oral defense of their dissertation but were unable to complete required modifications to the dissertation manuscript within DPA 797 - Dissertation Experience are required to enroll in this course until a professional editor and the committee chair confirm their dissertation manuscript is complete and submitted for publication.
Repeatable: May be repeated for a maximum of six (6) units
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): DPA 797 and permission of the Program Director
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MPA 510 - History and Theory of Public Administration
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course traces the historical development of the intellectual and theoretical foundations of modern public administration beginning with Woodrow Wilson’s essay concerning the politics administration dichotomy through the multitude of more modern theories. It includes an overview of the responsibilities of public administration professionals within a democratic society, a description of the history and development of the field of public administration, and an introduction to ethical issues faced by public administrators.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 520 - Leadership and Management
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course is designed to create a deeper understanding of leadership at the cognitive, experiential, and implementation level. Students will integrate and apply theoretical concepts, improve collaborative management skills, and explore their individual philosophies of leadership.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 525 - Leadership Perspectives and Social Responsibility
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course is for managers and leaders seeking to better employ, implement, and acknowledge social responsibility in the context of creating business practices that positively impact social, economic, and environmental aspects of communities while also fostering healthier organizations. Best practices are explored for addressing how to engage in, enhance and employ creative and innovative change for long-term success of organizations and communities.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 530 - Public Finance and Budgeting
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course analyzes theories and strategies of resource allocation as a basis for managing revenues and debt in government. It focuses on budgeting as a tool for controlling both operations and policy at all levels of government. Students will gain knowledge of the role of government in a market economy, how local, state and federal governments raise the money they spend, and why expenditures are channeled toward certain critical areas in the economy under conditions of market failure.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 535 - Collaboration and Strategic Performance Across Sectors
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course discusses the practical possibilities and approaches that exist for designing and implementing cross sector collaboration to meet environmental, social, and economic challenges. Ideas for networked governance and partnering is addressed as well as effective strategies for stakeholder inclusion that allows for leaders and managers to execute strategies for handling individual, group, and organizational dynamics. Talent management issues that pose an obstacle for strategic planning and creativity are addressed.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 540 - Public Personnel Management
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course provides a solid groundwork for the study of labor-management negotiations grounded in theory by analyzing and describing the nature and extent of labor-management negotiations, the suspected causes of conflict, and the internal and environmental influences on these changes. It covers what most experts believe are the critical issues in labor-management negotiations and collective bargaining in the public sector and analyzes crucial policy issues.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 545 - Conflict Resolution and Labor Negotiations
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course provides a comprehensive approach to conflict resolution with an emphasis on public sector labor negotiations. Students will evaluate and will critically analyze theoretical, collaborative and practical approaches associated with conflict resolution, negotiation and consensus building in the workplace. Case study examinations will include root causes and dynamics of conflict, various methods of conflict analysis and resolution techniques, reflective practice, third party roles, and ethics as it applies to the position of the legitimate and accountable administrator.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 555 - Technological Innovations and Implementations
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course provides theoretical and practical process and practices to manage innovation through technology. Exploration, execution, and management of technology will be addressed as it relates to global competitive advantage and delivery.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 560 - Statistical Analysis for Public Administrators
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course provides an introduction to statistical analysis and its application to research and decision-making for public administrators. The emphasis is on the collection and analysis of quantitative data using PASW and Excel. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability concepts, confidence intervals, data collection, and data analysis - including parametric and nonparametric data analysis using PASW and Excel.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 570 - Public Policy Analysis
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course examines the activities of government and the consequences of these actions. Through the application of analytical techniques, the student will gain an understanding of the nature of public policy and various ways in which it may be approached.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 575 - Urban Policy Analysis and Practices
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course examines the historical perspectives of urban policy making and outcomes, effectiveness of local and regional stakeholders in design of cities, and progressive approaches to urban policy design and action.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 580 - Legal and Ethical Issues
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course examines the basic legal and ethical concepts and challenges facing public administrators. The lectures, readings, and class discussions will be used to identify principles that might guide legal and ethical choices, and to show the practical impacts of these principles.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 585 - Political Economy
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course examines the interrelationship of political and economic factors that influence both public political and economic outcomes. Key means of analysis will include application of micro- and macro-economic theories to obtain better understandings of political and administrative decision-making processes.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 590 - Organizational Theory
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course is a graduate level introduction to organizational theory. Students will explore the structure and function of public and nonprofit organizations and the behavior of people in them. Exposure to a variety of major theories and perspectives as well as a review of recent research in the discipline will be discussed.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 593 - Professional Presentation
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course examines and prepares students for professional presentation skills within an organization. This course provides students with effective ways of integrating technology, data, narrative information and persuasive oral presentation skills. Practical application and demonstration of skills will be required.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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MPA 594 - Comprehensive Examination Seminar
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course introduces students to the concepts, approaches and methods of completing a comprehensive exam. Focus will be placed on proper scholarly examination writing techniques as well as a comprehensive review of public administration coursework themes, theories, best practices and applications.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Fee: Additional exam fee
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MPA 597 - Research Project
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
Students will be engaged in a faculty supervised and approved project that is contoured to their particular career objectives. The format is flexible but should result in a major paper of approximately fifty pages in length.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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MPA 598A - Research Thesis
Units: 2
When Offered: OPS
This course is a guided development of a research thesis. This course may be repeated once for credit. Students cannot take MPA 598A until their final semester of coursework.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Program Director
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MPA 598B - Research Thesis Continuation
Units: 1
When Offered: OPS
This course is a continuation of the research thesis.
Repeatable: May be repeated one (1) time for credit
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): MPA 598A
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PRL 505 - History and Theory of Public Relations
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course traces the historical development of the intellectual and theoretical foundations of public relations beginning with Ivy Lee who evolved his philosophy in 1906 into the Declaration of Principles, the first articulation of the concept that public relations practitioners have a responsibility that extends beyond obligations to the clients and continuing through Chet Burger who practiced modern public relations and brought the field through the age of television. This course provides an understanding of the history, principles and ethical practices while engaging with a Christian worldview regarding public relations practice.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PRL 510 - Public Relations Research and Evaluation
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
Students enrolled in this course learn to effectively use tools and techniques, including statistical analysis and evaluation of data gathered through online and social media surveys. Students draft and create projects and learn to promote and influence through effective, strategic public relations plans measured by effective tools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PRL 515 - Legal, Ethical, and Social Foundations of Public Relations
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
A course exploring the important role of ethical and legal issues and their relation to the social foundations of public relations in this time of social media and online communication. Norms of ethical behavior in today’s society in a professional and personal are analyzed. Various codes of ethics are read, reviewed and analyzed as compared with various case studies. Students identify, analyze, and prepare responses to ethical and legal situations that arise in the private and public sector.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PRL 520 - Specialized Writing for Public Relations
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course examines the essentials of public relations writing, emphasizing strategic thinking and compositional precision. Students will master writing professional communication pieces for media and other various audiences including internal and external communication pieces.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PRL 530 - Critical Thinking and Crisis Management
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
Introduction to the concept of critical thinking and its practical application to a variety of public relations challenges and opportunities; emphasis on formulating and evaluating problems from multiple perspectives.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PRL 540 - New Media Strategies
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course examines the art and theory of media relations from the public relations perspective. Students analyze the state of contemporary media. Special emphasis is on the advent of the Internet, the rise of citizen journalism, and the impact of blogs and social media.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PRL 550 - Public Relations Campaigns: Social and Physical
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
The purpose of this course is to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to research, plan and implement effective public relations campaigns that incorporate social media and physical public relations platforms.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PRL 560 - Public Relations Management and Leadership
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
The purpose of this course is to equip students with the knowledge, skills and strategies needed to accomplish effective leadership as a public relations practitioner. Students will study theories with an emphasis on servant and transformational leadership and assessment of growth and skills enhancement, team forming building and motivation.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PRL 570 - Marketing and Communications Programs
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
The purpose of this course is to teach students to plan, evaluate and implement integrated marketing and communications programs utilizing public relations strategies in concert with advertising and other marketing disciplines; emphasis on research, case studies and campaign development.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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PRL 580 - International Public Relations
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
The purpose of this course is to equip students with the historical perspective and practical application of international public relations. Students will study international public relations theory, practice and political communication as it relates to public relations in this age of globalization.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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