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PSCI 6440 - Seminar: Economic and Social Development Theory
The course examines theories of economic and social development at the national level since World War II and applications of these theories in specific cases.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6460 - Comparative Public Policy
This course focuses on the development of policy over time and across state and national boundaries. It deals with how and why policies emerge in particular forms in different countries. Selected substantive issues will be examined comparatively in greater detail.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6490 - Rural Development
The seminar will discuss the challenges faced as well as some successful approaches in rural development in developing countries around the world. Dynamics of agrarian societies and national and local level development policies and programs will be examined. The links between rural development, agriculture, food security, poverty reduction strategies, and resource availability are analyzed. Challenges leaders face in designing and/or reforming administrative structures, institutions, and policies and programs to pursue effective rural development are considered.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6500 - Developing Countries Seminar
Variable topics examining the course of political development among the developing countries, with special reference to the relationship between administrative needs and democratic objectives.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6600 - Seminar: Political Thought
An analysis of problems and subject matter considered by political philosophers that are significant to the social sciences. Various issues arising in political thought, certain periods in history, or regions of the world may be considered.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6610 - Contemporary Political Theory
Focus will be on twentieth and twenty-first century writers. Topics may include contemporary forms of liberalism, contemporary theories of justice, contemporary civic republican theory, communitarian theory, critical theory, Continental theory, post-structuralist theory, feminist theory, multicultural political theory, Marxian theory, pragmatism, contemporary forms of conservatism, libertarianism, and rational choice theory. Basic concepts and political processes will be examined critically.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6620 - Political Philosophy I
A synthesis of the history of political philosophy and the formal analysis of those positive and normative concepts and processes necessary to the understanding of political systems. The course covers the period from classical Greece through the Renaissance. Superimposed on the overall chronological format are critical inquiries into basic concepts and processes.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6630 - Political Philosophy II
A synthesis of the history of political philosophy from the seventeenth century to contemporary times. The course also includes a formal analysis of applicable positive and normative concepts necessary to the understanding of political systems. Superimposed on the overall chronological format are critical inquiries into basic concepts and processes.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6640 - The Nature of Political Inquiry and Analysis
An examination of the principles underlying the systematic study of politics. Included are discussions of such basic questions as: How do we obtain knowledge of politics?; How do we explain political phenomena?; and What is the relationship between the empirical analysis and normative evaluation of political phenomena? Attention will be given to leading approaches to the study of politics and the formulation and use of concepts, generalizations and theories.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6650 - Modern Democratic Theory
A comprehensive survey of the main currents in modern democratic theory, including elitist, participatory, deliberative, agonistic, feminist and radical perspectives. The course will also cover important topics within each of these currents, such as theories of representation, identity politics and social movements.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6900 - Seminar in Advanced Political Analysis
Variable topics in advanced political analysis and research methods are addressed. Topics may include time-series analysis, experimental design, formal methods, game theory, and comparative methods.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6910 - Political Analysis I
Introduction to the research process in political science including research design, sampling and case selection, sources of data (e.g., surveys, interviews, archives, government agencies, etc.), and basic descriptive statistics.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6920 - Political Analysis II
This course is an introduction to econometric models and their use in political science. The course covers multiple regression models, extensions of the models to time series and panel data, as well as models with limited dependent variables.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSCI 6910 or equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PSCI 6940 - Teaching Political Science
This course addresses the basics of teaching in higher education: class preparation, leading discussions, classroom policies, university policies, classroom management, dealing with problem situations, and basic teaching skills, among others.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6950 - Teaching Excellence
This course introduces advanced graduate students and teaching assistants to ideas, information and methods that are innovative and encourages them to approach teaching in a way that goes beyond the traditional lecture format. Critical thinking exercises, group projects, project-oriented learning, portfolio learning, computer-aided instruction and computer simulations are possible topics. Recent research on the nature of the learning process, both among late adolescents and adults, will also be included.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6960 - Research and Professional Skills
Goals in this course include acquaintance with the department’s research agenda; familiarization with the state of the discipline; overcoming common writing problems faced by professionals; demystifying certain professional activities such as conference participation, article submission and grant writing; familiarization with on-campus facilities, including library and computer support; and introduction to computer programs and databases commonly used in political science.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 6970 - Proposal Workshop
During the course of this workshop, the student will develop a dissertation proposal (and attending grant proposals, where appropriate). While this will be done primarily in conjunction with the committee, the workshop will provide a weekly support structure in which students will discuss their research question, progress and any complications.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open only to doctoral students.
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PSCI 7000 - Master’s Thesis
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department and Graduate College approval.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 7100 - Independent Research
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 2 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 7120 - Professional Field Experience
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 2 to 12 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSCI 7300 - Dissertation
The Doctoral Dissertation is required in all doctoral programs and is completed under the supervision of a dissertation committee. Prior to the first registration in 7300, Doctoral Dissertation, a Permission to Elect form (available at http://wmich.edu/grad/forms) must be completed and approved by the Dissertation Specialist in the Graduate College so that the student is informed about the regulations pertaining to the preparation and publication of the manuscript and to the requirements for research involving regulated subjects and hazardous materials, and to ensure the student is in good standing. Doctoral dissertations involving research with protected or regulated subjects must include documentation indicating compliance with federal, state, and University requirements for the protection of human/animal subjects or appropriate use of genetic or radioactive materials and chemical hazards. Written approval from the board/committee/official must be included as an appendix to the dissertation. The use of Guidelines for the Preparation of Theses, Projects, and Dissertations is required. This publication is available for downloading at wmich.edu/grad/current-students/. A doctoral dissertation varies in credit from a minimum of 12 credit hours to a maximum of 24 credit hours. The hours required in a program of study are determined by the student’s department; a department may require all students within the program to register for a specific, common total of hours between 12 and 24, or a program may require different students within the program to register for a variety of total hours between 12 and 24. The course 7300, Doctoral Dissertation, may be registered for in increments of one or more hours. Following a student’s first enrollment in 7300, the student must have continuous enrollment in 7300 until all dissertation requirements are completed satisfactorily and approved by the appropriate bodies. A student unable to complete the dissertation within the program-stipulated hours will be required to continue to enroll in 7300; however, only the program-stipulated hours for 7300 will count toward meeting the program requirements for the doctoral degree. For students not enrolled in Summer I and Summer II sessions, pre-enrollment in the subsequent Fall semester is necessary for access to library resources during Summer I and Summer II. Continuous enrollment is defined as enrollment in all Fall and Spring semesters from the initial enrollment to the semester in which the student graduates. If the student will graduate in Summer I or Summer II, the student must be enrolled in that session. The dissertation is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Approved application, department and Graduate College approval.
Credits: 1 to 15 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 5100 - Advanced General Psychology
Readings, lecture, and discussion designed to introduce students to modern behavior theory. Emphasis will be upon human behavior, both normal and abnormal, with a significant portion of the course devoted to the higher cognitive processes. Recommended as a cognate course in Psychology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PSY 5170 - Psychology in the Schools
This course provides an overview of psychology in the schools, with an emphasis on interventions for children or adolescents presenting difficulties with learning or behavior. This course will provide an overview of how to design, implement and evaluate interventions in schools for individual and groups of children. An overview of the role of the school psychologist will be provided.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to majors in Pre-Psychology, General Psychology or Behavioral Science; masters or doctoral students in psychology; or instructor approval.
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall
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PSY 5240 - Human Sexuality
In this course students will learn about the range of human sexual behaviors. Topics covered will include anatomical and physiological functioning as well as psychological aspects of sexual behavior. Class time will involve lectures, discussions, in-class activities, videos, and guest speakers. The course is not intended to provide therapy training.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to majors in Pre-Psychology, General Psychology or Behavioral Science; masters or doctoral students in psychology; or instructor approval.
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PSY 5260 - Human Drug Use and Abuse
This course provides a general overview of basic pharmacological principles, discusses the behavioral and physiological mechanisms of action of several classes of medicinal and recreational drugs, and surveys the factors thought to contribute to responsible and irresponsible drug intake. Although human drug use and abuse are the primary focus of the course, nonhuman research findings are emphasized where appropriate.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters or doctoral students in psychology; or instructor approval.
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with PSY 4526. A student may not receive credit for both PSY 4526 and PSY 5260.
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PSY 5400 - Psychology of Safety
The purpose of this course is to teach students about current research and trends in the psychology of safety. Students review, critically analyze and discuss current trends in safety research, including behavior-based safety, injury/illness prevention and other relevant topics. Students receive training in the application of behavioral principles to solve specific safety problems in organizations through changing behavior and improving performance.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to majors in Pre-Psychology or Behavioral Science; masters or doctoral students in psychology; or instructor approval.
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PSY 5470 - Practicum: Organizational Performance Improvement
Training in the application of principles of behavior to solve specific organizational problems through changing behavior and improving performance. Students conduct a performance improvement project in a local organization and empirically evaluate the results. The practicum site is obtained by the student, and with the assistance of the instructor. Practicum students meet as a group frequently with the instructor to discuss and troubleshoot the projects.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PSY 5610 - Introduction to Clinical Psychology
This course addresses the subdiscipline of clinical psychology in a manner that provides the psychology major with useful information regarding it as a potential specialty. In addition to coverage of contemporary professional activity engaged in by specialists in this field, like practice and research, it addresses career development issues such as selecting graduate schools, training models used by universities and private schools, internship training, licensure, and the types of degrees granted. It is a course appropriate for mid- to upper-level undergraduates and graduate students who are returning to study after having been away from the field for some time.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to majors in Pre-Psychology, General Psychology or Behavioral Science; masters or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PSY 5740 - Cross Cultural Psychology
This course is designed to introduce the psychology major to the general area and basic concepts of Cross Cultural Psychology. Through readings and lectures the students will become familiar with the role culture plays in various indigenous psychologies including those commonly found in Western, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and African cultures. This course is specifically not a course in American ethnicity. It will instead explore a variety of world cultures in search of an understanding of how human behavior is interpreted according to cultural tenets that are unique to a region’s history and evolution. The course will also examine the importance, especially in contemporary Western Society, of professional psychologists developing more than casual familiarity with predominant indigenous psychologies. The plight of persons undergoing increasingly forced and voluntary migration in today’s world provides one foundation for exploring the need for such understanding. The course will prepare the student to read and interpret the psychological literature from several cultures, to conduct library research addressing the influence of culture on the interpretation of human behavior, and to appreciate the importance of cultural considerations in the wide variety of psychological specialties.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters or doctoral students in psychology; or instructor approval.
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with PSY 4574. A student may not receive credit for both PSY 4575 and PSY 5740.
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PSY 5950 - History of Psychology
The historical and philosophical foundations of contemporary psychology are examined. Approximately equal emphasis is placed upon theoretical and applied aspects of the evolution of the modern science. The origin and development of current behavioral approaches constitute a major focus.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 3300 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to majors in General Psychology or Behavioral Science; masters or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with PSY 4595. A student may not receive credit for both PSY 4595 and PSY 5950.
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PSY 5970 - Topical Studies in Psychology
A survey and discussion of selected research topics of current interest. Topics may include both basic science and applied aspects of the discipline.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s and doctoral students in Psychology.
Notes: May be repeated for credit although the total number of credits may be limited by the degree program. Students should consult the program advisor. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PSY 5980 - Special Projects in Psychology
This course provides the graduate student with the opportunity for independent reading and/or research under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Application and instructor approval.
Credits: 1 to 5 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit, although the total number of hours in a degree program may not exceed 5 hours. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PSY 5990 - Practicum in Psychology
This course provides training in the application of the principles of psychology to a specific and restricted problem area in the discipline. The practicum application is often identified by the location of the research site or professional service agency published in the Schedule of Course Offerings. Each one-hour of credit requires 100 clock hours.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Restrictions Restricted to majors in General Psychology or Behavioral Science; masters or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: May be repeated for credit, although number of credits may be limited by program requirements. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PSY 6050 - Professional and Research Ethics
This course is designed to introduce advanced students of Psychology to many of the standards and contemporary issues affecting professional conduct. The topics to be covered revolve around ethical conduct in practice and research as well as the decision-making foundations for resolving ethical issues. Also addressed will be selected legal issues affecting professional practice.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6080 - Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis
This advanced course on research methods in behavior analysis addresses research with human and nonhuman subjects, placing an emphasis on applied, human research. Research issues and specific research methods are discussed at philosophical, strategic, and practical levels. Research decisions are placed within the context of the philosophy of science underlying all scientific research endeavors. Topics include: the mission of science; behavioral assessment and measurement; experimental design, with emphasis on single-subject designs; analysis and interpretation of data; dissemination of scientific research; and, ethical issues in research. Students demonstrate their mastery of research issues through the proposal of a research project.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Courses in applied behavior analysis.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6090 - Advanced Seminar in Applied Behavior Analysis Research
An advanced course emphasizing: a) research, conceptual and professional issues in applied behavior analysis; b) review, integration and critical analysis or research topics in psychology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PSY 6080
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6100 - Conditioning and Learning
This course examines conditioning and learning from the perspective of the experimental analysis of behavior. Emphasis is placed on basic laboratory research procedures and findings.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6110 - Current Research in Experimental Analysis
This course examines basic research areas of current interest to behavior analysts. A central component of the course is detailed consideration of articles published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6100 or PSY 6166.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PSY 6120 - Advanced Physiological Psychology
A survey of the interrelationships of physiological and behavioral processes. Lecture and laboratory.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6130 - Behavioral Pharmacology
This course examines drug effects from a behavior-analytic perspective. Emphasis is placed on general mechanisms of drug action, variables that modulate drug effects, strategies for studying those effects, and the behavioral actions of commonly encountered drugs.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6100 or PSY 6166.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PSY 6150 - Special Topics in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
An in depth examination, discussion, and survey of a selected basic-behavioral research area, such as decision making, behavioral economics, stimulus-control processes and memory, behavioral ecology, animal cognition, comparative psychology, classical conditioning, aversive control, or reinforcement processes.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6100 or PSY 6166, with a grade of “B” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s and doctoral students in Psychology.
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6166 - Conditioning Principles and their Organizational Applications
This course serves as a scholarly introduction to basic and advanced principles of behavior with an emphasis on potential organizational applications. The course will describe the development of a science of behavior and the integration of this science with other natural sciences. Important topics such as the acquisition and maintenance of behavior, assessment and evaluation, and motivational variables will be examined in relation to complex behaviors. The potential relevance of other behavioral research areas to organizational applications will be broadly considered.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters and doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall
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PSY 6200 - Analysis of Abnormal Behavior
An advanced study of behavioral disorders as characterized by the standard classification systems, the DMS III-R and ICD-9-M, with respect to their etiology, prognosis and treatment.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6210 - Developmental Psychopathology
The purpose of this course is to provide students with exposure to theories and empirical findings in contemporary child psychopathology. The goals of the course are to help students (1) acquire a working knowledge of the disorders described in the current classification system (DSM-IV) as they pertain to children and adolescents; (2) gain a critical understanding of the conceptual issues surrounding classification and an appreciation for alternative perspectives; (3) understand prominent theories attempting to explain/describe the variables leading to and/or maintaining psychopathological behavior; and (4) evaluate the empirical data base that informs treatment for the various disorders.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6260 - Behavioral Assessment
A critical role of being a behavior analyst in working with a variety of populations is conducting thorough assessments, both initially and on an ongoing basis, to assess and understand socially significant behaviors that may be relevant for developing intervention(s). The assessment process and the product that is derived from it, provides valuable information about the client (e.g., current performance levels, strengths, areas of need) and the relevant settings for the client. This course will provide students with an overview of assessments in the field of applied behavior analysis (as well as clinical and educational settings). Specific focus will be on interviewing skills, contemporary standardized assessments, functional analyses, and summarizing/communicating findings in a meaningful manner for a given audience.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6100 or PSY 6166, with a “B” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s in Psychology: Behavior Analysis and Psychology: Industrial/Organizational Behavior Management.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6270 - Supervision and Applied Behavior Analysis
Whether your interests in behavior analysis stem from a desire to help people with intellectual disabilities, older adults with dementia, typically developing children, or any other population, you will soon learn (if you haven’t already) that working with these populations will consume only half your time. The other half will be spent working with the people who directly serve these consumers. Most reimbursement systems for behavior analytic services rely on a pyramidal approach to care, in which a behavior analyst is responsible for assessment, treatment development, and plan writing, but must also spend a considerable amount of time supervising the provision of services. Many agencies also place BCBA supervision demands on already certified behavior analysts. While the BACB Professional and Ethical Compliance Code discusses supervision and BACB task lists (both 4th edition and 5th edition) place and emphasis on providing evidence-based supervision and training, there is a breadth of research in the Organizational Behavior Management literature that should inform such practices. This course will survey some of that literature with an emphasis on evidence-based supervision and an understanding of the complexities of well-designed training systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6100 or PSY 6166, with a “B” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s in Psychology: Behavior Analysis and Psychology: Industrial/Organizational Behavior Management.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6340 - Experimental Design and Analysis I
Topics include statistical decision theory, one factor analysis of variance, multiple comparison procedures, factorial designs, randomized block designs, fixed, random and mixed models, and basic issues in experimental design.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: An elementary course on statistics.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6350 - Correlation and Regression Analysis
An advanced course covering simple correlation methods, inferential methods for one or many correlations (including meta-analysis), interpretation issues (including sampling error, sampling bias, scaling error, measurement error, functional form, cause, homoscedasticity) variants of and alternatives to Pearson correlation, multiple correlation and regression, part and partial correlation, analysis of variance of regression for simple and complex models, model comparison procedures, methods for nonlinear data (including polynomial regression and logistic regression models) and regression diagnostics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6340 (or some other course covering the analysis of variance).
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6360 - Experimental Design and Analysis II
Advanced methods for designing, analyzing, and interpreting complex between-subjects and repeated-measurement design. Topics include power analysis for planning experiments, and inferential analysis methods including ANOVA, multiple comparison procedures, simple main effects tests, interaction contrasts tests, simultaneous confidence intervals, nonparametric methods, monotone alternative tests, and analysis of covariance for univariate experiments. Also discussed are methods for analyzing nonorthogonal design, procedures for analyzing experiments containing multiple response measures (such as multivariate analysis of variance and modified Bonferroni procedures), and current concepts of experimental validity.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PSY 6340 and PSY 6350.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6370 - The Design and Analysis of Quasi-experiments and Observational Studies
This course covers the design and analysis of studies in which it is not feasible to randomly assign subjects to treatment. The focus is on three useful quasi-experimental designs (viz. The regression-discontinuity design, the interrupted time-series design, and the nonequivalent-group quasi-experiment) and the observational study. Analytic procedures recently developed for these designs are covered in detail. Opaque methods that have recently become popular for analyzing observational studies are critiqued. The conceptual framework for much of the course is based on the Rubin causal model.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PSY 6340 and PSY 6350.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6430 - Personnel Selection and Placement
This course is designed to teach students: (1) the legal and professional requirements for personnel selection and placement programs; (2) how to design and conduct job analyses, interviews, and tests that conform to the legal and professional requirements; and (3) how to evaluate the adequacy (the reliability and validity) of personnel selection and placement instruments.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in statistics.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6440 - Personnel Training and Development
The course emphasizes the principles of learning as well as techniques and administrative procedures used in the development of human resources at all levels.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6450 - Psychology of Work
This course is an advanced course designed to examine human behavior in organizations from a behavioral psychology perspective. Topics covered include: the history of industrial/organizational psychology, motivation, performance improvement techniques, compensation, quality, job satisfaction and its relation to productivity, and the ethics of personnel management. Students entering the course are expected to have an understanding of the basic principles of operant and respondent conditioning because these concepts are used to interpret and analyze worker behavior.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology, or instructor approval.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6470 - Seminar: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
A survey of issues faced by professionals in Industrial/Organizational Psychology that includes choice of a career path, current best practices in I/O Psychology, and strategies for capitalizing on opportunities and overcoming barriers to performance improvement in organizations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to program or instructor approval.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: May be repeated for credit, but limited to three credits in the IOBM M.A. program. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Spring
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PSY 6484 - Psychological Foundations of Computer-Assisted Instruction
This course will emphasize the application of instructional design principles to computer-assisted instruction. This course will consider behavioral and cognitive theoretical foundations of computer-assisted instruction, basic and advanced principles involved in computer-assisted instruction, and the use of computer-assisted instruction in various content areas.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 5490 or PSY 6549.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PSY 6494 - Advanced Instructional Design and Training Practicum
This course implements the best practices of instructional design and training assessment to improve training outcomes for organizational clients. Student work with organizational team members to conduct training needs analyses and develop instructional solutions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PSY 6440 and (PSY 5490 or PSY 6549).
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only
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PSY 6510 - Behavioral Systems Analysis
The application of systems analysis concepts to the design of systems which yield behavioral measures of complex social situations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to program or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6520 - Systems Analysis Practicum
This course integrates behavior analysis with organizational systems analysis to improve the design and management of human performance systems. Students conduct analyses for organizational clients and work with organizational team members to redesign and/or create new performance systems at the organizational level, the work process level, and the individual job performer level.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6510 or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6549 - Behavior-Based Instructional Design
Will cover the basic principles and techniques of effective instruction and training as applied to a wide variety of settings, including K-12 education, higher education and personnel training.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6100 or PSY 6166.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6570 - Autism: Etiology, Assessment, and Behavioral Treatment
This is a course for psychology graduate students who intend to work with individuals with autism. The course provides a survey of etiological theories of autism, a review of best practices in diagnosis with accompanying practice in assessment, and an overview of best practices in behavioral treatment of autism. Lectures are supplemented by course projects, invited speakers, and homework exercises that are designed to increase student proficiency in assessing and treating individuals with autism.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Full-time graduate student status in Psychology.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6580 - Cognitive Processes
This course offers an advanced introduction to current theorizing and empirical research in domains considered central to the field of cognitive psychology. These domains include perception, memory, problem-solving, reasoning, decision-making, expertise, and language. The focus will be on human cognition and its contribution to understanding complex behavior.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology, or instructor approval.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6610 - Psychotherapy: Theory and Methods
This is a treatment course which reviews several theoretical approaches to, and problem solving strategies for, a variety of client disorders. The course concentrates on the stages of treatment, the issues involved in treatment and various techniques of treatment.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6640 - Behavior Therapy
This is a treatment course designed to familiarize the student with the methods, applications, theory and clinical literature of behavior therapy.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application and instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6650 - Behavioral Approaches to Treatment
This is a treatment course designed to familiarize the students with pragmatic issues in the application of behavior management and behavior analysis techniques and the underlying conceptual foundations. Among the topics to be covered are: functional analysis, token economies, behavioral contracting, response accelerating and decelerating techniques, and packaged behavior-management programs in areas such as social skills and assertiveness.
Credits: 4 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6680 - Analysis and Treatment of Developmental Disabilities
This is a treatment course designed to familiarize students with pragmatic issues in the application of behavior management and behavior analysis techniques to clients who are mentally retarded or traumatically brain injured.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6080 and (PSY 6100 or PSY 6166).
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology. Prerequisite: Application and instructor approval.
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PSY 6690 - Child Behavior Therapy
An introduction to behavioral clinical approaches to emotional, social, and behavioral problems of children. The course content emphasizes both the theoretical basis and practical implementation of a range of behavioral therapeutic techniques, including those based on classical and operant conditioning processes, social learning, and cognitive-behavioral models.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6100 or PSY 6166.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6710 - Higher-order Behavioral Processes and Their Applications
This course is a continuation of PSY 6700. The emphasis is on the rule governance of complex behavior of verbal human beings. Areas of analysis include behavioral medicine, and rehabilitation, behavioral anthropology, family life, child rearing, community interventions, education, self-management, organizational behavior management, developmental disabilities, autistic behavior, neurotic behavior, and sexual behavior. PSY 6700 and 6710 combine to provide a behavior-analytic world view.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6700
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6740 - Verbal Behavior
This course covers the experimental analysis of language and verbal behavior, with an emphasis upon the analysis of language as presented in the writings of B. F. Skinner.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6100 or PSY 6166.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PSY 6750 - Behavioral Approaches to Language Assessment and Training
This course covers the behavior-analytic approach to language assessment and language training, including for individuals with language delays or language deficits. Topics covered will include language assessment, designing and implementing instructional programming, and language needs amongst diverse learners.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6100 or PSY 6166.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6760 - Skinner’s Behaviorism
A consideration of About Behaviorism, Beyond Freedom and Dignity, and Contingencies of Reinforcement, especially as they consider issues of broad scientific, philosophic, and social significance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Nine hours of graduate credit in psychology or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6810 - Assessment I
An introductory course in individual assessment with particular emphasis on psychometrics, objective personality assessment, and behavioral assessment. This course covers basic psychometric concepts directly related to test administration and interpretation and will prepare students to operate with sufficient understanding of assessment issues in various clinical and research roles. The course examines basic concepts in personality assessment including administration, scoring, and interpretation of objective personality assessment techniques. The course also covers behavioral assessment strategies and functional analysis of behavior self-report measures, behavioral interviewing, direct observation techniques, and physical recording.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PSY 6200 and PSY 6210.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6830 - Assessment II
A course on the theory and practice of advanced individual assessment techniques with particular emphasis on intellectual, aptitude, and basic neuropsychological assessment. This examines the complexities of measuring theoretical notions like intelligence and aptitude. It also covers administration, scoring, and interpretation of individual assessment techniques in cognitive and neuropsychological functioning. The course places an emphasis on integrative report writing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PSY 6200 and PSY 6210.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6870 - Behaviorism and the Philosophy of Science
This course is designed to analyze radical behaviorism as a philosophy of science and to consider how issues raised by the philosophy of science are relevant to behavior analysis. Students will analyze philosophical assumptions underlying scientific practices, examine radical behaviorism’s position on these issues, and consider how a science of behavior might inform our understanding of science. Students will examine the relationship between radical behaviorism and logical positivism and postmodern philosophy. Students will also explore the relationship between behavior analysis and ethics/values, and compare radical behaviorism to other interpretive systems and worldviews.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: (PSY 6100 or PSY 6166) and PSY 6760, with a grade of “B” or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s and doctoral students in Psychology.
Notes: open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6900 - Behavioral Approaches to College Education
This course addresses selection and use of text materials, the role of lecture and discussion, examinations, grading practices, all considered from a behavioral perspective. Higher education is emphasized.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s and doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PSY 6910 - College Teaching Practicum
Supervised practice in the instruction of psychology at the undergraduate level. The student will be responsible for the design, execution, and evaluation of a college course section involving undergraduate students.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6920 - Grant Writing in the Behavioral Sciences
This course will provide an overview of the process used to secure extramural funds for research and training in the behavioral sciences. Students will learn how to find potential funding sources, develop ideas that may merit funding, develop a budget, prepare grant applications, and react to reviewers’ comments. Students will prepare a grant proposal and evaluate proposals prepared by others.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6100 or PSY 6166.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6950 - Doctoral Internship in Behavior Analysis
This is an off-campus internship course for doctoral students in the Behavior Analysis Program. Requires a written application and permission from the Behavior Analysis Program Committee.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approved application required.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6970 - Advanced Topical Studies in Psychology
An in depth examination, discussion, and survey of selected research and/or professional topics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 2 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit, although the total number of credits may be limited by the degree program. Students should consult the program advisor. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6980 - Clinical Practicum in Psychology I
This is the entry-level practicum for students in the Clinical Psychology program. Students enrolled in this course will gain a range of therapy and assessment experiences in the Psychology Clinic under the supervision of licensed Clinical faculty.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PSY 6640 and PSY 6690; written permission must be obtained from the Department Clinical Committee.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 6990 - Clinical Practicum in Psychology II
Experience in a broad range of professional functions included in the practice of psychology under the supervision of a licensed psychologist. The experience includes, but is not limited to, psychotherapy, diagnostic testing and consultation. The experience involves not less than 500 clock hours (15 weeks) in an organized health care setting.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 6980; written permission must be obtained from the Department Clinical Committee.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 7000 - Master’s Thesis
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application, department and Graduate College approval.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 7050 - Master’s Project
Students will work on an applied project in their area of specialization in psychology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Advisor approval.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters in psychology.
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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PSY 7100 - Independent Research
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application and department approval.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 7120 - Professional Field Experience
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application and department approval.
Credits: 2 to 12 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 7250 - Doctoral Research Seminar
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application and department approval.
Credits: 2 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 7300 - Doctoral Dissertation
The Doctoral Dissertation is required in all doctoral programs and is completed under the supervision of a dissertation committee. Prior to the first registration in 7300, Doctoral Dissertation, a Permission to Elect form (available at http://wmich.edu/grad/forms) must be completed and approved by the Dissertation Specialist in the Graduate College so that the student is informed about the regulations pertaining to the preparation and publication of the manuscript and to the requirements for research involving regulated subjects and hazardous materials, and to ensure the student is in good standing. Doctoral dissertations involving research with protected or regulated subjects must include documentation indicating compliance with federal, state, and University requirements for the protection of human/animal subjects or appropriate use of genetic or radioactive materials and chemical hazards. Written approval from the board/committee/official must be included as an appendix to the dissertation. The use of Guidelines for the Preparation of Theses, Projects, and Dissertations is required. This publication is available for downloading at wmich.edu/grad/current-students/. A doctoral dissertation varies in credit from a minimum of 12 credit hours to a maximum of 24 credit hours. The hours required in a program of study are determined by the student’s department; a department may require all students within the program to register for a specific, common total of hours between 12 and 24, or a program may require different students within the program to register for a variety of total hours between 12 and 24. The course 7300, Doctoral Dissertation, may be registered for in increments of one or more hours. Following a student’s first enrollment in 7300, the student must have continuous enrollment in 7300 until all dissertation requirements are completed satisfactorily and approved by the appropriate bodies. A student unable to complete the dissertation within the program-stipulated hours will be required to continue to enroll in 7300; however, only the program-stipulated hours for 7300 will count toward meeting the program requirements for the doctoral degree. For students not enrolled in Summer I and Summer II sessions, pre-enrollment in the subsequent Fall semester is necessary for access to library resources during Summer I and Summer II. Continuous enrollment is defined as enrollment in all Fall and Spring semesters from the initial enrollment to the semester in which the student graduates. If the student will graduate in Summer I or Summer II, the student must be enrolled in that session. The dissertation is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department and Graduate College approval.
Credits: 1 to 15 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 7320 - Doctoral Clinical Internship
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application and department approval.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PSY 7350 - Graduate Research
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application and department approval.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate students only.
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PADM 5810 - Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Social entrepreneurs create sustainable, social impact by funding, developing, and implementing innovative solutions to social, cultural, and/or environmental problems. This course uses case studies to illuminate how social entrepreneurs identify opportunities, and plan and implement innovative, social change. Students will be empowered to develop their own creative solutions to societal issues. Topics may include, but are not limited to, an introduction to the terminology and history of social entrepreneurship, concepts of sustainable development, the role of Millennium Development Goals, human-centered design, systems thinking, triple bottom line, theory of change, developing social business models, and creating sustainable funding streams.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 5820 - International Public Financial Management
Over the past two decades, organizations ranging from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have promulgated a variety of innovations in public financial management (PFM). Practitioners of PFM now recognize that they are not only involved in the budgetary process. They also contribute to broader concerns regarding public service provision and long-term financial sustainability. As an interdisciplinary field, PFM is uniquely situated to address such concerns, and innovations vary considerably across levels of government and countries. To help future practitioners and researchers, this course will review the fundamentals of PFM and examine its recent innovations in developed and developing countries. The course will cover key reports and guidelines from organizations such as the GFOA, IMF, and the World Bank as well as case studies of individual countries. Students will read and interpret budgets across different countries and levels of government. Additionally, students will learn how to apply different innovations in PFM developed over the past two decades such as: multi-year budgeting and forecasting, fiscal policies and institutions, the use of technology to achieve efficiency and effectiveness, and civic engagement in the budget process.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 5825 - Managing Community Growth and Development
This course provides public or non-profit managers who are responsible for developing economic and community growth plans an extensive review of the planning and design of local economic growth strategies that enhance and sustain the quality and environment of the local community. Students will examine policies, programs, local leadership, and techniques related to economic development, business attraction and retention, land use, growth management, housing, public facilities and infrastructure, and environmental preservation. The course also examines the economic, demographic, spatial, and political forces driving urban, suburban, and rural change as well as the impact on community sustainability. A significant part of this course is the examination of a local community and conducting a group assessment related to the course objectives.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 5830 - Grant Writing
Securing grants and contracts is an important skill to support the financial sustainability of public and nonprofit organizations. This course introduces students to proactive grant writing. Topics include identification of funding opportunities, building relationships with funders, and developing successful grant-funded programs and proposals. Students will be guided through the grant writing process, develop fund-able programs and associated evaluation, management, and budget plans. Assessments may include critical reflections on available funding program, the development of complete written grant applications, peer review of proposals, and funding pitches among others.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 5840 - Promoting Nonprofit Organizations
This practicum applies marketing principles to nonprofit organizations. Emphasis will be placed in techniques for defining and identifying the organization’s contributor, volunteer, and client markets. Strategies for conducting a market assessment, measuring customer satisfaction, and using information to develop a marketing plan will be covered. These strategies will include the identification of marketing offers, communication messages and methods, cause related marketing, and the development of marketing budgets.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 5860 - Social Policy Administration
Social policies encompass laws, regulations, and programs aimed at improving individual well-being. Administered in such areas as education, healthcare, and social welfare, the government uses social policies to provide and/or finance social programs and redistribute resources in order to address the needs arising from life-cycle event, economic transformations, or natural disasters. This course surveys the vast literature on the way social insurance, social assistance, and labor market policies have been used to address current or future social problems. Topics include the economic, political, and normative aspects of social policies; demographic, economic, and environmental changes and their impacts on policy choices; the major social insurance and social assistance programs in the United States; and international comparisons on social policy designs and administration.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 5870 - Fund Raising for Nonprofit Organizations
This practicum enables students to develop fund raising and fund management skills. Emphasis is on understanding the various forms of fund raising, such as the annual fund; special events; deferred giving; major gifts; special project campaigns; corporate/foundation gifts; and direct mail. Students will also be provided with a working knowledge of permanent endowment funds. Students will learn to assess the fund raising readiness of organizations and develop fund raising plans unique to their organizations.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 5880 - Culture, Diversity, and Social Equity
This course examines the intersection of cultural norms, practices, and diversity with the processes and outcomes of interaction at public and nonprofit organizations. Defined broadly to include such factors as age, class, culture, disability, ethnicity, economic status, gender, immigration status, political ideology, race, religion, and sexual orientation, this course applies diversity to differentiate people’s understanding and experiences of social processes and outcomes and assess how they are impacted by history, culture, policies, and institutions. It explores the types and sources of power, social constructions, processes, identities, and conflicts and how the work and social space is influenced by micro- and macro-level forces. Through readings, videos, discussions, and interactive assignments, the course aims to increase our knowledge of the inequities and their consequences for different communities and individuals. The goal is to broaden the understanding of how one’s place in society affects the person’s behavior and experiences in terms of social and organizational practices and outcomes.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 5890 - Strategic Planning and Performance Measurement
Strategic planning is an essential management function intended to shape and guide public and nonprofit organizations by delineating priorities, goals and objectives, intended beneficiaries, resource demands, activities, and intended outcomes, as well as monitoring mechanisms that enable and facilitate successful implementation of the strategic plan. This course covers the essential steps in formulating strategic plans for public or nonprofit organizations within their broader political and financial environment. The course also emphasizes the development of performance measurement systems to support effective implementation of the strategy. Students will learn about needs assessments, program planning and design, the development of logic models, and performance measurement.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 5980 - Readings in Public Administration
This course offers a program of independent study to provide well qualified MPA candidates with an opportunity to explore in depth a topic or problem of interest under the guidance of a faculty member. Planning a topic for investigation is the joint responsibility of the candidate and supervising faculty. Approval is contingent upon the merits of the proposal. Approval of both the supervising faculty member and the School Director is required prior to enrolling in this course.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 5990 - Topics in Public Administration
This changing topics course deals with particular issues of interest and concern to students of public affairs and administration. Since content varies, students are advised to read course descriptions distributed by the School prior to enrollment. The course may vary in the number of credit hours awarded and may last more or less than a semester’s or session’s length.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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PADM 6000 - Fundamentals and Ethics of Public Service
This course provides an overview of the key concepts of ethics, governance, and accountability in public service, with an emphasis on the role, duties, and responsibilities of the professional administrator. Course content will focus on normative values in public administration, including, the basic structure of democratic government, the tension between politics and public administration, and how various conceptions of the “common good” and normative arguments/moral reasoning are used by program/policy actors to motivate and justify program/policy preferences. These include arguments rooted in constructs such as efficiency, effectiveness, justice, fairness, freedom, and duty/obligation. As a core MPA course, instructors may also include aspects that serve to introduce the student to standards of graduate studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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