Graduate Course Descriptions

250 hrs. minimum in one-semester with academic seminar that includes readings, case conference presentations of assessment and intervention cases. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology.

250 hrs. minimum in one-semester with academic seminar that includes readings, case conference presentations of assessment and intervention cases. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology. (Course fee applies).

250 hrs. minimum in one-semester with academic seminar that includes readings, case conference presentations of assessment and intervention cases. This course also includes preparatory training for the EPPP licensure examination. Course requires purchase of EPPP Pro package from the Association of Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences Examination Preparation. Open only to PsyD students in Clinical Psychology.

Course covers administration, scoring, interpretation, and report writing in cognitive assessment. Primary focus on the Wechsler scales. Client-examiner relationship dynamics, and development of inferences from test content are integrated with structural analysis. Review of ethics, diversity, and decision-making across different clinical settings. Prerequisite PSYC 703. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology.

Introduction to personality assessment. Students learn how to use storytelling techniques and Rorschach, with emphasis on administration, scoring, interpretation and report writing skills. Course also reviews ethical and practice issues, and implications for diversity and treatment planning. (Prerequisite: PSYC 608 and 664). Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology.

Examines contemporary assessment issues related to research and practice; assessment competencies in diversity and professional ethics, test selection, scoring and interpretation, report writing and feedback; review of objective and personality measures through discussion and critique. Emphasis on the relationship between assessment and treatment implications for different diagnostic groups and clinical settings. (Prerequisite: PSYC 729) Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology.

Review of strategies for assessing neuropsychological dysfunction; ethical and practice issues in neuropsychological assessment. Review of interviewing, test selection, report writing and feedback strategies. (Prerequisites: PSYC 729) Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology. PSYC 701 may be taken concurrently.

This course provides a broad overview of the major theories, research methods, empirical findings and aspects of clinical practice within the psychology of aging from the perspectives of various divisions of psychology (e.g. cognitive, developmental, personality, clinical, social, health). Students will learn to distinguish between normal aging and common causes of dementia; including Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy Body Dementia, Vascular Dementia, and Frontotemporal Dementia. Interventions with older adults in terms of counseling, family education, and consultation in the assisted living/skilled nursing facility environment will be discussed.

This course provides an in-depth examination of the phenomenon of human sexuality. Topics include sexual myths and fallacies, the female sexual system, the male sexual system, sexual attitudes and behavior, sexual relationships, sexual dysfunctions and treatment, and cultural differences in sexuality. This course is open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology.

The purpose of this course is to explore theories and applications of measurement scale and survey development. The course will focus on how to develop and apply new measurement scales and surveys for specific, unique, or active research questions. Concepts of reliability and validity, design, analysis, and interpretation will be covered in this course. Relevant laws and ethical principles will be reviewed. (Students must earn a B or higher in this class, less than a B will result in the student retaking the course.)