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OS 30200 - Wildland Ecosystems and Human Impacts (4)
A field course for college students and professionals interested in applied field research techniques. Students in this course travel by nonmotorized methods such as sea kayaking while applying research techniques used in measuring human impacts on remote ecosystems. Course content includes temperate ecosystems; human use and management; and field research techniques including water sampling and radial transects. Class project will include entering and analyzing data. Wilderness living, sea kayaking, and database skills are necessary, instructor approval required. Lab fee required. Offered Summer or Fall Competencies: RP, PL, EP
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OS 30300 - Applied Exercise Physiology (4)
This course is a survey of the scientific principles, methodologies and research as applied to exercise and physical performance. The emphasis is on physiological responses and adaptations to acute and chronic physical exercise. Offered Spring. Competencies: RP, EC,
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OS 31000 - Expedition Leadership (4)
Expedition Leadership introduces students to the process of leading wilderness expeditions. Students will assist in planning, organizing, leading, and evaluating a twenty-one day expedition. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Prerequisite: OS 11000 or instructor permission. Offered Fall. competencies: EL, PL, EC, EP
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OS 31200 - Expedition Mountaineering (4)
This class is an extended Alaskan mountaineering expedition. Topics include glacier travel, winter camping, snow and ice climbing, ski mountaineering, route finding, risk management, decision making, and hazard evaluation. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Prerequisites: OS 11400 , OS 11200 and instructor permission. Offered Summer. Competencies: EL, PL, EC, EP
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OS 31300 - Expedition Sea Kayaking (4)
A two-to three-week sea kayaking expedition in the coastal environment. In addition to practicing the skills of safe sea kayaking, students will help organize and lead the trip. Topics include advanced strokes, bracing, rescues in rough water, secondary stability, boat/ paddle selection, trip planning, minimum impact camping, and hazard evaluation. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Prerequisites: OS 11000 and OS 11300 or instructor permission. Offered Summer. Competencies: EL, PL, EC, EP
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OS 31600 - Expedition Glacier Travel (4)
Expedition Glacier Travel emphasizes the skills required for traveling and climbing in Alaska’s heavily glaciated mountain ranges. Snow camping, expedition behavior, crevasse rescues, snow and ice climbing, route finding, peak ascents, and avalanche hazard evaluation will be emphasized. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Prerequisites: OS 11400 and OS 11200 ; or instructor permission. Offered Summer. Competencies: EL, PL, EC, EP
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OS 32500 - Snow Science for Outdoor Professionals II (4)
This advanced snow science course allows students to explore a research question about snow science. The class will use field days to gather data to answer these questions. The participants will apply their previous knowledge of snow and avalanches while learning to forecast avalanche instability in the course area. Lab fee covers additional field instructor, transportation and group gear. Prerequisite OS 21000 . Competencies: EL, EC,
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OS 37000 - Risk Management for Outdoor Professionals (2)
Risk Management for Outdoor Professionals will discuss and understand the components of risk management in the outdoor profession. Topics include risk management and emergency response planning, legal and ethical responsibilities of risk management, and risk transfer topics such as insurance and participant agreements. Students will develop a risk management and emergency response plan. Prerequisite: OS 20100 . Offered Fall. Competencies: RP, EC, EP
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OS 38000 - Directed Study (1-4)
Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered as needed.
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OS 38500 - Practicum (1-12)
The practicum is an integral part of the student’s pre-professional preparation. It will help them identify career areas to pursue and network with professionals in that field of work. Offered as needed. competencies: RP, EL, PL, EC, EP
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OS 39200 - Special Topics (1-4)
Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered as needed.
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OS 40100 - The Business of Recreation (4)
An investigation of the concepts and theories of administration and management of recreational organizations. Theories, processes, and legal concepts behind established and entrepreneurial recreational organizations. Topics and projects include funding, incorporation, personnel and fiscal management, community relations, and liability as related to recreational services. Offered Fall. Competencies: RP, EC, EP
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OS 40200 - Outdoor Education (4)
Application of the theories and techniques of teaching in and about the natural environment. This course will develop, implement, and evaluate programs for local schools using standard environmental curriculum. Course will include off-campus field component and lab fee. Offered Spring. competencies: RP, EL, PL, EC, EP
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OS 40300 - Alaska Natural History Interpretation (4)
This course explores the techniques and theories used by public land administrators to interpret the Alaskan natural environment. Interpretive trail alignment and displays, as well as oral and written interpretive presentations are emphasized. Offered Fall. Competencies: PL, EC, EP
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OS 40400 - Research Methods for Outdoor & Environmental Studies (4)
In this course, students explore relevant methodological issues of qualitative, quantitative, and conceptual research. Students also become familiar with post-positivism, including feminist and post-colonial critiques of academic work. Students engage in a community based research effort, as part of a student project. Prerequisite: Offered Fall. competencies: RP, EC, EP
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OS 40500 - Recreation and the Public Land Resource (4)
Surveys the evolution of United States public land policy, the agencies that manage public land, the relevant public land legislation, and the people who recreate on public land. Offered Spring. Competencies: RP, PL, EC, EP
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OS 47000 - Advanced Topics in Outdoor Leadership (2)
This class will cover trends, theories, and concepts related to outdoor leadership and ethics. Topics include leadership theories and facilitation, ethical issues of outdoor activities, group dynamics and development, and individual behavior and motivation. Offered Spring. competencies: RP, EL, PL, EC, EP
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OS 48000 - Directed Study (1-4)
Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered as needed.
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OS 48500 - Practicum (1-12)
The practicum is an integral part of the student’s pre-professional preparation. It will help them identify career areas to pursue and network with professionals in that field of work. Offered as needed.
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OS 49200 - Special Topics (1-4)
Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered as needed.
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OS 49900 - Senior Project (3-12)
The senior project is the culmination of the student’s academic career. The goal of the class is to help the student identify, plan, implement, and evaluate a project that focuses the student’s skills and knowledge in a way that demonstrates his or her professional interests. The class will meet periodically during the semester. Offered as needed. Competencies: RP, EL, PL, EC, EP
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Philosophy (Offered through the Liberal Studies Department) |
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PH 20100 - Introduction to Philosophy (4)
Introduction to basic elements of philosophy, its history, foundational principles, theoretical and practical issues in the field of philosophy. Satisfies the Humanities GUR. Offered as needed.
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| Love & Friendships |
Philosophy of History |
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PH 20200 - Introduction to Ethics (4)
This course will be an introduction to the theoretical and practical issues in the field of philosophical ethics. Satisfies the Ethics and Religious Values GUR. Offered as needed.
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PH 20300 - Symbolic Logic (4)
This course will introduce the student to the full spectrum of skills in symbolic logic. This course will begin to make the student more conscious of the process and techniques of how to solve problems. In developing these skills, the student will have to begin to identify distinct kinds of problem situations, recognize the general principles that control the solution of the identified problems, and then choose and apply the appropriate techniques for negotiating the identified solutions. Students will also be expected to understand and develop skills involving the proving of theorems. Satisfies the Quantitative Skills GUR. Prerequisite: MT 10100 . Offered as needed.
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PH 20400 - Philosophy of Science (4)
Introductory topics in Philosophy of Science. Offered Spring.
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PH 30100 - Advanced Topics in Philosophy (4)
Close study and critique of individual texts in philosophy, with emphasis on understanding the work in the context of the tradition from which they emerge. Satisfies the Humanities GUR. Prerequisite: Introductory course in Philosophy or instructor permission. Offered as needed.
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Science of Mind |
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PH 30400 - Advanced Studies in Philosophy of Science (4)
An advanced level course in philosophy of science will closely study more difficult texts in careful attempt to work out the full complexity of the author’s meaning. Students will be asked to engage in close study and critique of individual texts in philosophy of science, with emphasis on understanding the works in the context of the tradition from which they emerge. Satisfies the Humanities GUR. Prerequisites: Introductory course in Philosophy or instructor permission. Offered as needed.
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Physical Education (Offered through the Outdoor Studies Department) |
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PE 10300 - Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Level Physical Education and Outdoor Skill Activities (.5-2)
Offered as needed.
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| Advanced Alpine Skiing |
Advanced Cross-Country Skiing |
| Aerobic Conditioning |
Bouldering Circuit/Weight Training I |
| Crosstraining |
Lifetime Fitness |
| Physical Education |
Running & Circuit Training |
| Run/Ski |
Shoshin Ryu/Martial Arts |
| Skate Skiing |
Water Aerobics |
| Weight Training I |
Weight Training II |
| Yoga |
Swimming |
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PE 20300 - Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Level Physical Education and Outdoor Skill Activities (.5-2)
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| Advanced Alpine Skiing |
Advanced Cross-Country Skiing |
| Aerobic Conditioning |
Bouldering Circuit/Weight Training I |
| Crosstraining |
Lifetime Fitness |
| Physical Education |
Running & Circuit Training |
| Run/Ski |
Shoshin Ryu/Martial Arts |
| Skate Skiing |
Water Aerobics |
| Weight Training I |
Weight Training II |
| Yoga |
Swimming |
Offered as needed.
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Psychology (Offered through the Counseling Psychology and Human Services Department)
Department Competencies that are met by each course are noted by the following abbreviation: Self Understanding (SU); Creative Expression (CU); Critical Thinking (CT); Knowledge of Discipline (KD); Activisms/Leadership (AL); Professionalism (P) |
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PY 15000 - Introduction to Psychology: Adjustment and Change (3-4)
How human beings adjust to the challenges of living as they grow, learn, build relationships, develop careers, and search for personal meaning. Study includes current concepts, theories, and research regarding psychological effects of change, and useful strategies for dealing with the stresses of everyday life. Satisfies the Social/Behavioral Science GUR. Offered Fall/Spring. Competencies: SU
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PY 18000 - Directed Study (1-4)
Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered as needed. Competencies: Varies
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PY 20200 - Community Psychology (4)
Students will apply concepts of social psychology to living in a communal setting. This course will explore the process of building relationships, developing sustainable systems of alternative living, understanding the interrelatedness of people and natural environment within a local community system, and the expression oneself within groups representing diversity. Prerequisite PY15000. Offered As needed (Travel Course Option). Competencies: AL
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PY 20700 - Sports Psychology (4)
This course is designed to introduce students to the ways in which the applications, theories, and methods of mainstream psychology can enhance exercise and sport performance. The students will also examine the implications of improved physical fitness on their own mental well-being. Offered Spring even years. Competencies: AL
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PY 21000 - Sophomore Seminar: Introduction to Professional Psychology (4)
Exposure to a broad range of career directions available in psychology as a profession, and extensive practice of the cognitive, problem solving, and writing styles of modern, scientific psychology. Classroom debates, guest speakers, field trips, and individualized projects are used to expand students’ understandings of the diversity and challenges of psychological science and practice. Offered Fall. Competencies: P
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PY 21500 - Lifespan Human Development (3-4)
Introduction to basic concepts, theories, and issues of human lifespan developmental psychology. Special attention given to the interrelatedness of physical, cognitive, personality, social, cultural, and spiritual components of development. Partially fulfills admission requirements of the APU Master of Science in Counseling Psychology Program. Satisfies the Social/Behavioral Science GUR. Prerequisite: PY 15000 or instructor permission. Offered Fall/Spring. Competencies: KD
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PY 22100 - Ecopsychology (4)
An introduction to ideas, concepts, and the broad range of literature in the interdisciplinary field of ecopsychology. Will include an examination of how humans and the larger environment interact with each other. There will be an emphasis on helping students think about the interplay of psychology and environment in their own lives. Offered Spring even years. Competencies: AL
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PY 22200 - Roots and Wings: Conception Through Adolescence (4)
Psychological, social, and physical development from early childhood through adolescence, with emphasis on aspects of learning, thinking, and socialization, which are of special importance to teachers and caregivers. Prerequisite: PY 15000 or instructor permission. Offered Fall odd years. Competencies: KD
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PY 22400 - Mindfulness: Exploring Mind-Body Psychology (4)
The class explores the relationship between mindfulness and mind-body psychology or the use of “mind” in promoting healing and prevention of “disease” in its broadest sense. Students will also look at how mindfulness is used as an adjunct to the cognitive based therapies. Students will work on their own “mindfulness” program and the class will culminates in a weekend mindfulness retreat at the Kellogg campus. Prerequisite: PY 15000 . Competencies: SU
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PY 22800 - Psychopathology for Movie Lovers (4)
This course is designed to help broaden a person’s knowledge and conceptual understanding of abnormal psychology. In particular, individual mental health problems will be explored in the context of society. Two primary catalysts for class discussion and debate will be the framework of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association and the media of movies and documentaries. The course will help foster exploration regarding the issue of what is “normal” vs. “abnormal,” along with investigating primary causes and effective treatment approaches. Students are encouraged to examine their own assumptions, beliefs, and fears about “abnormal” behavior. Readings include a current text in abnormal psychology and a compendium of stories regarding what it is like to have a disorder as well as live with someone with a disorder. Prerequisite: PY 15000 or permission of instructor. Offered Fall even years. Competencies: CT
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PY 23000 - Psychology of Spirituality and Religion (4)
This course provides an introduction to the psychology of the spiritual and religious life of the individual. The psychological nature and issues involved in spirituality and religion will be explored as they are experienced and expressed across the life span. Examples of issues and topics covered include the nature of religion and spirituality, religious socialization, religious experience, morality and values, attitudes and outlook on life, and the role of religion and spirituality in coping and adjustment as well as mental health and counseling. Satisfies the Ethics and Religious Values GUR. Prerequisites: one courses in Psychology or instructor permission. Offered Spring Competencies: SU
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PY 23100 - Making Sense of Statistics: Applications to the Behavioral Sciences (4)
This course provides an introduction to the statistics most commonly used in the behavioral sciences. The basic principles of statistics to be covered include sampling and probability, descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics. Both parametric and nonparametric statistics will be explored. This course also includes an introduction to the use of PC statistical packages for the behavioral sciences. Satisfies the Quantitative Reasoning GUR. Prerequisite: MT 10100 or placement test. Offered Spring. Competencies: CT
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PY 23300 - Art and Therapy (4)
This course provides an introduction to the creative process of art in therapy and the use of that process in the development of self-awareness and empathetic relationships with others. Ideally this will be a studio based course. Beginner instruction with art materials applied to self exploration for the development of individuals entering the psychology field. It also includes discussion oriented toward growth-enhancing exploration of the self through creativity. Competencies: CE
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PY 23500 - Creativity, Madness, and Self Expression (4)
What leads to that triumph of the human spirit we call creativity? The psychology of creative self-expression will be explored by understanding the processes of inner passions and conflicts on self-expression. Examples of some of the world’s greatest “mad” scientists and “crazy” artists will be provided as case studies. Students will be given specific techniques to recover their creativity from a variety of psychosocial blocks so that they may be able to fully express the writer, poet, actor, painter, musician, or scientist within themselves. Satisfies the Social/Behavioral Science GUR. Offered Spring odd years. Competencies: CE
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PY 24200 - Love, Couples, and Family (4)
Focuses on the stage of life in which major decisions are made regarding marriage, children, and profession. Issues commonly confronting mature, intimate relationships are addressed, including human sexuality, gender roles, marital life styles, heterosexual and homosexual relationships, changing marital patterns, and traditional and contemporary work roles for women and men. Satisfies the Social/Behavioral Science GUR. Competencies: CE
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PY 25000 - Nature and Psychological Well-Being (4)
Students will study the relationship between nature and the human mind by exploring aspects of natural settings shown to be psychologically restorative. Emphasis will be on personal reflection in outdoor settings, as well as research within fields of environmental psychology and wilderness therapy. Offered Fall even years. Competencies: AL
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PY 26000 - Intimacy, Relationships, and Sexuality (4)
Explores the psychology of love, sex, and interpersonal relationships. Issues of current interest including sexual orientation, the abortion debate, reproductive technologies, safer sex practices, and gender similarities and differences. Students are encouraged to apply information from this course to the building and maintaining of healthy, loving relationships. Satisfies the Social/Behavioral Science GUR. Prerequisite: PY 15000 or instructor permission. Offered Spring. Competencies: SU
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PY 28000 - Directed Study (1-4)
Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered as needed. Competencies: Varies
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PY 28500 - Field Experience (1-12)
Practical work experience in a given area of concentration under the cooperative guidance of a faculty member and an on-the-job supervisor. Offered as needed.
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PY 29000 - Seminar (1-4)
Small groups meet with faculty members for in-depth study and discussion of a specific topic of common interest. Appropriate course descriptions are published as seminars are offered. Offered as needed.
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PY 29200 - Special Topics (1-4)
Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered as needed.
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PY 30000 - Methods of Investigation: Research in Psychology (4)
Introduction to the common methods of research in the behavioral sciences. Quantitative and qualitative approaches are examined along with program evaluation and assessment techniques. Course activities include the writing of a research proposal. Partially fulfills admission requirements of the APU Master of Science in Counseling Psychology Program. Prerequisite: two courses in Psychology or instructor permission. Offered Fall. Competencies: CT
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PY 31500 - Psychology of Women (4)
This course helps students to connect to their personal, gendered lives with the social and political world in which they live. Students are also encouraged to look beyond the boundaries of their own lives in order to understand (1) the complexity and diversity of women’s experiences in terms of race, social class, sexual orientation, age, and cultural differences, and (2) contemporary debate topics such as the social construction of gender, the earnings gap, sexual harassment, women in the military, and feminist spirituality. Readings include a broad sampling of the wealth of recent scholarship that addresses women’s development and women’s mental health, as well as literature by and about women. Prerequisite: PY 15000 or instructor permission. Offered as needed. Competencies: KD
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PY 32000 - Personality: Theories and Perspectives (4)
An overview of historical and current models of human personality structure and development, including representative theories from the psychodynamic, type/trait, phenomenological, behavioral, and socialcognitive perspectives. Considers implications for counseling and clinical practice. Partially fulfills admission requirements of the APU Master of Science in Counseling Psychology Program. Prerequisite: PY 15000 . Offered Spring even years. Competencies: CT
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PY 32500 - Social Psychology (4)
A review of classic and more current social psychology research that seeks to reveal patterns of human behavior that may not always be in our conscious awareness. The class looks at issues such as conformity, aggression, self justification, prejudice, liking and loving, and social cognition. Students will be given opportunities to consider implications from the research discussed to their own particular areas of interest. Students will have the opportunity to participate in social psychology experiments/research. Prerequisite: two courses in Psychology or instructor permission. Offered Spring odd years. Competencies: CT
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PY 33000 - Psychology of Substance Use and Dependency (4)
Cultural norms, values, and attitudes regarding chemical dependency. Study of substance abuse in our society and how that abuse impacts individuals, families, and communities. Prerequisite: PY 15000 or instructor permission. Offered Fall even years. Competencies: KD
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PY 33500 - Creativity, Madness, and Self Expression (4)
What leads to that triumph of the human spirit we call creativity? The psychology of creative self-expression will be explored by understanding the processes of inner passions and conflicts on self-expression. Examples of some of the world’s greatest “mad” scientists and “crazy” artists will be provided as case studies. Students will be given specific techniques to recover their creativity from a variety of psychosocial blocks so that they may be able to fully express the writer, poet, actor, painter, musician, or scientist within themselves. Satisfies the Social/ Behavioral Science GUR. Offered Spring odd years. Competencies: CE
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PY 34000 - Going to Extremes: Abnormal Psychology (3-4)
Psychological, sociocultural, and biological factors related to dysfunctional personalities and related behavioral pathologies. Historical and recent definitions of, attitudes toward, and treatments of abnormality. Partially fulfills admission requirements of the APU Master of Science in Counseling Psychology Program. Prerequisite: PY 15000 . Offered Fall odd years. Competencies: KD
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PY 34500 - Dynamics of Counseling (3-4)
Survey of counseling theories and practices, as well as legal and ethical issues related to the field. Provides basic knowledge and skills necessary for entry-level practitioners and a foundation for graduate level coursework in counseling psychology. Prerequisites: PY 15000 (or demonstrated competency in writing). Offered Fall even years.
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PY 35000 - Psychotherapeutic Uses of the Wilderness (4)
Understanding and critically evaluating the theories, techniques, and practical applications of wilderness therapy; exploring ways in which humans and the nonhuman natural world can interweave in order to improve mental health. Prerequisite: PY 15000 and PY 25000 , or instructor permission. Offered Spring even years. Competencies: AL
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PY 35500 - Positive Psychology (4)
Although the discipline of Positive Psychology was inaugurated as recently as 1998, the study of psychological factors that make life “worth living” is already flourishing. This course explores human strengths-our own and others’. Human strengths are the qualities and processes that promote life satisfaction and well-being while preventing dissatisfaction and mental illness. Specifically, this course covers the role that strengths play in a variety of areas, including personality, aging, gender differences, intimate relationships, creativity, and decision-making, and then relating personal well-being to global and societal issues. It also includes constructive criticism and future directions for this emerging discipline. Prerequisite: PY 15000 . Offered Spring odd years. Competencies: KD
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PY 38000 - Directed Study (1-4)
Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered as needed. Competencies: Varies
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PY 38400 - Junior Portfolio (1)
This seminar course provides the psychology student with assistance in writing, compiling, creating, and producing their junior portfolio. This course is to be taken during the junior year. Course goal: successful completion of the junior portfolio. CR/NC grades only. Course prerequisite: Junior standing. Offered Fall/Spring. Competencies: CE; SU; CT; AL; P; KD
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PY 38500 - Field Experience (3-12)
Practical work experience in a given area of concentration under the cooperative guidance of a faculty member and an on-the-job supervisor. Offered as needed.
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PY 39000 - Seminar (1-4)
Small groups meet with faculty members for in-depth study and discussion of a specific topic of common interest. Appropriate course descriptions are published as seminars are offered. Offered as needed.
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PY 39200 - Special Topics (1-4)
Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered as needed.
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PY 46000 - Intimacy, Relationships and Sexuality (4)
Explores the psychology of love, sex, and interpersonal relationships. Issues of current interest including sexual orientation, the abortion debate, reproductive technologies, safer sex practices, and gender similarities and differences. Students are encouraged to apply information from this course to the building and maintaining of healthy, loving relationships. Satisfies the Social/Behavioral Science GUR. Prerequisite: PY 15000 or instructor permission. Offered Spring. Competencies: SU
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PY 48000 - Directed Study (1-4)
Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered as needed. Competencies: Varies
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PY 48500 - Field Experience (1-12)
Practical work experience in a given area of concentration under the cooperative guidance of a faculty member and an on-the-job supervisor. Offered as needed.
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PY 49000 - Senior Seminar: Directed Study in Psychology and Human Services (4)
Individualized, concentrated study of topics in psychology. Students conduct their own field and/or library investigations and participate in weekly seminar presentations and discussions of their discoveries. Prerequisite: Senior status or instructor permission. Offered as needed. Competencies: Varies
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PY 49200 - Special Topics (1-4)
Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered as needed.
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PY 49800 - Senior Project Proposal (4)
Students determine their own senior project themes, scope, and methods within domain of theoretical, applied, or experimental psychology, with assistance of department Senior Project Coordinator. Project proposals are presented for approval, orally and in writing, to a Senior Project Committee including the Project Coordinator and two other faculty members of the student’s choice, one from Psychology and the other from another department. Prerequisite: Senior status. Offered Fall/Spring. Competencies: CE; SU; CT; AL; P; KD
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PY 49900 - Senior Project (8-12)
Students implement and assess the activities specified in their senior project proposals, and present completed projects, orally and in writing, to their Project Committees and at a Psychology Student Colloquium. Student must complete at least 8 hours of Senior Project coursework. Prerequisite: PY 49800 . Offered Fall/Spring. Competencies: CE; SU; CT; AL; P; KD
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PY 61100 - Professional Orientation and Ethics (4)
This course provides an understanding of all aspects of professional functioning, including history, roles, organizational structures, ethics, standards, and credentialing. A special emphasis is given to providing a solid foundation in professional ethics. Offered Fall. Competencies: P
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PY 61500 - Professional Counseling: Theory, Skills, and Practice I (4)
This course is designed to review, compare, and contrast prevailing theories of counseling, to practice some of the basic methods of counseling, and to develop skills necessary to enhance the counseling relationship. Emphasis is upon communication, self-awareness of one’s own behavior and its effect upon others, and the development of one’s ability to accurately interpret the behavior of others. Under faculty supervision, some limited opportunities are provided to practice these skills. Offered Fall. Competencies: CE
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PY 62000 - Advanced Human Development (4)
Exploration of significant issues within developmental psychology as they relate to counseling, utilizing a life-span developmental perspective is encouraged. Offered Fall. Competencies: CT
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PY 62500 - Professional Counseling: Theory, Skills, and Practice II (4)
This course is designed to practice additional methods of counseling and develop more sophisticated skills necessary to enhance the counseling relationship. Emphasis is upon a variety of counseling paradigms including RET, Behavior Therapy, Adlerian techniques, and Gestalt processes. Under faculty supervision, opportunities are provided to practice these skills. Students also begin to identify internship sites during this course. Offered Spring. Competencies: CS
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PY 64000 - Advanced Abnormal Psychology (4)
Through this course, the student becomes familiar with current psychological perspectives on pathological behavior. The conceptual and structural models of the most current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) are emphasized. Offered Spring. Competencies: KD
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PY 64300 - Assessment in Counseling (4)
Foundation for conducting psychological assessments in the counseling setting. Hands-on experience with testing and assessment procedures common in the field. Administration of tests, such as the TAT, MMPI-2, MCMI-III, BDI-II, etc. Offered Spring. Competencies: SU
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PY 64600 - Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling (4)
Exploration of a broad range of topics relevant to the mental health practitioner. Of particular importance are cross-cultural counseling, drug and alcohol issues, gender issues, geriatric issues, domestic violence, and preventive models. Offered Summer. Competencies: SU
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PY 64900 - Group Counseling (4)
Foundations of various methods of group therapy. Exploration of individual, interpersonal, and group processes that occur within the parameters of group counseling. Prerequisite: PY 62500 . Offered Summer. Competencies: AL
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PY 65300 - Couples and Family Therapy (4)
Introduction to current methods of couples and family therapy, e.g., structural, systems, behavioral, etc. The application and efficacy of these methods are emphasized. Prerequisite: PY 62500 . Offered Spring. Competencies: KD
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PY 65500 - Design and Principles of Research (4)
Quantitative and qualitative approaches to conducting research. Foundation of concepts necessary for professional consumption of research literature. Practice in requisite conceptual, speaking, and writing skills for effective professional communication of ideas. Offered Fall. Competencies: CE; SU; CT; AL; P; KD
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PY 65700 - Brief Therapy (4)
Introduction to the cooperative therapeutic model of solution focused counseling and other brief therapy models. Includes various application and intervention approaches used by the brief therapist. Offered Fall. Competencies: CS
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PY 66000 - Career and Lifestyle Counseling (4)
This course provides a theoretical foundation and opportunities for practical application of career and lifestyle counseling strategies. It focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to provide professional career counseling services to an adult population in a variety of transitional life stages. Students will have an opportunity to examine major theories of career choice and development, career assessment instruments and their use, and the counseling models associated with these theories and measurements. They will also explore lifestyle and career needs of young, middle, and older adults. Offered Summer. Competencies: AL
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PY 68000 - Directed Study (1-4)
Individual study in a given field or topic area under the guidance of a faculty member. Offered as needed. Competencies: Varies
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PY 69000 - Professional Seminar (4)
This seminar is taken in the final semester, affording each student an opportunity to pursue a topic of special interest. The seminar meets biweekly in order to discuss the problems and issues that arise in doing one’s own work. The culminating professional paper may take many forms. A traditional paper might be a quantitative or qualitative research report. A nontraditional paper might be a description and evaluation of an action project carried out during the semester or an interpreted debate representing opposing points of view. Components might include video, performance, or other creative formats. At the end of the semester students present their work to faculty and peers. Offered Spring. Competencies: CE; SU; CT AL; P; KD
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PY 69500 - Counseling Internship (8)
Experience as an intern counselor at a professional site in the community. This involves at least 15 hours a week, including the course meeting time, for a total of 600 hours over two semesters. The internship site must be approved by the MSCP Director in advance. Prerequisite: Admission to degree candidacy. Offered Fall/Spring. Competencies: P
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PY 71100 - Individual Differences (3)
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This course considers the complex interplay of values, expectations, and social and political forces in psychotherapy.
Learners examine and critique cultural literacy, including guidelines for psychotherapy with people from specific cultural groups.
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Offered Summer. Competencies: CT
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PY 71300 - Ethics of Professional Practice (3)
This course introduces learners to the field of counseling psychology and to the multiple roles of professional psychologists. Through readings, videotape presentations, classroom discussion, individual and group presentations, and online interactions, learners gain knowledge of ethical and legal issues, professional standards, and diverse interpretations and applications of social justice in counseling psychology. Throughout the course there is attention to issues such as boundary management, supervision, and the roles and responsibilities of psychologists-in-training. Offered Summer. Competencies: P
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PY 71500 - History and Systems of Psychology (3)
This course explores the historical and philosophical underpinnings of modern psychology. This course examines major schools of thought in psychology concerning human nature, the self, and modes of inquiry. Offered Summer. Competencies: KD
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PY 71700 - Focus Project 1 (3)
Designed for students who wish to pursue topics not available in regularly scheduled classes. A plan of study is developed with the assistance of an appropriate regular or adjunct faculty member. Approval of advisor, Program Director, Department Chair and Academic Dean required. Offered Summer. Competencies: CE
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PY 72100 - Biological Basis of Behavior (3)
This course examines physiological influences on normal and abnormal human behavior including the role of the central nervous system, sensory processes, memory, neurobiology and psychopharmacology. The course focuses on recent developments in the field that are most relevant to the practice of clinical psychology. Offered Fall. Competencies: KD
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PY 72300 - Cognitive and Social Basis of Behavior (3)
This course examines cognitive and emotional influences on human behavior. Specific topics include perception, reasoning, language, memory, inference, decision-making, problem solving, and traumatic dissociation. This course highlights the interplay of cognition and affect. Current theory and research are critiqued in light of learners’ theoretical orientation. Offered Fall. Competencies: SU
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PY 72500 - Focus Project 2 (3)
Designed for students who wish to pursue topics not available in regularly scheduled classes. A plan of study is developed with the assistance of an appropriate regular or adjunct faculty member. Approval of advisor, Program Director, Department Chair and Academic Dean required. Offered Fall. Competencies: CE
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PY 72700 - Focus Project 3 (3)
Designed for students who wish to pursue topics not available in regularly scheduled classes. A plan of study is developed with the assistance of an appropriate regular or adjunct faculty member. Approval of advisor, Program Director, Department Chair and Academic Dean required. Offered Fall. Competencies: CE
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PY 73100 - Psychology of Measurement (3)
This course focuses on foundational themes in psychological measurements. Topics in psychometrics such as test construction, standardization, reliability and validity, administration, and interpretation of psychological tests will be examined. Issues related to the assessment of diverse populations will be explored. The course also addresses ethical and professional issues related to the use of psychological tests. Offered Spring. Competencies: CT
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PY 73300 - Research Methodology and Techniques of Data Analysis (3)
This course provides a theoretical and practical grounding in both quantitative and qualitative research methods and their application to counseling psychology. Data gathering approaches include individual and focus group interviews, observational research, clinical case studies, grounded theory, nonreactive research, and participatory action research as well as the classic methods of historical, developmental, survey, and experimental research. This course also provides a theoretical and practical foundation in techniques of data analysis appropriate for each research method. Overall, learners acquire the skills needed to design studies and collect, analyze, and present quantitative and qualitative data. Offered Spring. Competencies: RE
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PY 73500 - Focus Project 4 (3)
Designed for students who wish to pursue topics not available in regularly scheduled classes. A plan of study is developed with the assistance of an appropriate regular or adjunct faculty member. Approval of advisor, Program Director, Department Chair and Academic Dean required. Offered Spring. Competencies: CE
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PY 73700 - Focus Project 5 (3)
Designed for students who wish to pursue topics not available in regularly scheduled classes. A plan of study is developed with the assistance of an appropriate regular or adjunct faculty member. Approval of advisor, Program Director, Department Chair and Academic Dean required. Offered Spring. Competencies: CE
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PY 74100 - Learning Agreement Certification (1)
This course will outline the student’s plan for practicum and internship in areas of counseling focus. Offered Summer. Competencies: SU
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