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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Courses

 

Psychology
  

  • PY 665 - Differential Diagnosis of Mental Disorders (3)

    This course provides a thorough familiarization with the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Students will be able to recognize indicators of psychiatric disorders in order to appraise individual differences, diagnose when appropriate, and communicate these impressions effectively with other professionals.
  

  • PY 680 - Selected Topics (1-3)

    This course provides current information on a selected topic in the field of psychology. May be repeated.
  

  • PY 681 - Human Sexuality (3)

    This course will teach the student to understand and apply concepts of human sexuality. It will afford the student an opportunity to explore their personal belief system of human sexuality, and the topics of human anatomy, sexual development, attraction, arousal, sexual behavior, sexual orientation, sexual abuse, sexual disorders, and sexuality across the lifespan.
  

  • PY 682 - Writing for Psychology (3)

    This course will promote thinking and writing in psychology at the graduate and professional level, how to translate thinking and data into critical and reflective writing, and how to target that writing for specific purposes.
  

  • PY 683 - Trauma & Stress (3)

    This course will prepare the student to understand the dynamics involved in the stress response, fight or flight and trauma. Specific areas of focus will be the impact that stress and trauma have on the brain, different types of traumatic experiences and effective interventions.
  

  • PY 689 - Community Project (3)

    This course provides students an opportunity to address the needs of the community through service and the application of psychological science through training in project development, implementation, and management, and use of these skills with their discipline-specific knowledge to design and implement a community project.  Students will work in collaboration with local nonprofit organizations to design a project that helps to advance its mission, addresses a community issue, and/or serves an underrepresented group. Prerequisite: 15 hours in the program.
  

  • PY 693 - Ethics & Professional Development (3)

    This course focuses on ethical, legal and professional standards that guide the counseling profession and contribute to counselor identity.  Landmark cases will be reviewed and decision making processes will be covered.  Licensure, professional organizations, continuing education and social justice issues related to counseling will also be introduced. Prerequisite/Corequisite: PY 630 .
  

  • PY 694 - The Helping Relationship II (3)

    This course is a bridge between theory and practice that integrates key concepts from development, psychopathology, theories of counseling, and assessment. An emphasis is placed on utilizing professional literature to inform theoretically based conceptualizations and treatment of issues presented by practice clients. Students learn how to integrate theory and practice via a variety of methods such as: didactics, modeling, peer/live supervision, and individual supervision. Maintenance of ethical, professional, and diversity standards is required.  Fee required. Maintenance of ethical, professional, and diversity standards is required. Fee required. Prerequisites: PY 605 , PY 630 , PY 693 , and counseling candidate status. Prerequisite/Corequisite: PY 665  .  Offered as CR/NC only.
  

  • PY 695 - Internship (1-4)

    Students are required to complete a clinical experience working in a responsible, supervised capacity in an outside professional placement. Students will attend class that entails group supervision and clinically-oriented course objectives. Internship must extend to two or more semesters. May be repeated for up to seven credit hours. Only six hours may be counted toward Counseling Psychology program requirements. Fee required. Prerequisite: PY 694 . Offered as CR/NC only.
  

  • PY 697 - Master’s Thesis (1-4)

    This course provides an opportunity for graduate students to produce a primary research project in psychology utilizing empirical data. May be repeated for up to six credit hours. Fee required. Prerequisite: PY 647  and instructor approval.
  

  • PY 698 - Treatment of Disorders (3)

    This course focuses on the current paradigms used to understand behavioral and mental disorders and dysfunctions, including the etiology and social implications of mental disorder. Treatment modalities considered most effective in the treatment disorders will be explored. This is a theory-to-practice course taught using a multicultural perspective. 
  

  • PY 699 - Advanced Studies in Psychology (1-3)

    This course provides an opportunity for graduate students to participate in the planning, implementation, and communication of an application project related to their area of interest, with an emphasis on current theory and practice in their chosen research or apprenticeship experience. May be repeated. Fee required.  Prerequisites: PY 617 , PY 627 , a minimum of 15 hours in the program, and instructor approval.

Study Tour
  

  • ST 608 - Study Abroad (6-12)

    Avila University has affiliated with other universities to offer study abroad opportunities in countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, England, Austria, Thailand, China, Japan, and Spain. Courses chosen are determined with the assistance of the academic advisor. Credits for study abroad will be transcripted from courses completed at the university abroad. Students interested in information should contact the Academic Affairs Office in Blasco Hall. Study abroad is open only to current Avila students. Prerequisite: completion of application and all paperwork required by deadlines set by the sponsoring university; good standing at Avila University.
 

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