90 courses with the subject PSYC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Required for students who have completed PSYC 798, 799 and 800 but need additional time to complete the dissertation process. See Catalog for “Continuous Registration.”
Special topics courses in psychology. See course listing each semester for specific titles and descriptions.
The Comprehensive Examination is the capstone project for the M.A. program in school psychology. Content from all concentration courses in the M.A. course sequence is included. All students pursuing the M.A. degree in School Psychology are required to sit for the Comprehensive Examination. Students must pass the Comprehensive Examination in order to be granted the M.A. degree. Students take the Comprehensive Examination in the semester that coincides with their completion of M.A. coursework. Successful completion of the Comprehensive Examination is required before the M.A. degree in School Psychology is awarded. In order to be eligible to take the Comprehensive Examination, the student must secure the chair’
The history and systems of psychology and education, and the processes by which school psychology as a profession has developed its identity, are discussed. Important events and individuals in the history of school psychology are reviewed. Day-to-day roles of the school psychologists, school culture and climate, and individual and systems service delivery models are examined. Future directions of the field are discussed. Applications to various practice settings (including public schools, other school settings, medical/private practice settings, and academic settings, among others) are reviewed. As part of this course, students will shadow and interview a currently-practicing school psychologist.
Review of moderate and serious pathological and diagnostic schemas using DSM, with secondary emphasis on treatment implications. Strategies for assessing and formulating clinical and cultural material are examined. Students are introduced to symptom clusters which distinguish different mental health problems and are presented with a dimensional model for understanding diagnosis within the context of personality styles. Implications for diversity are examined.
Legal definitions and categories of exceptionality are discussed. High- and low-incidence pediatric disorders are reviewed. The impact of health-related issues on students’ functioning in educational settings is discussed. Implications of exceptionalities for family systems, including parent-child communication, parent-school relationships, and sibling issues are examined.
Biological bases of behavior and brain-based theories of learning and cognition will be explored. Neuropsychologically-informed methods of assessment and direct and indirect interventions will be introduced. Neurodevelopmental changes and/or differences associated with various high-and-low incidence disabilities will be reviewed. Ways to examine and adapt curriculum in light of assessment data will be discussed. (Pre-requisite: PSYC 664).
This course will examine factors relating to instruction, assessment, and intervention for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners. The roles of the educational specialist (i.e., school counselor and school psychologist) in supporting CLD learners will be emphasized. Language acquisition processes for monolingual and multilingual learners will be reviewed. Empirically-supported instructional models and practices for working with CLD learners will be discussed. Bias, fairness, and cultural/acculturative factors impacting instruction and assessment will be addressed. Educational, legal, and ethical standards pertaining to CLD learners will be reviewed. Strategies to facilitate communication and co
Ethical codes relevant to school psychologists (e.g., NASP and APA) and other laws and regulations related to professional conduct are reviewed. Models for ethical decision making are reviewed with attention to multiculturalism and diversity. Important litigation and legislation pertaining to general and special education, disability and exceptionality, civil rights, privacy, and confidentiality are reviewed and applied to professional practice. The role of professional socialization processes, including professional organizations, professional socialization and collegiality, and the importance of life-long learning are examined.
Students will review and practice a variety of socio-emotional and behavioral assessment techniques, including: functional behavioral assessment and analysis; systematic direct behavioral observation; student, parent, and teacher interviews; and norm-referenced socioemotional and behavioral assessment tools. Principles of applied behavioral analysis will be reviewed. School-wide, classroom, small group, and individual interventions will be discussed. Administration, interpretation, and report-writing skills will be developed. Data-based decision-making will be emphasized. Ethical, legal, and multicultural issues will be discussed. …
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Students will learn to administer, score, interpret, and report results of various measures of cognitive functioning. Multicultural assessment practices and diversity issues will be reviewed. Educational and clinical applications of individual assessment, diagnostic measures of intelligence, and observation techniques will be examined. Best practices, ethical standards, theoretical frameworks for assessment, and supplemental norm- and criterion-referenced assessment measures and techniques will be reviewed. (
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This course provides students with an understanding, and use of, the fundamental techniques of the helping process. The course emphasizes the development of effective relationship building skills as well as the practice of action-oriented approaches that facilitate client growth and change. Counselor and client characteristics, relationship variables, and external factors (e.g., societal and environmental) that influence the helping process will be addressed. Topics include legal and ethical issues; working with culturally diverse clients; basic helping skills’ establishing a therapeutic alliance, and problematic clinical situations. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 A one-semester independent project conducted under faculty direction. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 The Comprehensive Examination is the capstone project. Students petition for the Comprehensive Examination in the fall semester that either follows or coincides with their completion of course work. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling Credits:
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Review of cognitive psychological processes and paradigms for learning, memory, sensation, decision making, perception, reasoning, and information processing. (
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This is an as-needed course for students beginning practicum on or around July 1. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling Credits:
This course covers some of the major concepts and lines of research and inquiry within the field of human development, mainly for a theoretical and research-based perspective. Development is considered as an overarching construct with which to view cognition, affect, social relatedness, etc. Recent theorists and researchers are studied especially for their clinical relevance. Issues related to diversity will be addressed specifically throughout the course. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology.
This course is the first course in a 2-course series. Topics include developing research questions; designing experimental and non-experimental research studies; identifying threats to validity; conducting and writing systematic literature reviews; and applying research findings to psychological practice. Students will gain familiarity with research ethics, meta-analysis, data screening, univariate statistical tests, power analysis, and the use of technology in data analysis. Each student will begin a two-semester individual research project, to be completed in P
This course is the second course in a 2-course series. Students will gain familiarity with effect size calculation and advanced and multivariate statistical tests, including MANOVA, factor analysis, discriminant analysis, and regression techniques. Students will also become familiar with qualitative research models, methods, and data analysis techniques. Students will complete the individual research projects begun in PSYC 706 in this course. Prerequisite: PSYC 706. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology.
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Course reviews basic concepts and applications of the foundations of Client-Centered theories and therapies. Models include Rogerian, Existential-Humanistic, and recent developments in psychotherapy that build on a client-centered foundation (e.g., Motivational Interviewing). Implications for different client problems, human diversity, ethical psychotherapy practice, and understanding the therapy process and client-therapist relationship are reviewed. The course is taught using different instructional approaches, including lectures, experiential skills practice, discussions, and group activities. Course also includes reading literature that provides empirical support for these models in ways consistent with foundational concepts. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 250 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. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 250 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. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 250 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). Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This course will examine Family Systems Theory and key concepts of the theory, family roles and dynamics, family life cycle, intergenerational patterns, family conflict and resolution, impact of trauma on families, diversity in family structures, mental health in family systems, and family therapy approaches. The course will also incorporate ethical and professional considerations in working with families. This course is open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 250 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). Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 250 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. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 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. (
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 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. (
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth experience of Therapeutic Assessment (TA), an innovative approach to psychological assessment, developed by Stephen Finn. TA, a collaborative approach to psychological assessment, utilizes testing within a therapeutic context to enhance a client’s self-awareness, self-efficacy, and validation. TA is applicable to personality, cognitive and neuropsychological assessment. Through lecture, videos, experiential experiences, and writing activities, students will gain knowledge of the therapeutic assessment process with adults and children and increase proficiency in test interpretation, case conceptualization, feedback, and report writing. This course is open only to Psy. D. students. Prerequisites PSYC 728, 729, 730, and 731. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Study of the influence of social stimuli on feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Major topics in social psychology such as conformity, persuasion, social cognition, self justification, human aggression, prejudices and intergroup conflict, affiliation and attraction are explored. Application of social psychological research in different settings. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 A one-semester independent project which meets the approval of the program chair and is conducted under faculty supervision. Student may merit one, two or three credits according to the complexity of the project. PSYC 785 does not count toward degree completion credits. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology. Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Students complete APA Accredited and/or APPIC Member Predoctoral Internships, which provide the intern with advanced level supervised clinical experiences and training. This clinical training includes the synthesis of knowledge and skills acquired through coursework and practica, in addition to development of professional roles and identity. In preparation for internship, students are required to attend an orientation with the Director of Clinical Training approximately 18 months prior to the year they anticipate beginning their internship. Students meet and remain in contact with the Director of Clinical Training throughout the Internship process. All Students participate in the National Match to secure their internship placement. Students may not complete an internship at their place of employment. Psychology internships begin between July and September. Students can apply to Immaculata’s Consortium internship program, which is a one-year full-time clinical experience. The Consor Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
This seminar is designed to prepare students for beginning their dissertation in the Fall and Spring semesters. Students review the Dissertation Handbook, including dissertation requirements, formatting, information technology, committee selection, ethical issues in research and the department’s timeline for completing the dissertation process. Students work in seminar format to refine dissertation topics and methodology and write a significant portion of their literature review. Grading is "Pass" or "Fail." . Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology. EDL 797/PSYC 797 Degree Candidacy Application / Comprehensive Examination (0) A culminating experience which assesses the student’s ability to synthesize and integrate knowledge. Grading is “Pass” or “Fail”. See specific department for details. SYC 707, in this course. (Prerequisite: PSYC 703). Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology. required course work with a GPA of 3.3 or higher, and also must secure the approval of the Program Director. (See Dissertation Handbook for guidelines.) Grading is “pass/fail.”
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Students complete APA Accredited and/or APPIC Member Predoctoral Internships, which provide the intern with advanced level supervised clinical experiences and training. This clinical training includes the synthesis of knowledge and skills acquired through coursework and practica, in addition to development of professional roles and identity. In preparation for internship, students are required to attend an orientation with the Director of Clinical Training approximately 18 months prior to the year they anticipate beginning their internship. Students meet and remain in contact with the Director of Clinical Training throughout the Internship process. All Students participate in the National Match to secure their internship placement. Students may not complete an internship at their place of employment. Psychology internships begin between July and September. Students can apply to Immaculata’s Consortium internship program, which is a one-year full-time clinical experience. The Consor Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling
Students complete APA Accredited and/or APPIC Member Predoctoral Internships, which provide the intern with advanced level supervised clinical experiences and training. This clinical training includes the synthesis of knowledge and skills acquired through coursework and practica, in addition to development of professional roles and identity. In preparation for internship, students are required to attend an orientation with the Director of Clinical Training approximately
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Subject: Grad-Psychology Department: Psychology and Counseling Credits:
This course emphasizes professional practice preparation. Focus is placed on psychology licensing examination preparation, including practice test module(s), and career development initiatives, including private practice and other employment venues.
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Seven class meetings to include RERB, methods and data analysis methods. 1.5 credits. Spring semester. (
A culminating experience which assesses the student’s ability to synthesize and integrate knowledge. Eligibility for the Comprehensive Examination requires as prerequisites: * PSYC 604, 663 664, 700, 701, 702, 705, 706, 707, 708, 710, 711,712, 713, 729, 730 or 731, 740, 745. 790. Concurrent enrollment in PSYC 725 for bachelor’s admits and completion of PSYC 727 for master’s admits) * Completion of all pre-requisite courses with a minimum B in each class for letter grade classes, and “Pass” in each Pass/Fail class.
Grading is “Pass” or “Fail.” Students are required to take all dissertation sections immediately after completion of PSYC 790. Throughout the dissertation process, the student works closely with his or her Dissertation Chair and has regular contacts with two other committee members. Only full-time faculty are eligible to serve as Dissertation Chairs. See Dissertation Handbook for further details. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology.
Grading is “Pass” or “Fail.” Students are required to take all dissertation sections immediately after completion of PSYC 790. Throughout the dissertation process, the student works closely with his or her Dissertation Chair and has regular contacts with two other committee members. Only full-time faculty are eligible to serve as Dissertation Chairs. See Dissertation Handbook for further details. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology.
Grading is “Pass” or “Fail.” Students are required to take all dissertation sections immediately after completion of PSYC 790. Throughout the dissertation process, the student works closely with his or her Dissertation Chair and has regular contacts with two other committee members. Only full-time faculty are eligible to serve as Dissertation Chairs. See Dissertation Handbook for further details. Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology. « Previous … 43 44 45
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