The following courses, numbered 5000-9999, are offered for graduate credit. Courses numbered 5000-6999 which are offered for undergraduate credit only may be found in the undergraduate bulletin, as well as all other undergraduate courses (numbered 0900-4999). Courses in the following list numbered 5000-6999 may be taken for undergraduate credit unless specifically restricted to graduate students as indicated by individual course limitations. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses.
Conflict resolution and school violence as they relate to child growth and development and school organization and policies. (F)
Prereq: admission to College of Education. Basic concepts, research findings and problems regarding child, pre-adolescent and early adolescent developmental needs as they apply to school and home environments; includes study of exceptional children and those with cultural differences. (T)
Prereq: admission to College of Education. Basic concepts, research findings and problems regarding early adolescent and adolescent developmental needs as they apply to school and home environments; includes study of exceptional children and those with cultural differences. (T)
Introduction to current issues in educational psychology. Topics include, but are not limited to: child and adolescent development, learning, motivation, information processing and evaluation. Includes study of the exceptional child and those with cultural differences.
(F,W)
Psychological aspects of cognitive and physical deficits in children; laboratory experience in differential diagnosis. Material Fee As Indicated In The Schedule of Classes (F)
Prereq: admission to school and community psychology or marriage and family therapy program. An introduction to the theory and its applications to therapy with couples and families. Emphasis on systems theory among others, assessment procedures, therapeutic skills., and APA ethics and law to practice psychology in Michigan.(F)
Prereq: EDP 7190, consent of instructor. Advanced development of skills and knowledge of therapy with couples and families. (W)
Prereq: admission to school and community psychology, or marriage and family therapy program. Theory of psychotherapy, including stages of therapy, issues of therapy, and techniques of therapy with children and adolescents. (Y)
Prereq: admission to school and community psychology, or marriage and family therapy program. Theory of psychotherapy, including stages of therapy, issues of therapy, and techniques of therapy with adults. (W)
Prereq: EDP 7220. Open only to school and community psychology program students; others by consent of instructor. Consultation; academic and psychotherapeutic interventions. Emphasis on practical skills needed to work directly or indirectly with individuals and groups in the school setting. (W)
Open only to students admitted to school and community psychology program. Legal, ethical, and professional issues confronting the practitioner. (F)
Substantive issues involved in learning as they relate to school practice. (T)
Psychopathology of adulthood; mental disorders, treatment and diagnosis. (Y)
Open only to students in school and community psychology program. Orientation to school psychology, its history and current status. Consideration is given to legal and ethical problems and the role and responsibilities of the professional psychologist working in the public schools. (S)
Conceptual tools for school or community psychologist to function as a change agent in the social settings which influence children. Ecology and the possibilities of modifying the ecology influencing child behavior. (Y)
Survey of research from psychoanalytic and learning viewpoints on human development from birth to adulthood. Emphasis on school environment and community psychology practice. (F,W)
Basic principles and theories of behavioral psychology. Theoretical aspects of both operant and respondent conditioning. (F)
Behavioral techniques used in dealing with the social behavior of both groups and individuals. (W)
Intensive overview of psychological tests, psychometric theory of intelligence, educational achievement, and the assessment of personality. Material Fee As Indicated In The Schedule of Classes (T)
Prereq: admission to school and community psychology, or marriage and family therapy program. An overview of professional ethics, Michigan law relating to the practice of psychology and marriage and family therapy, and the concept of licensure as psychologists. (W)
Open only to students in school and community psychology, or marriage and family therapy program. Theory, administration, scoring use, and interpretation of objective assessments of intelligence, achievement, perceptual function, and personality. Eight full administrations of one of the assessments: Binet, Wechsler, Bayley or McCarthy Scales. Material Fee As Indicated In The Schedule of Classes (W)
Prereq: admission to school and community psychology, or marriage and family therapy program. Study of theories of psychopathology in children and adolescents and the application to these theories to practice. Differential diagnosis using currently acceptable classification systems. (W)
Open only to students in school and community psychology, or marriage and family therapy program. Introduction to administration, scoring, use and interpretation of projective assessments of personality and psychopathology. Eight full administrations of one of the following: Rorschach, TAT, or CAT. Material Fee As Indicated In The Schedule of Classes (F)
Prereq; Admission to doctoral program in educational psychology. Basic theoretical issues and relevant evidence in respect to learning, perception, cognition, motivation, and ability structure. Trends in thinking and research most likely to influence educational policy and teacher education practices. (F)
Prereq: admission to doctoral program in educational psychology. Contemporary issues in child growth and development related to classroom practice. (F)
Prereq: admission to doctoral program in educational psychology. Advanced study of a specific area in psychology with application to educational practice. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes . (W)
Offered for S and U grades only. Open only to students in school and community psychology, or marriage and family therapy program. Internship in one of the organized health care settings cooperating with the University. Diagnostic testing and psychotherapy with supervision of not less than two hours per week by a licensed psychologist employed by the cooperating site. Conferences and seminars; internship experience will equal or exceed 500 hours. (T)
Prereq: admission to school and community psychology program. Offered for S and U grades only. Internship as a school psychologist in an approved school with school-age pupils. Interns under supervision of person holding Michigan School Psychologist Certificate. (T)
Prereq: admission to Ph.D. program in educational psychology and consent of program coordinator. Offered for S and U grades only. Placement as a psychologist in appropriate organized health care setting under the supervision of a licensed psychologist. (T)
Prereq: EDP 8320 or 8330 or 8340; and consent of instructor. Case presentation of selected psychology clients for group/individual supervision. (T)
Prereq: formal admission to a doctoral program in education. For doctoral majors in other areas of concentration only. An examination of psychological concepts relevant to the development and carrying forward of the work of the schools. (Y)