In addition to prevention science courses, you will take a variety of courses from other programs: EDUC, Counseling Psychology, Couples and Family Therapy, SPED, and School Psychology.
PREV 601 Research: [Topic1]
1–16 Credits
Repeatable.
PREV 602 Supervised College Teaching
1–5 Credits
Repeatable.
PREV 603 Dissertation
1–16 Credits
Repeatable.
PREV 604 Internship: [Topic1]
1–16 Credits
Repeatable.
PREV 605 Reading and Conference: [Topic1]
1–5 Credits
Repeatable.
PREV 606 Field Studies: [Topic1]
1–16 Credits
Repeatable.
PREV 607 Seminar: [Topic1]
1–5 Credits
Repeatable.
PREV 608 Workshop: [Topic1]
1–16 Credits
Repeatable.
PREV 609 Practicum: [Topic1]
1–16 Credits
Repeatable.
PREV 610 Experimental Course: [Topic1]
1–5 Credits
Repeatable.
PREV 631 Introduction to Prevention Science
3 Credits
Overview of theory, research, and practice in prevention science and health promotion, including foundational concepts, translation of theory into intervention, methodology, and implementation.
PREV 633 Contemporary Issues in Public Health
3 Credits
This course introduces approaches, concepts, methods, and perspectives of epidemiology as applied to current public health issues and prevention science research and practice.
PREV 634 Implementation Science
3 Credits — Prerequisite: CPSY 631 or CPSY 643; a graduate-level statistics course
Provides a framework for examining implementation science and its application to clinical and community-based research.
PREV 640 Meta-Analysis I
3 Credits — Prerequisite: EDUC 642
This course provides an introduction to systematic reviewing and meta-analysis methods for synthesizing results from multiple primary research studies. During this course, students will learn how to formulate research questions for a meta-analysis; conduct systematic literature searches; and synthesize effect sizes using basic meta-analytic techniques.
PREV 641 Meta-Analysis II
3 Credits — Prerequisite: PREV 640
This course provides an overview of advanced meta-analytic statistical techniques. During this course, students will learn about a range of advanced meta-analytic techniques, including those used to explain heterogeneity, handle complex data structures, and address questions about comparative intervention effectiveness.
1 Topic courses are reserved for generic courses that may be repeated for credit under the same number. Credit is assigned according to the work load in a particular course. Credit ranges indicate minimum and maximum credits available in a single course for a single term.
Courses taught by other programs
CFT 615 Introduction to Marriage Family Therapy
3 Credits
Surveys the distinct disciplines of marriage and family therapy.
CFT 620 Mental Health and Diagnosis
3 Credits
Study of maladaptive behavior, treatment, and prevention emphasizing the integrative contributions of biological, behavior, cognitive, psychodynamic, humanist-existential, and community perspectives, including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
CPSY 614 Theories of Counseling
3 Credits
Overview of selected historical and current counseling theories.
CPSY 617 Theories of Career Development
3 Credits
Addresses life-span career development including issues, concepts, and definitions; theories of career development and choice; intervention in strategies; and career resources in the context of a multicultural society.
CPSY 621 Lifespan Developmental Psychology
3 Credits
Understanding continuity and change in human development and the ways in which the development of children, adolescents, and adults can be enhanced. Repeatable once for a maximum of 6 credits.
CPSY 626 Psychological Services for Latinos
3 Credits
Content specific to carrying out human services work and research with those who are Latino and/or Spanish speaking in school and community settings.
CPSY 635 Social Aspects of Behavior
4–5 Credits
This course introduces research and concepts related to social influences on human behavior, including prejudice, conformity, aggression, prosocial behavior, internalized social norms, and social cognition.
CPSY 645 Health Promotion and Equity
3 Credits
This course introduces theoretical and empirical work in prevention-focused health psychology, integrating cultural, developmental, and community psychology concepts as they pertain to health related behaviors.
EDLD 623 Cultural Adaptation of Evidence-Based Practices
4 Credits
This course is designed to provide an advanced foundation in models and methods for the cultural adaptation of evidenced-based prevention and treatment practices in school, community, and family settings.
EDUC 612 Social Science and Education Research Design
3 Credits
Overview of qualitative, quantitative, and single-subject research methods. Emphasis on introducing students to considerations, issues, and techniques of social science research design.
EDUC 614 Educational Statistics
3 Credits – Prerequisite: EDUC 612
Foundations of statistical methods for research producers. Covers sampling methods, descriptive statistics, standard scores, distributions, estimation, statistical significance testing, T tests, correlation, Pearson’s chi-square test, power, effect size.
EDUC 615 Qualitative Data and Coding Methods
3 Credits
Introduces basic methods of qualitative research, including data collection and thematic coding of interview and observation data.
EDUC 640 Applied Statistical Design and Analysis
3 Credits – Prerequisite: EDUC 614
Factor analysis of variance, planned comparisons, post hoc tests, trend analysis, effect size and strength of association measures, repeated measures designs.
EDUC 643 Applied Statistics in Education and Human Services II
3 Credits – Prerequisite: EDUC 641
Second course in a PhD and advanced master’s degree level three-course sequence intended to provide a toolkit of statistical concepts, methods, and their implementation to producers of applied research in education and other social sciences. Course is organized around principles of research design.
EDUC 610L/645 Applied Statistics in Education and Human Services III
3 Credits – Prerequisite: EDUC 643
Third course in a PhD and advanced master’s degree level three-course sequence intended to provide a toolkit of statistical concepts, methods, and their implementation to producers of applied research in education and other social sciences. Course is organized around principles of research design.
SPED 511 Foundations of Disability I
3 Credits
Categorical and cross-categorical survey of information about exceptional children and youths. Topics include history, etiology, identification, classification, legislation, alternate program delivery systems.
SPED 626 Grant Writing
1–3 Credits
Provides structure and guidance in developing a grant proposal.
SPSY 650 Developmental Psychopathology
4 Credits
Overview of developmental psychopathology, with emphasis on childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. Covers phenomenology, etiology, development, classification systems, and prognosis of major psychological disorders.
SPSY 631 Academic and Behavioral Interventions
4 Credits
The overall goal for this course is for students to demonstrate a solid understanding of the conceptual, theoretical, and empirical bases for school-based, multi-tiered systems of academic and behavior support.
SPSY 651 Cognitive-Affective Aspects of Behavior
4–5 Credits
Examination of cognitive and affective foundations of human behavior. Emphasis on reciprocal influences of cognition and emotion. Selected topics in attention, language, memory, thinking, reasoning. Offered alternate years.
SPSY 652 Biological Aspects of Behavior
4–5 Credits
Provides the appropriate background for students to meet biological psychology course work requirement for board licensure as a psychologist.