The systematic analysis and application of behavioral principles is an extensive repertoire of professional behaviors. In the USF ABA program, these skills are acquired as students move through the sequenced curriculum of coursework. Most courses require application of behavior analytic principles, with direct supervision by instructors and their staffs.
Major professors serve as mentors for the students.
For the program to develop an integration of instruction and accountability, students are professionally attached to core faculty members at the point of admission. Therefore, as students apprentice their major professors during the program, a meaningful major professor-student relationship is essential. The initially arranged major professor need not remain in that capacity for the entirety of the program. Relationships and interests will evolve during passage through the academic program. A change in this role simply implies a more compatible union of student-faculty member interests and objectives.