The study of the religious aspects of the person will be approached from various psychological and theological perspectives. Junior status, a 2.0 overall GPA, and permission of the department. Students are placed in a supervised work experience in psychology or a related field according to their career interests and academic abilities. This course may be repeated for an accumulated total of six credit hours. The profession of clinical psychology is studied including ethical considerations, interviewing skills, diagnostic methods and techniques.
Special emphasis is placed on individual and group therapeutic approaches.
Video taping is employed for student practice of therapeutic techniques. This course is an advanced applied assessment methods course for use in mental health, medical, business and educational settings. Basic assessment models, evaluation models and techniques for the planning, implementation, data management and analysis of program outcomes are presented. A special topic in psychology is explored in detail. An APA-style research paper is required for 380 and 480.