Course will provide professional guidance, discussion, preparation and practice for skills necessary for professional careers with an MA degree or applying to PhD programs with a terminal MA. Students will gain experience in attending research presentations and will have the opportunity to make presentations. Preparation for applying to professional positions and PhD programs will be included, e.g., resume, letters, applications, interviews.

This course will provide students exposure to current knowledge in the area of affect, mood, and emotion, including research on models of emotion and emotion regulation, historical and developmental perspectives on emotion, and prominent measures and methods used to advance understanding of affective sciences. This will include basic research on affect and healthy emotional functioning, along with research on psychopathology and mood disorders.

This course will provide students exposure to current knowledge in the area of developmental aspects of behavior, including transitions, growth, and development across an individual's life, along with prominent methods used to advance understanding of developmental processes. This will include basic research on both typical and atypical development across the lifespan.

This course will provide clinical psychology doctoral students exposure to current knowledge and challenging issues in ethical decision-making and practices tied to being a clinical scientist. The course will focus on clinical science roles as a researcher, educator (e.g., teacher, mentor), and member of the broader field.

Designed to provide a working introduction to the ethical issues, principles, and techniques of psychotherapy and supervision. Additionally, case conceptualization, designing intervention plans, and active listening skills are introduced and practiced. Individual psychotherapy with adolescents and adults will be the primary focus of this aspect of the course.

This course is designed to provide students with a context for supervision and consultation through sharing with each other their experiences with various clients, providing peer supervision to each other (with the instructor in the room), receiving immediate feedback from the instructor regarding their supervision of each other, and receiving feedback from each other, at the end of the course.

For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.

Independent laboratory research undertaken with advisor. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory and can be repeated. Instructor permission required.

Independent laboratory research undertaken with advisor. Graded and can be repeated. Instructor permission required.

An exposure to the working techniques and interactions of the modern neuroscience laboratory.