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Clinical Psychology

CLP - Clinical Psychology

CLP 1001
Psychology of Adjustment

(Offered fall, spring, and summer). This course centers on understanding and improving psychological adjustment and quality of life issues. Major topics include stress and coping, gender, interpersonal relationships, personality, and psychological disorders and treatment. Additional topics include social influence and pressure, relationships with others, career preparation, work, and adjusting through the stages of life. The desired outcome is for students to actively take charge of their own lives while adjusting effectively to an ever-changing world.

Credit hours: 3Lecture hours: 3
CLP 1001H
Honors Psychology of Adjustment

(Offered fall, spring, and summer). This course centers on understanding and improving psychological adjustment and quality of life issues. Major topics include stress and coping, gender, interpersonal relationships, personality, and psychological disorders and treatment. Additional topics include social influence and pressure, relationships with others, career preparation, work, and adjusting through the stages of life. The desired outcome is for students to actively take charge of their own lives while adjusting effectively to an ever-changing world.

Credit hours: 3Lecture hours: 3
CLP 2140
Foundations of Abnormal Psychology

(Offered fall and spring). Prerequisite: PSY2012. In this course students will concentrate on the comprehensive explanation of psychopathology, including the role of the current DSM in considering symptomatic patterns, causation, and treatment approaches of psychological disorders. Moreover, students will identify and categorize several types of psychological disturbances and adaptive behaviors as well as the various diagnoses and criteria, terminology, and therapeutic approaches associated with each.

Credit hours: 3Lecture hours: 3
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