A survey of human development across the life span of the individual from conception to death. Content includes changes in motor skills, biological growth and decline, learning behavior, language, social, emotional, moral, and intellectual development as well as the roles of the family, the school, peers, and work in relation to individual development. Critical evalution of current theories which describe human development.

Foundational doctoral seminar in counseling psychology. This course addresses professional issues in counseling psychology including counseling psychology professional identity and values, process-outcome research, the scientist-practitioner philosophy, evidence-based practice (EBP), socio-contextual-developmental perspectives, and APA aspirational guidelines for professional practice with diverse groups.

This course is designed to increase one's sensitivity to and respect for individual differences. Models, frameworks, techniques and experiential exercises are presented to increase one's skill level in working with persons from diverse backgrounds (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability and ability status, religion/spirituality/worldview, social class, age, body shape and size, nationality, citizenship status).

An advanced course in evaluation methods and techniques with an emphasis on quantitative methodology. State of the art ideas and methods of conducting evaluation studies and analyzing data from those studies are presented. The course is designed primarily for those who are conducting or will conduct evaluation studies.

This course provides theoretical material and advanced laboratory practice in the measurement of intelligence by individual techniques. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

An in-depth study of the nature and measurement of human emotion, temperament and personality. Laboratory and field experience in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of tests related to personality functioning and underlying dynamics of personality. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

An introduction to research methods applicable to education; the scientific method, research designs, measurement techniques, statistical analysis, and writing the research report.

Special topics in psychological theories and research applicable to educational practices. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

This is a statistics-oriented course that focuses on various aspects of regression analysis (general and generalized linear models).

Practice in interviewing, simulated problems, observational techniques, role of the counselor. Study of films, tapes and transcripts of leading practitioners of several schools of counseling. Supervised practice with selected clients. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours.