INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: PSYCH 405 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Differentiate the multiple degree programs associated with clinical psychology. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Differentiate career options afforded to those with a degree in clinical psychology. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify of a variety of approaches intervention and treatment of psychological disorders. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify the social, legal, ethical, clinical, and political issues surrounding the identification and treatment of disorders. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify abnormality and mental illness from a more positive standpoint through person-first language. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze into the significance of cultural competencies within clinical psychology. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Differentiate the multiple degree programs associated with clinical psychology. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Differentiate career options afforded to those with a degree in clinical psychology. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify of a variety of approaches intervention and treatment of psychological disorders. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify the social, legal, ethical, clinical, and political issues surrounding the identification and treatment of disorders. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify abnormality and mental illness from a more positive standpoint through person-first language. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze into the significance of cultural competencies within clinical psychology. Audience: Undergraduate