PSYCH170
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PSYCH 170 - Clinical and Counseling Professions: Practice & Research
Course Title
Clinical and Counseling Professions: Practice & Research
Course Description
What does applied mental health practice and research look like? This course aims to provide an overview of major issues, debates, and tensions in the applied mental health field. This course assumes that effective mental health treatment and research rests on the following foundations:
1) best available scientific evidence;
2) culturally-sensitive & contextual understanding of mental health;
3) contextualizing this topic in the major debates of the mental health field;
4) an interdisciplinary approach that recognizes the value of biological, psychological and societal contributions to mental health and its alleviation as well as overlaps across medicine, psychology, social work, and larger societal/cultural influences.
1) best available scientific evidence;
2) culturally-sensitive & contextual understanding of mental health;
3) contextualizing this topic in the major debates of the mental health field;
4) an interdisciplinary approach that recognizes the value of biological, psychological and societal contributions to mental health and its alleviation as well as overlaps across medicine, psychology, social work, and larger societal/cultural influences.
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Grading Basis
Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option
Method of Assessment
Alternative Final Assessment
Prerequisites
Students should have taken Psychology 1 before taking this course.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Credit Restriction Courses. Students will receive no credit for this course if following the course(s) have already been completed.
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Credit Replacement Courses. Upon passing, students can use the following course(s) to replace a deficient grade for this course.
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Course Objectives
Formats
Lecture
Term
Summer
Weeks
6 weeks
Weeks
6
Lecture Hours
7.5
Lecture Hours Min
7.5
Lecture Hours Max
7.5
Lecture Mode of Instruction
In Person, Online
Outside Work Hours
15
Outside Work Hours Min
15
Outside Work Hours Max
15
Term
Summer
Weeks
Other
Weeks
3
Lecture Hours
15
Lecture Hours Min
15
Lecture Hours Max
15
Lecture Mode of Instruction
In Person, Online
Outside Work Hours
30
Outside Work Hours Min
30
Outside Work Hours Max
30