2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Course Descriptions
The following is a listing of courses and abridged descriptions of all Alliant International University courses available at the time of publication. Please note that the academic programs are under continuous review and evaluation. Therefore, courses may vary somewhat from those described on the following pages.
Note: Classes not found in the program description may not be taught on the campus where the student is attending. Check online course schedules for a list of classes available at each site in a given semester/term.
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FIN40600/FIN4060 - Advanced Financial Accounting(3 units)
This course will examine several complex topics and their effect on financial reporting and disclosure. Topics include investments in debt and equity securities; business combinations; consolidation at acquisition; consolidation subsequent to acquisition; consolidation and intercompany profit in inventory, land, and depreciable assets; foreign currency transactions; translation and consolidation of international operations.
Prerequisites: ACT4020
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FIN60000/FIN6000 - Financial and Accounting Management(3 units)
This course focuses on the necessary skills to be an effective corporate financial manager including analysis in cash flow, financial planning and forecasting and risk. Students will explore decision-making through computer modeling, construct and utilize pro forma financial statements and assess the feasibility of projects and capital budgeting. The course will address the skills needed to be a persuasive oral and written communicator of corporate financial information. A venture/business plan is developed during the course. In addition to the classroom instruction, students have the option to get real-world experience through a practicum in an approved organizational setting for 100 - 160 hours or an applied project designed with the instructor. (International students need to meet their international student advisor for details).
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FIN60100/FIN6010 - Advanced Finance and Managerial Accounting(3 units)
This course comprises two segments - managerial accounting and advanced finance. Roughly one third of the course time is devoted to topics in the area of managerial finance and about two third to topics in Advanced Finance. In managerial accounting, the course looks at cost concepts, job-order costing, activity-based costing, flexible budgets, standard costs, and variance analysis. Finally, this segment of the course delves into using differential analysis to make important managerial decisions such as adding and dropping product lines, the make or buy decision, special orders, and use of constrained resources. The second segment does a deep dive into some advanced finance topics in the area of options, capital structure, risk and return, and lease financing. The formulation of binomial option pricing and Black Scholes Option Pricing are studied and applied to the valuation of firm and financial products whose valuation is contingent upon future uncertain outcomes. Real options are studied with respect to their application in capital budgeting decisions. Modigliani and Miller Theorems, the Miller Model and their extensions form the core of the capital structure considerations. Portfolio theory, CAPM, the Arbitrage Pricing Theory and the Fama French Three Factor Model provide students with insight into risk and return relationships. Finally, the course winds down with a discussion of lease financing.
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FIN60150/FIN6015 - Asset and Bank Management(3 units)
This course provides a broad and specific analysis of banking/financial institutions domestically and globally. The student will develop a quantitative and qualitative understanding of bank management and how decisions are made. The course will present the importance of ROE (return on equity), APY (average percentage yield), ICGR (internal capital growth rate) and other equations in determining the success of financial institution.
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FIN60200/FIN6020 - Financial Markets and Institutions(3 units)
Students will gain an understanding of the system of corporate finance, including an analysis of equity finance, bonds and other debt instruments and how these may be used to finance investment. This course will deepen students’ knowledge of project evaluation, investment appraisal and the use of financial information and analysis in corporate decision-making. The syllabus also covers portfolio theory, dividend policy, mergers and acquisitions, international investment decisions and regulation of the financial system.
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FIN60250/FIN6025 - Investments and Portfolio Theory(3 units)
This course will provide you with an in-depth introduction to investment analysis and portfolio management. The overarching objectives are that students (1) gain a deep intuitive understanding of the concepts used in investment analysis, (2) learn the tools used in investment analysis, including excel modeling and regression analysis, and (3) gain confidence in applying the concepts and tools in managing a portfolio.
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FOR31000/FOR3100 - Introduction to Forensic Psychology(3 units)
This introductory course explores the various areas of interest pursued in forensic psychology, forensic psychiatry or criminal psychology, including such topics as theories of crime, types of crime, applications of social science and psychology to the law, investigative and police psychology, psychopathology and the psychology of crime, the assessment of mental competency and sanity, and correctional psychology.
(San Diego)
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FOR31400/FOR3140 - Juvenile Delinquency(3 units)
This course explores the historical precedents and philosophical reasons of juvenile delinquency. Our justice systems treat juveniles differently from adults; thus, this course will also review empirical evidence about child development that can illuminate the reasons for their special status within the system, and our societal efforts to prevent delinquency. Students will learn about the distribution of juvenile delinquency according to both official statistics and self-report data and also explore the impact of significant social and institutional influences on delinquency: family, school, peers and drugs. The far-reaching implications of this course will provide students with the robust knowledge to better understand and manage delinquency in a more humane, efficient, and productive manner.
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FOR31500/FOR3150 - Introduction to Victimology(3 units)
This course examines the emerging field of victimology and focuses on the victims of crime violence in the United States. The course explores the characteristics of victim/offender interactions, the effects of criminal acts upon victims and their families, reactions in society-at-large to the plight of the victim, and post-traumatic stress disorder and its implications for victims and the criminal justice system. Analyses of victims based on sex, race, socioeconomic status, and other factors will be presented. Preventative measures and efforts to assist victims of crime including programs for rape victims, victim compensations programs, and victims’ restitution will be discussed.
(San Diego)
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FOR31600/FOR3160 - Introduction to the Criminal Personality(3 units)
This course will examine the multiple factors and antecedent events that are involved in crime and the criminal mind executing the crime. These factors and events include the intent, the plan, the type of criminal, the type of victim, and the crime scene. The manner in which a crime is performed expresses the psychological pattern, makeup, and expression of the individual performing it. Criminal investigative analysis, or criminal personality profiling, examines and identifies the subtle habits, psychological traits, and personality variables associated with criminal activity. These variables and traits will be explored in the context of understanding the personality and behavioral descriptors of an offender who often commits heinous crimes such as serial homicide, sex crimes leading to criminal homicide, arson, bombings, ritualistic crimes that include torture, child abduction, kidnapping, child molestation, and bank robbery.
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FOR31700/FOR3170 - Cognitive Principles in Forensic Psychology(3 units)
This course will cover topics in cognitive psychology as seen in the forensics field including perception, attention, memory, knowledge, problem solving, reasoning, and language comprehension and production. Classical theories and experiments in these areas will be reviewed in addition to applications of this work to practical problems in the forensic setting. This course provides an introduction to basic processes, perception and preference, attention and clarity as compared to attention and chaos. The different approaches used in the analysis of competence and compatibility will be examined. The course will conclude by examining the connection to people and problems and providing examples of systems solutions.
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FOR31800/FOR3180 - Crime in Literary and Media Contexts(3 units)
This course examines the criminology literature, the language of justice and contexts to which crime is portrayed in the media. The intent of this course is to make the student a more informed critic and analyst of the literary and media contexts in which crime is depicted. In particular, crime movies, television crime dramas, plus television news and newspaper crime coverage will be the major sources of data for uncovering how the media portrays society’s struggle with the crime problem. The fundamental role played by the media in defining what constitutes deviance and criminality in American society will be discussed. This course examines how the media portrays the police, the courts and the administration of criminal law, and the American correctional system. In each case media images will be compared to empirical studies of policing, the adjudication process, and punishments actually delivered. In addition, exploration of the use of new media technologies within the criminal justice system itself will be explored. How have technological innovations such as video cameras and multimedia computers changed the criminal justice system?
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FOR60000/FOR6000 - Fundamentals of Forensic Leadership(3 units)
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FOR60050/FOR6005 - Situational Analysis of Behavior(3 units)
This course provides a foundation for the interpretation of covert behavioral and environmental stimuli through each of the different aspects of non-verbal behavior, namely biometrics, kinesics, proxemics, geographics, heuristics, and atmospherics. The course covers applications for analyzing non-verbal behavior in contexts such as deception detection, interviewing, crisis intervention, investigations, threat assessment, risk management, law enforcement, conflict resolution and critical incident response.
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FOR60050c/FOR6005c - Situational Analysis of Behavior(3 units)
This course provides a foundation for the interpretation of covert behavioral and environmental stimuli through each of the different aspects of non-verbal behavior, namely biometrics, kinesics, proxemics, geographics, heuristics, and atmospherics. The course covers applications for analyzing non-verbal behavior in contexts such as deception detection, interviewing, crisis intervention, investigations, threat assessment, risk management, law enforcement, conflict resolution and critical incident response.
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FOR60100/FOR6010 - Theory and Application of Forensic Behavioral Science(3 units)
This course explores the application of behavioral sciences to the criminal justice field and the study of crime and legal phenomena from psychological, social and cultural perspectives. Addresses numerous current ways in which the legal system and the behavioral sciences intersect, as well as related assumptions and controversies. Specific topics may include legal decision making, victims and victimology, risk prediction, criminogenesis and other behavioral science applications.
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FOR60120/FOR6012 - Fundamentals of Mediation(3 units)
This course examines mediation theory and practice and provides and in-depth exploration of selected aspects of the mediation process is it relates to the larger conflict resolution context. The course addresses topics such as resistant parties, overcoming impasse, mediating with individuals and groups, using a decision-tree analysis, and employing counterintuitive and “mindful” mediation strategies. Ethical issues and public policy concerns, such as the limits of confidentiality and expectations of procedural fairness, are also explored.
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FOR60120c/FOR6012c - Fundamentals of Mediation(3 units)
This course examines mediation theory and practice and provides and in-depth exploration of selected aspects of the mediation process is it relates to the larger conflict resolution context. The course addresses topics such as resistant parties, overcoming impasse, mediating with individuals and groups, using a decision-tree analysis, and employing counterintuitive and “mindful” mediation strategies. Ethical issues and public policy concerns, such as the limits of confidentiality and expectations of procedural fairness, are also explored.
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FOR60220/FOR6022 - Mass, Serial and Pattern Criminals(3 units)
Course examines perpetrators of mass, spree and serial violence in terms of psychology, motivation and behavior. Topics include violent crime sprees, school and workplace mass assaults, family annihilation, domestic terrorism, serial murder, serial sex offending, and stalking behavior on its own and in the context of deliberate lethal violence.
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FOR60240/FOR6024 - Fundamentals of Forensic Victimology(3 units)
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FOR60240c/FOR6024c - Fundamentals of Forensic Victimology(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the study of victims and victimization, including the history of the field; the victim-offender dynamic; the role of victim self-identification in the victimization process and; the victim’s role in judicial systems and processes. Specific emphasis will be placed on the role of the victimology specialist in the development of public policy.
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FOR60260/FOR6026 - Case Conceptualization and Presentation(3 units)
This course provides an in-depth examination of theory and practice related to theme development and case conceptualization. The course draws upon law, psychology and marketing disciplines as they apply to framing and persuasion in a courtroom setting. Witness communication and presentation are also addressed.
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FOR60280/FOR6028 - Developing a Correctional Professional Identity(3 units)
This course provides an introduction to and overview of the field of correctional psychology, and of the unique relational factors that contribute to and/or hinder realization of professional identify within correctional settings. Students will learn about the unique culture of correctional institutions, and the health professional’s role as a member of an inter-professional team. Students will explore the factors associated with successful and intentional development of a solid professional identity, including addressing difficult situations within corrections, common lapses in judgment and missteps that occur in correctional institutions, conditions that lead to burn out, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, strategies for self-care, and best practices for conflict resolution in an adversarial environment. Special emphasis will be placed on ethical decision-making in the correctional setting.
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FOR60280c/FOR6028c - Developing a Correctional Professional Identity(3 units)
This course provides an introduction to and overview of the field of correctional psychology, and of the unique relational factors that contribute to and/or hinder realization of professional identify within correctional settings. Students will learn about the unique culture of correctional institutions, and the health professional’s role as a member of an inter-professional team. Students will explore the factors associated with successful and intentional development of a solid professional identity, including addressing difficult situations within corrections, common lapses in judgment and missteps that occur in correctional institutions, conditions that lead to burn out, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, strategies for self-care, and best practices for conflict resolution in an adversarial environment. Special emphasis will be placed on ethical decision-making in the correctional setting.
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FOR60320/FOR6032 - The Fundamentals of Forensic Linguistics(3 units)
This course covers basic concepts in forensic linguistics, including a brief history of the field and the contexts in which it has been applied, such as author identification, discourse analysis, forensic phonetics, linguistic dialectology, and plagiarism detection. Case examples that include death threats and suicide letters, valid and false confessions, authorship investigations, and perjury will be surveyed to illustrate the use of forensic linguistics in criminal and civil court proceedings, investigations, and intelligence. Considerations related to forensic linguistics and the judicial process, such as admissibility under Frye and Daubert standards and the contexts in which forensic linguists have served as consultants to the justice system to support comprehensibility of a range of legal issues by laypersons both in the United States and internationally, will also be examined.
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FOR60320c/FOR6032c - Forensic Linguistics(3 units)
This course covers basic concepts in forensic linguistics, including a brief history of the field and the contexts in which it has been applied, such as author identification, discourse analysis, forensic phonetics, linguistic dialectology, and plagiarism detection. Case examples that include death threats and suicide letters, valid and false confessions, authorship investigations, and perjury will be surveyed to illustrate the use of forensic linguistics in criminal and civil court proceedings, investigations, and intelligence. Considerations related to forensic linguistics and the judicial process, such as admissibility under Frye and Daubert standards and the contexts in which forensic linguists have served as consultants to the justice system to support comprehensibility of a range of legal issues by laypersons both in the United States and internationally, will also be examined.
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FOR60330/FOR6033 - Foundational Concepts in Victimology(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the field of forensic victimology, and explores current research on victim-offender dynamics in relation to crime and event subtypes. The course focuses upon risk and protective factors associated with victimology subtypes, the construction of victim profiles to inform violence prevention, investigation, intervention, and policy efforts, and the compassion-science-balance approach to forensic victimology.
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FOR60330c/FOR6033c - Foundational Concepts in Victimology(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the field of forensic victimology, and explores current research on victim-offender dynamics in relation to crime and event subtypes. The course focuses upon risk and protective factors associated with victimology subtypes, the construction of victim profiles to inform violence prevention, investigation, intervention, and policy efforts, and the compassion-science-balance approach to forensic victimology.
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FOR60340/FOR6034 - The History, Structure, and Culture of the U.S. Military(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the evolution of the U.S. military, its current structure and culture, and the systems of treatment. Emphasis will be placed on the manner in which military culture and training foster both protective and risk factors impacting the psychological health of service members and veterans.
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FOR60340c/FOR6034c - The History, Structure, and Culture of the U.S. Military(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the evolution of the U.S. military, its current structure and culture, and the systems of treatment. Emphasis will be placed on the manner in which military culture and training foster both protective and risk factors impacting the psychological health of service members and veterans.
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FOR60350c/FOR6035c - Instructional Design and Technology: Learning Theories & Models(3 units)
This course explores foundational learning theories in online education, the role of technology to support the teaching and learning process, the role of online assessment, the history and evolution of online learning, and instructional design models. The online curriculum design/project management process, with a particular emphasis on collaboration and questioning techniques will also be reviewed.
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FOR60360/FOR6036 - Introduction to Police and Public Safety Psychology(3 units)
This course provides an introduction to and overview of the field of police and public safety psychology, examining the role of the police psychologist, the psychological impact of police work on the individual officer, and the issues involved in providing psychological services to officers and law enforcement agencies. It covers the many and diverse roles of the police psychologist and the legal, ethical and practical considerations inherent in these roles. Survey the history of police psychology and its evolution to its current state. Includes an examination of the special concerns when providing psychological services to police officers (and all law enforcement personnel and emergency service workers) including confidentiality, mandatory referrals and weapons removal/retention. Also includes diverse perspectives on the role of the police psychologist by various individuals within and outside the law enforcement community.
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FOR60360c/FOR6036c - Introduction to Police and Public Safety Psychology(3 units)
This course provides an introduction to and overview of the field of police and public safety psychology, examining the role of the police psychologist, the psychological impact of police work on the individual officer, and the issues involved in providing psychological services to officers and law enforcement agencies. It covers the many and diverse roles of the police psychologist and the legal, ethical and practical considerations inherent in these roles. Survey the history of police psychology and its evolution to its current state. Includes an examination of the special concerns when providing psychological services to police officers (and all law enforcement personnel and emergency service workers) including confidentiality, mandatory referrals and weapons removal/retention. Also includes diverse perspectives on the role of the police psychologist by various individuals within and outside the law enforcement community.
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FOR60370c/FOR6037c - Responding to Mental Illness(3 units)
This course is designed for both law enforcement and mental health practitioners, and covers basic concepts of mental illness: signs and symptoms, when behaviors represent crisis, approaches to de-escalation, and resources (including via 5150 and 5250 holds) for those in crisis. Mental illness as experienced from multiple perspectives - law enforcement, mental health professionals, those with mental illness, the family of those with mental illness - will be examined. The course will also discuss the evidence supporting the effectiveness of law enforcement-mental health professional collaboration in responding to calls involving individuals with mental illness, including in relation to improving public safety, officer safety, and community relations.
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FOR60380/FOR6038 - The Fundamentals of Telemental Health(3 units)
This course provides an overview of TeleMental Health, including the current state of the industry, trends, and practice requirements. Considerations for selection and use of appropriate technology are also explored.
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FOR60380c/FOR6038c - The Fundamentals of Telemental Health(3 units)
This course provides an overview of TeleMental Health, including the current state of the industry, trends, and practice requirements. Considerations for selection and use of appropriate technology are also explored.
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FOR61120c/FOR6112c - Instructional Design: Media and Technology(3 units)
This course will provide students with education and training in the design, development, and integration of digital media in online learning. The process for selecting appropriate instructional materials and creating appropriate technology-enhanced learning experiences will be reviewed. The course will also evaluate the influence of the media, emerging and mobile tools, and online applications on learning environments.
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FOR61150/FOR6115 - Violence and Criminal Behavior(3 units)
This course addresses micro- and macro-level factors and constructs related to violence and criminal behavior with an emphasis on psychological and sociocultural factors. Explores violent intent, human aggression, interpersonal violence and violent groups; media influence; mental illness, personality and psychopathy; and motivation.
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FOR61170/FOR6117 - Decision-Making in Complex Situations(3 units)
This course provides a foundational understanding of the factors that contribute to and hinder rapid decision making, decision making under stress and decision making in rapidly evolving complex situations. The course examines the respective and combined roles of cognition, physiology and behavior on the decision-making process, as well as the impact of feedback, group dynamics, stress and situational awareness. The course covers applications of decision making in complex situations such as those encountered by military, law enforcement and other first responders, organizational leaders, risk managers, threat assessment personnel, crisis responders, critical incident commanders and the like.
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FOR61170c/FOR6117c - Decision-Making in Complex Situations(3 units)
This course provides a foundational understanding of the factors that contribute to and hinder rapid decision making, decision making under stress and decision making in rapidly evolving complex situations. The course examines the respective and combined roles of cognition, physiology and behavior on the decision-making process, as well as the impact of feedback, group dynamics, stress and situational awareness. The course covers applications of decision making in complex situations such as those encountered by military, law enforcement and other first responders, organizational leaders, risk managers, threat assessment personnel, crisis responders, critical incident commanders and the like.
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FOR61190/FOR6119 - Conflict and Crisis Negotiation: De-escalation & Violence Prevention(3 units)
This course teaches the theories and tactics associated with assessing, understanding and mitigating violence potential in contexts such as hostage or barricade situations, standoffs, and other conflicts. The course focuses reducing the potential for violence; engaging in quick, strategic assessment and problem-solving, and responding to and managing threats to personal or public safety at the interpersonal and intergroup levels. The course explores how psychological processes-cognitive and emotional, individual and collective-combine with external factors to influence violent outcomes and how these psychological insights can help prevent and resolve violent conflicts. The course incorporates research and best practice findings into case examination and interactive, experiential learning.
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FOR61220/FOR6122 - Sex Crimes & Offenders(3 units)
Examines sex crimes, offenders and the complex factors and motivations associated with offending. Topics include paraphilia, psychogenic motivation, rape and sexual violence, sexual predators, juvenile offenders, female offenders, sexual homicide, sex trafficking and tourism, and the roles of society, commerce and law. Also addresses systems responses to sex offending, including sexually violent predator laws, offender registries and treatment modalities.
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FOR61240/FOR6124 - Prevention and Safety Planning(3 units)
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FOR61260/FOR6126 - Legal and Procedural Concepts in Trial Consulting(3 units)
This course provides a foundation for engaging in courtroom consultation. The course covers the pre-trial through post-trial processes in criminal and civil, state and federal courtrooms as they relate to all aspects of trial consulting. Constitutional and statutory provisions, jurisdictional differences, the ethics of courtroom consultation, and the numerous ways in which behavioral science can benefit the trial process are discussed.
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FOR61430c/FOR6143c - Understanding the Law Enforcement Environment(3 units)
Designed for mental health professionals, this course explores the unique culture of police and sheriff’s departments, including the differentiation between working custody versus working patrol; common lapses in judgment and common pitfalls that can negatively affect new officers; differences and dynamics specific to sworn versus civilian law enforcement employees; elements of effective interactions with the public and the press. The course will also explore the basics of teaching and consulting in the law enforcement community: common pitfalls for the mental health professional.
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FOR61800/FOR6180 - Ethics, Values and Diversity in Forensic Contexts(3 units)
This course provides an understanding of ethics applicable to the forensic behavioral sciences and to a larger framework of values and worldview. Addresses ethical aspects of the conduct of forensic behavioral scientists in the civil and criminal justice systems. Explores the tension between civil liberties and public safety, as well as topics such as profiling and interment, the monitoring of Americans, and recent Court decisions.
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FOR61900/FOR6190 - Residency Master’s Project: E-Portfolio Development I(0 units)
During the residency weekend, and under the supervision with faculty, students will begin to more thoroughly apply the theoretical knowledge gained during coursework through the inception of an e-portfolio, a Capstone project designed to be completed over the course of the program and to assist students to enter or advance in their chosen career. The residency will also include lectures on best practices in forensic consulting, applicable to both those who work within or external to organizations.
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FOR62000/FOR6200 - Residency Master’s Project: E-Portfolio Development II(0 units)
During this final residency, students will present their e-portfolio Capstone project, articulating its relevance to their chosen professional field. The residence will include additional lectures on best practices in forensic consulting.
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FOR62100/FOR6210 - Employee Engagement, Motivation and Retention(3 units)
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FOR62120/FOR6212 - Biopsychosocial Elements of Stress Responses(3 units)
This course examines biological, psychological, social, environmental and situational triggers, mechanisms, presentations and effects of human responses to acute and prolonged stress events and explores ways to manage them effectively.
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FOR62140/FOR6214 - Communication & Human Factors in Crisis & Conflict(3 units)
This course addresses communication and human factors as they relate to crisis management, effective mediation, and conflict resolution. The course incorporates challenges to effective communication caused by interpersonal, intrapersonal, intergroup or intragroup conflict, and the role of communication in resolving such conflicts. The course focuses on the human, psychological, social, cultural and emotional aspects of conflict and effective communication strategies, including the roles of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, culture and generation, and addresses concepts such as group processes, identity, needs, cooperation/competition, and barriers to effective communication in conflict or crisis contexts.
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FOR62140c/FOR6214c - Communication & Human Factors in Crisis & Conflict(3 units)
This course addresses communication and human factors as they relate to crisis management, effective mediation, and conflict resolution. The course incorporates challenges to effective communication caused by interpersonal, intrapersonal, intergroup or intragroup conflict, and the role of communication in resolving such conflicts. The course focuses on the human, psychological, social, cultural and emotional aspects of conflict and effective communication strategies, including the roles of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, culture and generation, and addresses concepts such as group processes, identity, needs, cooperation/competition, and barriers to effective communication in conflict or crisis contexts.
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FOR62160/FOR6216 - Investigative Psychology and Criminal Profiling(3 units)
This course explores the fundamental concepts, theories, methodologies, assumptions and practices associated with using psychology as an investigative tool. The course focuses on the application of behavior analysis to criminal investigation, criminal profiling and behavioral evidence, geographic profiling, psychological autopsy, and equivocal death analysis.
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FOR62180/FOR6218 - Investigation(3 units)
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FOR62200/FOR6220 - Disciplinary Action in Forensic Settings(3 units)
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FOR62220/FOR6222 - Jury Dynamics & Decision Making(3 units)
This course examines both group (jury) and individual (juror) deliberation and decision-making processes in a courtroom setting. The course explores the separate and interacting roles of cognition, bias, personality, attribution, belief, personal judgement, influence, extra-evidentiary and extralegal information, and group dynamics in the contexts of criminal and civil trials.
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FOR62240/FOR6224 - Developmental Bases of Criminal Behavior(3 units)
This course will explore the major distinctions between normative and criminal human development, including the major theories of personality development as related to criminal behavior. The impact of various factors on criminal behavior, including macro-level factors (culture, media, political context), neuroscientific factors, and major theories of cognitive development, related to criminal behavior.
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FOR62240c/FOR6224c - Developmental Bases of Criminal Behavior(3 units)
This course will explore the major distinctions between normative and criminal human development, including the major theories of personality development as related to criminal behavior. The impact of various factors on criminal behavior, including macro-level factors (culture, media, political context), neuroscientific factors, and major theories of cognitive development, related to criminal behavior.
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FOR62270/FOR6227 - Discourse as Evidence(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the methodological approaches to language analysis, with a particular examination of the language of police interrogations, emergency calls, victim-witness and witness statements, confessions, and criminal threats.
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FOR62270c/FOR6227c - Discourse as Evidence(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the methodological approaches to language analysis, with a particular examination of the language of police interrogations, emergency calls, victim-witness and witness statements, confessions, and criminal threats.
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FOR62280/FOR6228 - Forensic Victimology: Prevention and Safety Planning(3 units)
This course focuses on the practices that support prevention of victimization and revictimization. Research related to crime prevention will be explored. The course will also focus upon threat assessment in various milieu (public venues, households, the workplace, school campuses), as well as specific safety planning strategies to support the prevention of victimization. As mental health professionals are second only to law enforcement officers for risk of workplace victimization, this course will also include specific victimization prevention strategies for mental health professionals.
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FOR62280c/FOR6228c - Forensic Victimology: Prevention and Safety Planning(3 units)
This course focuses on the practices that support prevention of victimization and revictimization. Research related to crime prevention will be explored. The course will also focus upon threat assessment in various milieu (public venues, households, the workplace, school campuses), as well as specific safety planning strategies to support the prevention of victimization. As mental health professionals are second only to law enforcement officers for risk of workplace victimization, this course will also include specific victimization prevention strategies for mental health professionals.
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FOR62290/FOR6229 - Assessment of Complex Trauma in Service Personnel and Veterans(3 units)
This course explores the types of conflict and associated stressors commonly experienced by military personnel, and examines typical psychological and physiological responses to extreme circumstances and environments. Students will engage in evidence-based assessment of not uncommon psychiatric responses, including acute stress, depression, substance use disorder, combat-related PTSD, and traumatic brain injury.
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FOR62290c/FOR6229c - Assessment of Complex Trauma in Service Personnel and Veterans(3 units)
This course explores the types of conflict and associated stressors commonly experienced by military personnel, and examines typical psychological and physiological responses to extreme circumstances and environments. Students will engage in evidence-based assessment of not uncommon psychiatric responses, including acute stress, depression, substance use disorder, combat-related PTSD, and traumatic brain injury.
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FOR62320/FOR6232 - Understanding the Culture of Law Enforcement(3 units)
The course explores the unique culture of police and sheriff’s departments, including the differentiation between working custody versus working patrol; common lapses in judgment and common pitfalls that can negatively affect new officers; differences and dynamics specific to sworn versus civilian law enforcement employees; elements of effective interactions with the public and the press. The course will also explore the basics of teaching and consulting in the law enforcement community: common pitfalls for the psychologist.
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FOR62320c/FOR6232c - Understanding the Culture of Law Enforcement(3 units)
The course explores the unique culture of police and sheriff’s departments, including the differentiation between working custody versus working patrol; common lapses in judgment and common pitfalls that can negatively affect new officers; differences and dynamics specific to sworn versus civilian law enforcement employees; elements of effective interactions with the public and the press. The course will also explore the basics of teaching and consulting in the law enforcement community: common pitfalls for the psychologist.
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FOR62340/FOR6234 - Telemental Health and the Law(3 units)
This course examines relevant legal and ethical considerations for mental health professional seeking to engage in telemental health as part of their practice. Privacy considerations, informed consent, HIPAA-HITECH, and multijurisdictional issues are explored.
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FOR62340c/FOR6234c - Telemental Health and the Law(3 units)
This course examines relevant legal and ethical considerations for mental health professional seeking to engage in telemental health as part of their practice. Privacy considerations, informed consent, HIPAA-HITECH, and multijurisdictional issues are explored.
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FOR62380c/FOR6238c - Effective Collaboration(3 units)
This course provides the mental health professional collaborating with law enforcement with guidelines for supporting a successful partnership through identification of comprehensive community resources and linkages, and engagement in case management follow-up. Program evaluation design and implementation are also discussed to ensure on-going efficacy of the collaboration.
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FOR62410c/FOR6241c - Instructional Design Evaluation(3 units)
This course reviews best practices for continuous quality improvement in the online environment, including evidence-based evaluation models. Effective leveraging of learning management system (LMS) data analytics will also be explored.
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FOR63000/FOR6300 - Effective Communication: Internal and External Relationship Building(3 units)
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FOR63020/FOR6302 - Criminal Law and the Justice System(3 units)
The course provides an understanding of basic criminal law and the criminal justice process. Addresses criminal law elements and definitions, as well as factual and legal questions and controversies. Examines the criminal judicial process from arrest through appeal and explores guiding legal rulings and principles. Includes criminal defenses, constitutional guarantees, and issues in punishment.
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FOR63050/FOR6305 - The Fundamentals of Threat Assessment and Management(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the theories and approaches related to identifying and mitigating potential violent activity in specific contexts. The course examines investigating people who may pose a threat and recognizing and managing immediate threats. Topics include behavioral threat assessment, violence risk assessment, analysis of behavior, victim factors and forensic victimology, threatening communications, and managing threats in various contexts.
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FOR63070/FOR6307 - Ideological & Political Conflict(3 units)
This course examines conflict arising from differences in closely held modern-day ideologies. The course addresses extremism in all forms, and the pathways from ideology to extremism to conflict to violent action. Conflict between ideology and law, the contribution of identity to conflict, the potential for violent conflict between small and large groups and between fringe groups and establishment, and historical and contemporary measures to reduce such conflict are covered.
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FOR63120/FOR6312 - Targeted Violence and Threat Assessment(3 units)
This course examines theories and approaches to identifying and mitigating potential acts of targeted violence across contexts. The course examines risk factors for violence, behavioral indicators of intent, and threatening communications; provides an overview of evaluation and management of human threats to safety in a variety of contexts, stalking, school and workplace threats; and addresses victim factors associated with risk and safety.
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FOR63140/FOR6314 - Victim Advocacy and the Justice System(3 units)
This course addresses victims’ rights, historically and currently, victim interactions with the justice community, and court decisions and legislation impacting victims. Justice system and social service programs, partnerships and initiatives are explored, as are victim advocacy and restorative justice, its theory, application, efficacy, and potential in different contexts and in relation to different types of victimization.
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FOR63160/FOR6316 - High Stakes Voir Dire & Jury Selection(3 units)
This course provides an in-depth examination of theories, research, controversies and practices associated with empaneling juries and in predicting outcomes. The course explores pre-trial methods of managing the impact of individual factors on deliberation, evidence processing and decision-making in criminal and civil trials.
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FOR64000/FOR6400 - Risk Assessment and Management(3 units)
This course examines theories and evidence-based approaches to identifying and ameliorating risk for deviant or criminal behavior in various contexts including societal, interpersonal, school and workplace. Explores factors associated with problem behavior, including both contributing (risk) and protective factors, and the controversies associated with risk prediction. Provides an overview of risk assessment tools and methods and of risk management techniques and issues.
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FOR64020/FOR6402 - Interviewing and Evidence(3 units)
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the rules of evidence, including physical evidence, testimony and scientific evidence. Explores concepts such as presumptions, exclusionary rules, admissions and confessions. Provides an overview of the history and the legal precedent associated with investigative interviewing. Examines current evidence-based practices in educing information from witnesses, victims and suspects as well as in providing scientifically sound, easy-to-understand expert testimony. Interpretation of verbal and physical behavior, memory, false confessions, deception detection, interviewing special populations, and ethical considerations are discussed. Emphasis is on criminal law applications; however, investigative interviewing in the workplace will be addressed.
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FOR64120/FOR6412 - Contemporary Threat Management(3 units)
This course provides a foundation for assessing and managing human threats to safety in a variety of contexts and types of locations including businesses and organizations, schools and universities, hospitals and other medical facilities, centers of worship and other public and private establishments.
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FOR64140/FOR6414 - Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding(3 units)
This course incorporates theory and contemporary evidence-based models and best practices to analyzing conflict and achieving positive outcomes in a variety of contexts. Explores barriers to effective resolution and peacebuilding and methods for overcoming those barriers, as well as differences among approaches. Includes an emphasis on analyzing ethical responsibilities and dilemmas in third-party intervention and employs case studies to examine and formulate ethical approaches to conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
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FOR64140c/FOR6414c - Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding(3 units)
This course incorporates theory and contemporary evidence-based models and best practices to analyzing conflict and achieving positive outcomes in a variety of contexts. Explores barriers to effective resolution and peacebuilding and methods for overcoming those barriers, as well as differences among approaches. Includes an emphasis on analyzing ethical responsibilities and dilemmas in third-party intervention and employs case studies to examine and formulate ethical approaches to conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
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FOR64160/FOR6416 - Psychology of Media and Criminal Behavior(3 units)
This course examines the relationship between criminal behavior and media and the extent and manifestations of the influence of one on the other. The course explores the psychological, cognitive and social factors-as well as aspects of visual news media, advertising, entertainment media and social media-that facilitate and strengthen that relationship. The course addresses topics such as violence and aggression, portrayal of crime in media, copycat crime, and the special contribution of videogames.
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FOR64180/FOR6418 - Victimology in Context: Mass Casualty and Disaster Contexts(3 units)
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FOR64190/FOR6419 - Victimology in Context: Mass Casualty and Disaster Contexts(3 units)
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FOR64220/FOR6422 - Scientific Inquiry in Trial Consulting(3 units)
This course focuses on the body of scientific research that is designed to inform the jury process and on the behind-the-scenes, research-based activities involved in courtroom consulting. Topics include community attitude and change of venue surveys; mock trials, shadow juries and focus groups; supplemental juror questionnaires; and data collection & management.
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FOR64260/FOR6426 - Evidence-Based Practices in Corrections(3 units)
This course reviews the particular impact of common and co-morbid physical, psychological, and environmental conditions on clinical intervention in correctional settings. The impact of institutional resources and priorities on treatment planning is explored. Common treatment interventions utilized in the correctional environment, including motivational interviewing and various cognitive-behavioral and psychoeducational interventions, are reviewed and practiced. The course will also review basic psychopharmacology commonly used in correctional settings. Additional best practices specific to correctional settings, including establishing a therapeutic alliance, including the strategies for working with resistant patients; counter-transference issues that arise when working within correctional settings; and special considerations, such as screening for and treating suicidality and homicidality.
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FOR64260c/FOR6426c - Evidence-Based Practices in Corrections(3 units)
This course reviews the particular impact of common and co-morbid physical, psychological, and environmental conditions on clinical intervention in correctional settings. The impact of institutional resources and priorities on treatment planning is explored. Common treatment interventions utilized in the correctional environment, including motivational interviewing and various cognitive-behavioral and psychoeducational interventions, are reviewed and practiced. The course will also review basic psychopharmacology commonly used in correctional settings. Additional best practices specific to correctional settings, including establishing a therapeutic alliance, including the strategies for working with resistant patients; counter-transference issues that arise when working within correctional settings; and special considerations, such as screening for and treating suicidality and homicidality.
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FOR64280/FOR6428 - Evaluating Authorship(3 units)
This course will teach students how to use metadata to evaluate linguistic patterns and variations that support accurate author profiling.
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FOR64280c/FOR6428c - Evaluating Authorship(3 units)
This course will teach students how to use metadata to evaluate linguistic patterns and variations that support accurate author profiling.
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FOR64290/FOR6429 - Forensic Victimology: Investigation and Intervention(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the investigation of crime in which one or more individuals has been victimized. The role of Victimology Assessment in offender identification and apprehension will be explored. Additionally, this course will focus upon the Victim-Witness, and his/her interdependence with the judicial system. Variables affecting Victim-Witness intervention, including age, cultural and gender variables; crime dynamics; trauma history; and cognitive-affective processing will be reviewed. Strategies for maximizing the efficacy of the Victim-Witness from a judicial standpoint, while simultaneously fostering recovery, will be explored. Finally, this course will explore the challenges to the investigator/practitioner who works with crime victims; discussions and strategies for the prevention of secondary victimization, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue will be reviewed.
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FOR64290c/FOR6429c - Forensic Victimology: Investigation and Intervention(3 units)
This course provides an overview of the investigation of crime in which one or more individuals has been victimized. The role of Victimology Assessment in offender identification and apprehension will be explored. Additionally, this course will focus upon the Victim-Witness, and his/her interdependence with the judicial system. Variables affecting Victim-Witness intervention, including age, cultural and gender variables; crime dynamics; trauma history; and cognitive-affective processing will be reviewed. Strategies for maximizing the efficacy of the Victim-Witness from a judicial standpoint, while simultaneously fostering recovery, will be explored. Finally, this course will explore the challenges to the investigator/practitioner who works with crime victims; discussions and strategies for the prevention of secondary victimization, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue will be reviewed.
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FOR64320/FOR6432 - Interventions to Support Returning Military Personnel(3 units)
This course will focus on the epidemiology, identification, prevention, and treatment of psychiatric conditions including combat-related PTSD, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, and depression. Contemporary research establishing empirical links between combat exposure and elevated risks for specific psychiatric conditions will be explored, as will evidencebased treatments, including internet-based interventions and veteran’s courts. The effects of military service on interpersonal relationships, particularly relationships with spouses and children with also be examined. An overview of the impact of the deployment cycle on attachment based upon a myriad of variables - length of marriage, number of children, age of children, prior exposure to military culture - will be explored. Evidence-informed intervention models to enhance military and veteran family functioning will reviewed.
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FOR64320c/FOR6432c - Interventions to Support Returning Military Personnel(3 units)
This course will focus on the epidemiology, identification, prevention, and treatment of psychiatric conditions including combat-related PTSD, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, and depression. Contemporary research establishing empirical links between combat exposure and elevated risks for specific psychiatric conditions will be explored, as will evidencebased treatments, including internet-based interventions and veteran’s courts. The effects of military service on interpersonal relationships, particularly relationships with spouses and children with also be examined. An overview of the impact of the deployment cycle on attachment based upon a myriad of variables - length of marriage, number of children, age of children, prior exposure to military culture - will be explored. Evidence-informed intervention models to enhance military and veteran family functioning will reviewed.
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FOR64340/FOR6434 - Providing Psychological Support Services to Law Enforcement Personnel(3 units)
This course will provide an overview of the intervention domain of police psychology. Topics will include the difference between ‘in-house’ and ‘out-of-house’ or contract psychological services; the stressors unique to first responders and law enforcement personnel and the cultures in which they work; the unique ethical considerations which must be considered when providing psychological services to law enforcement personnel including voluntary vs. mandatory counseling, confidentiality, and safety concerns; the critical incidents that law enforcement personnel encounter including officer involved shootings, mass casualty incidents, public mistrust, homicides, undercover work, child abuse, etc.; an understanding of critical incident stress debriefings and defusings, early intervention strategies, and whether they should be recommended or mandatory; an understanding of multiple intervention/counseling techniques including individual therapy, couples counseling, family therapy and group interventions. The course explore the value of adjunctive services such as those provided by chaplains, peer counseling programs, employee assistance programs for the treatment of substance use/abuse and early prevention programs.
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FOR64340c/FOR6434c - Providing Psychological Support Services to Law Enforcement Personnel(3 units)
This course will provide an overview of the intervention domain of police psychology. Topics will include the difference between ‘in-house’ and ‘out-of-house’ or contract psychological services; the stressors unique to first responders and law enforcement personnel and the cultures in which they work; the unique ethical considerations which must be considered when providing psychological services to law enforcement personnel including voluntary vs. mandatory counseling, confidentiality, and safety concerns; the critical incidents that law enforcement personnel encounter including officer involved shootings, mass casualty incidents, public mistrust, homicides, undercover work, child abuse, etc.; an understanding of critical incident stress debriefings and defusings, early intervention strategies, and whether they should be recommended or mandatory; an understanding of multiple intervention/counseling techniques including individual therapy, couples counseling, family therapy and group interventions. The course explore the value of adjunctive services such as those provided by chaplains, peer counseling programs, employee assistance programs for the treatment of substance use/abuse and early prevention programs.
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FOR64360/FOR6436 - Best Practices in the Delivery of Telemental Health Care(3 units)
This course explores best practices for providing effective, high quality care in the telemental health environment. Includes best practices for scheduling appointments and office set-up as well as theory and practice related to assessment and intervention in the telemental health environment. Also explores best practices for managing complex patient/client issues in the telemental health environment, including clinical emergencies.
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FOR64360c/FOR6436c - Best Practices in the Delivery of Telemental Health Care(3 units)
This course explores best practices for providing effective, high quality care in the telemental health environment. Includes best practices for scheduling appointments and office set-up as well as theory and practice related to assessment and intervention in the telemental health environment. Also explores best practices for managing complex patient/client issues in the telemental health environment, including clinical emergencies.
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FOR65020/FOR6502 - Assessment in Correctional Settings(3 units)
This course supports students to discern the purposes and differences between clinical and forensic assessments in correctional settings. Additionally, the legal standards inform choice of assessment tools, and the commonly employed assessments and the specific considerations for interpretation when working with correctional populations will be examined.
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FOR65020c/FOR6502c - Assessment in Correctional Settings(3 units)
This course supports students to discern the purposes and differences between clinical and forensic assessments in correctional settings. Additionally, the legal standards inform choice of assessment tools, and the commonly employed assessments and the specific considerations for interpretation when working with correctional populations will be examined.
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