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Students will examine models of health, stress, and wellbeing and evaluate their applications in diverse community and occupational settings, with attention to disparities and inequities that serve as barriers to health and wellbeing. Students will explore evidence-based behavioral change and health communication strategies to promote equitable access and information-sharing in their communities and workplaces. Prerequisite: PSY 645.

The capstone course is the culminating educational experience for the Master of Arts in Psychology. In this course, students will integrate and apply what they have learned throughout the program to meet competencies as outlined in the program learning outcomes. Students will be exposed to a holistic view of psychology as a discipline, and they will be encouraged to think critically about the broader themes that link various subfields of psychology. Students will reflect on the experience of the program as a whole and will consider how the program’s themes apply to a variety of civic and professional settings. The capstone affords students a final opportunity to practice and demonstrate the skills they will need to succeed after graduation.

In this course students will analyze the foundational principles of performance psychology, exploring mind-body practices that are essential for optimal individual and team performance in diverse settings. Students will learn to both apply and teach core skills to manage systemic arousal and enhance focus. Students will acquire the tools necessary to construct detailed performance profiles, considering individual variables such as age, gender, and cultural parameters. This deep level of analysis serves as a crucial foundation for effectively integrating mind-body practices to enhance performance. Throughout the course, students will also evaluate and apply strategies for measuring the efficacy of these practices across various professional, organizational, and creative settings.

In this course, doctoral students will evaluate and implement the helping relationship in the context of performance psychology to enhance performance in self and others. The curriculum includes foundational topics, including selecting theoretical orientations and identifying consulting fundamentals. Students will also explore relevant issues regarding ethics, supervision, and referral. Importantly, students will learn how to use consulting skills in a variety of performance domains.

This course will develop a deep understanding of the primary outcome of performance enhancement programs: peak experiences and the acquisition of expertise. The central emphasis is on developing advanced awareness skills crucial for attaining self-mastery in any high-performance domain. Students will learn how to effectively guide individuals and groups toward goal achievement, ensuring congruence with their current capabilities. The ultimate aim for students is to recognize and cultivate individual and collective experiences characterized by optimal performance, actualization, effortless awareness, flow states, and peak experiences across diverse contexts such as business, organizations, leadership, music, military, and sport.

In this course, doctoral students will explore the helping relationship in the context of performance psychology to enhance performance in self and others. The curriculum includes foundational topics like selecting theoretical orientations and identifying consulting fundamentals. Students will also explore relevant issues regarding ethics, supervision, and referral. Importantly, students will learn how to use consulting skills in a variety of performance domains.

The course will provide an overview of the key events and accomplishments that have played an important role in the historical evolution of the psychology of leadership and the systems that form the basis of the discipline. A review of the history of organizational psychology introduces several important distinctions that define the discipline and theoretical models and perspectives that trace the evolution of theory and practice. The learning activities emphasize the dichotomy between the science and applications of organizational psychology and leadership. The course approaches the psychology of leadership from three different perspectives 1) objectives for research and practice in the field, 2) basic methodological orientation of practitioners and 3) the systems and research-based foundations that form the basis of organizational psychology and the psychology of leadership.

This course focuses on the etiology and diagnosis of adult psychopathological disorders. Students develop skills in case conceptualization and addressing adult disorders, and differential diagnosis and construction of a systematic treatment plan, emerging treatment revision, assessment of outcome, termination, and ethical issues in the treatment process. While placing treatment within a theoretical context, the real emphasis in this course is on treatment techniques aimed at symptom and problem reduction. Benefits and limitations of the diagnostic process are reviewed.

This course presents mind-body practices that provide the core elements of behaviors for individual and team performance. The student will learn to practice and to teach mastery of cognitive and physical skills to control systemic arousal and focusing behavior. The course will provide tools to construct performance profiles on individuals taking into account age, gender and cultural parameters. This depth of analysis provides the foundation to effectively integrate mind-body practices with performance enhancement. The student will be given strategies for measuring the efficacy of applying mind-body practices in diverse settings.

In this course, students will explore the processes and mechanisms underlying the learning and performance of motor skills. The curriculum includes a comprehensive analysis of these learning processes and relevant mental training applications from the perspective of applied practitioners, including coaches, teachers, and consultants. Students will learn the developmental aspects of motor learning and how to assess, design, implement, and evaluate effective practices to enhance performance. The importance of individual differences in these concepts will also be explored. This course is intended to align with the K3 Knowledge Area for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology’s Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) credential.