University of Calgary : Campus Alberta Applied Psychology CAAP

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology CAAP

Note: Students not in the Master of Counselling program may take these courses with consent of the Division of Applied Psychology.

Associate Dean - V.L. Schwean

Graduate Courses

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 601

Theories of Counselling and Client Change

Engages students in a critical evaluation of a range of contemporary counselling theories and helps them begin to develop a description of their own emerging theory.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 603

Professional Ethics

Addresses personal and professional ethical issues in counselling. The perspectives of different professional disciplines will be used to highlight commonalities and differences. Students will reflect critically on both personal and collective worldviews and values as well as explore the impact of those perspectives on counselling processes and contexts.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 605

Developing a Working Alliance

Focuses on the understanding and acquisition of skills that are essential for the development of working alliances in counselling contexts. Introduces a theoretical framework for the application of counselling skills in addition to providing the opportunity for skill practice.
Course Hours: H(2-2)
Corequisite(s): Prerequisite or Corequisite: Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 601 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 607

Equity and Diversity Issues in Counselling

Focuses on increasing personal awareness, identification of conceptual frameworks, and development of in-depth knowledge of equity and diversity issues in counselling. Students will be expected to examine their own attitudes, behaviours, perceptions and biases.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 611

General Counselling Practicum

Provides an opportunity for professional development and supervised practice in a general counselling setting. Students will be involved in direct work with clients under the supervision of a qualified professional.
Course Hours: H(2-7)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 601 , 603 , 605 , 607 , 613 and 615 and consent of the Campus Alberta Program.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 613

Assessment

Combines a theoretical and practical focus to develop a framework from which to approach the assessment of client change in a variety of contexts.
Course Hours: H(2-2)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 601 and 605 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 615

Intervening to Facilitate Client Change

Combines a theoretical and practical focus to develop a framework from which to plan and implement client change interventions in a variety of contexts.
Course Hours: H(2-2)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 601 and 605 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 617

Methods of Inquiry

Helps students critically analyze other research efforts and in the process learn how to think through their own research questions in a critically evaluative manner.
Course Hours: H(3-2)

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 619

Specialized Practicum

Provides an opportunity for professional development and supervised practice in a specialized counselling context. Students will be involved in direct work with clients under the supervision of a qualified professional. The practicum allows students to actively explore issues encountered in working with a specialized client population or area of practice.
Course Hours: H(2-7)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 611 , 613 and 615 .
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 621

Foundations of Career Development

Focuses on major theories and models of career development and related research. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of theory with career counselling practice.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 601 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 623

Processes and Resources for Facilitating Career-Life Transitions

Provides knowledge of common issues associated with career-life transitions as they pertain to models of career counselling. Students also acquire knowledge about various types of career development resources and gain critical skills for selecting and using resources to facilitate career-life transitions.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 605 , 621 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 625

Systemic Community Change: A Comprehensive Approach to Human Service Delivery

Provides students with a theoretical and practical basis to work as effective community change agents in a broad range of sectors. An examination of comprehensive guidance in schools provides a foundation for exploring key concepts pertinent to developing and implementing comprehensive services in a variety of contexts, and in the process, gaining a better understanding of communities, and building their strengths and capacities.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 627

Career Development in Organizational Settings

Designed to combine theoretical and practical concerns regarding applications of career development concepts to human resources contexts in organizations. Concepts will be relevant to counselling and human resources development professionals.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 601 , 603 , 605 , 607 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 629

Multicultural Issues In Career Development

Increasing cultural diversity requires career development practitioners to examine the ways that their services are designed and delivered. Designed to enable students to deliver culturally responsive career counselling services to diverse populations.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 607 , 621 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 631

Learning Processes

Addresses the essential features of major theories of learning and presents current research in each area of learning. Students will discover how the principles of learning relate to their own learning and behaviour, and how the principles can be used to understand the behaviour of others and enhance counselling practice.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 633

Human Development

Introduces a comprehensive view of human development across the lifespan, drawing on the major theoretical positions. Developmental themes are discussed in terms of their application to typical and atypical human development in children, adolescents and adults.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 635

Health Psychology

Focuses on how human psychology and human health intersect and is organized according to core principles and skills that guide the practice of health psychology. Will orient students to contemporary theories and models of health, illness, and health promotion, and their relevance in a variety of settings.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 601 , 607 and 617 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 637

Group Process

Provides a conceptual understanding of group process, applied to a wide range of contexts and clientele. Incorporates various theories of group counselling and group process to develop an overall conceptual framework. Delivery consists of two integrated components: (a) an on-line component focusing on group theories and conceptual aspects of working in group contexts and (b) a face-to-face component delivered during a summer institute.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 601 , 603 , 605 , 607 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 639

Introductory Data Analysis

An introductory course on descriptive and inferential statistics designed to give students with minimal statistical background sufficient competence to conduct basic statistical procedures. Topics will include: displaying data; measures of central tendency, variability, and correlation; regression analysis and prediction; probability; parameter estimation; and analysis of variance. Emphasis will be on understanding basic concepts, using software to conduct analyses, and interpretation of results.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 641

Exceptional Children

Intended to help students enhance their awareness and understanding of major trends, developments, theoretical foundations, and current practices and challenges in counselling and providing consultation for special needs children and adolescents.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 661

History of Art Therapy

Art therapy is examined from a broad perspective, from its beginnings as a treatment for mentally or emotionally disturbed people, to its development as a distinct profession in North America and Europe. The works of key authors are covered, along with their theoretical approaches and current trends in the field. Students will learn how the foundations of art therapy are incorporated by many disciplines, with applications in many settings.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 611 , 613 and 615 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 681

Clinical Supervision

Intended for students to learn the process of clinical supervision and as a result become better consumers of supervision, more effective supervisors, and more able to evaluate their current and future development and involvement in supervisory roles.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 601 , 603 , 605 , and 607 .

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 691

Graduate Seminar: Special Topics

Course Hours: Q(1.5S-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Campus Alberta Program.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 693

Graduate Seminar: Selected Topics

Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Campus Alberta Program.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

Campus Alberta Applied Psychology 695

Graduate Practicum: Selected Topics

Course Hours: H(1-4)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Campus Alberta Program.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

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