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PSYC 610 BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION IN THE CLASSROOM
Former course number 510
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This is a course in the theory and application of basic behavior principles to the
practical problems encountered in education. These principles are based on
recent behavioral research and provide a systematic procedure to build and
maintain desirable student performances and to reduce or eliminate
inappropriate behavior.

PSYC 611 UNDERSTANDING THE CRITICAL ADULT LIFE STAGES
Former course number 511
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course is planned to focus on the typical problems faced by adults at the
various stages of early adulthood, middle adulthood and late adulthood.
Emphasis is placed on theories, perspectives and research on problems of adult
development and strategies for counseling clients at the various stages of adult
development. Site visits to institutions for dealing with adult problems in order
to study and observe the organization, purpose, types of clients, and
procedures and techniques used are required.

PSYC 612 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Former course number 512
Prerequisites: Three hours of psychology or permission of the instructor
Credits: 3
This course is a survey of the applications of psychological principles, theories,
and concepts as they relate to learning and behavior management and change
in the formal learning process. Special consideration will be given to trends and
issues, with emphasis on current research in educational psychology.

PSYC 701 HISTORY AND THEORY OF PASTORAL COUNSELING
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
An examination will be made of the historical, philosophical, and psychological
foundations of the pastoral care/counseling movement. Emphasis will be
placed on the influence of the following psychologies: Freudian, Adlerian,
Jungian, Rogerian, and Humanistic, philosophies: existentialism, personalism,
pragmatism, and phenomenalism; and theologies: Fundamentalism, Neo-
Orthodoxy, Liberalism, and Existentialism. The clinical pastoral counseling

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