Minutes

GRADUATE COUNCIL – MONDAY, June 13, 2005

PRESIDENT’S CONFERENCE ROOM – 1:00 P.M.

Attending: Jeff Powers-Beck, John Taylor; Cecilia McIntosh; Martha Pointer; Wesley Brown; Mark Ellis; Mary E. Musick; Phillip Scheuerman; Michael Woodruff, Cecilia McIntosh, Peggy Cantrell, Helene Halvorson.

• Approval of Minutes – Email MSN Curriculum Actions and Meeting Minutes of April 25, 2005.

Action Taken by Council: Approved.

• Curriculum Sub-Committee – Dr. Martha Pointer

1.   College of Arts and Sciences

A. Master of Arts Clinical Psychology Concentration - Substantive curriculum modifications and revised admissions standards for the Master of Arts Clinical Psychology concentration.

It is the primary objective of the Clinical Psychology concentration to prepare students to pursue the doctorate in Clinical Psychology through completion of an articulated MA/PhD program. The mission of this articulated program is to provide doctoral training in Clinical Psychology for Rural Behavioral Health and Practice in the context of integrated primary health care. Program objectives are : (1) understanding of theoretical principles and practices of psychology; (2) development of expertise in experimental design, data analysis, and oral and written presentation of research results; (3) competitive skills for professional positions in clinical psychology; (4) cultural competence in both rural and integrated health care psychological practice.

Action Taken by Council: Approved.

B.      Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program

The mission of this program is to provide doctoral training in Clinical Psychology for Rural Behavioral Health and Practice in the context of integrated primary health care. Program objectives are : (1) understanding of theoretical principles and practices of psychology; (2) development of expertise in experimental design, data analysis, and oral and written presentation of research results; (3) competitive skills for professional positions in clinical psychology; (4) cultural competence in both rural and integrated health care psychological practice.

Action Taken by Council: Approved.

• Twenty-three (23) New Courses:

PSYC 5100: Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychology (3 hrs)

PSYC 6210: Meta-Analytic Research Methods (3 hrs)

PSYC 6410: Covariance Structure Modeling (3 hrs)

PSYC 6500: Rural Health Research and Practice (3 hrs)—co-listed with College of Medicine

PSYC 6600: Rural Case Oriented Learning and Preceptorship 2 (3 hrs)—co-listed with College of Medicine

PSYC 6810: Advanced Clinical Interviewing (3 hrs)

PSYC 6870: Evidence Based Psychological Interventions (3 hrs)

PSYC 7000: Doctoral Preliminary Project (3 hrs)

PSYC 7100: Primary Care Psychology I (3 hrs)

PSYC 7110: Primary Care Psychology II (3 hrs)

PSYC 7300: Mental Health Care Consultation and Administration (3 hrs)

PSYC 7320: Advanced Child Psychopathology (3 hrs)

PSYC 7400: Family Systems: Research and Clinical Assessment (3 hrs)

PSYC 7410: Advanced Child Psychopathology (3 hrs)

PSYC 7420: Substance Abuse Psychology (3 hrs)

PSYC 7450: Group Systems: Process and Intervention (3 hrs)

PSYC 7500: Cultural & Anthropological Applications to Rural Practice (3 hrs)

PSYC 7550: Community Assessment and Intervention (3 hrs)

PSYC 7910: Clinical Externship (2-8 hrs)

PSYC 7960: Doctoral Dissertation (3-12 hrs)

PSYC 7900: Independent Study in Research (1-3 hrs, repeatable)

PSYC 7980: Predoctoral Internship (1 hr, repeatable up to 3 hrs)

PSYC 7990: Readings and Research

Action Taken by Council: Approved.

• One Course Revision:
  PSYC 5910: Clinical Psychology Clerkship (1 hr, Repeatable), Revised from Practicum in Mental Health I (formerly 3 hrs)

Action Taken by Council: Approved.

• One Course Deletion: PSYC 5911: Practicum in Mental Health II (3 hrs)

Action Taken by Council: Approved.

• The meeting was adjourned at 2:15 p.m.

Approval: Scott Champney, Chair