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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog Archived Catalog
Course Descriptions
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Sport Business |
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SB 590 Current Topics in Sport Business 3 Credits
This course will explore current issues taking precedent in the sport business industry at the time the course is offered.
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SB 600 Final Project 3 Credits
Students will have the option to select the exit option most appropriate for their career aspirations. This project will be driven by a rubric, through consultation with a faculty advisor. For projects involving external partners, the student will work with a committee involving a site supervisor and faculty member.
1. Thesis project: A piece of original academic scholarship. Students will work with an academic advisor (the program director or another individual academically qualified, and approved by the program director). The student will be required to follow all appropriate IRB guidelines for the collection of data, and will submit a thesis, and defend the results of the research to a panel including the program director and at least one other faculty member.
2. Consulting Project: Students will select an industry partner (which may include their current employer) and seek or develop a consulting opportunity targeting a specific challenge faced by that organization. The student will be required to submit a formal proposal of the scope of the consulting work and a contract will be executed with the student and external partner. Work will be completed with a final deliverable presented to the external partner and program director.
3. Graduate Sport Business Immersion Experience: For students desiring and able to secure a long-term graduate level internship within a sport organization, the immersion experience may serve as a culminating project. Students will work on well-defined projects during their immersion. A minimum of 250 hours is necessary, in addition to reflection papers and final presentation on the experience. This option is ideal for students wishing to explore experiential opportunities for a full semester within the Philadelphia region or beyond.
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Forensic Psychology |
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FP 601 Basic Intelligence Analysis 3 Credits
Students explore creative analysis techniques, including hypothesis generation, red- teaming, and adversarial collaboration. Students focus on intelligence as a service to decision makers, including principles of customer-focused writing and techniques for analytic problems designed to provide tactical, operational, or strategic support.
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FP 602 Psychopathology 3 Credits
This course is designed to instruct graduate students admitted to the APA-accredited counseling psychology doctoral program in the basic diagnostic systems, research and explanations of psychopathology. Causes, course, outcomes and treatment of abnormal and maladaptive behavior will be discussed. We will discuss psychopathology as it relates to several core areas of psychology including: • Biological bases of behavior Developmental (across the lifespan) bases of behavior Social bases of behavior Culture and diversity
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FP 603 Criminal Behavior 3 Credits
This course will provide an overview of the scientific and applied aspects of the field of criminal behavior. Readings will encompass theory and research from a variety of academic disciplines including psychology, sociology, psychiatry, criminal justice, neuropsychology, genetics and psychophysiology. Particular emphasis will be placed on origins of criminal behavior, aggression, psychopathy, crime and mental disorders, homicide, and sexual assault. Applied empirical research on issues important to the legal system will be discussed as well. The final portion of the course will focus on prediction, intervention, and treatment of delinquency and criminal behavior.
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FP 604 Forensic Assessment and Interviewing 3 Credits
The course is designed to introduce students to the literature on forensic assessment and the methods utilized in this endeavor, particularly in the criminal arena. Ethics in forensic evaluation and the dilemmas encountered in dealing with the diverse criminal population are emphasized throughout the course. Students have the opportunity to observe and participate in actual forensic evaluations and discuss these experiences in class. The class itself will be conducted seminar style, relying on extensive class discussion. In class activities will include use of forensic assessment instruments and observation of case videos for report writing exercises.
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FP 620 Constitutional Law 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to constitutional law in the United States. Attention is given to important constitutional and legal doctrines by examining major decisions of the US Supreme Court. Topics include the powers of the federal government, federal interbranch conflict, federalism and nation-state relations, and state regulatory power.
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FP 621 International Law 3 Credits
This an introductory course on the international legal system will examine the norms, institutions, and procedures (NIPs) of international law, focusing on implementation and enforcement.The topics addressed in this course include the nature and sources of international law, customary international law, treaties, how international law is applied domestically, the extent of a state’s jurisdiction (authority and control) outside of its territory, sovereign immunity and act of state, nationality and statelessness, and the laws governing the use of force and those applicable to armed conflicts.
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FP 630 Individual Profiling and Case Analysis 3 Credits
This course will focus on the strengths and limitations of psychological profiling in criminal investigations. It will provide a broad overview of criminal profiling, exploring its history, psychological underpinnings, and practical applications.The course will examine major theories of criminality, crime scene investigation and analysis, forensic science, and geographic profiling. Practical application of theory and skills to actual cases will stress students’ abilities to reason logically and deductively, to make connections between seemingly disparate facts, and to draw evidence-based conclusions.
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FP 631 Group and Country Profiling 3 Credits
This graduate seminar explores the intersection of political psychology and international politics. Despite the proliferation of research at this intersection, many seminars on political psychology cover hardly any International Relations (IR); many seminars in IR feature barely any political psychology. This class is an effort to bridge that divide.
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FP 650 Strategic/National Security Intelligence Analysis 3 Credits
This course begins with a brief examination of the structure of the U.S. intelligence community, focusing on the individual agencies, their specific jurisdictions, and their ties to the remainder of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. This is followed by exploration of the various means of intelligence analysis and collection, including both technical and human sources. Techniques of analysis and dissemination will then be covered. The course will conclude with discussion of various proposals under consideration to assist the intelligence community transition from its Cold War missions to priorities that better suit the current world scene, and to address shortcomings certain observers see in its structure, functioning, and performance.
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FP 651 Intelligence Analysis of Organzied Crime 3 Credits
This course provides the student with an introduction to the methods and techniques of criminal intelligence analysis and strategic organized crime. The course shows how to use criminal intelligence analysis to predict trends, weaknesses, capabilities, intentions, changes, and warnings needed to dismantle criminal organizations. The course provides a background of the use of intelligence to dismantle criminal organizations and businesses. This course emphasizes criminal/law enforcement intelligence, as opposed to criminal investigation.
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FP 652 Intelligence Analysis of Terrorism 3 Credits
Using a hands-on approach, you learn how intelligence analysis works. Dealing with threats of terrorists from Al-Qaeda, ISIL, and European right-wing extremists, this course teaches you the essentials of analyzing, writing, and delivering intelligence briefings. Through well-crafted simulations and studies of present-day threats, the course offers a broad introduction to the methodology of intelligence analysis as well as an opportunity to try it out yourself. Through workshops, we apply intelligence analysis to both fictitious and primary source material. The course teaches you how to analyze complicated and often incomplete data and present it - skills useful for any career inside or outside the intelligence community.
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FP 653 Electronic Intelligence Analysis 3 Credits
This course focuses on equipping students with the skills to understand what data might need to be collected and how to analyze data from a variety of electronic sources-including metadata from telephones and signals data from radio and satellite sources. Students also review the controversial nature of electronic intelligence collection in light of recent public disclosures and controversies. Finally, students gain insights into the history of electronic intelligence analysis and learn how intelligence professionals employ these electronic intelligence techniques today.
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FP 660 Corrections 3 Credits
This course will cover principles of corrections including the professional’s roles in prisons and jails, psychological/sociological science relevant to correctional environments, basics about correctional assessment and rehabilitation, diversion & reentry, and the unique challenges of working in these settings and with incarcerated populations, among other topics.
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FP 661 Substance Abuse Assessment and Intervention 3 Credits
The aim of this course is to provide students with basic knowledge about the pharmacology and toxicities of substance abuse and about other addictive/compulsive behaviors with gambling, food, sex, Internet use, codependency, and work. The students will learn therapeutic resources and community resources that are most useful in interventions for these disorders. Students will learn how to evaluate individuals for addictive/compulsive disorders, how to work with the identified patient and the family system, and how to access community resources for clients. Students will understand the relapse chain and how to intervene with the client and his/her family to prevent relapse. In addition, students will be able to conceptualize a case from an addiction systems perspective and to present treatment recommendations for individuals with a variety of addictive/compulsive disorders.
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FP 662 Crisis Intervention 3 Credits
This course is an overview of crisis intervention. Major theoretical models of situational crises are examined and operationalized across a variety of service delivery systems. Students will develop conceptual competency necessary for professionals engaged in crisis interventions. Special emphasis is given to contemporary research in suicidology, disaster psychology, and crisis management for public schools. Topics of discussion include emergency situations such as natural disasters, terrorism, school violence, abuse, and crisis interventions with diverse populations.
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FP 663 Diversity 3 Credits
This course explores various aspects of diversity and inclusion through the lens of social science. Specifically, students will explore and discuss aspects of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and several other diverse concepts. Students will learn concepts but more importantly responses to these aspects of diversity within their respective fields. Students will learn how to communicate and recognize aspects of diversity on larger community, structural, and organizational scales as well.
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FP 664 Juvenile Justice 3 Credits
In this course, students will conduct analysis of philosophy, theories, relevant law, research, constitutional issues related to juvenile justice. Students will explore the structure and purpose of juvenile court proceedings. Finally, students will study the specific roles of minors in criminal and civil court, juvenile corrections, death penalty for juveniles, transfers to adult court, and child victims.
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FP 665 Death Penalty 3 Credits
This class examines capital punishment in the United States, with a focus on the so-called modern period beginning with the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Furman v. Georgia (1972) 408 U.S. 239 [92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346]. Students will be introduced to the panoply of Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment issues posed by the death penalty and the United States Supreme Court’s treatment of these questions in cases from Furman to the present. The class covers all aspects of capital punishment in the United States, from limitations on the crimes for which capital punishment is an available penalty, the class of offenders eligible for the death penalty, the capital case trial, sentencing hearing, appellate review, habeas corpus, and clemency proceedings. The class is concerned with legal issues; it is not a forum to debate whether capital punishment is a social good or a stain on society. All students are welcome, whether they favor the death penalty, oppose capital punishment, or have no position on the subject.
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FP 700 Practicum I 3 Credits
The major goal of the Forensic Psychology practicum is to provide an integrated and coordinated series of learning experiences that will serve students with opportunities to: (a) practice and expand on previously held knowledge and learned skills; (b) develop new skills and knowledge; and (c) experience personal and professional growth and development. Through these experiences students will be contributing to their professional growth in becoming a competent forensic psychologist. Practicum students can expect to assist in serving various populations and settings within the areas of psychology, the courts, prisons and the intelligence community.
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FP 701 Practicum II 3 Credits
The major goal of the Forensic Psychology practicum is to provide an integrated and coordinated series of learning experiences that will serve students with opportunities to: (a) practice and expand on previously held knowledge and learned skills; (b) develop new skills and knowledge; and (c) experience personal and professional growth and development. Through these experiences students will be contributing to their professional growth in becoming a competent forensic psychologist. Practicum students can expect to assist in serving various populations and settings within the areas of psychology, the courts, prisons and the intelligence community.
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FP 750 Thesis I 3 Credits
The main purpose of the thesis course is to assist Forensic Psychology graduate students in acquiring fundamental knowledge in research design, psychometrics, and measurement issues. This course is designed to help students develop research competencies to critically evaluate the existing literature and be able to conduct a research project and/or other scholarly activities. The acquired knowledge, developed research competencies, and the quality of the thesis research project will be evaluated by a thesis committee of at least three Psychology faculty members in two occasions using the program’s thesis/dissertation rating form (see appendix).
The required readings provide an overview of critical elements and topics related to evaluating, developing, and conducting psychology research as well as the procedures of proposing and publishing an empirical study. Particular attention will be focused on various types of quantitative and qualitative research designs commonly used in the forensic psychology field, research validity and methodological issues, ethical considerations, and data analysis strategies. The end products of the thesis courses include (1) a thesis proposal, which includes a literature review section; (2) presenting in the thesis proposal meeting; (3) conducting the study following the approved procedures and methods described in the proposal; (4) analyzing the data and completing the thesis write-up; and (5) presenting in the thesis defense meeting.
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FP 751 Thesis II 3 Credits
The main purpose of the thesis course is to assist Forensic Psychology graduate students in acquiring fundamental knowledge in research design, psychometrics, and measurement issues. This course is designed to help students develop research competencies to critically evaluate the existing literature and be able to conduct a research project and/or other scholarly activities. The acquired knowledge, developed research competencies, and the quality of the thesis research project will be evaluated by a thesis committee of at least three Psychology faculty members in two occasions using the program’s thesis/dissertation rating form (see appendix).
The required readings provide an overview of critical elements and topics related to evaluating, developing, and conducting psychology research as well as the procedures of proposing and publishing an empirical study. Particular attention will be focused on various types of quantitative and qualitative research designs commonly used in the forensic psychology field, research validity and methodological issues, ethical considerations, and data analysis strategies. The end products of the thesis courses include (1) a thesis proposal, which includes a literature review section; (2) presenting in the thesis proposal meeting; (3) conducting the study following the approved procedures and methods described in the proposal; (4) analyzing the data and completing the thesis write-up; and (5) presenting in the thesis defense meeting.
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