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Main Content
- BAT406 - Applied Behavior Analysis II
- BAT430 - Behavior Therapy
- BAT433 - Applied Behavior Analysis with Pediatric Populations
- BAT440 - Ethics in Behavior Analysis & Therapy
- BAT441 - Assessment & Measurement
- BAT445H - Autism and Intellectual Disabilities
- BAT452 - Behavior Analytic Approaches to Individualized Service Planning
- BAT474 - Performance Management
- BAT493 - Single-Case Research Methodology
- BAT495 - Practicum
- BAT503 - Basic Behavior Analysis
- BAT507 - Behavior Consultation and Management
- BAT508 - Complex Behavior Analysis
- BAT509A - Behavior Analysis Research Designs-Single Subject Experimental Designs
- BAT509B - Behavior Analysis Research Designs-Group Experimental Designs
- BAT512 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Behavior Analysis
- BAT526 - Applications of Behavior Analysis
- BAT527 - Analysis of Verbal Behavior
- BAT528 - Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- BAT529 - Radical Behaviorism I
- BAT530 - Radical Behaviorism II
- BAT535 - Behavioral Observation Methods
- BAT584 - Seminar in Behavior Analysis and Therapy
- BAT591 - Independent Projects in Behavior Analysis and Therapy
- BAT593 - Research in Behavior Analysis and Therapy
- BAT594 - Practicum in Behavior Analysis and Therapy
- BAT595 - Internship in Behavior Analysis and Therapy
- BAT599 - Thesis
- BAT601 - Continuing Enrollment
This course is an advanced survey of basic and applied research related to the principles and procedures in behavior analysis. As the second part of the ABA courses, this course serves to extend student's understanding of the principles of respondent and operant conditioning through exposure to basic research and demonstrations of interventions across diverse populations and settings. Prerequisite: REHB 312 with a minimum grade of C.
Credit Hours: 3
This course will trace the history of behavior therapy from early days where aversive and punishment procedures were instated to modern day positive-based interventions. Various therapeutic approaches will be covered including behavioral relaxation training, functional analytic psychotherapy, acceptance therapy and positive/mindful therapies. Prerequisite: BAT 312, BAT 406 with minimum grades of C.
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students with knowledge related to the application of behavior analytic approaches to assessment and treatment of many childhood behavior problems. Topics covered will include assessment and treatment of problem behavior exhibited in school and home settings displayed by typically-functioning individuals, as well as individuals with a variety of developmental disorders. Prerequisite: BAT 312, BAT 406.
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on ethical conduct within the field of behavior analysis, and emphasizes problem-solving strategies to assist practitioners in resolving ethical dilemmas that may come about in the delivery of behavioral services. The course will provide an interpretation of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board guidelines for ethical conduct.
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide an overview of behavioral observation methods, including approaches for monitoring and recording behavior over the course of behavior analytic services. Issues of reliability and validity will also be examined. Prerequisite: BAT 312.
Credit Hours: 3
This class introduces students to the variety of intellectual disabilities found within our society. Topics will range from how genetic mutations can result in life long disabilities, as well as how unknown factors produce disorders such as autism. Students will learn about diagnoses, assessment and treatment for a variety of disorders and how to manage such disabilities throughout the lifespan.
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students with the skills to develop and evaluate service plans for individuals receiving community education, rehabilitation, and other services from a behavior analytic perspective. Topics covered include person-centered assessment, functional community based training, individualized assessment, and written treatment plans. Prerequisite: BAT 312; BAT 406 with minimum grades of C.
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the application of behavior analysis within organizations. Using the principles of behavioral science, students will learn how to manage employee behavior, develop organizational goals and objectives, track performance of work teams, and provide objective measures of compensation. Topics will include program evaluation, motivation, performance reviews, and emerging trends in organizational design. Prerequisite: BAT 312; BAT 406 with minimum grades of C.
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide students with the skills necessary to act as critical consumers of intervention research. It will also provide students with the analytical skills necessary to apply the logic of single-case research methodology to their work with the consumer. Emphasized will be the critique and interpretation of published research, as well as the writing competencies required for a student to successfully prepare a research paper. Prerequisite: BAT 312 and simultaneous enrollment in or prior completion of BAT 406.
Credit Hours: 3
Application of behavioral analytic principles to clinical settings, cooperatively guided by Behavior Analysis and Therapy program faculty and human service agency staff. Prerequisite: BAT 312, BAT 406, BAT 440 with minimum grades of C.
Credit Hours: 3
Philosophy, terminology, and basic methodology of experimental and applied behavior analysis. Focuses on a variety of operant and respondent conditioning procedures for shaping new behaviors and modifying established behaviors. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
Focus on the behavior analysis techniques needed for use in organizational and consultation settings. The fundamentals for developing effective consulting relationships are presented. Skills for becoming a behavior analytic consultant in clinical settings such as schools, developmental disability facilities, and managed care environments are presented. Additional behavior analytic consultant skills will be taught for effective practice of organizational behavior management in business and industry settings. Prerequisite: BAT 503.
Credit Hours: 3
Experimental analysis of procedures that result in acquisition, maintenance, and attenuation of complex individual and social behavior. Special approval needed from the instructor. Laboratory fee not to exceed $80 will be assessed to residential students. Online students will be expected to pay for virtual software out-of-pocket.
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on behavior analysis research design and methodology. Three semester hours will be granted for each unit. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on behavior analysis research design and methodology. Three semester hours will be granted for each unit. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on federal and state legislation, litigation, policies, guidelines, and other forms of legal and ethical control of the professional practice of behavior analysis and therapy. Implications for research and service will be discussed. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
This course teaches students to identify, employ, and evaluate behavior analytic procedures in applied settings. Additional skills emphasized are those which enable students to communicate effectively with others involved in treatment planning and implementation. Lecture/workshop format.
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an advanced graduate seminar in verbal behavior. The course will examine Skinner's (1957) original analysis of verbal behavior as well as draw from other relevant literature in basic, applied, and conceptual analyses of behavior. In addition, course content will include critiques of, and responses to, Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior as well as literature on Relational Frame Theory and applied topics. BDS Learning Modules Course fee: $400.
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide practical mastery over the basic principles of behavior. The complexities of principles such as reinforcement, discriminative stimuli, motivating operations, extinction, and basic schedules of reinforcement will be discussed and applied in laboratory work conducted with non-humans.
Credit Hours: 3
This course will explore the primary tenets of the system of psychology known as radical behaviorism. Canonical papers of B. F. Skinner and other scholars involved in the theory and philosophy of radical behaviorism will be read and discussed as well as critiques and interpretations thereof. Prerequisites: BAT 535, BAT 503, BAT 509A, and BAT 508 (concurrent enrollment allowed in BAT 508).
Credit Hours: 3
This course will continue the exploration of the system of psychology known as radical behaviorism. Foci will include philosophical foundations, contrasts/comparisons with other systems of psychology, and the movement toward a synthesis of psychological approaches. Prerequisite: BAT 529.
Credit Hours: 3
Behavioral targeting, observational recording techniques, and issues of validity and reliability of measurement relevant to rehabilitation will be examined. Prerequisite: previous or concurrent enrollment in either BAT 452 or BAT 503 or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
Special topics and new developments in modifying human behavior. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 1-3
Systematic readings and development of individual projects in pertinent behavior analysis areas. No more than six hours may be counted toward the Master's degree. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 1-18
Systematic investigation of factors and procedures relevant to behavior analysis. No more than six hours may be counted toward the Master's degree. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 1-18
Supervised experiences in behavior analysis and therapy. Application of behavioral analysis/methods in human treatment and in management. Restricted to admission to the specific degree program. Prerequisites: BAT 535, BAT 503, BAT 509A with grades of B or better.
Credit Hours: 3
Extended practice in Behavior Analysis settings cooperatively guided and supervised by agency staff and university faculty. Graded S/U only. Prerequisite: BAT 594 with a grade of B or better. Special approval needed from the department.
Credit Hours: 1-9
Prerequisites: BAT 535, BAT 503, BAT 509A, and BAT 594 with grades of B or better. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 1-6
For those graduate students who have not finished their degree programs and who are in the process of working on their dissertation, thesis, or research paper. The student must have completed a minimum of 24 hours of dissertation research, or the minimum thesis or research hours before being eligible to register for this course. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted. Graded S/U or DEF only.
Credit Hours: 1