Behavior Analysis and Therapy Courses | 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog | SIU

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