2025-2026 Academic Year

Fall 2025

PSYC 175 Intro Community Clinical Psych
This course will provide an introduction to the field of community psychology. Community psychology focuses on promoting well-being and preventing negative mental health and social outcomes by understanding persons-in-context and the ways that social issues, institutions, and settings impact individuals, families and communities. In the course, we will: (a) review the historical underpinnings of community psychology; (b) examine the field's major tenets and theories, including its emphasis on understanding the role of the environment in human behavior; (c) explore he field's application to prevent negative mental health and social outcomes and promote well-being and social justice.

PSYC 465 Sem in Serious Mental Illness
Critics of the mental health care system in the United States lament a system that seems to provide the least amount of services to those with the greatest need: individuals with psychotic symptoms. In this advanced seminar, we read and discuss primary scholarly sources and personal accounts related to serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia. We will examine the proposed causes and risk factors for the development of these conditions and treatment options. We will also examine the historical and cultural forces that guide our understanding of these disorders, sources of stigma and neglect of individuals with these conditions and ways that individuals with serious mental illness can be fully integrated into communities as valued contributing members.