PSYCHOLOGY
Concentration in Psychology-Law within the MA Programs in Experimental and Clinical Psychology
The concentration in Psychology and Law in the MA Programs in Psychology is intended to provide a strong academic background with an emphasis in psychology and law for students planning to eventually enroll in a PhD program and interested in work in this field. Unlike other MA programs with psychology and law or forensic emphases, this is not intended as a terminal degree.
When students apply to either the Clinical or Experimental MA programs they will be asked to indicate whether they are also interested in the concentration in Psychology and Law. Students in the Concentration in Psychology-Law must meet all the requirements of the Clinical or Experimental MA program in addition to the requirements of the Concentration (explained below). It is the students' responsibility to make certain, in concert with their advisor, that they have met all of the requirements for the concentration including finding a mentor who is able and willing to supervise a psychology-law related thesis. Students are encouraged to contact the core Psychology and Law faculty (Dr. Edie Greene) with any questions about the program or its requirements.
Core Faculty
Edie Greene, Ph.D. (social/cognitive psychology, jury and judge decision making, eyewitness testimony, elder law and psychology)
Related Faculty
Kelli
Klebe, Ph.D. (program evaluation in corrections)
Robert
Durham, Ph.D. (sex offenders)
Fred
Coolidge, Ph.D. (personality disorders in inmate populations)
Concentration Requirements
1) Students must meet all of the basic requirements for the core MA program (Experimental or Clinical) to which they have been accepted. All of the requirements below are additional to the basic program requirements.
2) Of the proseminars that the students core program (Experimental or Clinical) requires, one must be the Proseminar in Psychology and Law (not offered every year).
3) The student must complete their core required MA thesis on a Psychology-Law topic and under the mentorship of a core faculty or related faculty member.
4) MA Clinical students must complete their practicum as specified in the MA Clinical program in a Psychology-Law relevant setting which has been approved by the Director of Clinical Training but also by the core Psychology-Law faculty.
5) MA Experimental students must complete one elective in addition to their core requirements from the list below:
Sociology:
SOC 552:
Sociology of corrections and rehabilitation
SOC 590: Analysis of criminal justice
SOC 594: Sociology of law
SOC 595: Criminology
Nursing and Health Sciences
HSCI 630:
Sexual assault: Implications for health care
HSCI 631: Introduction to forensic science
HSCI 634: Psychosocial aspects of forensic science
HSCI 636: Legal aspects of forensic science
HSCI 637: Violence and human rights
Criminal Justice (Graduate School of Public Affairs)
CJ 5000:
Law and social control
CJ 5100: Administration of criminal justice
CJ 5120: Nature and causes of crime
CJ 5520: Corrections
CJ 5553: Women and criminal justice
CJ 5554: Criminal justice reform
CJ 5572: Race, crime and justice
CJ 5574: White collar crime
CJ 5575: The mentally disordered offender