Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 36
Required Courses:
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Core Courses | ||
ABA 5302 | Effective Teaching Strategies and Academic Interventions | 3 |
ABA 5303 | Ethical and Legal Issues | 3 |
ABA 5304 | Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis | 3 |
ABA 5305 | Single Subject Research Design | 3 |
ABA 5306 | Organizational Behavior Management - OBM | 3 |
or PSY 8610 | Topical Seminar in Organizational-Social | |
ABA 5307 | Experimental Analysis of Behavior - EAB | 3 |
ABA 5676 | Applied Behavior Analysis | 3 |
ABA 8787 | Seminar on Verbal Behavior | 3 |
Practica | ||
ABA 9387 | Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis 1 | 6 |
Culminating Project | ||
ABA 9991 | Applied Research Experience 2 | 6 |
Total Credit Hours | 36 |
- 1
Students are required to take two 150-hour practica for 3 credits each: ABA 9387 Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis. Acceptable practicum sites are those engaged in applied behavior analysis practice/research with the ability to provide ongoing supervision to students in the discipline. A list of approved sites is available, although other sites can be approved by the program.
- 2
ABA 9991 Applied Research Experience (3 s.h.) is taken twice for credit.
Culminating Event:
Applied Research Experience:
Students are required to select a research project and participate in supervised research activities through ABA 9991. They develop a research question and then may conduct a literature review, develop and/or follow a research protocol, collect and analyze data, and/or report research results as part of their research experience.