Core Program

The program requirements, coursework, and policies described below are subject to change. The information provided in these pages is for informational purposes only.

Tentative Program Schedule – Year One

Fall Quarter

  • Introduction to International Disaster Psychology I
  • Psychopathology and Diagnosis
  • Statistics
  • Small Group Seminar
  • Cross Cultural Analysis I

Winter Quarter

  • Introduction to International Disaster Psychology II
  • Ethics
  • Research Methods
  • Small Group Seminar
  • Cross Cultural Analysis II

Spring Quarter

  • Introduction to International Disaster Psychology III
  • Program Evaluation
  • Group Interventions
  • Issues in Measurement
  • Small Group Seminar

Summer Quarter

  • Internship Supervision
  • Application of Multicultural Issues in Mass Trauma (International Field Experience)

Tentative Program Schedule – Year Two

Fall Quarter

  • Psychology of Loss and Grief
  • Trauma and the Child, Developmental Considerations
  • International Law and Human Rights
  • Group Dynamics of Organization
  • Small Group Seminar

Winter Quarter

  • Psychosocial Interventions
  • Psychodynamic Theory
  • Family Therapy
  • Small Group Seminar

Spring Quarter

  • Neurophysiology of Trauma
  • Multisystemic Approaches to International Mass Trauma
  • Cultural Contexts and Trauma Interventions
  • Small Group Seminar