Forensic Psychology (MA) Program

Course Descriptions

CC 522—Diversity & Cross Cultural Psychology

This course provides an overview of the study of culture, education and mental health.  It presents different frameworks to understand individuals from various cultural backgrounds, stressing their SES, the ways in which they typically understand themselves (e.g., gender roles, self-definitions, culture-bound syndromes), and their strengths.  Implications for the clinical work are examined.

Updated 10/18/07