School Psychology (MA/CAGS) Program

Course Descriptions

CC 522—Diversity and Cross-Cultural Psychology

3 credits

This course provides an overview of the study of culture, education and mental health. It presents different frameworks to understand children and families 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 school environment, including strategies for providing educational and psycho-social supports, are examined.

Updated 10/1/07