Prerequisites: 15 hours of graduate psychology or counseling courses, including GUCO 610 Appraisal, Assessment & Evaluation.  The course emphasizes the administration, scoring, and interpretation of intelligence, academic, projective and personality assessments.  Included will be a survey of their development, their underlying theories and currents trends in their use.  The course will review such tests as the Wechsler Scales, Woodcock Johnson Tests, Stanford Binet, Rorschach Inkblot Test, Thematic Apperception Test, Gestalt Test of Visual Perception, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, etc.  As this course replaces PSYC 610, students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: PSYC 710 or PSYC 610.

At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to:

1.  Understand the administration, scoring and interpretation of a specific test battery, including the WAIS-III, WISC-IV, Woodcock Johnson, achievement tests, aptitude tests, Rorschach Inkblot Test, TAT, MMPI-2, etc.

2.  Draw appropriate conclusions from the administration, scoring and interpretation of tests within a specific test battery.

3.  Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the historical context, psychometric concepts and properties, and societal/cultural/racial influences on intelligence, academic, personality and projective testing.

4.  Demonstrate a knowledge of how these tests apply to the counseling process.

5.  Demonstrate an enhanced self-awareness of personal strengths, interests, and abilities.

6.  Demonstrate an understanding of the legal and ethical issues in psychological testing.

Successful graduate students in American universities dedicate approximately three hours of preparation/study time for every hour spent in the onsite classroom. Thus, the following course requirements were developed on the assumption that students would be prepared to spend approximately 150 hours of their own time working on them. In an eight-week term, that is the equivalent of a half-time job. Most ten-week graduate distance education courses require at least ten hours per week of dedicated time, plus time spent in the virtual classroom.

Note: Any written assignment in this course may be submitted to TurnItIn.Com. This statement constitutes prior notice.

The official university policy on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty can be found at http://www.umuc.edu/policy/aa15025.shtml. Section I.C. states: "Faculty may determine if the resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC), partially or in its entirety, is acceptable when assigning a grade on that piece of course work. Faculty must provide this information in their written syllabi. If the resubmission of course work is deemed to be unacceptable, a charge may not be brought under this Policy and will be handled as indicated in the written syllabi."

Course Withdrawal: The last day to withdraw from a DE course is Friday before the last full week of the course. The last day to withdraw from an on-site course is the last business day before the last class meeting.

Students with disabilities should contct:

Director of Student Services
UMUC-Europe, UNIT 29216
APO AE 09102
Or:  Im Bosseldorn 30, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49-6221-378-299
Email: edstudent_svc@ed.umuc.edu

Please refer to Description of Course Requirements for specific information on how resubmissions will be treated in this course and to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog for information on the following:

Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Students with Disabilities

Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center.