Department of Psychology, Tennessee State University
Pre-requisite Course Evaluation Form
Counseling Psychology Doctoral Concentration
(2011-2012)
Pre-requisites for the doctoral concentration in Counseling Psychology serve several functions important
to your future entry into the profession. In order to enable you to complete your training in the shortest
period of time, courses typically included in a masters’ programs in counseling/counseling psychology
have been set as pre-requisites. In addition, many courses in your doctoral program expect you to know
and bring into the course work your knowledge in these areas. Finally, licensure laws generally include
these courses in their requirements for licensure.
Statistics (not research methods) –
 Equivalent
 Not Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description  Course Syllabus  Other:
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Topics Covered:
 Descriptive Graphs
 Normal Distribution  T-tests
 Multiple
 Measurement
 Hypothesis Testing
 Correlation
Comparisons
Scales
 Probability Basics
Techniques
 Central Tendency
 Chi-square
 Regression
 Measures of
 Power
 One-way ANOVA
Variability
 Z- tests
Theories of Counseling –  Equivalent
 Not Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description  Course Syllabus  Other:
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Topics Covered:
 Ethics
 Existential Theory
 Behavior Theory
 Family Systems
 Psychoanalytic
 Person-Centered
 CognitiveTheory
Theory
 Gestalt Therapy
Behavior
 Feminist Therapy
 Adlerian Theory
 Reality Theory
 Integrative Theory
Theories of Personality –  Equivalent
 Not Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description  Course Syllabus  Other:
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Topics Covered:
 Biological bases
 Object Relations
 Self & Personality
 Needs/Motivation
of personality
 Attachment
 Culture, Gender,
& Personality
 Psychoanalytic
 Phenomenological
& Personality
 Psychodynamic
 Five-Factor Model
Counseling Techniques –  Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description
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Topics Covered:
 Basic Concepts &
 Experiential
Methods
Family Therapy
 Bowen Family
 Psychoanalytic
Systems
Family
 Not Equivalent
 Course Syllabus  Other:
 Structural Family
Therapy
 C.B.T. Family
Therapy
 Brief Therapy
Options
 Narrative Therapy
 Integrative Models
 Emerging Models
Social Psychology –  Equivalent
 Not Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description  Course Syllabus  Other:
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Topics Covered:
 Person & Situation
 Social Influence
 Pro-social
 Prejudice,
 Social Cognition
 Group Affiliation
Behavior
Stereotyping
 The Self
& Friendship
 Aggression
Discrimination
 Attitudes &
 Love & Romantic
 Group Dynamics
Persuasion
Relationships
 Social Dilemmas
Physiological Psychology-  Equivalent
 Not Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description  Course Syllabus  Other:
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Topics Covered:
 Evolution,
 Conscious
 Biology of
 Disorders of
Genetics, & Exp.
Awareness
Motivation
Emotion
 Neural Conduction
 Attention
 Hunger
 Lateralization
 Synaptic
 Sensorimotor
 Hormones and Sex
 Language
Transmission
System
 Sleep and
 Split Brain
 Sensory System
 Nervous System
Dreaming
 Emotion, Stress, &
 Motor System
Dev.
 Drug Addiction
Health
 Visual System
 Neuroplasticity
 Disorders of
 Biopsychology of
 Perception
 Learning, Memory
Cognition
Psychiatric Disorders
& Amnesia
Career Counseling -  Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description
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Topics Covered:
 History of Career
 Learning/Cog.
Dev.
Theories
 Trait-Factor
 Diversity
Theories
 Career
 Developmental
Assessments
Theories
 Info./Technology
 Not Equivalent
 Course Syllabus  Other:
Intelligence Testing –
 Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description
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Topics Covered:
 History of IQ
 Diverse Pop. &
testing
testing
 Theories of
 Environment
intelligence
setting
 Ethics/Standards
 Not Equivalent
 Course Syllabus  Other:
 Career
Interventions
 Designing
Interventions
 Program Planning
 Assessment
Admin.
 Report writing
 WISC/WAIS
 Stanford-Binet
 Career Counseling
Ethics
 Labor Market/Job
Search
 Admin./Scoring
 Ethics/Standards
 Other IQ
assessments
Cognitive Affective Basis of Behavior –  Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description  Course Syllabus
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Topics Covered:
 History
 Methods
 Memory
 Cognitive Models
 Neuroscience
 Attention
 Modeling
 Vision
 Emotions
Cognition
 Neurobiology
 Plasticity
 Not Equivalent
 Other:
 Language
 Problem Solving
 Cognitive
Development
History & Systems of Psychology –
 Equivalent
 Not Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description  Course Syllabus  Other:
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Topics Covered:
 Historical
 Black
 20th Century
 Psychoanalysis
Background
Psychologists
Systems
 Behaviorism
 Women
 Minority
 Functionalism
 Humanism
Psychologists
Psychologists
 Gestalt Movement
 Multiculturalism
Psychometrics –
 Equivalent
 Not Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description  Course Syllabus  Other:
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Topics Covered:
 Origin/Logic of testing
 Validity in Testing
 Interest/Career Dev.
 Criteria for judging tests
 Construction Principles
 Diverse Populations
 Standardization in testing
 Personality
 Ethics/Standards
 Reliability in Testing
 Cognitive/IQ
 Interview/Report Writing
Developmental Psychology –
 Equivalent
 Not Equivalent
Documents Reviewed:  Course Description  Course Syllabus  Other:
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Topics Covered:
 Biological
 Cognitive
 Language
 Moral
foundations
Development
Development
Development
 Physical
 Development of
 Emotional Dev.
 Gender Roles
growth/dev.
intellect & cognition
 Social/Identity
 Family/Comm./
Dev.
Cultural context
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