The M.P.A. program does not require an internship, but encourages internships for precareer and career-changing students. SPAA assists on-campus M.P.A. students in locating internship opportunities with an expanding network of partners in the Newark urban area in local, county, and state government organizations, and among dozens of nonprofit organizations in the surrounding areas. Additionally, the school circulates information about available national and international internship opportunities via regular email announcements. Approval from the M.P.A. director is required before any internship taken for academic credit begins. Students are limited to one 3-credit internship; if a student takes an internship, the credits count toward the student's concentration, which means he or she takes two elective courses from his or her concentration, rather than the customary three. An internship must be related to the student's concentration. After the M.P.A. director approves the request, the student will complete the internship contract and submit it to the department for a special permission number to register for credit. An internship can only count for an elective and cannot replace a core course.
Requirements to receive credits for internship:
Submit a 10- to 20-page research paper relating the internship to the student's concentration (if applicable) at the end of the semester. Prerequisites: Advance completion of internship form and approval of the M.P.A. director prior to enrollment.
Foundations of social theory; Tocqueville, Durkheim, Marx, Weber, and other contributors to major orientations to historical development of modern society in the Western world.
Writing Intensive.
This course will examine the history and development of clinical psychology and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Major theoretical orientations of practice, testing and assessment, and material from clinical interviews will introduce students to normal, creative, and pathological personalities and increasing sensitivity to the situational, psychological, and historical determinants of human personality.
Prerequisite: 21:830:102.
What is the nature of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination (SPD)? Who expresses SPD? What are the social cognitive processes underlying SPD? How early in development does one express SPD? What are the detrimental effects of SPD on health and education? Finally, can SPD and its detrimental effects be attenuated? These are a few of the fascinating questions that social psychologists ask in their quest to understand SPD. To address these questions, this course will examine SPD-related theories and evidence. Because social psychologists use the scientific method, students will also critically evaluate the merit of social psychological research on SPD. In other words, what differentiates psychological science from "pop psychology" when studying SPD? Finally, throughout the semester, we will link the social psychology of SPD with the real-life experiences of individuals.Prerequisites: 21:830:101,102.
In-depth study of a selected area of interest. Requires the student to submit a detailed outline describing topical objectives, strategies for achieving objectives, and evaluation criteria for approval prior to registration.
PHD STUDENTS ONLY. MUST SUBMIT COMPLETED INDEPENDENT STUDY FORM TO STUDENT SERVICES.
Provides an overview of the links between theory and measurement, data collection methods, and critical issues in measurement. A combination of theory, methods, and skill development will be incorporated into the course. Teaching-learning methods include lecture, discussion, computer lab data assessment using SPSS, and selected homework assignments. The assigned select readings will be used as the focus for class discussion. The critical evaluation of the concepts underlying measurement reliability and validity and the construction of measurement tools and their use in quantitative research are explored.
Degree students only.
Studies in two or more related authors; emphasis on Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Hawthorne, or Melville in the first semester and on Whitman, Twain, James, or Dickinson in the second semester.
Students will read Shakespeare with attentiveness to the issues and challenges of the 21st century, including ethnic clashes, the environment, disparities of wealth, gender, and race. The course examines the ways in which Shakespeare speaks to the concerns and complexities of global citizenship.
Major economic, social, and political developments in Newark from 1830 to the present; focus on late 19th- and 20th-century trends in demography, housing, and community development.
