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Course Info for PSYC - 294 - 01, Spring 2025
Class number: 2388 Title: Forensic Psychology Department: Psychology
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 30 Current enrollment: 28 Available seats: 2
Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 6:30PM-7:45PM, LSC - 138-9 Instructor(s): Gockel, Jason
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement
Course Description:
This course will focus on the application of clinical psychology within the legal system. Students will develop an understanding of the role psychologists play in various legal settings including criminal and civil proceedings, police evaluations, and custody evaluations. Areas of focus will include eye witness testimony, criminal psychopathology, psychological assessment and malingering, competency evaluations, the insanity defense, expert witness testimony, and criminal profiling.