Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Psychological Sciences

Meeting: 2:00PM - 4:30PM W (9-JAN-2023 - 21-APR-2023) 

Part of Term: Full Term

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 3

 

Section Max Enrollment: 20

Section Enrolled: 5

Enrollment data as of: 17-MAY-2024 8:52AM

 

 

Final Exam: GR Course-Dept Schedules Exam

 

Description: This course will prepare students to conduct high-impact research across the translational continuum in the social, psychobiological, and behavioral sciences. In this course, students will gain a thorough grounding in the conduct of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) and develop competence in the planning, design, and execution of clinical trials involving behavioral interventions. After taking this course, students will be able to plan and conduct longitudinal observational studies and clinical trials that have the potential to change practice guidelines, health care policies, and third-party coverage for health-related outcomes. The first two weeks of the course will cover causal inference in experimental and observational studies and address various implications of counterfactual thinking. The remainder of the course will provide training in planning, designing, and conducting translational research with a focus on randomized controlled trials of health-related behavioral interventions. Each student will develop and write a research grant proposal that will serve as the course "Final." Recommended Prerequisite(s): This course has no specific course prerequisites. It is designed to be most useful to students with knowledge of basic (i.e., undergraduate level statistics and research methods) that are pertinent to the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences.