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Prerequisite: PSYC 1000 (General Psychology) or 2200 (Educational Psychology). Topics will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for a total of six semester hours credit.

This course will introduce students to abnormal psychology, including problematic patterns of behavior, cognition, and emotion that have a negative impact on an individual’s functioning. Students will obtain a basic familiarity with knowledge of the etiology, developmental course, and prognosis of major psychological disorders. Students will examine the assumptions underlying various concepts of psychological disorders, and to think critically about the current state of empirical support for these assumptions. Taking this course in another country, students will be given the opportunity to examine child psychopathology from both a US and international perspective, and will explore diversity in the understanding of mental illness across cultures. A visit to the Freud Museum in Vienna will be recommended.

The University of New Orleans International Summer School program has a mandatory class attendance policy. All students are required to attend class for all morning classes and any required afternoon and/or weekend fields trips and lectures. No unexcused absences are allowed. However, LFU students who have to miss a UNO class due to LFU examinations in the first two weeks of our program, can receive one excused absence for this. Any further unexcused absences will result in an academic penalty. Each faculty member determines the penalty for missed classes. Most professors deduct a letter grade for each additional missed class day. For details, please refer to your course syllabi, which will be distributed on the first day of class. Mail: Center-New-Orleans@uibk.ac.at

Die Anrechnung der Kurse der UNO-IBK International Summer School muss von den Studierenden selbst vorab mit den zuständigen StudiendekanInnen geklärt werden. Diese allein entscheiden über die Anerkennung der belegten Kurse für das jeweilige Studienfach. Es wird empfohlen, sich einen Vorabbescheid über die Anerkennung der Kurse ausstellen zu lassen.