9-102 Content Areas. The program requires 585 hours of instruction, including course work and supervised experience. The work done in a master’s program may be counted in fulfillment of these doctoral degree requirements. For the doctoral degree, a dissertation is required; a thesis or equivalent is optional. Principles of Behavior 45 Contact hours: To develop in the use of technical terminology pertaining to the concepts and principles of behavior Purpose: students’ competence analysis. Research Methods Contact hours: 90 To develop competence in measurement of behavior, data collection analysis and graphic representation, experimental Purpose: design with particular emphasis on single subject design, and applicable statistical procedures. Conceptual Analysis 90 Contact hours: To develop competence in the history and philosophy of behaviorism, theoretical approaches to understanding behavior, and Purpose: interpretation of behavior in terms of the concepts and principles of behavior analysis. Applied Behavior Analysis 90 Contact hours: To develop competence in the application of the principles of behavior and multiple areas of investigation and practice. Purpose: Basic Behavior Analysis 90 Contact hours: To develop competence in understanding how principles of behavior are discovered and described in the context of basic Purpose: research.
9-102 Content Areas. The program requires 585 hours of instruction, including course work and supervised experience. The work done in a master’s program may be counted in fulfillment of these doctoral degree requirements. For the doctoral degree, a dissertation is required; a thesis or equivalent is optional. Principles of Behavior Contact hours: 45 Purpose: To develop students’ competence in the use of technical terminology pertaining to the concepts and principles of behavior analysis. Research Methods Contact hours: 90 Purpose: To develop competence in measurement of behavior, data collection analysis and graphic representation, experimental design with particular emphasis on single subject design, and applicable statistical procedures. Conceptual Analysis Contact hours: 90 Purpose: To develop competence in the history and philosophy of behaviorism, theoretical approaches to understanding behavior, and interpretation of behavior in terms of the concepts and principles of behavior analysis. Applied Behavior Analysis Contact hours: 90 Purpose: To develop competence in the application of the principles of behavior and multiple areas of investigation and practice. Basic Behavior Analysis Contact hours: 90 Purpose: To develop competence in understanding how principles of behavior are discovered and described in the context of basic research.