2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: ABA 230; Practicum Admission; minimum grade of a “C” in ABA 100.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course seeks to provide experiential exposure to behavior analytic procedures and consulting practices. As a concentrated practicum provider, this course is designed to meet the experience standards and supervisory requirements as stipulated by the BACB. For students not seeking BACB experience, alternative placements will be made available. This is the first practicum course in a series of two.

Formerly PY 492A Practicum. 

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: ABA 100, ABA 230, and junior standing, or instructor permission. Must be a behavior analysis major or enrolled in the assistant behavior analyst certificate program.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

An introduction to the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts as set out by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board. Students will gain experience interpreting the guidelines as they apply to various ‘real world’ scenarios in a variety of applied settings.

Formerly PY 361 Ethics for Behavior Analysts.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: ABA 100.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course will cover content relating to the identification of target behaviors, implementing behavior-recording strategies, conducting functional behavior assessments.

Formerly PY 403 Behavior Assessment and Evaluation.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

An introduction to applied behavior analysis, which places emphasis on learning and conditioning procedures with respect to human behavior. This course includes a focus on the philosophy of behavior analysis and its application towards a variety of populations.  

Formerly PY 203 Applied Behavior Analysis.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: ABA 490, minimum grade of a “C”.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course is highly recommended for students seeking an advanced training experience and/or are interested in obtaining the assistant behavior analyst credential by offering enhanced experiential exposure to behavior analytic procedures and consulting practices. As a concentrated practicum provider, this course is designed to meet the experience standards and supervisory requirements as stipulated by the BACB.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: ABA 340, ABA 391; minimum grade of a “C” in ABA 340, and ABA 391; minimum NMU GPA of 2.5.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course is highly recommended for students seeking an advanced training experience and/or are interested in obtaining the assistant behavior analyst credential by offering enhanced experiential exposure to behavior analytic procedures and consulting practices. As a concentrated practicum provider, this course is designed to meet the experience standards and supervisory requirements as stipulated by the BACB.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: ABA 100.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The primary objective of this course is to have students develop an understanding of behavior analytic procedures with respect to staff training and clinical supervision, such as behavior skills training, best practices for providing supervision and oversight of staff, and increasing employee motivation/satisfaction.

• Offered: Fall, odd numbered years
• Prerequisites: ABA 100 or ABA 205.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive review of major areas of conceptual and theoretical research in behavior analysis. The course will cover topics relating to radical behaviorism, verbal behavior, and behavior analytic approaches to cognitive phenomenon.

• Offered: Contact department
• Prerequisites: ABA 100.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction and review of procedures used to increase, decrease, modify, and maintain socially relevant behaviors through the use of applied behavior analysis. Emphasis will be placed on the identification of appropriate procedures, description using technological language, and practice of basic implementations. This course includes a lecture content and a laboratory component designed to provide students with the training and practice necessary to apply to sit for the BACB’s Registered Behavior Technician credential.

• Offered: Contact department
• Prerequisites: ABA 100.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course is designed to provide an introduction to research within applied behavior analysis. It covers a brief history of research methods within behavior analysis and the foundations of the methods, how to develop and implement a research project including creating a research agenda and how to appropriately carry out the research of interest, evaluating previous research, how to use research in an applied setting, and how research is shared in the scientific community.