LAP548 Ethics and Legal Issues in Psychology

Psychology, like medicine and law, has developed a set of ethical principles to guide its practice and internal methods, and to police and discipline its members. The American Psychological Association has established a set of ethical principles which serve as a foundation for this course. Included topics, but not an exhaustive list, are resolving ethical issues, competence, client confidentiality, client privilege, education and training, informed consent, licensing issues and CEUs, malpractice, assessment, and accountability and peer review. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or approval of department. 1-3 semester hours (may be repeated once up to a maximum of 3 semester hours)