Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) In Clinical Psychology Program

Latino Mental Health Concentration Course Description

CC 551 LMH II - The Experience of Latinos in the U.S.A.

1 credit per semester; 1 hr x wk; year long course (Year 2)

This course focuses on the experience of Hispanics/Latinos living in the country with the 5th largest Spanish-speaking population—the U.S.A. A particular emphasis is placed on the unique interplay of social factors that are essential to understand Latinos in the U.S.A., such as: the migration experience, culture of origin, U.S.A. mainstream society and its values, educational and socioeconomic characteristics, rural vs urban origin, assigned ethnic minority status, prejudice and discrimination, legal status and U.S.A. migration politics, etc. The course is conducted primarily in Spanish. It will give students who participated in the summer immersion program in Costa Rica (the previous summer) an opportunity to continue working on their newly acquired conversational skills in Spanish. However, there will be some flexibility with using English for clarification when needed. Students in the Latino Mental Health Program will be given priority status for taking this course. Non-LMHP students interested in taking this course can do so with the instructor’s permission.

Updated 10/9/09