APSY 6461 Psychological Responses to Humanitarian Crises
This course develops a critical framework for understanding the psychological and social effects of selected natural and unnatural disasters and current responses to them. Course goals include: the development of a critical understanding of gendered oppression in contexts of war and humanitarian crises; an analysis of selected psychosocial interventions in the context of development and humanitarian aid; a critical analysis of international human rights as potential resources; and, the formulation of programmatic responses for mental health and human rights workers seeking to creatively respond to women and child survivors in collaboration with community-based indigenous workers and advocates. This course was previous listed as APSY7471
Course overview
- Department
- Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
- School
- Lynch
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Both
- Offered
- Every Spring
Requirements fulfilled
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.52 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.65 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2025 | Oladoyin Okunoren | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 12 of 22 |
| Summer 2024 | Oladoyin Okunoren | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 6 of 10 |
| Summer 2023 | Oladoyin Okunoren | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 of 8 |
| Summer 2022 | Maryanne Loughry | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 1–3 hrs/week | 5 of 9 |
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Instructors
Sections
- Section 01