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What to Expect From Your Courses

Whichever ABA Online program you are in, it helps to know what your courses will look like. On this page, you’ll find links to course descriptions, an overview of how courses are structured within each semester, and what to expect in terms of format and exams. 

Semesters are 15 weeks long. Looking for exact dates? Check the Academic Calendar.

Course Descriptions and Format

  • Required Courses: See the University Catalog for course descriptions. You'll find course IDs and titles in your plan of study.
  • Restricted Electives (M.A. programs only): See our restricted electives list for descriptions of these courses.

The courses include video lectures, which total about 3.5 hours of video per week. The videos are in Canvas (the course platform), and run through software called PlayPosit, which allows the curriculum team to embed ASR responding in the videos (without the need for video codes).

The courses also include a weekly 1-hour live review with a co-instructor. Because students are enrolled in a section when they register, they cannot change their section after the term's drop/add period. However, students can still attend a make-up section twice in a 3-credit course, with a small point deduction (meetings are 20 points, a make-up is 15/20), and once in a 1-credit course. 

The courses also include reading checks, which are mandatory, and fluency quizzes for students to practice their vocabulary. 

Unit quizzes have two versions; they include 20 questions, but do not provide feedback on answers (since they are for assessment purposes). The final exams also have two versions and include 100 questions, with a 2.5-hour time limit; they also do not provide any feedback—both because of the resources required to provide it, but also because these are for assessment at that point, and not learning.

The courses in the online ABA programs utilize Honorlock, an online exam proctoring tool, to promote academic integrity of the course. Students will be required to use a webcam and microphone throughout the online examination. Honorlock will record the student via webcam as well as record screen activity to detect unapproved course material or inappropriate search-engine use. Students will be required to verify their identity and scan the room prior to the examination. 

Students can complete the proctored components of the course requirements anywhere that satisfies the requirements for proctoring, as the environment must be free from distractions or other technology, maintain privacy, and comfortable and convenient. Students are permitted to complete proctored course components from their homes. However, if scanning a room in your home makes you uncomfortable, you may choose to complete proctored course components at another location. Other potential locations could include a room at a local library or testing center. 

Remote proctoring is offered as an alternative to live proctoring that can occur in a testing center or in an on-campus classroom setting. Alternate methods do require approval from the academic department to ensure they satisfy the requirements. 

If you have a documented disability that prevents you from leaving your home and therefore prevents you from choosing another location for proctored course components, please reach out to the Office of Accessibility Resources. All other questions regarding course proctoring can be directed to the course instructor or lead co-instructor.

Programs Aligned to 2027 Requirements

  • Behavior Analysis Professional Practice, M.A.
  • Online Behavior Analyst Graduate Certificate

15 weeks: (1 credit courses)

  • BEH 5021
  • BEH 5040
  • BEH 5060
  • BEH 5061
  • BEH 5062
  • BEH 5063
  • BEH 5064
  • BEH 5065
  • BEH 5070
  • BEH 5071
  • BEH 5072
  • BEH 5073
  • BEH 5074
  • BEH 5076

15 weeks: (3 credit courses)

  • BEH 5041
  • BEH 5042
  • BEH 5043
  • BEH 5048
  • BEH 5049
  • BEH 5052
  • BEH 5400

1 week: (0 credit course)

  • BEH 0002 (0003, 0004)
    M.A. students only
    Final Program Exam

These courses are asynchronous, meaning they do not have online meetings.
All students register in a single section for these courses.

  • BEH 5040
  • BEH 5060
  • BEH 5061
  • BEH 5062
  • BEH 5063
  • BEH 5064
  • BEH 5065

Programs Aligned to 2022 Requirements

  • Behavior Analysis Practice, M.A.
  • Behavior Analyst Graduate Certificate (5th Edition)
  • Assistant Behavior Analyst Graduate Certificate (5th Edition)

In general, the 3-credit courses run for 11 weeks, beginning on the semester open date, and the 1-credit courses run for the last five weeks of the semester. The orientation week for the 1-credit courses overlaps the exam week for the 3-credit courses. The exceptions to this are the restricted electives and applied experience courses for the M.A. – BAP. The applied experience courses run for the full 15 weeks of the semester, and the schedule for the restricted elective courses varies depending on the course.

Course Grid (Provides a visual representation of courses by semester week, as listed below.)

15 weeks: (1 credit courses)

  • BEH 5060
  • BEH 5061
  • BEH 5062
  • BEH 5063
  • BEH 5064
  • BEH 5065
  • BEH 5076

Weeks 1-5: (1 credit courses)

  • BEH 5073
  • BEH 5074

Weeks 1-8: (1 credit course)

  • BEH 5021

Weeks 1-10: (1 credit course)

  • BEH 5040

Weeks 1-11: (3 credit courses)

  • BEH 5041
  • BEH 5042
  • BEH 5043
  • BEH 5048
  • BEH 5049

Week 11: (0 credit course)

  • Final Program Exam
    M.A. students only

Weeks 11-15: (1 credit courses)

  • BEH 5020
  • BEH 5044
  • BEH 5045
  • BEH 5046
  • BEH 5047
  • BEH 5050
  • BEH 5051
  • BEH 5071
  • BEH 5072

These courses are asynchronous, meaning they do not have online meetings.
All students register in a single section for these courses.

  • BEH 5020
  • BEH 5040
  • BEH 5046
  • BEH 5060
  • BEH 5061
  • BEH 5062
  • BEH 5063
  • BEH 5063
  • BEH 5064
  • BEH 5065
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