Course Information

Course Information

Course Information

The 93 credit program is designed to be completed in five years, with four years of full-time graduate study on campus and one year spent at a full-time, off-site APA-accredited clinical internship. The curricular content was designed to be consistent with the American Psychological Associations (APA) Accreditation Standards and the Standards for Specialty Training of the APA.

The coursework for the program has been designed and sequenced in a way that will allow students to develop increasingly complex and cumulative knowledge over the course of their training. Additionally, practicum training will be sequenced in a way that allows students to attain increasingly complex clinical competencies. Students will receive individual supervision from faculty and external supervisors and will also be part of vertical supervision teams.

Doctoral Program Course Requirements

Scientific Foundations Courses (12 sh total)
Human Development (3)
Biological Bases of Behavior (3)
Social Issues in Health and Wellness (3)
Multicultural Perspectives (3)
 

Research Training & Practice (15 sh total)
Statistics for Clinical Psychology I: Univariate (3)
Statistics for Clinical Psychology II: Multivariate (3)
Research Methods (3)
Thesis Research (1-2) variable credit
Dissertation Research  (1-6) variable credit

Clinical Core Courses (21 sh total)

Assessment I: Psychometrics & Cognitive Testing (3)
Assessment II: Individual Differences and Personality (3)
Psychopathology I: Diagnosis and Epidemiology (3)
Psychopathology II: Conceptualization and Etiology (3)
Professional, Ethical & Legal Issues in Clinical Psychology (3)
Intervention I: Foundational Clinical Skills (3)
Intervention II: Evidence-Based Interventions with Adults (3)

Foundational Health Courses (9 sh total)
Health Psychology (3)
Health Care Models and Service Delivery (3)
Behavioral Pharmacology and Psychopharmacology (3)

Proseminar Sequence (8 sh total)
Students enroll in one Professional Proseminar Class each semester (excluding summers)
Clinical Practice Courses 27 sh total
Introductory Practicum (1st Year, Summer, 3sh)
Foundational Practicum (2nd Year, 9sh)
Intermediate Practicum (3rd Year, 9sh)
Advanced Practicum (4th Year, 3-7sh) variable credit
Clinical Internship (5th year, 0sh)

Students can select from the following elective courses, although non are required for graduation:

Intervention III: Evidence-Based Interventions with Children and Adolescents (3)
Behavioral Medicine (3)
Pediatric Psychology (3) 
Advanced Seminar in Evidence-Based Practice (3)
Neuropsychological Assessment (3)
Advanced Seminar in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (3)
Experimental Foundations of Behavior Therapy (3)
Statistics for Clinical Psychology III: Advanced Multivariate (3)
Advanced Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment and Therapy (3)

Curriculum Sequence

  Fall Spring Summer

  Year

   1
  • PSY 03.701 Assessment 1: Psychometrics and Cognitive Testing
  • PSY 01.623 Psychopathology 1: Diagnosis and Epidemiology
  • PSY 03.710 Intervention 1: Foundational Clinical Skills
  • PSY 02.706 Research Methods 
  • PSY 03.721 Professional Proseminar I (1)
  • PSY 03.704 Assess II: Individual Differences and Personality
  • PSY 01.624 Psychopathology II: Conceptualization and Etiology
  • PSY 03.712 Intervention II: Evidence-Based Interventions with Adults
  • PSY 07.714 Statistics for Clinical psychology I: Univariate
  • PSY 03.722 Professional Proseminar II (1)
  • PSY 03.740 Professional, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Clinical Psychology
  • PSY 03.742 Introductory Practicum
  • PSY 05.621 Social Issues in Health and Wellnes

  Year

    2
  • PSY 03.830 Health Psychology (Change made and Final as of 3/2022)PSY 07.740 Statistics for Clinical Psychology II: Multivariate
  • PSY 03.744 Foundational Practicum I
  • PSY 03.815 Thesis Research (1-2)
  • PSY 03.723 Professional Proseminar III (1)

 

  • PSY 3.838 Health Care Models and Service Delivery (Change made and FINAL as of 3/2022)PSY 01.750 Multicultural Perspectivies (Change made and FINAL as of 3/2022)
  • PSY 03.746 Foundational Practicum II
  • PSY 03.815 Thesis Research (1-2)
  • PSY 03.724 Professional Proseminar IV (1)
  

  Year

    3
  • PSY 09.700 Human Development
  • PSY 03.800 Intermediate Practicum I
  • PSY 01.855 Dissertation Research (1-6)
  • PSY 03.725 Professional Proseminar V (1)
  • PSY 10.360 Biological Bases of Behavior OR PSY 10.610 Psychopharmacology & Biological Bases of Behavior
  • PSY 3.802 Intermediate Practicum II
  • PSY 01.855 Dissertation Research (1-6)
  • PSY 03.726 Professional Proseminar VI (1)

 

 

  Year

    4
  • PSY 03.820 Advanced Practicum I (3-7)
  • PSY 01.855 Dissertation Research (1-6)
  • PSY 03.727 Professional Proseminar VII (1)
  • PSY 03.822 Advanced Practicum II (3-7)
  • PSY 01.855 Dissertation Research (1-6)
  • PSY 03.728 Professional Proseminar VIII (1)

 


 

 

 

  Year

    5
  • PSY 03.860 Internship (0)
  • PSY 03.824 Advanced Practicum (1), if necessary
  • PSY 01.956 Dissertation Research Continuation (1), if disseration not completed
  • PSY 03.860 Internship (0)
  • PSY 03.824 Advanced Practicum Continuation (1), if necessary
  • PSY 01.856 Dissertation Research (1), if dissertation not completed

 
  • PSY 03.860 Internship (0)
  • PSY 03.824 Advanced Practicum Continuation (1), if necessary
  • PSY 01.856 Dissertation Research (1), if dissertation not completed

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