Prospective Students: Program Sequence

Course Sequence

To graduate with a doctorate, each student must complete 199 credits which include:

• 26 units of research and dissertation
• Two one-year, part-time practicum placements
• A full-time, one-year internship

A Master's degree (M.S., Psychological Science) is earned en route to the doctorate.

PROGRAM SEQUENCE (Revised beginning 2011).

2011–2012 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS.

Cognate Courses

In addition to clinical psychology core courses, students choose cognate courses for more intensive study in a particular area of the discipline.  Cognates offered beginning 2011:

HEALTH:

• Neuropsychological Assessment
• Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
• Hypnosis, Biofeedback and Mindfulness Therapies

FAMILY:

• Child Psychopathology and Intervention
• Marital and Conjoint Interventions-Theory and Technique
• Adolescent Psychopathology and Intervention

THEOLOGY:

• Personhood: Foundations
• Personhood: Psychological Disorder
• Personhood: Psychotherapeutic Processes

In addition, students may choose to take an organizational cognate from the Industrial/Organizational (I/O) program. These cognate courses include:

• Organizational Behavior
• Leadership and Team Development
• Organizational Development and Consultation