Program Description

Program emphasis may be divided into course work, practice, research, and scholarship. The courses in the curriculum are designed by content and sequence to fulfill several goals. One goal is to acquire a firm foundation in psychology. A second goal is to acquire breadth and depth of knowledge in clinical skills. Clinical experiences are designed not only to afford opportunities to learn skills in clinical settings but also to integrate skills and the theories shaping and guiding those skills. Scholarship is demonstrated throughout course work in the form of examinations and student papers. In addition, students, within the context of a comprehensive examination, will be asked to demonstrate their ability to understand, integrate, and communicate their knowledge of psychology in general and clinical psychology in particular. The dissertation, which may be experimental or clinically empirical, is an opportunity to show how students can contribute new knowledge within the field.

We accept applications from students with either a baccalaureate or a master’s as a terminal degree, who have completed as a minimum the prerequisite courses (on either the undergraduate or graduate level) listed below:

a) One term: Statistics
b) One term: Theories of Personality
c) One term: Abnormal Psychology
d) One term: Developmental Psychology
e) Two laboratory courses, for example:

• Physiological Psychology (strongly recommended)
• Perception
• Experimental Psychology (strongly recommended