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Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology with an emphasis in Clinical Psychology

 

136 semester credits minimum required for graduation
For students entering after 07/01/2008

GENERAL COURSES: all are required
Course # Title Semester Credits
PSY 800 Comprehensives CR
PSY 599 Residency Hours Completion CR

RESEARCH COURSES: all are required
Course # Title Semester Credits
PSY 638 Dissertation in Progress CR
PSY 633 Oral Review of Dissertation CR
PSY 639 Dissertation Completion 18

PSY 680

Research Practicum: Clinical

5 minimum required

CLINICAL COURSES: PSY 696 required; 12 credits of PSY 630 and/or PSY 695 required, 6 of which must be from PSY 695.
Course # Title Semester Credits
PSY 630 Clinical Assessment Practicum 1 credit per 80 clock hours; 6 credits maximum possible
PSY 695 Clinical Practicum 1 credit per 80 clock hours
PSY 696 Internship 24

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT LABS (PALs): 7 credits total are required, which must include the following:
Course # Title Semester Credits
PSY 531 Asmt - Adv Report Writing for the Comp Exam 1.0
PSY 580 Asmt - MMPI-2 1.0
PSY 581 Asmt - Integrated Clinical Interview 1.0
PSY 646 Asmt - Cultural Sensitivity 1.0
PSY 675A Asmt - WAIS-III 1.0
Choose one from:    

PSY 532A
PSY 625A

Asmt - Rorschach Coding Accuracy
Asmt - Thematic Apper Techniques (TAT) Intro
1.5
1.0

The remaining PALs credits can be taken from any of the following:
Course # Title Semester Credits
PSY 527 Asmt - Other Objective Personality Tests 0.5
PSY 528A Asmt - Introduction to CBT 0.5
PSY 528B Asmt - CBT Case Formulation 0.5
PSY 528C Asmt - CBT Integration 0.5
PSY 530 Asmt - Phenomenological Assessment 1.0
PSY 532B Asmt - Rorschach Administration & Inquiry 1.0
PSY 532C Asmt - Rorschach Structural Summary 1.0
PSY 532D Asmt - Sharpening Rorschach Interpretation Skills 1.0
PSY 534A Asmt - WISC-IV Admin/Scoring 1.0
PSY 534B Asmt - WISC-IV Interpretation 1.0
PSY 535 Asmt - Evaluation of Addictions 1.0
PSY 536 Asmt - WPPSI-R 1.0
PSY 537 Asmt - Malingering & Deception 1.0
PSY 538 Asmt - Integrat Projective/Objective Tests 1.0
PSY 539 Asmt - Intermediate Clinical Interview 0.5
PSY 560C Asmt - Forensic Assessment 1.0
PSY 564 Asmt - The Luria-Nebraska Demo 1.0
PSY 566 Asmt - Clinical Assessment in Health Psychology 1.0
PSY 567 Asmt - Clinical Interview Idiographic 0.5
PSY 569 Asmt - Clinical Interview Structured 0.5
PSY 582 Asmt - Mental Status Examination 0.5
PSY 587 Asmt - Use of the DSM-IV 0.5
PSY 589 Asmt - MMPI-A 0.5
PSY 590B Asmt - Intermediate MMPI-2 Interpretation 0.5
PSY 590C Asmt - Advanced MMPI-2 Interpretation 0.5
PSY 598 Asmt - Integrated Clinical Assessment 1.5
PSY 625B Asmt - Thematic Apperception Techniques (TAT) Interpretation 1.0
PSY 625C Asmt - Thematic Apperception Techniques (TAT) Interpretation Advanced 1.0
PSY 627 Asmt - Projective Drawings 0.5
PSY 640 Asmt - Anger Assessment 0.5
PSY 641 Asmt - Ethics in Psychological Assessment 0.5
PSY 642 Asmt - Introduction to Child Assessment 0.5
PSY 644 Asmt - NEPSY 1.0
PSY 645 Asmt - Principles of Report Writing 1.0
PSY 645A Asmt - Beg Principles of Psy Reporting 0.5
PSY 646C Asmt - Advanced Cultural Sensitivity 1.0
PSY 647 Asmt - Introduction to Infant Assessment 0.5
PSY 675B Asmt - WAIS-III Interpretation 0.5
PSY 676A Asmt - Neuropsychological Screening 0.5
PSY 677 Asmt - Introduction to Neuropsychological Assessment 1.0
PSY 678 Asmt - Halstead-Reitan Battery 1.0
PSY 681 Asmt - Competency Assessment 0.5
PSY 682 Asmt - Adv Topics in Neuropsychology 1.0
PSY 683 Asmt - Cognitive Assessment 1.0
PSY 684 Asmt - Executive Functions 0.5
PSY 689 Asmt - Memory Assessment 1.0

REQUIRED COURSE ASSESSMENTS: 56 credits
Course # Title Semester Credits
PSY 700 Proseminar in Critical Thinking 2
PSY 701 Research Design & Methodology 4
PSY 702 Developmental Bases of Behavior 4
PSY 703 History & Systems of Psychology 4
PSY 704 Theories of Personality 4
PSY 705 Social Bases of Behavior 4
PSY 706 Cognitive & Affective Bases of Behavior 4
PSY 707 Biological Bases of Behavior 4
PSY 708 Psychopathology 4
PSY 709 Legal, Ethical & Professional Practice 4
PSY 710 Psychological Assessment 4
PSY 711 Psychotherapy Process and Research 4
PSY 712 Multicultural Psychology 4
PSY 716 Basic Statistics CR
PSY 717 Intermediate Statistics 4
PSY 745 Consultation & Supervision 2

ELECTIVE COURSE ASSESSMENTS  -- 14 credits required from courses numbered PSY 715, 718-770, which must include at least 4 credits chosen from Intervention Approaches courses PSY 746-751

Intervention Approaches: choose 4 credits or more
Course # Title Semester Credits
PSY 746 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy variable¤, 2 or 4
PSY 747 Cognitive/Behavioral Psychotherapy variable¤, 2 or 4
PSY 748 Humanistic/Existential Psychotherapy variable¤, 2 or 4
PSY 749 Marriage & Family Therapy 4
PSY 750 Group Psychotherapy 4
PSY 751 Adv. Topics in Psychotherapy variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit

Elective Topics:
Course # Title Semester Credits
PSY 715 Psychological Measurement 2
PSY 718 Qualitative Data Analysis Software 2
PSY 719  Quantitative Data Analysis Software 2
PSY 720 Adv. Topics in Research variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 721 Adv. Topics in Statistics variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 722 Content Analysis 4
PSY 725 Adv. Topics in Cognitive/Affective Bases of Behavior variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 726 Adv. Topics in Biological Bases of Behavior variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 727 Psychopharmacology variable¤, 2 or 4
PSY 728 Neuropsychology 4
PSY 729 Adv. Topics in Neuropsychology variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 730 Neuroanatomy variable¤, 2 or 4
PSY 731 Health Psychology 4
PSY 732 Adv. Topics in Health Psychology variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 733 Language Development & Pathology 4
PSY 734 Neuropsychology of Neurological Disorders 4
PSY 735 Adv. Topics in Developmental Psychology variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 736 Adv. Topics in Social Psychology variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 737 Adv. Topics in Personality Theories variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 738 Adv. Topics in Psychopathology variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 739 Adv. Topics in Psychological Assessment variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 740 Adv. Topics in Multicultural Psychology variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 752 Positive Psychology 4
PSY 755 Adv. Topics in Critical Thinking Skills 2; repeatable for credit
PSY 756 Writing Skills 2
PSY 758 Philosophy of Science 4
PSY 759 Special Topics 1
PSY 760 Independent Study

variable¤,2 or 4

PSY 761 Human Sexuality 4
PSY 762 Organizational Psychology 4
PSY 763 Geropsychology 4
PSY 764 Media Psychology 4
PSY 765 Forensic Psychology 4
PSY 766 Advanced Media Psychology 4
PSY 767 Media Studies 4
PSY 768 Ethics in Media Psychology 2
PSY 769 Adv. Topics in Media Psychology variable¤,2 or 4; may be repeated up to a maximum of 10 credits
PSY 770 Adv. Topics in Forensic Psychology variable¤, 2 or 4; repeatable for credit
PSY 771 Media Ethics 4

OPTIONAL COURSEWORK:  available to students based on individual need, may not be used to satisfy degree requirements
Course # Title Semester Credits
PSY 692 Cog/Behav Assmt & Intervention 3
PSY 693 TA Redecision Therapy (TART) 5
PSY 694 Psychodynamic/Clinical Training 3
PSY 694A Psychodynamic/Clinical Trng -Beg 1
PSY 694B Psychodynamic/Clinical Trng -Int 1
PSY 694C Psychodynamic/Clinical Trng -Adv 1
PSY 697 Specialized Clinical Training variable*, 1-20

*courses with this symbol are awarded 1 semester unit of credit per 40 real-time clock hours

¤variable courses with this symbol are courses in which the credits awarded are based upon the original assessment contract between student and faculty


 

 


 

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