Clinical Geropsychology Curriculum

All graduate students complete the General Psychology Core, the Research Skills Core, a master's thesis and a doctoral dissertation. In addition, Clinical students complete the Clinical Core and a year-long clinical internship. Students in the Clinical Geropsychology concentration also attend a weekly proseminar and complete advanced coursework as indicated below.

General Psychology Core:

• PY650 Cognition and Learning or PY693 Seminar in Psychology (Cognitive Aging)
• PY651 Physiological Psychology or PY629 Cognitive Neuroscience
• Two of: PY670 Perception, PY652 Life-Span Developmental Psychology, PY672 Advanced Social Psychology
• PY471 History and Systems if not taken as an undergraduate

Research Skills Core:

• PY607 Research Methods in Psychology
• PY602 Advanced Statistics I
• PY603 Advanced Statistics II
• PY604 Multivariate Methods of Analysis, PY659/BER558 Psychometrics, BER646 Structural Equation Modeling, or approved alternative

Advanced Coursework in Clinical Psychology:

• Clinical Core
  • PY658 Psychopathology
  • PY609 Psychological Assessment I
  • PY610 Psychological Assessment II
  • PY619 Principles of Psychotherapy
  • PY621 Psychotherapy Laboratory
  • PY631 Practicum in Psychology I
  • PY632 Practicum in Psychology II
  • PY608 Introduction to Ethics
  • PY690 Cultural Competency

• Advanced Coursework in Clinical Geropsychology:
  • PY611 Introduction to Neuropsychological Assessment
  • PY687 Clinical Psychology of Aging
  • PY642 Practicum in Psychology XI
  • PY688 Seminar in Geropsychology (4 semester)

Thesis and Dissertation Hours:

• PY599 Thesis research (6 hours)
• PY699 Dissertation research (24 hours)