Clinical Health 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 Health concentration also attend a weekly proseminar and complete advanced coursework as indicated below.

General Psychology Core:

• PY650 Cognition and Learning
• 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
  • 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 Health Psychology:
• Health Psychology Proseminar - 1 hr, one semester *
• Health Psychology / Behavioral Medicine I
• Health Psychology / Behavioral Medicine II
• Advanced Health Psychology Practicum

* Students are expected to attend throughout there time in residence in the department

Thesis and Dissertation Hours:

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