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 child clinical concentration also attend a weekly proseminar and complete advanced coursework as indicated under the heading “Advanced Coursework in Clinical Psychology.”
General Psychology Core
- PY650 Cognition and Learning
- PY651 Physiological Psychology or PY629 Cognitive Neuroscience
- PY652 Life-Span Developmental Psychology
- PY672 Advanced Social Psychology
- PY671 History and Systems
- PY 695 Teaching of Psychology
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, PY693 statistics topics, or approved alternative statistics course (must be individually approved in advance by the Graduate Statistics Committee)
Clinical Core
- PY658 Psychopathology
- PY609 Psychological Assessment I (4 hrs)
- PY619 Principles of Psychotherapy
- PY621 Psychotherapy Laboratory (1 hr)
- PY631 Practicum in Psychology I (7 hrs)
- PY608 Introduction to Ethics
- PY690 Cultural Competency
- PY617 Clinical Supervision and Professional Consultation (3 hr)
Advanced Coursework in Clinical Child Psychology
- PY612 Psychological Assessment III
- PY666 Child Treatment
- PY639 Practicum in Psychology IX — Advanced Child Practicum (2 semesters)
- PY669 Seminar in Clinical Child Psychology (4 semesters)
Child and Adolescent Forensic Specialization (Optional Emphasis Area)
- PY591 Seminar in Psychology — Child and Adolescent Forensic Assessment
- PY679 Seminar in Psychology & Law (2 semesters)
- One semester of PY639 Advanced Child Practicum must have a forensic focus
- Thesis and Dissertation Hours
Thesis and Dissertation Hours
- PY599 Thesis research (6 hours)
- PY699 Dissertation research (24 hours)