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 predoctoral clinical internship. Students in the clinical health subarea also attend regular proseminars and complete advanced coursework as indicated under the heading “Advanced Coursework in Clinical Health Psychology.”

General Psychology Core

  • PY 629 Biological Bases of Behavior
  • PY 630 Affective Neuroscience
  • PY 650 Cognition and Learning
  • PY 652 Affect and Lifespan Developmental Psychology
  • PY 671 History and Systems (if applicable)
  • PY 672 Advanced Social Psychology
  • PY 695 Teaching of Psychology

Research Skills Core

  • PY 602 Advanced Statistics I
  • PY 603 Advanced Statistics II
  • PY 604 Multivariate Methods of Analysis, PY 659/BER 558 Psychometrics, BER 646 Structural Equation Modeling, PY 693 statistics topics, or approved alternative statistics course (must be individually approved in advance by the Graduate Statistics Committee)
  • PY 607 Research Methods in Psychology

Clinical Core

  • PY 608 Introduction to Ethics
  • PY 609 Psychological Assessment I (4 credit hours)
  • PY 610 Psychological Assessment II
  • PY 617 Supervision, Consultation, and Interprofessional Skills
  • PY 619 Principles of Psychotherapy
  • PY 621 Psychotherapy Laboratory (1 credit hour)
  • PY 631 Practicum in Psychology I (7 credit hours)
  • PY 658 Psychopathology
  • PY 690 Cultural Competency

Advanced Coursework in Clinical Health Psychology

  • PY 688 Health Psychology Proseminar (4 semesters)
  • PY 694 Health Psychology / Behavioral Medicine I
  • Advanced Health Psychology Practicum (4 semesters)

Thesis and Dissertation Hours

  • PY 599 Thesis research (6 credit hours)
  • PY 699 Dissertation research (18 credit hours)