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 psychology and law subarea also attend a weekly proseminar and complete advanced coursework as indicated under the heading “Advanced Coursework in Clinical 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
Advanced Coursework in Clinical 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 Psychology & Law
- PY 676 Forensic Assessment
- PY 678 Forensic Psychology
- PY 679 Seminar in Psychology & Law (4 semesters)
Thesis and Dissertation Hours
- PY 599 Thesis research (6 credit hours)
- PY 699 Dissertation research (18 credit hours)