Graduate Programs
Psychology Department offers two Master's degree programs, M.A. Program in Clinical Psychology and M.A. Program in Psychological Sciences. Under the heading of Psychological Sciences program are the subfields of Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychobiology & Learning, Developmental Psychology. Students in the Psychological Sciences program may choose one of these subfields for specialization. The program also offers a Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology.
Doctor Of Philosophy Program In Clinical Psychology
The Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology is designed to provide the students with advanced level training that will enable them to function effectively as practitioners as well as academicians. The program includes a solid background in theory and supervised practical training in clinical assessment and psychotherapeutic interventions.
The program requires the successful completion of 36 credits comprising a total of 9 four credit courses. Candidates are also required to complete a noncredit externship, a doctoral dissertation, and work leading up to the dissertation. For those who have not had such a course before, PSY 503 is a noncredit requirement.
The externship is a practical training experience involving clinical assessment and psychotherapy at an approved hospital and/or clinic, to be supervised by a clinical psychologist member of the Psychology Department. The externship, expected to total 20 hours per week, including four hours of supervision, will begin upon starting the program and last until the qualifying exam. Externship work will proceed in tandem with the academic program and the evaluation will be done on a noncredit Pass/Fail basis. A total of 1000 hours of externship are required. Those students who do not receive a “satisfactory” evaluation until the qualifying exam will not be able to take the qualifying exam.
Required Core Area Courses
There are three concentration areas in the program, adult psychopathology and psychotherapy, child psychopathology and psychotherapy, and family psychopathology and therapy. The student is expected to take two courses from two of these areas.
- A. Child Psychology Area
- PSY 660- Advanced Child Psychopathology
- PSY 663- Child/Adolescent Psychotherapy
- B. Adult Psychology Area
- PSY 655- Advanced Adult Psychopathology
- PSY 664- Advanced Techniques of Adult Psychotherapy
- C. Family Psychology Area
- PSY 657- Family Psychology and Dysfunction
- PSY 658- Family Therapy
Required Complementary Area Courses
Three courses must be taken from at least two areas:
- Biological or Learning Bases of Behavior PSY 571, PSY 572, PSY 523
- Developmental Bases of Behavior PSY 531, PSY 532, PSY 534
- Social Bases of Behavior PSY 541, PSY 542, PSY 543
- Cognitive / Affective Bases of Behavior PSY 521, PSY 528
Elective Courses
In addition to the above listed courses the student has to take at least two courses from those listed below. Students can choose to take courses from among the core area courses outside their concentration as electives.
- PSY 601- Qualitative Research Methods
- PSY 611- Contemporary Issues in Clinical Psychology
- PSY 656- Advanced Personality Assessment
- PSY 665- Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Psychopathology
- PSY 666- The Theory and Psychotherapy of Trauma
- PSY 667- Health Psychology
- PSY 668- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- PSY 669- Gestalt Therapy
- PSY 670- Advanced Group Psychotherapy
- PSY 673- Introduction to Neuropsychology ( if this course is not being offered, PSY 571 Psychobiology or 572 Advanced Neuroscience can be taken in its stead.)
- PSY 674- Neuropsychological Assessment
- PSY 679- Clinical Psychopharmacology
- PSY 680-689- Selected Topics in Psychology
Required Noncredit Courses
- PSY 651, PSY 652, PSY 653, PSY 654 - Externship
- PSY 790 – Doctoral Dissertation
- First Semester
- cr
- ects
- Second Semester
- cr
- ects
- PSY
- 503
- Seminar in Ethics
- -
- 4*
- PSY
- --
- Elective
- 4
- 8
- PSY
- --
- Area Elective
- 4
- 8
- PSY
- --
- Area Elective
- 4
- 8
- PSY
- --
- Complementary Elective
- 4
- 7
- PSY
- --
- Complementary Elective
- 4
- 7
- PSY
- 651
- Externship
- -
- 8
- PSY
- 652
- Externship
- -
- 8
- 8
- 23/27
- 12
- 21
- Cumulative Tolal
- 8
- 23
- Cumulative Tolal
- 20
- 54
- Third Semester
- cr
- ects
- Fourth Semester
- cr
- ects
- PSY
- --
- Elective
- 4
- 8
- PSY
- --
- Area Elective
- 4
- 8
- PSY
- --
- Area Elective
- 4
- 8
- PSY
- --
- Complementary Elective
- 4
- 7
- PSY
- 653
- Externship
- -
- 8
- PSY
- 654
- Externship
- -
- 8
- 8
- 24/27
- 8
- 23
- Cumulative Tolal
- 28
- 78
- Cumulative Tolal
- 36
- 101
PSY 790 Ph.D. Dissertation - 45
TOTAL : 36 credits / 101 or 105 ects
* Required for those who have not taken a course of similar content before.
