Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology


Course Requirements


 Foundation courses in the areas of individual differences, social bases of behavior, cognitive-affective bases of behavior, and biological bases of behavior provide the academic foundation for training in clinical intervention, assessment, consultation, and research. In addition to practica and the Psy.D. Dissertation, course work requirements for students entering in the upcoming academic year currently include the following:

ASSESSMENT METHODS 3 courses required
  • CPS 613 Psychological Assessment I (3 credits)
  • CPS 614 Psychological Assessment II (3 credits)
  • CPS 615 Psychological Assessment III (3 credits)

    • BASIC TREATMENT METHODS 4 courses required
    • ● CPS 611 Individual Psychotherapy (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 800 Advanced Seminar: Systems Theory & Family Therapy (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 810 Group Theory and Practice (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 668 Psychopharmacology (1 credit)

    PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 9 courses required
    • ● CPS 554 Community Psychology (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 616 Professional Practice Seminar I (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 617 Professional Practice Seminar II (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 740 Case Conference Seminar I (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 741 Case Conference Seminar II (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 849 Professional Seminar: Diversity (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 850 Professional Seminar: Ethics (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 670 Case Consultation in Health Delivery Systems: Case Perspectives (1 credit)
    • ● CPS 671 Systems Consultation in Health Delivery Systems: Systems Perspectives (1 credit)

    PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS 8 courses required
    • ● Biological Bases of Behavior 2 courses required
      PSY 521 Physiological Psychology I (3 credits)
      CPS 668 Psychopharmacology (1 credit)
    • ● Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior 1 course required
      PSY 620 Advanced Cognitive/Affective Bases of Behavior (3 credits)
    • ● Social Bases of Behavior 1 course required
      PSY 552 Social Psychology (3 credits)
    • ● Individual Differences 3 courses required
      PSY 569 Theories of Personality (3 credits)
      CPS 666 Advanced Psychopathology (3 credits)
      PSY 553 Clinical Child Developmental Psychology (3 credits)
    • ● History and Systems 1 course required
      CPS 851 Professional Seminar: History and Systems (3 credits)

    STATISTICS & RESEARCH DESIGN 2 courses required
    • ● PSY 510 Experimental Design (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 665 Advanced Research Design in Clinical Psychology (3 credits)

    PRACTICUM 4 semesters required
    • ● CPS 606 Pre- Practicum I (1credit; required for Children and Adolescent Track students)
    • ● CPS 651 Practicum I (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 652 Practicum II (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 751 Practicum III (3 credits)
    • ● CPS 752 Practicum IV (3 credits)

    INTERNSHIPS completion of one full-time year or two half-time years of clinical internship in an approved setting
    • ● CPS 080 Pre-doctoral Internship -Fall (0 credit)
    • ● CPS 081 Pre-doctoral Internship -Spring (0 credit)
    • ● CPS 082 Pre-doctoral Internship -Summer (0 credit)

    DOCTORAL DISSERTATION 1 course required
    • ● CPS 852 Dissertation Seminar (3 credits)

    Electives: (12 credits required) Students select 12 credits of appropriate electives (three 3-credit seminars plus one or more 1-credit workshops) with the approval of their faculty advisors and the Director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology.

    Elective courses offered in recent years include:
    • ● Clinical Interventions with Adolescents
    • ● Advanced Cognitive/Behavioral Therapies
    • ● Advanced Group Therapy
    • ● Advanced Seminar in Brief Therapy
    • ● Advanced Child Assessment
    • ● Child Psychotherapy
    • ● Clinical Issues in Health Psychology
    • ● Contemporary Issues in Clinical Psychology
    • ● Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theories
    • ● Forensic Psychology
    • ● Independent Study
    • ● Integrating Clinical Theory, Practice and Supervision
    • ● Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology
    • ● Programmatic Interventions with Children
    • ● Neuropsychological Assessment
    • ● Special Topics in Clinical Psychology
    • ● Substance Abuse, Theory and Interventions
    • ● Trauma and Abuse
    • ● Writing Workshop

    NOTE: Many of these courses have prerequisites as outlined in the Graduate Bulletin and some courses are to be taken in specific sequences. It is the student's responsibility to consult with her or his faculty advisor in order to ensure that all course prerequisites are met and that course sequencing is followed. Failure to do so may require the student to withdraw from a course.

    While most of the curriculum is prescribed, there are elective workshops each year and a choice of three elective seminars during the third program year, through which students pursue their individual interests and career development. These workshops and elective courses are developed jointly by program faculty and students based on faculty availability and student interests. As with most clinically oriented courses within the program, elective seminars are taught in small- group format, usually with an enrollment limit of 12 to 15. The current required curriculum and sequence of courses for the Psy.D. program are as follows:


    Year 1:

    Fall

     

    CPS 613 Psychological Assessment I (3)

    PSY 510 Experimental Design (3)

    PSY 569 Theories of Personality (3)

    PSY 521 Physiological Psychology (3)

    CPS 606 Pre-Practicum, required for Child and Adolescent Proficiency Track (1)

    Spring

    CPS 614 Psychological Assessment II (3)

    CPS 665 Advanced Research Design in Clinical Psychology (3)

    CPS 666 Advanced Psychopathology (3)

    CPS 611 Individual Psychotherapy (3)
    Weekend Courses CPS 668 Psychopharmacology (1)
    Summer

    CPS 850: Professional Seminar: Ethics (3)

    PSY 553 Clinical Child Developmental Psychology (3)
    Year 2:
    Fall

    CPS 651 Psy.D. Practicum I (3)

    CPS 616 Professional Practice Seminar I (3)

    CPS 615 Psychological Assessment III (3)

    CPS 852 Dissertation Seminar (3)
    Spring

    CPS 652 Psy.D. Practicum II (3)

    CPS 617 Professional Practice Seminar II (3)

    CPS 849 Professional Seminar: Diversity (3)

    CPS 800 Systems Theory and Family Therapy (3)
    Weekend Courses

    CPS 670 Consultation in Health Delivery Systems: Case Perspectives (1)

    varied course offerings
    Summer

    PSY 620 Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior (3)

    CPS 810: Group Theory and Practice (3)
    Year 3:
    Fall

    CPS 751 Psy.D. Practicum III (3)

    CPS 740 Case Conference Seminar I (3)

    CPS 554 Community Psychology (3)

    Elective (3)
    Spring

    CPS 752 Psy.D. Practicum IV (3)

    CPS 741 Case Conference Seminar II (3)

    CPS 851 History & Systems (3)

    Elective (3)
    Weekend Courses/Workshops CPS 671 Consultation in Health Delivery Systems: Systems Perspectives (1)
    Summer

    PSY 552 Social Psychology (3)

    Elective (3)
    Year 4 and above:

     

    Dissertation

    Internship

    The doctoral program reserves the right to modify this curriculum in the light of changing circumstances and condtitions in the furtherance of sound training.