Curriculum: Core Courses
As with all graduate students in the Psychology department, clinical students must satisfactorily complete the following core course requirements:
(a) a course in Research Methods, (b) two courses from the department's graduate statistics offerings, (c) two seminars outside the clinical area, (d) a professional development seminar (Prosem)
Clinical students attend many of these core courses with students from other areas of the psychology department (e.g., Social Psychology, Brain & Cognitive Sciences). Several different offerings are available to meet these requirements:
Research Methods
Research Methods and Problems*
Qualitative Research Methods
Statistics
Basic Statistical Methods for Behavioral Scientists*
Correlation and Multiple Regression for the Behavioral Scientist
Analysis of Variance for the Behavioral Scientist
Analysis of Covariance Structures for the Behavioral Scientist
Psychological Measurement
Recent Non-Clinical Seminars
The Social Psychology of Sex and Gender Intergroup Relations
Social Psychology of Small Groups
Virtual Environments Seminar in Mathematical Modeling
Theory of Mind Color Vision Social Stigma: Contexts, Cause, and Consequences Empowerment: Linking Social and Community Psychologies
Cognition on Cyberspace: Thinking, Learning, and Experimentation on the Web Brain Modulation of Sensation: From Psychophysics to Neurophysiology
Social-Psychological Perspectives on Evil, Violence, and Aggression
Social Psychological Perspectives on the Self
Cognitive Systems: Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, and Rehabilitation
Clinical Courses
For students in the clinical program, there are additional program requirements that have been established by the clinical program and the American Psychological Association.
The following is a list of the clinical requirements, though the specific courses that meet these requirements vary. In keeping with the pluralistic training model, students get to choose from among a variety of courses in order to create a personalized curriculum. Three course formats are offered: Seminars, Modules, and Practica.
641 Ethics in Clinical Intervention (3 credits) On being an ethical psychologist.
643 Psychopathology (1 credit each with a required total of 3 credits)
644 Methods of Assessment (1 credit each with a required total of 3 credits in addition to PSY 646 & 647)
645 Intervention (1 credit each with a required total of 3 credits)
646 Psychological Assessment I (3 credit hours)
647 Psychological Assessment II (3 credit hours)
651 Professional Development in Clinical Psychology
660 Special Clinical Problems and Methods
670 Graduate Placement in Psychology (1-4 credits; maximum 12 credits; required first year of clinical placement)
740 Advanced Seminar in Clinical Psychology (4 credits; 2 clinical seminars required)
750 Advanced Clinical Techniques (4 credits; maximum 24 credits; 3 practica required)
755 Continuing Clinical Supervision (1-3 credits; maximum 3 credits)
760 Current Research Topics in Clinical Psychology (1 credit; maximum 6 credits)
840 Internship in Psychology (1- 6 credit hours; maximum 12 credits)