School Program Course Requirements
The School Psychology Training Program Committee has designed the Ph.D. curriculum in accord with various requirements of licensing and national credentialing agencies.
The curriculum is comprised of three basic areas: (I) School Psychology core courses, (II) General Psychology core courses, (III) Electives.
Requirements for the Doctoral degree include:
- Required coursework (78-81 hours, as specified below)
Dissertation credit (12 hours) - Internship credit (2 hours)
- Doctoral Program of Study
- Admission to doctoral candidacy
- Successful completion of the written comprehensive exam
- Successful completion of the oral comprehensive exam
- Successful completion of the dissertation and defense
- Internship
Didactic Courses: (Some didactic courses involve practicum components)
PSYC 701 Behavioral Assessment and Intervention with Children/Youth
PSYC 714 Psychoeducational Assessment of Children I
PSYC 715 Psychoeducational Assessment of Children II
PSYC 725 Systems and Theories of Psychological Intervention
PSYC 742 Consultation and Systems Interventions
PSYC 841A Introduction to Psychosocial Intervention
PSYC 832A Introduction to School Psychology
PSYC 840 Seminar in Professional School Psychology
PSYC 850 Academic Intervention
Practica and Internship:
PSYC 782 Child/Family Practicum
PSYC 830 Advanced Child/Family Practicum (1-2 credits)
PSYC 832B Practicum in School Psychology (2 semesters, 6 credit hours
total)
PSYC 832C Practicum in School Psychology (2 semesters, 6 credit hours
total)
PSYC 865 Internship in School Psychology [1 hour each semester]
Statistics (6 hours):
PSYC 709 Quantitative Methods in the Analysis of Behavioral Data
I
PSYC 710 Quantitative Methods in the Analysis of Behavioral Data
II
Research (3 hours plus master’s thesis and dissertation):
PSYC 772 Research Approaches to Human Behavior
PSYC 799 Thesis Preparation (6 credits)
PSYC 899 Doctoral Research and Dissertation Preparation (12 hours)
Learning/Cognition (2-3 hours):
PSYC 702B Foundations of Cognitive Psychology
Or
PSYC 702D Basics of Learning & Motivation
Psychopathology (3 hours):
PSYC 726 Psychological Problems and Resilience
Social/Organizational/Cultural (3 hours):
PSYC 749 Principles of Human Diversity
Physiological/Neuropsychological (2-3 hours):
PSYC 507 Cognitive Neuroscience (School section only)
Or
PSYC 702A Foundations of Neuroscience
Developmental (3 hours):
PSYC 820 Foundations of Developmental Psychology
Clinical Practicum Option
It is strongly recommended that students have at least one 3-hour clinical practicum
experience. Courses that qualify for this option consist of (a) applied work in areas
such as child and family therapy, psychotherapy, health psychology, or neuropsychology
with (b) regular supervision by a psychology faculty member. The purpose is to provide
students with applied, supervised experience in a specialized area. The faculty supervisor
must be qualified in the particular area of assessment/intervention. Examples of
practicum courses include:
PSYC 841C Adv Practicum in Psychological Assessment/Intervention
PSYC 782 Child and Family Therapy Practicum
PSYC 784 Clinical Health Psychology Practicum
PSYC 830 Advanced Practicum in Child and Family Therapy
Quantitative Psychology Electives
Statistical course requirements are minimal. It is strongly recommended that students
take one or more advanced quantitative courses (e.g., HLM, SEM, multivariate) beyond
program requirement to further their research skills within their chosen specialty
area.