IV. GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL ACADEMIC DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

PsyM REQUIREMENTS

Clinical PsyD - 36 course credits which must have been taken during two full-time years of study at GSAPP, including 27 credits taken or waived in the following specific courses: all three Theoretical Foundations of Intervention segments (Analytic, Cognitive Behavioral, and Organizational); all three assessment sequence courses (Observation and Interview, Psychodynamic Assessment, Cognitive Behavioral Assessment); both Adult and Child Psychopathology; Cognitive Assessment-Adult; at least three credits of Statistics; and Ethics in Professional Development. In addition, at least one of the following courses must have been successfully completed: Systems of Psychology, Community Psychology, Psychopharmacology; Psychological Interventions with Ethnic & Racial Minority Clients & Families; or Advanced Statistics. The final six or more credits can come from any GSAPP course.

Finally, the student must have completed 12 E-credits; must have completely passed the General Comprehensive Exam, plus the Clinical Case question, located in the Clinical Program Segment of the Comprehensive Exam.

Note: A course waiver means a student does not have to take the particular course that is waived; however, the overall number of credits to be taken at GSAPP is not affected, (36 course credits).