IV. GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL ACADEMIC DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

THE PsyD PROGRAM PROPOSAL

WAIVER PROCESS

Courses may be waived by the GSAPP course instructor if she or he is satisfied that you possess sufficient knowledge, skill, and experience relative to the particular course's content.

a. Four Exams are currently required: Child Psychopathology, Statistics, Learning Disabilities, and Human Development. Other courses may require a paper; for some courses, only an interview is necessary.

b. The instructor may sign the pink course waiver form or require any combination of the following tasks before signing the waiver:

1. an oral test of course content;
2. a simulation problem or exercies relative to course content;
3. a written paper as a resonse to an issue, question, or task relative to the course
4. course sessions, which discuss areas of content with which you may be unfamiliar;
5. a written waiver exam. Get the schedule of waiver exams from the Coordinator of Student Services.

c. A practicum waiver (green sheet in the Advanced Status Program Proposal Form) requires specific information on the agency, population served, supervision, and number of supervised hours. To waive some of the required practicum hours, this form must be signed by the Coordinator of Practicum Training.