Rutgers GSAPP New Brunswick
Five Year School Program

This is an example of the kind of program that can be taken over five years, which allows for enrichment through additional courses, research, and/or extra paid practica.  We encourage such programs for their training value.

 

FIRST YEAR

 
Fall Semester   Credits
820:504 Theoretical Foundations: Cognitive Behavioral 2
820:503 Theoretical Foundations: Analytic (last 5 weeks fall, continues in spring, register in spring) 0
820:531 Systematic Observation and Interviewing 2
820:543 Human Development 3
820:565 Adult Psychopathology 3
820:633 Cognitive Assessment 3
826:550 Introduction to School Psychology 2
 

Total

15
Spring Semester   Credits
820:503 Theoretical Foundations: Analytic (continues from fall, first five weeks spring, register in spring) 2
820:502 Theoretical Foundations: Systems (last 10 weeks spring) 2
820:563 Child Psychopathology 3
820:631 Behavioral Assessment-Child 3
820:636 Personality Assessment-Child 3
820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3
826:506 Supervision in School Psychology 1
 

Total

17
Summer Semester   Credits
826:555 Exceptional Children 3
820:622 Biological Bases of Human Behavior 3
 

Total

6
 

SECOND YEAR

 
Fall Semester   Credits
820:581 Statistics 3
820:593 Community Psychology 3
820:570 and/or 820:575 Psychological Interventions with Ethnic & Racially Diverse Populations and/or Diversity & Racial Identity 3
826:612 Consultation Methods 3
820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3
826:605 Advanced Supervision in School Psychology 3
 

Total

18
Spring Semester   Credits
820:550 Systems of Psychology 3
820:585 Advanced Statistics/Research Design 3
826:557 Psychoeducational Foundations of Learning Disabilities 3
826:602 Seminar in Psychoeducational Interventions 3
820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3
826:606 Advanced Supervision in School Psychology 3
 

Total

18
Summer Semester   Credits
820:613 Professional Ethics Standards 3
 

Total

3
 

THIRD YEAR

 
Fall Semester   Credits
826:615 Planning & Evaluation of Human Service Programs 3
826:558 Adult & Organizational Learning & Change 3
---:--- Elective 3
820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3
820:690 Professional Practicum Placement 3
826:605 Supervision in School Psychology 3
 

Total

18
Spring Semester   Credits
826:616 Planning & Evaluation of Human Service Programs 3
820:701 Dissertation in Professional Psychology 3
820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3
820:690 Professional Practicum Placement 3
826:606 Supervision in School Psychology 3
 

Total

15
 

FOURTH YEAR

 
Fall Semester   Credits
820:701 Dissertation in Professional Psychology 3
---:--- Elective 3
 

Total

6
Spring Semester    
820:702 Dissertation in Professional Psychology 3
---:--- Elective 3
 

Total

6
 

FIFTH YEAR

 
Fall Semester   Credits
826:631 Internship in School Psychology 3
Spring Semester    
826:632 Internship in School Psychology 3
 

Total

6

**821:546 Psychological Clinic Practicum (2 credits required).Can be taken anytime second year or later