Curriculum

Focus your training on
the needs of children and
adolescents.

Child and Adolescent Psychology Curriculum

The following courses are required for this degree. Students should take courses in the proper sequence in order to satisfy prerequisites for advanced courses and to prepare for practicum placements.

Year One
Fall Term
Term Credits = 12
Spring Term
Term Credits = 14
Summer Term
Term Credits = 14
210 CA: Professional Development Seminar
0 credits		 211 CA: Community Service Seminar I
1 credit		 212 CA: Community Service Seminar II
1 credit
402 Introduction to Adlerian Psychology and Psychopathology
3 credits		 213 CA: Community Service Practicum I
1 credit		 214 CA: Community Service Practicum II
1 credit
623 Lifespan Development
3 credits		 305 CA: Professional Development: Issues and Ethics
3 credits		 472 Basic Skills for Psychotherapy
3 credits
627 Assessment I (with Lab)
3 credits		 350 Community Psychology
3 credits		 624 Integrative Assessment (With Lab)
3 credits
319 Child and Adolescent Bases of Health and Dysfunction I
3 credits		 628 Assessment II (with Lab)
3 credits		 641 Social Psychology and Individual Diversity
3 credits
  320 Child and Adolescent Bases of Health and Dysfunction II
3 credits		 684 Systemic Interventions With Children and Adolescents
3 credits

 

Year Two
Fall Term
Term Credits = 11
Spring Term
Term Credits = 8 credits
Summer Term
Term Credits = 10 credits
497 Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
3 credits		 602 CA: Psy.D. Practicum Seminar II
1 credit		 433 Parent Education
2 credits
514 Lifestyle Assessment and Diagnosis
3 credits		 612 CA: Psy.D. Practicum II
1 credit		 603 CA: Psy.D. Practicum Seminar III
1 credits
601 CA: Psy.D. Practicum Seminar I
1 credit		 637 Statistics
3 credits		 613 CA: Psy.D. Practicum III
1 credits
611 CA: Psy.D. Practicum I
1 credit		 Add one (1) Basic Intervention
3 credits		 685 Child and Adolescent CBT
3 credits
338 Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
3 credits		 993 CA: Doctoral Clinical Qualifying Examination-Assessment
0 credits		 Add one (1) Intervention Elective
3 credits
905 CA: Child and Adolescent Capstone Project
0 credits		    

 

Year Three
Fall Term
Term Credits = 11
Spring Term
Term Credits = 8
Summer Term
Term Credits = 8
438 Introduction to Addictive Disorders
3 credits		 605 CA: Psy.D. Practicum Seminar V
1 credit		 606 CA: Psy.D. Practicum Seminar VI
1 credit
523 Adlerian Approaches to Individual and Family Therapy
3 credits		 615 CA: Psy.D. Practicum V
1 credit		 616 CA: Psy.D. Practicum VI
1 credit
604 CA: Psy.D. Practicum Seminar IV
1 credit		 634 History and Systems
3 credits		 697 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal
0 credits
614 CA: Psy.D. Practicum IV
1 credit		 Add one (1) Advanced Assessment or Intervention Elective
3 credits		 Add one (1) Advanced Diversity Elective
3 credits
636 Biological Bases of Behavior
3 credits		 994 Doctoral Clinical Qualifying Examination-Intervention
0 credits		 Add one (1) General or Advanced Elective
3 credits
696 Doctoral Dissertation Preparation Seminar
0 credits		    

 

Year Four
Fall Term
Term Credits = 6
Spring Term
Term Credits = 9
Summer Term
Term Credits = 6
632 Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior
3 credits		 690 Supervision and Consultation
3 credits		 692 The Role of the Psychologist in Management, Administration & Leadership
3 credits
671 Structural and Systemic Bases of Health & Dysfunction
3 credits		 691 Public Policy, Advocacy and Social Change
3 credits		 903 Doctoral Dissertation III
0 credits
901 Doctoral Dissertation I
0 credits		 902 Doctoral Dissertation II
0 credits		 Add one (1) General or Advanced Elective
3 credits
  Add one (1) General or Advanced Elective
3 credits		  

 

Year Five
Fall Term
Term Credits = 0
Spring Term
Term Credits = 0
Summer Term
Term Credits = 0
740 Doctoral Internship
0 credits 		741 Doctoral Internship
0 credits 		742 Doctoral Internship
0 credits
998 Doctoral Oral Defense
0 credits