Degree Requirements
Program Common Core Requirements: (12 credits)
- Advanced Human Growth and Development
- Advanced Social and Cultural Foundations
- Promoting Personal and Institutional Resiliency
- Collaboration, Colleagueship & Reflective Practice
Common Core Research Requirements: (15 credits)
- Research and Program Evaluation
- Survey of Research Methods in the Social Domain
- Individualized Research Design
- Dissertation Research I, Dissertation Research II
Concentration Specific Core Requirements: (15 credits)
- Psychology Systems and Theories
- Advanced Theories of Learning and Behavior
- Advanced Abnormal Psychology
- Principles of Psychological Assessment
- Advanced Counseling Theories and Practice
Program Wide Requirements: (15 credits)
- Professional Portfolio
- Dissertation I
- Dissertation II
- Dissertation III
- Applied Field Work/Internship
Electives: 15 credits
With faculty permission, students choose from among concentration requirements that they have not previously taken, or from a list of electives. This is a sample of some electives to be offered:
- Advanced Topics in Adult Development
- Advanced Topics in Child and Adolescent Development
- Advanced Topics in Emotional Development
- Advanced Topics in Theories of Personality
- Advanced Topics in Family Therapy
- Advanced Topics in Group Therapy
- Nutrition and Emotional Wellness Connections
- Psychology of Wellness Applications
- Psychology of Mind/Body Connections
- Developmental Nutrition: Lifelong Considerations for Optimal Wellness
- Clinical Pharmacology: Considerations for Health and Wellness
- Advanced Topics in Psychological Assessment Theories and Methods
- Principles of Brain Based Learning
- Biological Psychology and Biological Basis of Behavior
- Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Functions
- Directed Study (with faculty permission)*
Total credits: 72
* Students are allowed to develop, under faculty supervision, courses to individualize their overall program of study
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