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2019-2020 Graduate Catalog

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2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Clinical Psychology (PhD)

Psychology Department | College of Liberal Arts

About the Program

Admission Requirements

Program Requirements

Complete a minimum of 91 credits from 27 courses including seven core courses, four required practicum courses, four elective practicum courses, two required APA-accredited internship courses, two thesis and dissertation research courses, one teaching seminar, and four elective distribution courses.

Doctoral candidacy: Passage of a written qualifying exam.
Master’s thesis: Complete an empirical master’s thesis. May be waived if successfully completed at another university.
Dissertation: Compose and defend an empirical dissertation.
Teaching experience: Students must teach in their fourth year of study.
Practica: Students must complete two year-long, part-time practica in their second and third year of study.
Internship: Students must complete a one-year, full-time APA accredited internship.

Statute of limitations: Eight years.

Course Requirements

Core Courses (34 Credits)

PSYCLN 601 - Assessment and Testing I 4 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 610 - Culture and Mental Health 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 613 - Lifespan Psychopathology 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 620 - Intervention Strategies 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 641 - Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior: Life Span Development I 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 642 - Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior: Life Span Development II 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 660 - Physiological Psychology 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 670 - Advanced Statistics 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 675 - Research Methods and Ethics in Clinical Psychology 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 680 - History and Systems 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 699 - Master’s Research Seminar 3 Credit(s)

Required Practicum Courses (24 Credits)

PSYCLN 785 - Practicum and Ethics I 6 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 786 - Practicum and Ethics II 6 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 787 - Practicum III 6 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 788 - Practicum IV 6 Credit(s)

Elective Practicum Courses and Training (4 or More Credits)

PSYCLN 690 - Introduction to Clinical Outreach and Intervention Practicum 2 - 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 691 - Clinical Research Practicum I 1 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 782 - Assessment Practicum II 1 - 4 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 783 - Advanced Clinical Research Practicum I 1 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 784 - Advanced Clinical Research Practicum II 1 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 791 - Advanced Clinical Outreach, Intervention, and Consultation Practicum I 1 - 4 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 792 - Advanced Clinical Outreach, Intervention, and Consultation Practicum II 1 - 4 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 893 - Advanced Community Practicum I 1 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 894 - Advanced Community Practicum II 1 Credit(s)

Required APA-Accredited Internship (18 Credits)

PSYCLN 898 - Internship in Clinical Psychology 1 - 9 Credit(s)

Master’s Thesis and Dissertation Research Courses (15 Credits)

PSYCLN 698 - Master’s Research 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 899 - Dissertation Research 1 - 9 Credit(s)

Teaching Seminar (3 Credits)

PSYCLN 891 - Teaching Seminar 3 Credit(s)

Elective Distribution Courses (12 Credits)

Complete four courses.

One course from must be taken from each of the four groups below.

Students may also enroll in additional non-required courses offered through other UMass Boston departments (e.g. language, psychotherapy, statistics, etc.) that may enhance their professional development.

Group 1: Therapy Approaches

PSYCLN 720 - Family Systems and Family Therapy 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 721 - Child Therapy 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 726 - Cognitive Behavioral Theory and Therapy 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 727 - Emotion-Focused Psychotherapy 3 Credit(s)

Group 2: Assessment

PSYCLN 701 - Neuropsychological Assessment 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 710 - Child Assessment 3 Credit(s)

Group 3: Advanced Methods and Analysis

PSYCLN 770 - Causal Modeling 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 775 - Qualitative Methods in Clinical Psychology 3 Credit(s)

Group 4: Diversity

PSYCLN 742 - Social Construction of Self and Identities 3 Credit(s)
PSYCLN 879 - Advanced Community Psychology 3 Credit(s)