Apr 21, 2025  
2024-2025 Student Handbook 
    
2024-2025 Student Handbook

PsyD Required and Elective Courses


Required and Elective Courses 

 

The required foundation and clinical courses, together with the elective courses and all practica available through the program, are presented below.  The program curriculum is designed to be completed in four years by regular students.  Students entering with a master’s degree (advanced standing students) could complete the core curriculum in three years. Regular students take elective courses during their fourth year in the program.  Our curriculum includes all competencies for the training of clinical psychologists proposed by the National Council of Schools and Programs in Professional Psychology and is updated periodically according to the accreditation requirements of the American Psychological Association.  

 

Required Foundation Courses  

PSY 5110   Fundamentals of Neuroscience (3) 

PSY 5120   Neuroanatomy Laboratory (2) 

PSY 5140   Neurobiology and Psychology of Emotion and Motivation (2) 

PSY 5150   Human Growth and Development (3)  

PSY 5180   Principles of Psychoneuroimmunology (1) 

PSY 5220   Psychology of Personality (3) 

PSY 5230   Cognitive Psychology (3) 

PSY 5270   History of Psychological Thought (2)  

PSY 5730   Ethics in Professional Psychology (2) 

PSY 6200   Applied Research for Psychologists (2) 

PSY 6250   Test Construction (2)  

PSY 6230   Qualitative/Quantitative Methodology and Descriptive Statistics (3)  

PSY 7310   Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Diversity (3) 

PSY 8320   Social Bases of Behavior (3) 

Total Credits: 34 

 

Required Core Clinical Courses  

PSY 5410   Fundamentals of Clinical Psychopathology (2) 

PSY 6450   Mood and Anxiety Disorders (3) 

PSY 6480   Psychopathological Disorders in Children and Adolescence (2) 

PSY 6520   Cognitive Assessment (3) 

PSY 6580   Projective Assessment of Personality (2) 

PSY 6600   Behavior Modification: Theory and Practice (2) 

PSY 6620   Cognitive and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy  (2) 

PSY 6670   Short-Term Psychotherapy (2) 

PSY 6860   Introduction to Psychological Assessment and Testing  (2)    

PSY 6870   Psychotherapy Seminar (1) 

PSY 7170   Clinical Psychopharmacology (2) 

PSY 7470   Personality and Psychotic Disorders (3) 

PSY 7670   Family Therapy and Systemic Intervention (2) 

PSY 7660   Group Processes and Group Psychotherapy (2) 

PSY 6570   Objective Assessment of Personality (3) 

PSY 8140   Psychology of Addictions (2) 

Total Credits: 35 

 

Required Professional Courses 

IHD 9190   Interprofessional Perspective In Health Disparities (1) 

PSY 7720   Program Development and Administration in Mental Health (2) 

PSY 7730   Supervision and Consultation (3) 

Total Credits: 6 

 

Elective Courses   

(Minimum of 11 credits) 

 

PSY 6630   Trauma &Complex Trauma: Diagnosis and Treatment (2 credits) 

PSY 7190   The Practice of Psycho-Oncology with Children and Adults (2) 

PSY 7560   Psychoeducational Assessment and Consultation (3) 

PSY 7570   Advanced Projective Assessment (3)  

PSY 7640   Psychotherapeutic and Systemic Interventions with Children and Adolescents (2) 

PSY 7850   Clinical Psychology in the General Hospital Setting  (1) 

PSY 7880   Advanced Projective Assessment Practicum ( 0 ) 

PSY 8000   Independent Study (up to 6 credits per project) 

PSY 8110   Anatomy and Physiology for Professional Psychologists (3) 

PSY 8120   Anatomy Laboratory (1) 

PSY 8160   Integrated Behavioral Healthcare (2) 

PSY 8180   Clinical Health Psychology (2) 

PSY 8330   Fundamentals of Social Determinants of Health (2) 

PSY 8340   Women’s Health Psychology and Health Issues (2) 

PSY 8350   Psychology and Poverty (2) 

PSY 8360   Psychology of Gender (2) 

PSY 8380   Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (2) 

PSY 8390   Child Maltreatment (2) 

PSY 8400   Integrated Sexual and Gender Affirmative Interventions (2) 

PSY 8450   Sports Psychology (2) 

PSY 8470   Neuropathological Conditions (2) 

PSY 8480   Antisocial Personality Disorder and Sexual Deviant Behaviors (2) 

PSY 8490   Forensic Psychological Assessment (3) 

PSY 8510   Neuropsychological Assessment (3) 

PSY 8520   Pediatric Neuropsychological Assessment (3) 

PSY 8650   Autism Spectrum Disorders: Contemporary Theories and Intervention Models  (2) 

PSY 8670   Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (2)  

PSY 8680   Advanced Family Therapy (2) 

PSY 8700   Studies in Human Sexuality (2) 

PSY 8710   Forensic Psychology (2) 

PSY 8740   Geriatric Psychology (2) 

PSY 8750   Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (2)  

PSY 8780    Brain, Psyche, and Psychopathology (2) 

PSY 8790  Contemporary Psychoanalytic Therapy (2)