Jul 01, 2025  
2024-2025 Student Handbook 
    
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2024-2025 Student Handbook

Cross Registration (PhD)

Cross Registration within PHSU Programs 

 

Clinical Psychology students are often encouraged to take advantage of diverse academic experiences available within our institution. Some students participate in departmental Journal Clubs and/or take courses within the Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Program. 

 

The student must have Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) status to be able to benefit from cross registration at PHSU.  The process to be followed is: 

 

  1. The student must submit a written proposal to the Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Program Coordinator expressing his/her interest of taking an out-of-program course and will provide evidence of satisfactory academic progress. 

  1. The Program Coordinator will consult with the director of the program offering the desired course and will request an approval of the proposal. 

  1. Upon receiving approval from the host department, the Program Coordinator will submit a request for authorization to the Dean of SBBS for final approval. If approved, a copy of the approval will be sent to the Registrar and Financial Aid Office. 

  1. The PhD Program Coordinator will inform the student of the decision taken on his/her request. 

 

Cross Registration within Psychology Programs 

Clinical Psychology students accepted to PHSU Clinical Psychology doctoral programs will take their curricular core courses within the program in which they are registered; either Psy.D. or Ph.D. They are only allowed to share fourth year elective clinical courses. Only under the most extraneous circumstances will students be allowed to register in a core course outside the program to which they were accepted by the institution. When such circumstances become evident upon the production of medical or similar evidence, the coordinators of both doctoral programs, the SBBS Dean, and the course professor will approve such request. 

 

Students interested in transferring from one of our programs to another (e.g., Psy.D. to PhD or Ph.D. to Psy.D. or from campuses), must write a letter to the Dean of the SBBS expressing their interest and justification for the transfer. The Dean will discuss the request for the transfer with the program director. The following criteria will be used for the decision of accepting or not the transfer requested: 

  1. Space available in the requested program 

  1. GPA 3.5 or above 

  1. Recommendation from Academic Advisor 

  1. Outstanding professional behavior 

 

Request must be presented during the first year in the SBBS. If the transfer is accepted, students commit to abide by the requirements of the new program.  

The PHSU Registrar’s office maintains cumulative individual records of students’ grades and status at the institution. The Program maintains records of students’ approval of critical milestones in the Program: Comprehensive examination, CPX, Clinical Practice, Dissertation, etc., up to graduation date. These records are maintained in a locked file in the Program’s office area in compliance with FERPA regulations. They are kept in the office for a minimum of ten (10) years. Once this period is over, records are relocated for 5 additional years in a secure dead-file space designated by the institution for this purpose.