Program of Study

COURSE REQUIREMENTS (42-43 semester hours)

Degree Plan: All students are required to have a signed degree plan on file. Please see the Graduate Academic advisor during your first semester in the programto complete an initial degree plan, and a faculty advisor will be assigned to you.

CORE COURSES FOR CLINICAL AND GENERAL TRACK (15 semester hours). The 5 core courses must be taken within the first 24 hours of graduate study.

• PSYC 5301 Research Methods I (Fall Semester)
  (prerequisites: PSYC 1342 and PSYC 3411 or permission of instructor)
• PSYC 5302 Research Methods II (Spring Semester)
  (prerequisite: PSYC 5301)
• PSYC 5321 Advanced Physiological Psychology
• PSYC 5323 Advanced Social Psychology
• PSYC 5324 Advanced Developmental Psychology

CLINICAL TRACK OPTION (Core Curriculum + 28 semester hours)
In addition to the core courses, students choosing the clinical track option shall take the following:

SPECIALIZED PREPARATION (16 semester hours)

• PSYC 5322 Advanced Personality Theories
• PSYC 5341 Advanced Abnormal Psychology
• PSYC 5443 Intellectual Assessment
• PSYC 5344 Personality Assessment
• PSYC 5350 Introduction to Psychotherapy

SUPPORTING COURSE WORK (12 semester hours) approved by the student's advisor

• PSYC 5398 Clinical Practicum (6 hours)
• Electives (6 Hours)

Recommended/Required Course Sequence for the Clinical Track:

• PSYC 5322 Personality Theories should be taken before PSYC 5341 Advanced Abnormal Psychology.
• PSYC 5322 Advanced Personality Theories and PSYC 5341 Advanced Abnormal Psychology should be taken before or concurrent with PSYC 5350 Introduction to
• Psychotherapy PSYC 5443 Intellectual Assessment and PSYC 5344 Personality Assessment should be taken before or concurrent with PSYC 5398 Clinical Practicum.
• PSYC 5350 Introduction to Psychotherapy should be taken before or concurrent with PSYC 5398 Clinical Practicum and toward the end of the student's program.

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY TRACK OPTION (Core Curriculum + 27 semester hours)

Additional Required Courses:

• PSYC 5323 Advanced Cognitive Psychology
• PSYC 5341 Advanced Abnormal Psychology or 5322 Personality Theories
• PSYC ELECTIVES (15 hours)
• Seminars, PSYC 5395 Individual Study (9 hours), and other electives approved by the student's degree advisor (6 hours).
• PSYC 5390 Thesis (6 semester hours)
  Note: 3 hours of thesis credit should be taken during the development of the thesis proposal.