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Applications for the PsyD Program are currently not being accepted. An update to the program status will be provided in Spring 2024.

PsyD Degree Requirements (93 credits)

Year 1: Fall

  • PY 60900 – Ethics of Professional Practice (3)
  • PY 61100 – Professional Values and Attitudes (3)
  • PY 61500 – Counseling Theories and Skills (3)

Year 1: Spring

  • PY 64000 – Diagnosis and Treatment Planning (3)
  • PY 62000 – Lifespan Development (3)
  • PY 60601 – Interventions I: Prevention, Wellness, and Resiliency (3)

Year 1: Summer

  • PY 60401 – Assessment I: Substance Abuse and Non-diagnostic Assessment (3)
  • PY 60602 – Interventions II: Evidence-based Practice for Affective and Anxiety-related Disorders (3)
  • PY 64600 – Individual and Cultural Diversity (3)
  • PY 75300 – Supervised Practicum I (2)

Year 2: Fall

  • PY 63300 – Research Methods in Counseling Psychology (3)
  • PY 64900 – Group Counseling (3)
  • PY 70400 – Assessment II: Adult Clinical Assessment (3)
  • PY 76300 – Supervised Practicum II (2)

Year 2: Spring

  • PY 70403 – Assessment III: Adolescent and Child Assessment (3)
  • PY 60603 – Interventions III: Evidence-based Treatment for Children and Families (3)
  • PY 73100 – Psychology of Measurement (3)
  • PY 76500 – Supervised Practicum III (2)

Year 3: Fall

  • PY 72900 – Techniques of Data Analysis (3)
  • PY 74500 – Introduction to Dissertation Proposal (2)
  • PY 76600 – Supervised Practicum IV (2)
  • PY 70604 – Interventions IV: Trauma-informed Practice (3)

Year 3: Spring

  • PY 72100 – Biological Bases of Behavior (3)
  • PY 77300 – Dissertation Proposal Completion (2)
  • PY 76700 – Supervised Practicum V (2)

Year 4: Fall

  • PY 72200 – Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior (3)
  • PY 76800 – Supervised Practicum VI (2-4)
  • PY 75100 – Dissertation research (2)

Year 4: Spring

  • PY 72400 – Social Bases of Behavior (3)
  • PY 70800 – Professional Practice: Consultation, Supervision, and Communication (3)
  • PY 71500 – History and Systems of Psychology (3)

Year 5: Fall

  • PY 77100 – Pre-doctoral Supervised Internship I (3)

Year 5: Spring

  • PY 78100 – Pre-doctoral Supervised Internship I (3)

Year 5: Summer

  • PY 79100 – Pre-doctoral Supervised Internship I (3)

Minimum Graduation Credit Hour Requirement: 93

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