Coursework

Students will be admitted after earning a M.S./M.A. degree in counseling or psychology or other closely related discipline. Masters-level counselor education programs typically require the completion of 60 credit hours, however other related disciplines may require 48 credit hours, and in some cases as few as 30 credit hours. Students entering with degrees from related disciplines (other than counseling) will likely be required to complete additional credit hours at the masters- level in order to be prepared for the Counseling Psychology PsyD curriculum. Below is a list of content that it is expected that students will have completed during their masters degree program and that will be considered pre-requisite for the PsyD program. These pre-requisites provide foundational content upon which more advanced coursework in PsyD program will be built. In cases where students completed a masters program other than counseling or in which certain pre-requisites were not completed during masters program, students may be permitted to take missing pre-requisites concurrently with PsyD courses.

The Counseling Psychology program will require completion of up to 100 Semester Credit Hours (SCH) distributed among Core Courses, required for all students; Concentration courses required in the Serving Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families concentration, and Elective courses.

Admitted students may request the waiver of up to five courses following the first semester of doctoral coursework. The procedure for requesting course waivers is found in the student handbook.

Year 1

Fall Semester 11-12 hours

PSYC 7010 Statistics 1 (3 hours)
CPSY 8000 Ethics & Foundations of Counseling Psychology (3 hours)
CPSY 8001 First Year Colloquium (1 hour)
CPSY 8050 Advanced Multicultural Counseling Psychology (3 hours)
CPSY 7010 Teaching Psychology (GAs only: 1 hour)
CPSY 8501 Practicum I (1 hour)

Spring Semester 14 hours

PSYC 7011 or 7012 Statistics II or Qualitative Analysis (3 hours)
CPSY 7400 Advanced Research Methods in Counseling Psychology (3 hours)
PSYC 7030 Advanced Social Psychology (3 hours)
CPSY 8020 Advanced Theories and Practice in Counseling Psychology (3 hours)
CPSY 8001 First Year Colloquium (1 hour)
CPSY 8501 Practicum (1 hour)

Summer Semester 8 hours

CPSY 8010 Vocational Psychology (3 hours)
CPSY 8100 Cognitive and Intellectual Assessment (3 hours)
CPSY 8001 First Year Colloquium (1 hour)
CPSY 8501 Practicum (1 hour)

Year 2

Fall Semester 13 hours

CPSY 8110 Personality Assessment (3 hours)
CPSY  8030 Counseling Children and Adolescents (3 hours)
CPSY 8220 Supervision in Counseling Psychology (3 hours)
PSYC 7380 Applied Military Psychology or Elective (3 hours)
CPSY 8502 Practicum II (3 hours)

Spring Semester 13 hours

PSYC 7000 Biological Aspects of Behavior (3 hours)
CPSY 8620 Trauma and Resilience: Theories and Interventions or Elective (3 hours)
CPSY 8040 Advanced Group Theories and Techniques (3 hours)
CPSY 8021 Contemporary Interventions or Elective (3 hours)
CPSY 8502 Practicum II (3 hours)

Summer Semester 7 hours

CPSY 7020 Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior (3 hours)
CPSY XXXX Elective (3 hours)
CPSY 8502 Practicum II (1 hour)

Year 3

Fall Semester 13 hours

CPSY 8200 Health Psychology (3 hours)
CPSY 8630 Assessment and Treatment of Addictive Disorders or Elective (3 hours)
CPSY 8210 Health Service Consultation and Interprofessional Seminar (3 hours)
CPSY 8503 Practicum III (1 hour)
CPSY 9000 Dissertation (3 hours)

Spring Semester 10 hours

CPSY XXXX Elective (3 hours)
CPSY 8600 Clinical Neuropsychology or Elective (3 hours)
CPSY 8503 Practicum III (1 hour)
CPSY 9000 Dissertation (3 hours)

Summer Semester 1-4 hours

CPSY 8503 Practicum III (1 hour)
CPSY 9000 Dissertation (0-3 hours)

Year 4 – Internship

Fall Semester 1-2 hours

CPSY 9001 Predoctoral Internship (1 hour)
CPSY 9002 Dissertation (if not completed-1 hour)

Spring Semester 1-2 hours

CPSY 9001 Predoctoral Internship (1 hour)
CPSY 9002 Dissertation (if not completed-1 hour)

Summer Semester 1-2 hours

CPSY 9001 Predoctoral Internship (1 hour)
CPSY 9002 Dissertation (if not completed-1 hour)