School Doctoral Program Curriculum

Students entering with a BA/BS degree will be required to complete 106 credit hours. Those entering with appropriate advanced degrees may be able to waive some coursework in consultation with their advisor. Courses are offered in accordance with a planned sequence designed to meet individual needs in terms of professional goals, academic background, and attained skills of each candidate.

Students are accepted into the program on a full-time basis, and normal progress through the program requires a course load of about 12 credit hours per semester. Students are expected to take at least 6 credit hour per semester for at least one year of the program, students must be in full time residence at Central Michigan University.

Degree Requirements:

Required Courses l (9 hours)
PSY 609- History and Systems of Psychology 3(3-0)
PSY 630- Advanced Social Psychology 3(3-0)
PSY 687- Physiological Foundations 3(3-0)

Required Courses ll (3 hours)
Human Development
    Select one of the following:
PSY 624- Advanced Developmental Psychology 3(3-0)
PSY 682/EDU 682- Psychology of Child Development 3(3-0)

Required Courses lll (3 hours)
Cognitive and Affective Aspects of Behavior
    Select one of the following:
PSY 589- Cognitive Psychology 3(3-0)
PSY 680- Learning 3(3-0)

Required Courses lV (3 hours)
Multicultural Issues
    Select one of the following:
HEV 603/SOC 611 - Human Diversity Within and Between Families 3(3-0)
PSY 533- Psychology of Racism 3(3-0)
PSY 850- Ethnic and Minority Issues in Therapy 3(3-0)

Required Courses V (6 hours)
Educational Foundations
PSY 677- Assessment and Development of Academic Skills II 3(3-0)
PSY 760- Seminar: School Services 3(3-0)

Required Courses Vl (28 hours)
Assessment and Intervention
PSY 562- Therapeutic Intervention: Foundations 3(3-0)
PSY 605- Assessment of Affective and Behavioral Disorders of Children and Youth 3(3-0)
PSY 655- Introduction to Intelligence Testing 2(2-2)
PSY 656- Advanced Intellectual Assessment 2(2-2)
PSY 662- Advanced Therapeutic Interventions 3(3-1)
PSY 667- Assessment and Development of Academic Skills I 3(2-1)
PSY 751- Psychopathology 3(3-0)
PSY 766- Seminar: Consultation Skills 3(Spec)
P5Y 767- Assessment and Intervention for Developmental Disabilities 3(3-0)
PSY 780- Behavior Therapy 3(2-2)

Required Courses Vll (9 hours)
Methods: Statistics and Program Evaluation Courses
PSY 611- Research Design 3(3-0)
PSY 612- Applied Multiple Regression and Correlation 3(3-0)
PSY 818- Program Evaluation 3(Spec)

Required Courses Vlll (3 hours)
Ethics
PSY 765- Seminar: Ethics and Professional Issues 3(3-0)

Thesis (6 hours)
PSY 798- Thesis 1-6(Spec)

Required Experience-Based Courses (18 hours)
PSY 790- Practicum l A: Professional Services 3(Spec)
PSY 791- Practicum l B: Professional Services 3(Spec)
PSY 890- Practicum ll A: Professional Services 3(Spec)
PSY 891- Practicum ll B: Professional Services 3(Spec)
PSY 990- Internship A: Professional Services 3-6(Spec)
PSY 991- internship B: Professional Services 3-6(Spec)

Doctoral Dissertation (12 hours)
PSY 898- Doctoral Dissertation: Design 3-12(Spec)
PSY 899- Doctoral Dissertation: Implementation 3-12(Spec)

Electives (6 hours)
Chosen in consultation with advisor

Total: 106 semester hours