Program Courses

The CDPP course of study consists of 17 courses and a sequence of clinical practicums. Coursework is typically completed by the end of the fourth year of the program. Students are required to pass Ph.D. field examinations (three exams and a major area paper), complete masters and dissertation projects, and complete a predoctoral internship.

• Typical Course Sequence
• Core Clinical and Developmental Courses
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Developmental Psychopathology
  • History of Clinical Psychology
  • Family, School, and Culture
  • Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues
• Clinical and Assessment Courses
  • Introduction to Psychological Assessment: Cognition and Information Processing
  • Psychoeducational and Social/Emotional Assessment
  • Introduction to Psychotherapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Consultation and Practice Issues in School Psychology
• Research Methods and Statistics Courses
  • Statistics
  • Research Methods
  • Multivariate Statistics
• Proseminars Covering the Breadth of Psychology
  • Cognitive/Neuropsychology
  • Biological and Affective Bases of Behavior
  • Tests and Measurements/Social Psychology
• Student Handbook