The CDPP course of study consists of 16 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 (beginning with the class entering in the 2011-2012 academic year, this class will no longer be offered).
- Research Methods and Statistics Courses
- Statistics
- Research Methods
- Multivariate Statistics
- Proseminars Covering the Breadth of Psychology
- Cognitive/Neuropsychology
- Psychopharmacology
- Social Psychology
