The Masters Degree was established as a way to formalize the research experience which students receive in the Clinical-Community Psychology, Ph.D. program, as well as to allow them to receive a degree mid-way in the program to enhance their viability for hiring in community assistantships and for acceptance at internship settings. The Masters Degree does not increase the course requirements which students will have to take to achieve their Ph.D. but rather specifies which courses required for the Ph.D. would apply toward a Masters Degree and formalizes the prior second year research project into a Masters thesis. Students will be required to defend the Masters thesis and jointly take an oral comprehensive examination on their coursework to date at the time of the defense. All students who enter the program without a Masters Degree must complete the requirements for a Masters.
Degree Requirements (47 Hours)
Required courses for the Masters Degree include the following:
Research Methods and Statistics (9 Hours)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| PSYC 709 | Basic Quantitative Methods in the Analysis of Behavioral Data I | 3 |
| PSYC 710 | Basic Quantitative Methods in the Analysis of Behavioral Data II | 3 |
| PSYC 772 | Research Approaches to Human Behavior | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 |
Core General Psychology Courses (15 Hours)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| PSYC 726 | Psychological Problems and Resilience | 3 |
| PSYC 727 | Foundations of Community Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 749 | Principles of Human Diversity | 3 |
| PSYC 770 | Survey of Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 820 | Seminar in Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Foundations of Clinical Psychology (6 Hours)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| PSYC 725 | Systems and Theories of Psychological Intervention | 3 |
| PSYC 761 | Psychological Assessment I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 6 |
Research Leading to Thesis (8 Hours)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| PSYC 773 | Research in Clinical-Community Psychology | 1-3 |
| PSYC 799 | Thesis Preparation | 1-9 |
| Total Credit Hours | 2-12 |
Practicum (6 Hours)
- 6 hours of Intervention Practicum
Electives (3 Hours)
- 3 hours (other Psyc courses 700 and higher or non-Psyc courses 500 and higher)
