Model Course Sequence for Clinical Psy.D. (starting Fall 2014)

(To prepare for comprehensive exams and to meet other program requirements)

	First Year
Fall Semester	Spring Semester	Summer Semester
1. +Analytic Foundations (3 crs): 18:820:509	Elective and/or Elements of Psychodynamic Therapy (1.5 cr): 18:820:640	Cognitive & Affective Psychology (3 crs): 18:820:505
2. +Learning Theory & Cognitive Behavioral Foundations (3 cr): 18:820:507	+Systems Theory & Analysis (3 crs): 18:820:508	Biological Bases of Human Behavior (3 crs) 18:820:622
3. ++Adult Psychopathology (3 credits) 18:820:565	Cognitive Assessment (3 crs): 18:820:633	Assessment Team "Didactics:" specialized instruction run by the GSAPP clinic
4. Clinical Interviewing & Assessment (3 crs): 18:820:531	++Child Psychopathology (3 crs): 18:820:563	Learning Disabilities/Adult (2 crs): 18:821:558
5. Supervision & Professional Development (1 cr): 18:821:653	Supervision & Professional Development (1 cr): 18:821:653
6. General GSAPP Clinic* (0.5 crs) 18:821:543	General GSAPP Clinic* (0.5 crs) 18:821:543
7. Practicum** (internal or external) (0.5 crs) 18:820:695	Practicum (internal or external)** (0.5 crs) 18:820:695
+Required for General Comprehensive Exams ++Required for Clinical Comprehensive Exams
*1st -year Clinic: accounts for cases seen for Foundation courses and any other assessment, therapy cases seen.
**Practica: Any year you do a practicum (including internal practica, like DBT, YAD-C, PACT, ect), you will register for Fall and Spring credits; this will cover summer. You will ALSO register the practicum with Angelica Diaz-Martinez through GSAPP web, including Summer-only practica.
	Second Year
Fall Semester	Spring Semester	Summer Semester
1. +Statistical Methods (3 crs) 18:820:581	+Advanced Statistics and Research Design (3 crs): 18:820:585	TAKE WRITTEN COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS (Usually in July)
2. Social and Developmental Foundations of Human Behavior (3 crs) 18:820:506	+Ethics and Professional Development (3 crs) 18:820:613 or 614	Online Diversity course often available
3. Elective (3 crs) (Effective Intervention 1)	Elective (3 crs) (Effective Intervention 2)
4. ++Diversity course or Elective (3 crs) (Effective Intervention 3)	++Diversity course or Elective (3 crs) (Effective Intervention 3)
5. General GSAPP Clinic* (0.5 crs) 18:821:543	General GSAPP Clinic* (0.5 crs) 18:821:543
6. Practicum (internal or external)**(0.5 crs) 18:820:695	Practicum (internal or external)** (0.5 crs) 18:820:695
+Required for General Comprehensive Exams ++Required for Clinical Comphrehensive Exams
*2nd -year Clinic: Plan half-day commitment that will include a combination of assessment and therapy. 2nd year students will get priority for assessment (est. > 2).
**Practica: Any year you do a practicum (including internal practica, like DBT, YAD-C, PACT, etc), you will register for Fall and Spring credits; this will cover summer. You will ALSO register the practicum with Angelica Diaz-Martinez through GSAPP web, including Summer-only practica.
	Third Year
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
1. History and Systems (3 crs) 18:820:550	Training, Supervision & Consultation (3 crs) 18:821:655
2. Required Elective 1 (3 crs)	Dissertation - Part 1 (3 crs) 18:820:702
3. Required Elective 2 (3 crs)	Required Elective 3 (3 crs)
4. *General GSAPP Clinic (0.5 crs)** 18:821:543	General GSAPP Clinic* (0.5 crs) 18:821:543
5. Practicum** (internal or external) (0.5 crs) 18:820:695	Practicum (internal or external)** (0.5 crs) 18:820:695
	Clinical Orals (request committee 4-6 months in advance of orals) and pass orals (and any remediation) by June 1 in the year you plan to apply for internship.
* Please take note: Students are required to register for six 3-credit courses over the Fall and Spring semesters of their 3rd year. The allotment of courses can be either as four 3-credit courses in one semester and two 3-credit courses in the other semester (i.e., 4 and 2, or 2 and 4), or the allotment can be divided into three 3-credit courses in each semester (i.e., 3 and 3). Exceptions must be requested through Department Chair.
*>3rd -year Clinic: 3rd -year students are requred to see therapy/assessment cases. For any years after 3rd -year, register for .5 credits in any semester you are seeing cases/assessments.
**Practica: Any year you do a practicum (including internal practica, like DBT, YAD-C, PACT, etc), you will register for Fall and Spring credits; this will cover summer. You will ALSO register the practicum with Angelica Diaz-Martinez through GSAPP web, including Summer-only practica.
	Fourth Year
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
1. Dissertation - Part 2 (3 crs) 18:820:701	Dissertation Part 3 (3 crs) 18:820:702
2. (Optional) General GSAPP Clinic*(0.5 crs) 18:821:543	(Optional) General GSAPP Clinic* (0.5 crs) 18:821:543
3. Practicum (internal or external)**(0.5 crs) 18:820:695	Practicum (internal or external)** (0.5 crs) 18:820:695
Apply for Internship (Fall of either 4th or 5th year): (Note: Must have completed all developmental milestones and benchmark competencies, including: - Passed Written Comprehensive Exams (general and clinical) and completed any remediation (see Student Handbook for deadlines). - Passed Oral Comprehensive Exams by June 1 - Applied for IRB approval for dissertation by Oct 15
Dissertation (9 total credits, 3 of which may be from optional dissertation Preparation & Research course: 18:820:700)
	Fifth Year
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
1. Internship in Clinical Psychology (3 crs) 18:821:657	Internship in Clinical Psychology (3 crs) 18:821:658
A total of 93 credits and 1,080 hours of supervised practica, with an array of experiences, is required. An approved internship of 1,750 hours is also required.
*>4th -year Clinic (Optional): For any years after 3rd -year, register for 0.5 credits in any semester you are seeing cases/assessments.
**Practica: Any year you do a practicum (including internal practicua, like DBT, YAD-C, PACT, etc), you will register for Fall and Spring credits; this will cover the summer. You will ALSO register the practicum with Angelica Diaz-Martinez through GSAPP web, including Summer-only practica.