Required Courses
The Counseling Psychology Program requires courses in the discipline of Educational Psychology and the specialization of Counseling Psychology. The specialization of Counseling Psychology includes training in research, intervention, and assessment. In addition to coursework, students engage in practicum and internship experiences in educational, community, and medical settings. Workshops and informal seminars are provided along with the more structured curriculum for student and faculty professional growth. Students join the faculty in planning and arranging for these special enrichment activities. Participation in research and scholarly writing is an important component of the doctoral program and emphasized throughout all levels of training.
Among the required courses listed below are six Core Area Courses and three "Professional Interest Component" courses. For both the Core Area Courses and Professional Interest Component courses, students select from a menu of choices. Core Area Courses cover the foundations of Educational Psychology, including research methodology, statistics, learning, motivation, social, and developmental psychology. Professional Interest Component courses cover topics in the professional specialty of counseling psychology.
Note: Curriculum requirements shown are for the current academic year (2010-2011) and are subject to modification.
I. Counseling Psychology Program Courses
A. Courses Required in Specific Semester/Year
First Year
- Fall Semester
EDP 196 Counseling Psychology Colloquium
EDP 381 Counseling Skills and Procedures
EDP 381 Theories of Counseling
EDP 397 Psychopathology - Spring Semester
EDP 196 Counseling Psychology Colloquium
EDP 381 Adult Assessment in Counseling
EDP 381 Multicultural Counseling
EDP 381 Group Counseling or Career Development (PIC Cluster 1)
Second Year
- Fall Semester
EDP 381 Rorschach & TAT Interpretation
EDP 381 Ethics in Counseling
EDP 381 Practicum - Spring Semester
EDP 384 Research Design & Methods
EDP 381 Practicum
B. Additional Required Counseling Psychology Courses
Consult program advisor for recommended semester to be taken.
- EDP 381 Professional Issues in Counseling
- EDP 381 Practicum (students must take at least 4 semesters)
- EDP 196 Doctoral Research Colloquium
- EDP 382 Biological Bases of Behavior
- EDP 382L History and Systems
- EDP 194K Internship (3 semesters)
C. Professional Interest Courses (PIC)
Choose three courses, one from each cluster.
Cluster 1 (Foundation of Intervention, Spring 1st year)
- EDP 381 Group Counseling
- EDP 381 Career Development
Cluster 2 (Professional Specialization)
- EDP 381 Multicultural Research
- EDP 381 Health Psychology
Cluster 3 (Intervention II)
- EDP 381 Approaches to Intervention
- EDP 381 Child and Adolescent Counseling
- EDP 381 Family Systems Therapy
- EDP 381 Short-term Psychotherapy
- EDP 381 Substance Abuse Counseling
- EDP 381 Forensic Psychology
II. Departmental Courses
A. Methods Core Area
Three courses total. Two primary and one secondary course.
Primary Courses. Students must take the following:
- EDP 482K Experimental Design & Statistical Inference
- EDP 380P Theory and Methods
Secondary Courses. CP students are encouraged to take one of the following:
- EDP 382K Correlation and Regression
- EDP 384 Qualitative Research Methods
B. Content Corea Area
Human Development & Social Courses
- EDP 385 Child
and Adolescent Social and Cognitive Development
or
EDP 385 Individual Through the Lifecycle - EDP 386N Seminar: Social Psychology
Learning Courses
-
EDP 382L
Motivation and Emotion
or
EDP 382L Psychology of Learning
or
EDP 382L Instructional Psychology
C. Departmental Colloquia
- EDP 196 Departmental Colloquium (Fall, 1st year)
- EDP 196 Doctoral Research Colloquium (After application for candidacy)
III. Out-of-Specialty Courses
Student must take two courses outside the Counseling Psychology area, at least one must be out-of-department, one can be within EDP but still must be in an area outside of Counseling Psychology.