The Clinical Neuropsychology Program consists of 82 credits and admits only full-time students. The program is designed to be completed in six to seven years (including the internship year), although students who enter with a master’s degree may be able to complete all of the requirements in five years, with credit given for comparable didactic coursework (upper limit of 30 transfer credits). See the handbook for information about transfer credits. The expected order and timing of coursework, related academic requirements (e.g., doctoral exams, dissertation) and training experiences is detailed below. The course number is followed by the course title and number of credits.
Note that this is a sample sequence: required courses and electives or seminars listed in the table below for Years 3 and 4 may be taken in a different order.
| Year in Program |
Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 |
70500 Statistics I (3) 70801 Neuroanatomy (3) 70802 Neurophysiology (3) 76000 Psychometric Methods (3) Choose research mentor/join lab |
70310 Research Design (3) 70803 Psychopharmacology (3) 71000 Physiological Psychology I (3) 76600 Psychodiagnostics I (3) Research |
| Year 2 |
71100 Physiological Psychology II (3) 75500 Psychopathology I (3) 76700 Psychodiagnostics II (4) 81700 Survey of Clinical Neuropsychology (3) Complete Part 1: 1st Doctoral Exam Research |
76100 Neuropsychological Assessment (4) 77100 Ethics/Professional Issues (3) 87800 Systems of Psychotherapy (3) 80200 Independent Research/2nd Yr Project (3) Complete Part 2: 1st Doctoral Exam Research |
| Year 3 |
70000 History of Psychology (3) 74000 Personality (3) Seminar or Elective (3) 70341 Externship I (Summer;3) 70342 Externship II (Fall;3) Research |
70343 Externship III (Spring; 3) 70600 Statistics II (3) 74600 Social Psychology (3) Seminar or Elective (3) Research |
| Year 4 |
72001 Lifespan/Developmental Psychology (3) Seminar or Elective (3) Externship Dissertation Topic Proposal |
Complete Second Doctoral Exam Externship Dissertation Research |
| Year 5 |
Externship (recommended) Dissertation Research Internship Application |
Externship (recommended) Dissertation Defense (recommended) |
| Year 6 | Internship (12 months) | Dissertation Defense (if necessary) |