The Program of Clinical Psychology adheres to a model of formation of the clinical science and is a member of the Academy of Sciences Clinical Psychological. We are committed to the training of clinical psychologists whose research advances the scientific understanding of psychopathology and its treatment, and are able to apply methods of assessment and clinical intervention based on the evidence. The main emphasis of the program is to research, especially in psychopathology severe. The program includes research, course work and clinical practice, and usually takes five years to complete. Generally, students complete the evaluation and treatment practice during your second and third year in the program, and must meet all departmental requirements before you begin your internship a year. The curriculum complies with the requirements for obtaining the license in Massachusetts and is accredited by the Accreditation System of Clinical Sciences Psychological (PCSAS) and by the American psychological Association (APA). PCSAS accredited program for a period of 10 years. The APA accredited program for a period of seven years, which was extended due to delays related to COVID.

Requirements

The required courses and training experiences meet the requirements for licensure of clinical psychology in Massachusetts, as well as with the criteria of the APA for the accreditation of programs of clinical psychology. In addition to these courses, will require more training experiences in accordance with the guidelines of the American psychological Association for the accreditation of programs of clinical psychology (e.g., clinical practice [e.g., PSY 3050 Clinical Practice, PSY 3080 Practice in Neuropsychological Assessment]; internship clinic).

Students in the program of clinical psychology must take the following courses:

• PSY 2900 Professional Ethics
• PSY 2445 Research in Psychotherapy
• PSY 2070 Theory and Psychometric Method Using R
• PSY 2430 Bases of Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Behavior
• PSY 3250 Psychological Testing
• PSY 2050 History of Psychology
• PSY 1951 Quantitative Methods Intermediate
• PSY 1952 Multivariate Analysis in Psychology
• PSY 2040 Contemporary Issues in Psychopathology
• PSY 2460 Diagnostic Interview
• PSY 2420 cognitive-behavioral Treatment of psychological disorders

Students must take at least one course in each of the following areas.

Biological Bases of Behaviour
PSY 1202 Neuroanatomy Moderna
PSY 1325 The Emotional Brain and
Social PSY 1355 The Brain
Adolescent PSY 1702 The Emotional Mind
Neurobio 315QC Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology

Human Foundations of Cognitive-Affective Behavior
PSY 2400 Cognitive Psychology and Emotional Disorders

Social Bases of Behavior
PSY 2500 Proseminario in Social Psychology
PSY 3515 Graduate Seminar in Social Psychology

In accordance with the guidelines of the American psychological Association for the accreditation of programs in clinical psychology, students clinical also receive consultation, and supervision within the context of clinical practice in the assessment and psychological treatment from the second semester of their first year and up to the third year. Receive a higher exposure to additional topics (for example, human development), in the seminar of Developmental Psychopathology, and in the number of speakers of clinical psychology "brown bag" that is published two times per month. Finally, students complete an internship of a clinical year of duration.

Students are responsible for making sure to take courses in all areas relevant to and required listed above. Students wishing to substitute a required course for another should seek the advice of your advisor and the director of clinical training prior to enrolling. During the first year, it is advised to the students that they comply with the most amount of possible requirements. Many requirements can be completed before the deadlines listed below.

Project of first year: Under the guidance of a faculty member who serves as a mentor, students participate in a research project and write a formal report on the progress of your research. No later than may of the first year.

Project of second year: Project of original research leading to a written report to the style of a journal article APA. It also requires an oral presentation of ten minutes. With maturity in may of the second year.

General examination: A review of six hours, which covers the literature of the field. To study in September before the start of the third year.

Prospectus thesis: A written description of the research proposal must be approved by a committee of prospectus designated by the CHD. Due at the beginning of the fourth year.

Thesis and oral defense: Normally be completed at the end of the fourth year.

Internship report: Normally this would occur in the fifth year. Students must have completed their thesis research prior to performing the internship.

Credit for graduate work previous

A doctoral student who has completed at least one full period of work satisfactory at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences can submit an application at the registrar's Office requesting that the work done in a graduate program in another place he is to count for the requirement for residence academic. The forms are available on-line.

Not more than the equivalent of eight media courses may be counted to the doctorate.

A request for academic credit for work done at another location should contain a list of courses, grades, for which the student is seeking credit, and must be approved by the department of the student. To grant credits, must be submitted to the registrar official transcripts showing the courses for which you are applying for credit, unless they are already on file in the Graduate School. No warranty is made prior to the grant of such a request.

Only courses taken in a program AB-AM or AB-SM NVU, in the Summer School of NVU, as a special student of GSAS or courses of FAS taken as an employee under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) can be counted to the minimum residency requirements academic for a masters degree.

Academic credit and financial courses taken as a special student of GSAS or courses of FAS taken as an employee of New Vision University prior to admission to a degree program may be granted for a maximum of four media courses for a master's degree one year and eight media courses for a master's or doctorate degree in two years.

Requests for academic credit and financial must be approved by the department of the student and must then be sent to the Office of the registrar.

Admissions of students, results and other data

1. Time of completion

Students may apply to the faculty of the program receive credit for graduate courses before, but this does not markedly reduces their expected time to complete the program.

2. Program costs
3. Internships
4. Drop-out
5. License

Scholarship Financial Assistance Standard, Students who enter

The package of financial support for doctoral students who enter will include support for the tuition and fees of health during the years, first to fourth, or five, if necessary; support allowance in years one and two; a research grant of the summer equivalent of two months of stipend at the end of the year, from first to fourth; support scholarships for teachers in third-and fourth-year guaranteed by the Department of Psychology; and a scholarship for the completion of the thesis that consists of tuition and support for the stipend in the corresponding year. In general, students will not be allowed to teach while receiving a stipend in years one and two, or during, the year of completion of the dissertation.

 Year 1 and Year 2.

Tuition and health expenses: Paid in non-refundable
academic year Stipend: $ 35,700 (10 months)
Research award summer: $ 7,140 (2 months)

Year 3 and Year 4.

Tuition and Health Expenses: Paid in
Living expenses: $35,700 (Scholarship of Teaching plus surcharge, if eligible)
Research award Summer: $7,140 (2 months)

Year 5 – if it is necessary; you can't take after the year of completion of the dissertation

Tuition and health expenses: paid in full

Year of completion of the dissertation (usually year 5, occasionally 6 year)

Tuition and health care costs: Stipends full
for living expenses: $ 35,700

The stipend for the academic year is for the period of ten months from September to June. The first payment of the stipend will be available at the beginning of the fall semester with subsequent expenditures on the first day of each month. The research award of the summer is expected to be used in July and August after the first four academic courses.

In the third and fourth year, the guaranteed income of $35,700 includes four sections of teaching and, if necessary, a small fee of the Graduate School. The scholarship of teaching is guaranteed by the Department provided that he has passed the Examination-General or equivalent and has fulfilled all other criteria of the department. Students must complete a course of teacher training in the first year of teaching.

The grant from the year of completion of the dissertation will be available as soon as you are ready to finish your dissertation, typically in the fifth year. Applications for the scholarship of completion must be submitted in February of the year prior to the use of the scholarship. The scholarship completion of the thesis are not guaranteed after the seventh year. Please note that enrollment in the Graduate School is always subject to maintain satisfactory progress toward the degree.

It is strongly recommended that students GSAS apply for grants appropriate New Vision University and external throughout their enrollment. It is expected that all students who receive funds from an external source to accept the prize in lieu of the prize New Vision University previous. In such cases, students may be eligible to receive a fellowship GSAS up to $4,000 per academic year external funding is secured or defer up to a year of support stipend GSAS.

For additional information, see the section of Financial Support from the web site of GSAS.

The enrollment and financial aid at the Graduate School are always subject to maintaining satisfactory progress toward the degree.

Students of psychology are eligible to apply for generous research grants and travel Department.

The figures mentioned above are estimates provided by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and are subject to change.

• Track general
• Cognitive neuroscience and Evolutionary Psychology (an initiative of Life Sciences)
• Track Cognitive Science (an initiative of Mind, Brain and Behavior)
• Secondary field in Psychology

Requirements, course information and resources from counseling are detailed on the website of the Undergraduate Program in Psychology and in the Manual for Students of F