YEAR-BY-YEAR COURSE GUIDE

The following information shows the courses which students typically take each year in the clinical program.  Students who enter the program with a master's degree should consult with the Director of Clinical Training in regard to which of their previous non-clinical courses (e.g., statistics, social, developmental, history, physiological) will transfer into their Program of Study.  Clinical students are required to take the clinical psychology courses. 

Important note:  The four courses listed below are to be usually taken in the third and fourth years of study. 

       1.  Psych 504:  History of Psychology
       2.  Psych 550:  Attitudes and Social Cognition (Social Psychology)
       3.  Psych 592:  Cognition and Memory
       4.  HD 511: Human Development 

Clinical psychology graduate students are also strongly encouraged to take Counseling Psychology 529, Counselor Supervision.  Please contact Professor Brian McNeill in the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology (mcneill@wsu.edu) if you would like to take this course.

Year-by-Year Course Guide

Year 1:      Fall Semester    

Psych 511:  Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design
Psych 530:  Professional, Ethical, and Legal Issues
Psych 535:  Personality Assessment and Diagnosis
Psych 533:  Adult Psychopathology 
Psych 502:  Research Design (2 credits)
Psych 506:  Brown Bag Luncheon Series with Faculty (1 credit)

Year 1:     Spring Semester

Psych 512:  Correlation, Regression, and Quasi-Experimental Design
Psych 520:  Empirical Approaches to Adult Psychotherapy
Psych 539:  Intellectual and Neuropsychological Assessment
Psych 552:  Diversity Issues in Psychology
Psych 505:  Teaching Introductory Psychology (1 credit)
Psych 502:  Research Design (2 credits)
Psych 506:  Brown Bag Luncheon Series with Faculty (1 credit)

Summer:  Research on Thesis

Year 2:     Fall Semester 

Psych 575:  Foundations of Neuropsychology
Psych 546:  Counseling Services Practicum
Psych 545:  Psychology Clinic Assessment and Therapy Practicum
Psych 702:  Master's Project

Note:  Psychology 575 (or Psychology 574, Behavioral and Clinical Neuroscience) is a prerequisite for Psychopharmacology (Psychology 534). 

Year 2:     Spring Semester

Psych 543:  Child Psychopathology and Empirical Approaches to Assessment and Therapy
Psych 544:  Medical Psychology:  Psychological and Pharmacological Interventions
Psych 545:  Psychology Clinic Assessment and Therapy Practicum
Psych 546:  Counseling Services Practicum
Psych 702:  Master’s Project

Summer Practicum at one of the clinics

Note:   The child and adolescent clinic at the University of Idaho Child and Youth Study Center requires students begin this agency placement on approximately June 1.  This placement requires a two-year commitment. 
 
Year 3:    Fall Semester

Psych 534:  Clinical Psychopharmacology
Psych 514:  Psychometrics

Practicum choices on campus:

            Psych 546: Advanced Counseling Services Practicum

Psych 545: Psychology Clinic Assessment and Therapy Practicum
Psych 547: Medical Psychology Practicum

Year 3:     Spring Semester

Psych 800:  Dissertation

Practicum choices on campus:

Psych 546: Advanced Counseling Services Practicum
Psych 545: Psychology Clinic Assessment and Therapy Practicum 
Psych 547: Medical Psychology Practicum

Summer Practicum at one of the clinics

Year 4:    Fall Semester

Psych 800: Dissertation

Practicum choices on campus:

Psych 546:  Advanced Counseling Services Practicum
Psych 545:  Psychology Clinic Assessment and Therapy Practicum
Psych 547:  Medical Psychology Practicum
 
Year 4 :       Spring Semester

Psych 800: Dissertation

Practicum choices on campus:

Psych 546:  Advanced Counseling Services Practicum
Psych 545:  Psychology Clinic Assessment and Therapy Practicum
Psych 547:  Medical Psychology Practicum

Summer Practicum at one of the clinics
                                                                                                                     
Year 5:  Twelve month APA approved clinical internship

Psych 595:  Clinical Internship in Psychology (2 credits)

Students enroll in Psych 595 for 2 credits in the summer prior to the start of the predoctoral internship.