Degree Requirements

The program curriculum includes sequential research courses, practicum experience and an internship in the field.

• Five-year program with a traditional semester format
• 114 course credits required
• Three areas of focus:
  • Six core courses
  • Research
  • Practical skill development courses
• Includes three years of practical training (one year at Cal Lutheran)
• One year of internship
• Second-year project or Competency Exam (for Clinical Masters)
• Qualifying Exam
• Dissertation

View the program's Curriculum Map to see student learning outcomes.

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Required Courses

• PSYC-701 Research Seminar 1 (1)
• PSYC-702 Research Seminar 2 (1)
• PSYC-703 Research Seminar 3 (1)
• PSYC-704 Research Seminar 4 (1)
• PSYC-705 Research Methods 1 (3)
• PSYC-706 Statistics and Data Analysis (3)
• PSYC-716 Biological Aspects of Behavior (3)
• PSYC-717 Human Development (3)
• PSYC-718 Cognitive-Affective Aspects of Behavior (3)
• PSYC-719 Social Psychology (3)
• PSYC-721 Practicum 1 (2)
• PSYC-722 Practicum 2 (2)
• PSYC-723 Practicum 3 (2)
• PSYC-724 Practicum 4 (2)
• PSYC-725 Practicum 5 (2)
• PSYC-726 Practicum 6 (2)
• PSYC-728 Case Conference 1 (1)
• PSYC-729 Case Conference 2 (1)
• PSYC-731 Dissertation Research Seminar 1 (1)
• PSYC-732 Dissertation Research Seminar 2 (1)
• PSYC-733 Dissertation Research Seminar 3 (1)
• PSYC-734 Dissertation Research Seminar 4 (1)
• PSYC-740 Diagnostic Interviewing (2)
• PSYC-741 Basic Attending Skills (2)
• PSYC-743 Child & Adolescent Interventions (2)
• PSYC-744 Principles of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (3)
• PSYC-745 ABA and CBT Interventions (3)
• PSYC-746 Couples and Family Therapy (2)
• PSYC-747 Group Psychotherapy (2)
• PSYC-750 Child & Adolescent Disorders (3)
• PSYC-751 Personality & Dissociative Disorders (3)
• PSYC-752 Mood and Anxiety Disorders (3)
• PSYC-753 Gender & Sexual Disorders (2)
• PSYC-754 Eating Disorders/Substance Abuse/Somatoform Disorders (2)
• PSYC-755 Schizophrenia and Other Cognitive Disorders (2)
• PSYC-761 Professional Seminar (2)
• PSYC-762 Test and Measurement (3)
• PSYC-763 Ethics (3)
• PSYC-770 Assessment: Cognitive (3)
• PSYC-771 Assessment: Personality (3)
• PSYC-780 History and Systems (3)
• PSYC-781 Consultation/Supervision (3)
• PSYC-782 Cultural Theory and Research (3)
• PSYC-791 Psychopharmacology (2)
• PSYC-798 Internship (2)