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Catalog: 2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Program: Psychology, Specialization in Clinical Psychology, PhD
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This is for planning purposes only, please check with your advisor with questions about your degree progress
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Psychology, Specialization in Clinical Psychology, PhD
The Department of Psychology offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. All of the program areas are research oriented. The Clinical and Industrial/Organizational Programs provide training in applied areas in addition to research. Students are only admitted to a Ph.D. program areas in psychology. Graduate students earn the M.A. as a component of the Ph.D. program.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the doctoral degree, students in the Psychology program are expected to be able to:
- Achieve competencies in graduate level statistical methods.
- Achieve competencies in graduate level psychological research methods.
- Achieve competencies that reflect the breadth of psychology.
- Achieve competencies in program specific/core knowledge areas.
- Acquire direct experience in teaching.
- Acquire direct experience in mentored research.
- Design, implement, evaluate, and summarize the results of at least two independently conceived research projects.
- Develop professional relationships and roles outside of the classroom.
- Acquire skills in dissemination of research findings to the scientific community.
Admission Requirements
Deadline for Fall is December 1*
*All programs admit once per year for Fall semester. Since application reviews may begin immediately after the deadline, we recommend submitting your application and providing all required documents before the deadline.
Documents required:
- Three Letters of Recommendation
- Professional Resume
- Statement of Purpose
International applicants are required to submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTEA). Successful completion of ELS 112 will also be accepted for this requirement.
Additionally, Duolingo test scores will be accepted for applications through Summer 2025. Applicants of the Graduate College who have completed a previous degree (associate, bachelor’s master’s or doctorate) from a U.S. college/university or are from a country (click here for a complete list) in which instruction was delivered in English (and attended the university for at least two years) are exempt from providing these test scores.
Application Requirements
Admissions Categories and Grade Point Average Requirements
International Application Information
Degree Requirements
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Curriculum Requirements |
Required Courses (22 credits) |
| Course Name | Terms Taken | Grade | Core |
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Techniques of data analysis: | | | |
| PSYC 6670 - Statistical Theory I | | | |
| PSYC 6680 - Statistical Theory II | | | |
Clinical teams/ psychotherapy | | | |
| PSYC 6100 - Basic Clinical Skills | | | |
| PSYC 6110 - Assessment/Therapy Skills (take at least twice) | | | |
| PSYC 7330 - Application of Theory and Techniques of Therapy (take at least twice) | | | |
| PSYC 6080 - Behavior Pathology | | | |
| PSYC 6090 - Clinical Interviews and Issues | | | |
| PSYC 6280 - Clinical Research Methods | | | |
| PSYC 6310 - Theory and Techniques of Therapy | | | |
| PSYC 6640 - Foundations of Clinical Psychological Assessment | | | |
| COUN 6760 - Counseling the Culturally Diverse | | | |
| PSYC 7040 - Ethics and Professional Issues or PSYC 7800 - Graduate Seminar (Ethics) | | | |
Electives (30 credits) - Biological aspects of behavior:
- PSYC 7100 - Basic Neuroscience and Cognition or PSYC 7140 - Psychobiology
- Cognitive/affective aspects of behavopr. Select 1 course from:
- PSYC 7120 - Cognitive Psychology
- PSYC 7170 - Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 7430 - Theories of Social Psychology II
- Social aspects of behavior. Select 1 course from:
- PSYC 7350 - Social and Personality Development
- PSYC 7430 - Theories of Social Psychology II
- PSYC 7430
- PSYC 7800 - Graduate Seminar (social systems)
- PSYC 7810 - General Seminar (social systems)
- History of systems. Select 1 course from:
- PSYC 7010 - History of Psychology I or PSYC 7020 - History of Psychology II
- Individual Difference. Select 1 course:
- PSYC 6080 - Behavior Pathology or PSYC 7050 - Personality Theory
- Human development. Select 1 course:
- PSYC 7370 - Lifespan Development or PSYC 7800 - Graduate Seminar (lifespan development)
- Advanced level clinical. Take PSYC 7090 for two semesters.
- PSYC 7090 - Advanced Clinical Research and Practice
- Select 2 courses of PSYC 7800 - Graduate Seminar from the listed topics:
- Psychology of Religion
- Child/family therapy
- Social systems assessment
- Advanced personality assessment
- Psychology of addiction
- Child/family assessment
- Health psychology
- 3rd wave cognition
- Special topics in adolescence
- Community psychology
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Other Requirements (15 credits) |
| Course Name | Terms Taken | Grade | Core |
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| PSYC 6990 - Thesis Research (3-6 credits) | | | |
| PSYC 7890 - Internship (2 semesters) | | | |
| PSYC 7970 - Supervised Practicum in Clinical Psychology (6 hours) | | | |
Culminating Experience (16 credits) |
| Course Name | Terms Taken | Grade | Core |
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| PSYC 7990 - Dissertation Research | | | |
Minimum Total Credits (90 credits) |
Additional Requirements - Minimum 3.0 graduate cumulative grade point average
- Maximum of 10 credits of 5000-level coursework may be counted toward degree requirements
- Preliminary Examination or Project
- Minimum of 16 credits of dissertation research (maximum of 30 credits of dissertation research are applicable to degree requirements)
- Dissertation Defense and Publication of Manuscript on OhioLINK
- All requirements must be completed within eight years from the end of the earliest course used to fulfill degree requirements.
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