The American Psychological Association has continuously accredited the doctoral training program in Clinical Psychology at Fordham University since February 26, 1948, which is the first year that the accreditation process began.  Fordham has been successfully training clinical psychologists for more than half a century consistent with the guidelines of the American Psychological Association and the Committee on Accreditation.  Our “Boulder” model scientist-practitioner program prepares students for practice, research, and teaching in clinical psychology.  The department intentionally maintains a theoretically diverse faculty and admits students whose theoretical orientations are equally diverse.  The clinical and research training provided are correspondingly diverse in theoretical orientation.  Our aim is to broadly prepare students for multiple careers in psychology.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences requires a total of 81 semester hours for the Ph.D. degree.  The Clinical Psychology Training Program currently requires a minimum of 86 semester hours for the Ph.D. degree.  The additional credits are due to 11:  Research Practicum (3 credits, Dissertation (6 credits) Internship (2 credits). 

If a student enters the program with an MA degree, the maximum number of credits that may be transferred is 12.  Six of these will be applied toward the MA & the balance will be post-MA credits.  The MA Thesis will be transferred upon approval of the program director.  If this happens, three additional credits may be applied toward research. 

In compliance with GSAS standards, the student must maintain a B+ (3.5) average or better.  Students seek out faculty advisors with guidance from the program director if necessary.  Committees are formed in consultation with the advisor and with the approval of the department chair.  The Proposal defense is completed by the committee meeting.  We currently comply with GSAS requirements for MA & PhD comprehensive exams.
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Graduation Checklist:


Clinical Topics Seminar (0 credits)

PSYC 8022 PSYC 8023

Clinical Topics Seminar (6 semesters)

Year 1, 2, 3

0 Credits

                                                         
Psychological Assessment (9 credits)

PSYC 6106 PSYC 6117

Cognitive Assessment with Lab Personality Assessment I with Lab Elective Advanced Assessment Course(from approved list)

Year 1 Year 1

3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits

Diagnostic Training (6 credits)

PSYC 7111 PSYC 7121

Psychopathology Clinical Diagnosis

Year 1 Year 2

3 Credits 3 Credits

Child Abuse Identification (0 credits) (included in Departmental Requirements)

PSYC 8015

Identification of Child Abuse

Year 1

0 Credits

Intervention Training (6 credits)

PSYC 6210

Psychotherapy Theories  Elective Psychotherapy Course (from approved list)

Year 1 Year 2 or 3

3 Credits 3 Credits

           
Diversity Training (3 credits)

PSYC 6170

Multicultural Seminar

Year 2 or 3

3 Credits

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Clinical Electives  (9 credits – one must be Psychotherapy and one must be Assessment)       

PSYC 6020 PSYC 6184 PSYC 6245   PSYC 6270 PSYC 6298 PSYC 6670  PSYC 8271 PSYC 7250 PSYC 6030 PSYC 6252 PSYC 6257 PSYC 6275 PSYC 6280 PSGE 6630 PSYC 6670 PSYC 7010  PSYC 7020 PSYC 6190 PSYC 6380 PSYC 8290

Health Psychology Behavioral Assessment with Lab Cognitive Behavior Therapy Introduction to Family Therapy  Psychoanalytic Theory  Psychopharmacology Seminar/Practicum in Child Therapy Treatment of Substance Abuse Trauma and Family Violence Neuropsychology with Lab Developmental Neuropsychology w/ Lab Family Psychotherapy  Brief Psychotherapy Group Counseling  Psychopharmacology  Psychology and Criminal Law  Psychology and Civil Law Forensic Assessment  Anxiety Disorders  Clinical Supervision

Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3  Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2or 3  Year 2 or 3  Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3  Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3  Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3  Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3

3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits

 (4^th year students consult with 2^nd year students)      
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The following are considered specializations.  Courses in these areas count as elective credits.

Optional Child and Family Therapy Specialization

PSYC 6270 PSYC 6275 PSYC 8271

Family Systems: Theory & Practice Family Psychology Seminar/Practicum in Child Therapy One Developmental Course  One externship specializing in child and family therapy  Either predoctoral or doctoral research in child or family therapy

Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3

3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits

Optional Neuropsychology and Health Psychology Specialization 

PSYC 6257 PSYC 6255 PSYC 6020 PSYC 6370

Clinical Neuropsychology with lab Developmental Neuropsychology with lab Health Psychology Cognition and Affect (connectionist neural networks) One externship specializing in neuropsychology or health psych. Either predoctoral or doctoral research in neuropsychology or health psychology.

Year 1 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3  Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3

3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits

Optional Forensic Psychology Specialization (Two of the following courses)

PSYC 7010 PSYC 7020 PSYC 7030 PSYC 6030 PSYC 6190

Psychology and Criminal Law  Psychology and Civil Practice Juvenile Justice  Trauma and Family Violence  Forensic Assessment One externship specializing in forensic psychology Either predoctoral or doctoral research in forensic psychology

Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3  Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3

3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits

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Externship Training (12 credits)                 

PSYC 8202 PSYC 8203 PSYC 8212 PSYC 8213 PSYC 8222 PSYC 8223

Clinical Externship I Clinical Externship II Clinical Externship III Clinical Externship IV Clinical Externship V Clinical Externship VI

Year 2 Year 2 Year 3 Year 3 Year 4 Year 4

3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits

APA Approved Internship Training (2 credits)                

PSYC 8080 PSYC 8080

Clinical Internship – Fall Semester Clinical Internship – Spring Semester

Year 5 or 6 Year 5 or 6

1 Credit 1 Credit

Statistics Courses (9 credits)  (PSYC 6802, 6830 and 7804 included in Departmental Requirements)            

PSYC 6802 PSYC 6830 PSYC 7804

Introduction to Psychological Statistics with Lab Psychological Research Methodology Regression Analysis with Lab

Year 1 Year 1 Year 2

3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits

Research Training (9 credits) (all included in Departmental Requirments)

PSYC 8025 PSYC 8050 PSYC 0960 PSYC 0970

Research Colloquium Research Practicum (MA Thesis) Proposal Acceptance Dissertation Mentoring (Progress Report)

Years 1,2,3 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 or 5

0 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits

Biological Bases of Behavior:  Met by the following required course (3 credits)          

PSYC 6652

Introduction to Neuroscience with Lab

Year 1

3 Credits

Social Bases:  Met by one of the following required courses (3 credits)

PSYC 5710

Issues in Social Psychology

Year 2 or 3

3 Credits

History and Systems:  Met by the following required course (3 credits)

PSYC 6006

History and Systems in Psychology

Year 2

3 Credits

Cognitive/Affective Bases:  Met by one of the following required course (3 credits)

PSYC 6370

Cognition and Affect

Year 2 or 3

3 Credits

Individual Bases:  Met by one of the following required courses (3 credits)

PSYC 6225

Personality Theories and Research

Year 2 or 3

3 credits

Developmental Bases:  Met by one of the following courses (3 credits)

PSYC 6300 PSYC 6330

Developmental Psychology:  Foundations  Cognitive Development

Year 2 or 3 Year 2 or 3

3 Credits 3 Credits

Students are expected to take four 3-credit courses in addition to Clinical Topics Seminar each of 6 semesters for a total of 75 credits.  Dissertation (6 credits) and APA Internship (2 credits) brings the total to 83 credits.  This leaves 12 additional credits to be taken during summers over three years or taken during the fourth year if completing the dissertation prior to internship.
Statistics courses are taken to fulfill the language requirement.
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