Curriculum and program requirements:
Students are required to complete a set of general core courses,
clinical core courses, research practica (includes thesis and
dissertation), and clinical practica. Required courses are described
below:
I. General Core
The following Departmental core courses must be taken. These
will satisfy both the departmental core requirements and APA
requirements for bases of behavior:
SOP 5053 - Social Psychology
PPE 5055 - Personality Theory
PSB 5056 - Biological Psychology
DEP 5165 - Developmental Psychology
EXP 5406 - Conditioning and Learning or EXP 5508 - Cognition
and Perception
II. Research Methodology
CLP 5375 - Concepts and Methods of Clinical Psychology
PSY 6919 - Design & Analysis in Psychology or EDF 5401 -
General Linear Model
+One additional graduate statistics course of the student's
choice, subject to approval of his or her committee.
III. Determinants of Abnormal Behavior
CLP 6169 - Adult Psychopathology
CLP 5475 - Child Psychopathology and Intervention
IV. Assessment
PSY 5325 - Assessment
CLP 5624 - Ethics & Fundamentals of Professional Practice (also
listed under VI and VIII - see description under VIII)
V. Behavior Change
CLP 5196 - Techniques of Behavior Change
CLP 5475 - Child Psychopathology and Intervention
VI. Background
CLP 5624 - Ethics and Fundamentals of Professional Practice (also
listed under IV and VIII - see description under VIII)
PSY 5605 - History and Systems
VII. Proseminar
CLP 6920r - Current Issues in Clinical Psychology (one credit course
to be taken every fall and spring semester by all clinical
students in residence)
VIII. Supervised Clinical Preparation and Experience
CLP 5624 - Ethics and Fundamentals of Professional Practice
(also listed under IV and VI). This course is taught to all
first year students during their first summer in residence.
Its primary goals are to prepare trainees for their first clinical
practicum placement by examining and reviewing standards of
ethical practice and by providing a systematic foundation in
skills important for communication, interviewing, assessment,
report writing, assessing dangerousness, differential diagnosis,
and treatment delivery. It also will provide an orientation
to the FSU Psychology Clinic.
CLP 5941/2 - Clinical Practicum: A minimum of 550 hours of
supervised practicum experience must be completed in the Department's
Psychology Clinic. Students are required to enroll in practicum
at the Psychology Clinic for a minimum of twelve consecutive
months. This is normally taken during the second year in the
program. Prerequisites for this course are: CLP 5624, CLP 6169,
CLP 5325, and CLP 5326.
PSY 6948 - Psychology Internship: Completion of a 2,000 hour
APA-approved internship.
IX. Elective Courses/Seminars
Three advanced seminars or courses beyond those used to fulfill
other requirements of the Clinical Program.
