Sample Curriculum Plan Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology, Texas Tech University

Sample Curriculum Plan – Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology, Texas Tech University

Counseling PhD at TTU / FALL / SPRING / SUMMER (2 sessions)
YEAR 1 / PSY 5316 – Intro to Counseling
PSY 5338 – Psychopathology
PSY 5304 – IQ Assessment
PSY 5380 – Exp Design
(First-year course loads are heavier, because students are not teaching their own courses and are not seeing clients.) / PSY 5347 – Advanced Correlation
PSY 5345 – Research Seminar in Coun
PSY 5334 – Theories & Adv Coun
PSY 5002 – Prac (1 cr)
CORE (Cog or Bio) / PSY 5306 – Professional Issues (Ethics)
PSY 5101 – Teaching (1-3 cr)
PSY 7000 (1 or 2 cr)
CORE – PSY 5385 -- Life-Span Dev
YEAR 2 / PSY 5002 – Prac (3 cr)
PSY 5308 -- Voc or Obj Person Assess
PSY 7000 – Research (1 cr)
CORE-- Social / PSY 5002 – Prac (3 cr)
PSY 7000 – Research (1 cr)
CORE (Cog or Bio)
ADV STATS (e.g., SEM or MANOVA) or
PSY 5309 – Clinical Neuropsych Assess / PSY 5002 -- Prac (3/1 cr or 1/3 cr)
PSY 7000 – Research (1 or 2 cr)
CORE -- Emotion
YEAR 3 / PSY 5315 – Obj Person Assess or Voc
Therapy or Assessment Course, prn elect
PSY 5002 – Prac (1-3 cr)
PSY 7000? (1 cr) / ADV STATS (e.g., SEM or MANOVA) or
PSY 5309 – Clinical Neuropsych Assess
PSY 5350 – History & Systems of Psych
PSY 5002 – Prac (1-3 cr)
PSY 7000? (1 cr) / PSY 5002 – Prac (1/1 cr or more cr)
PSY 7000 or 8000? (1-4 cr)
YEAR 4 / Therapy or Assessment Course, prn elect
PSY 5002 – Prac (1-3 cr)
PSY 8000 – Research (1-3 cr) / PSY 5002 – Prac (1-3 cr)
PSY 5396– Multicultural / Ethnic (5398)
PSY 5105 – Supervision & Consultation Seminar (1 cr)
PSY 8000 – Research (1-3 cr) / PSY 8000 – Research (3-6 cr)
Prac? (1-3 cr)
YEAR 5 / PSY 8000 – Research (1-6 cr)
PSY 5004 – Internship (1 cr) / PSY 8000 – Research (1-6 cr)
PSY 5004 – Internship (1 cr) / PSY 8000 – Research (1-3cr)
PSY 5004 – Internship (1/1 cr)

5 APA-required CORE courses: Cognition (5356), Emotion (5329), Life-Span Developmental (5385), Biological (5301), & Social (5328).

NEW-REDEFINED core and supervision courses, and MOVED course (Psychopathology), are in Bold. [November 23, 2009 edition]