Fresno/Sacramento Clinical PsyD Coursework

The PsyD program requires a minimum of 90 academic units and 30 internship units. Requirements for advancement to candidacy include:

1. successful completion of 60 units of graduate study at the Fresno/Sacramento location(s); 
2. successful defense of the dissertation proposal at the Preliminary Oral Examination;
3. successful completion of the Comprehensive Examination.

The examination will be given once each semester. Students may take the exam as many times as necessary during the seven years allowable for the completion of the doctoral degree. Students may not apply for internship until they have passed the exam.

First Year

• PSY 6051 Data Analysis & Research Design (3 units)
• PSY 6052 Data Analysis & Program Evaluation (3 units)
• PSY 6507 Basic Foundations of Clinical Practice 1A (3 units)
• PSY 6508 Basic Foundations of Clinical Practice 1B (3 units)
• PSY 6501 Intellectual Assessment (3 units)
• PSY 6505 Personality Assessment: Methods (3 units)
• PSY 6506 Personality Assessment: Integration (2 units)
• PSY 6530 Introduction to Ethical Practice and Law (1 unit)
• PSY 6112 Social Bases of Behavior (3 units)
• PSY 6123 Cultural Diversity Training (0 units)
• PSY 6509 Supervision Experience (0 units)*
• PSY 6510 Supervision Experience (0 units)*
• PSY 6570 First Year Clinical Practicum (2 units)

* First year students participate in a reciprocal learning experience with a third year student, who has been assigned by the Supervision Seminar instructor. The first year student meets with the faculty instructors of the Supervision Seminar Class during the fall semester to accomplish the match of first and third year students. During the second semester, the matched supervisor-supervisee meet weekly to examine clinical material as an adjunct to the supervision provided by the first year student's field placement agency.

Second Year

• PSY 6101 Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior (3 units)
• PSY 6140 Life Span Developmental Psychology (3 units)
• PSY 7106 Biological Foundations of Clinical Practice (3 units)
• PSY XXXX 1 Required Intervention Course* (3 units)
• PSY 7911 PsyD Proposal Development I (3 units)
• PSY 7912 PsyD Proposal Development II (3 units)
• PSY 8123a Cultural Diversity Training (0 units)
• PSY 7571 Second Year Clinical Practicum I (2 units)
• PSY 7572 Second Year Clinical Practicum II (2 units)

Third Year

• PSY 7112 History and Systems of Psychology (2 units)
• PSY XXXX 1 Required Intervention Course* (3 units)
• PSY 7566 Ethical Foundations of Clinical Practice (2 units)
• PSY 850, 85109 Supervision Seminar (1 units) Prerequisites: PSY 6509, PSY 6510
• PSY 8510 Supervision Seminar (2 units)
• PSY 6623 Mental Health Administration (1 unit)
• PSY 8568 Consultation/Education in Clinical Practice (1 unit)
• PSY 8569 Pragmatic Foundations of Clinical Practice (1 unit)
• PSY 8913 PsyD Clinical Dissertation I (3 units)
• PSY 8914 PsyD Clinical Dissertation II (3 units)
• PSY 8123b Cultural Diversity Training (0 units)
• PSY 8571 Third Year Clinical Practicum I (3 units)
• PSY 8572 Third Year Clinical Practicum II (3 units)

*Interventions Courses

• PSY 7529 Cognitive Behavioral Approaches to Interventions (3 units)
• PSY 7537 Psychodynamic Approaches to Interventions (3 units)
• PSY 7543 Systems Approaches to Interventions (3 units)

Fourth Year

• PSY 9531 Full-Time Pre-Doctoral Internship (15 units)
• PSY 9532 Full-Time Pre-Doctoral Internship (15 units)