Typical Curricular Plan

Typical Clinical Curriculum at USF

Year I

Semester 1

Psychological Assessment (either in 1st Fall or Spring): CLP 6438 (3)
ANOVA/Regression and lab: PSY 6217 (4)
Psychopathology: CLP 6166 (3)
Intro to Clinical Psychology: CLP 6937 (1)

Total Credit Hours: 11

Semester 2

Choice of Breadth (either Fall or Spring): (3)
Psychometrics: (3)
Ethics: PSY 7931 (2)
Intro to Clinical Psychology CLP: 6937 (2)
Thesis: PSY 6971 (2)

Total Credit Hours: 12

At some point during the first year, students must take the Psychological Assessment Skills Training Seminar in the Psychological Services Center (no registration for credit required). It is suggested that students take at least one required course (e.g., a breadth course, if available) and work on their master’s theses during their first summer.

Year II

Semester 1

Psychological Interventions (either in 1st Spring or 2nd Fall): CLP 7188 (3)
Multivariate: EDF 7484 (4)
Intervention Skills: PSY 6946 (2)
Clinical Practicum: PSY 6946 (1)

Total Credit Hours: 10

Semester 2

Choice of Breadth (either in Fall or Spring) (3)
Choice of Clinical Didactic: (3)
Clinical Practicum: PSY6946 (1)
Thesis: PSY 6971 (2)

Total Credit Hours: 9

Year III

Semester 1

Choice of Breadth: (3)
Choice of Clinical:Didactic (3)
Thesis: PSY 6971 (2)
Clinical Practicum: PSY 6946 (1)

Total Credit Hours:

Semester 2

Choice of Methods: (3)
Choice of Clinical Didactic (3)
Thesis or Dissertation: (2)
Clinical Practicum: PSY 6946 (1)

Total Credit Hours: 9

Years IV and above

Semester 1

Dissertation: PSY 7980 (5)
Clinical Practicum: PSY 6946 (1)
Choice of Clinical Didactic: (3)

Total Credit Hours: 9

Semester 2

Dissertation: PSY 7980 (5)
Clinical Practicum: PSY 6946 (1)
Optional Elective (3)

Total Credit Hours: 9

Students in the second year and above must register for one hour of clinical practicum (PSY 6946) per term in the Fall and Spring for the remainder of their involvement in the clinic for every supervision group that they attend. Students working on a dissertation must enroll for a minimum of two (2) hours of dissertation every semester (including summer) starting with the semester following Admission to Doctoral Candidacy (per Graduate School rules).

Comprehensive exams (the General/Integrative section and the Research Area/Specific section) are taken after the masters thesis is completed. The dissertation can be proposed before or after comprehensive exams, but students are only admitted to doctoral candidacy after they have passed comprehensive exams and had their dissertation committee approved by the Graduate Program Committee. Dissertations must be proposed before applying to internships. Students usually try to apply for an APA-accredited internship in their fifth year so that they can attend an internship in their sixth year.