PSY 5610 - Introduction to Clinical Psychology

This course addresses the subdiscipline of clinical psychology in a manner that provides the psychology major with useful information regarding it as a potential specialty. In addition to coverage of contemporary professional activity engaged in by specialists in this field, like practice and research, it addresses career development issues such as selecting graduate schools, training models used by universities and private schools, internship training, licensure, and the types of degrees granted. It is a course appropriate for mid- to upper-level undergraduates and graduate students who are returning to study after having been away from the field for some time.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Psychology majors; Psychology graduate students with permission of instructor.

Credits: 3 hrs.

Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students. May be repeated for credit, although the total number of hours in a degree program may not exceed five hours. All 5000-level courses in the Department of Psychology have a prerequisite of junior level status and of PSY 3300 and PSY 3600. Exceptions to this requirement must be approved by the course instructor.