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image 1Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies___

Doctoral Program| Plan of Study

Degree Completion Requirement
Four years full-time on campus, including an externship, plus one year full-time internship for clinical psychology. A second year research project and a doctoral level dissertation are required. A written comprehensive exam or an oral comprehensive exam is not required. Six years is the average time to completion of the program.

Year One
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Course# Course Title Course# Course Title
PSI 620 Psychodynamics of Behavior: The Development of Freudian Theory PSI 621 Clinical Psychopathology
PSI 625 Diagnostic Psychological Testing I PSI 626 Diagnostic Psychological Testing II
PSI 628 Assessment of Personality PSI 633 Initial Intake Seminar II (1.5 credits)
PSI 632 Initial Intake Seminar I (1.5 credits) PSI 642 Psychological Research Work Group I
PSI 640 Research Conference (0 credits) PSI 645 Design and Analysis of Experiments
PSI 644 Advanced Psychological Statistics PSI 736 Social Psychology
PSI 647 Research Design I
PSI 734 Developmental Psychology


Total Credits: 19.5
Total Credits: 16.5


Year Two
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Course# Course Title Course# Course Title

Externship (Two days a week placement)
Externship (Two days a week placement)
PSI 623 Child Psychopathology PSI 701 Psychotherapy Case Conference II (0 credits)
PSI 630 Assessment of Learning Disabilities PSI 713 Clinical Practice II: Psychodiagnostics
PSI 643 Psychological Research II PSI 722 Comparative Psychoanalysis
PSI 700 Psychotherapy Case Conference I (0 credits) PSI 742 Psychological Research II
PSI 712 Clinical Practice I: Psychodiagnostics PSI 746 Applied Clinical Research
PSI 724 Techniques of Psychotherapy PSI 838 Multicultural Issues II: Race, Class, and Ethnicity

*Research project due this semester


Total Credits: 15
Total Credits: 15


Year Three
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Course# Course Title Course# Course Title
PSI 743 Psychological Research IV PSI 739 Humanistic, Cognitive, Behavioral Approaches to Psychotherapy
PSI 800 Psychotherapy Case Conference III (1.5 credits) PSI 801 Psychotherapy Case Conference IV (1.5 credits)
PSI 812 Clinical Practice III: Psychotherapy Practicum PSI 813 Clinical Practice IV: Psychotherapy Practicum
PSI 832 Cognition PSI 817 Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision
PSI 833 Disorders of the Self PSI 834 Multicultural Issues I: Sex and Gender
PSI 850 Ethics and Professional Issues PSI 835 History and System of Psychology
  Elective
Elective



Total Credits: 19.5
Total Credits: 19.5


Year Four
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Course# Course Title Course# Course Title
PSI 803 Concentration Case Conference I (1.5 credits) PSI 804 Concentration Case Conference II (1.5 credits)
PSI 818 Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision PSI 819 Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision
PSI 824 Physiological Psychology PSI 825 Clinical Neuropsychology
PSI 831 Group Dynamics PSI 830 Object Relations
PSI 851 Colloquium I (0 credits) PSI 852 Colloquium II (0 credits)

Elective
Elective



Total Credits: 13.5
Total Credits: 13.5


Year Five
Fall Semester SpringSemester
Internship I Internship II


* The Research Project will typically be an empirical project of publishable quality, but of lesser magnitude than a doctoral dissertation.

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Contact
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Yvette Jones
Administrative Assistant
p - 516.877.4840
e - yjones@adelphi.edu

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