This plan prepares you as a scientist-practitioner to function as a well-rounded generalist with a strong foundation in school psychology.
Our doctoral curriculum follows American Psychological Association guidelines and includes coursework in psychological foundations, educational foundations, specialization, and research and statistics. Our low doctoral student-adviser ratio affords you the opportunity to receive significant individual supervision in assessment, interventions, and research training. This doctoral psychology program is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists and also meets the criteria of the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology and the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards.
When you graduate from this plan , you are well prepared to take the professional practice exam in psychology, which is a prerequisite for licensure or state certification as a psychologist in many states including Arizona, and you are prepared to work with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with developmental disabilities and other handicapping conditions as well as their families, with the primary focus on the three- to five-year-old age group.
For this 109-units plan , which requires at least two years of coursework beyond the master's degree, a preliminary exam, a comprehensive exam, the completion of a one-year internship, and the preparation of a dissertation, you take:
PSY 650 (3 units)
6 units from PSY 620 and 621 and EPS 712
PSY 635 (3 units)
EPS 610, 701, and 702 (9 units)
EPS 712 (3 units)
3-6 units from EDF 630, 670, 671, 672, 673, 677, and 703; EDL 723; and EPS 712 and 720
EPS 670 and 698 (4 units)
EPS 673, 674, 737, 738, and 753 (15 units)
EPS 606, 621, 660, and 690 (12 units)
EPS 675 (6 units)
6 units of EPS 741
6 units of EPS 796, for the post-practicum internship
EPS 671, 705, and 764 (9 units)
EPS 599 (when taught as Research Paradigms in Educational Psychology) (3 units)
EPS 624, 625, and 725 and EDR 798 (12 hours)
9 units of EPS 799, for the research, writing, and oral defense of an approved dissertation
(Please note that you may end up taking more than the 9 units of dissertation credit you can count toward your degree because you must register for EPS 799 each semester while you are working on your dissertation.)
Please be aware that the necessary coursework for this plan is only available at NAU-Flagstaff.
Click here, Doctoral Requirements, for more information about residency and other requirements that pertain to this degree.
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