Clinical Graduate Students

In addition to the core program requirements, Clinical graduate students in the Child and Family Research Area must complete the following courses:

• Child Psychopathology
• Child Behavior Therapy
• Family Therapy
• ONE of the following: Human Development in the Family Context; Psychology and Medical Illness; Psychoeducational Assessment II; Psychological Consultation; Psychoeducational Assessment III.

Child clinical students also take certain courses such as Developmental Psychology and Social and Personality Development  to fulfill basic Ph.D. area requirements. Further, a major portion of clinical practicum work must involve children and the Master's thesis and Doctoral dissertation must pertain to children or families.

Experimental Graduate Students

Experimental graduate students in the Child and Family Research Area must complete the following courses:

• Developmental Psychology
• Social and Personality Development
• Other seminars to be determined in consultation with the student's major professor

School Graduate Students

All school psychology students complete course work in developmental psychology adolescence, learning and cognition, psychoeducational assessment and interventions with children, children with disabilities and their families, as well as child and family related field experiences.