The theoretical curriculum includes courses on interviewing and observation, diagnosis, psychopathology, theory and practice of educational psychology, theory and practice of therapy. The program also includes writing a research seminar in preparation for writing your thesis.
Supervised field work
Students in this program experience diverse and integrative supervised field work in educational and in (outpatient or inpatient) clinical settings. Your field work will march with the courses you are taking so that theory and clinical practice complement each other in your training process.
In your first year, you will be assigned to an educational institution and experience the role of an educational psychologist in a school. At first you will observe routine tasks and interventions and participate in staff meetings. Later, you will conduct interventions and diagnoses at the school under the supervision of the psychologist. You will also observe at other educational institutions such as kindergartens and special education schools.
In your second year, in addition to your supervised field work in the school, you will participate in clinical field work (inpatient or outpatient). Clinical field work includes participation in staff meetings, seminar, intake, therapy, diagnosis, and routine tasks at the clinic. Educational field work differs from the clinical field work in therapeutic approach and in the type of therapeutic work conducted.
Our field work sites have been meticulously selected for the professional supervision they are able to provide, and the diverse practice they offer students.
Research in the concentration
In addition to the theoretical courses and supervised field work, we emphasize training for research which we believe is fundamental to the practice and study of psychology. You will be writing a research seminar paper that prepares you for writing a thesis on a topic of empirical research. This concentration offers a broad range of research areas and we train our students to conduct high level research in their area of interest.
We encourage our students to publish their results in scientific forums such as conferences and journals and continue to postgraduate programs.
You are required to participate in at least one research seminar.
You are required to submit one research seminar paper (no credits).
You are required to submit a thesis (graduate final paper).
*Check the curriculum in the latest version the University course catalog.
Program credits for students enrolling in 2022-23
|
Contact hours Credits |
Thesis track |
| Required courses in a concentration | 24 contact hours - 48 credits |
| Seminars in the concentration | 2 contact hours - 4 credits |
| Supervised field work | 3.5 contact hours - 7 credits |
| Seminar papers | one paper in the concentration |
| Total hours/credits | 29.5 contact hours - 59 credits |