Education in psychopathology, assessment, and treatment is embedded within all required clinical course work and practica. To facilitate our goal of generalist training, students complete a three-course sequence in measurement and evaluation, as well as interdisciplinary assessment and staffing procedures. There is little doubt that students will eventually specialize to some degree. One's selection of practica during the third and fourth years, dissertation topic, and internship site all implicitly demand some narrowing of interest. Nevertheless, all students completing the CTP at ISU will have a systematic exposure to all core areas of professional practice.
All courses listed below are three credits unless otherwise specified in parentheses.
Our curriculum is constantly under review and subject to revision. MS Core courses refer course work in the domains of biological, cognitive-affective, social, developmental, and individual differences. In August of the third year eligible students take the Qualifying Exam for doctoral candidacy. Students should propose a dissertation and collect dissertation data during the fourth year. The dissertation defense may be completed during the fourth or fifth year.