This includes a 1500-hour supervised internship in the schools. The certification requirements not only meet Utah standards but most other states. Interested student are encouraged to check with other states for their standards. General prerequisites for graduate study in the school psychology certification program include graduate preparation in education or psychology. The application of previous graduate course work to the fulfillment of various requirements is decided by the training director.
Every effort is made to insure that certification students are given proper credit for coursework.
Experience is important but cannot substitute for coursework. The School Psychology Faculty and the Department of Educational Psychology are committed to practices of affirmative action and equal educational opportunity in admissions decisions. The typical applicant pool for the certification program consists of approximately 4 to 6 students each year. From this pool approximately 6 students are accepted. The current program has 9 active students.