It thus strives to promote the development and integration of both professional competence and humanitarian values. The School seeks to be responsive to the real needs of the many diverse peoples in our rapidly changing society and thus works to maintain a close connection with the community which it serves. The School's curriculum provides students with a solid foundation for both professional practice and continuing professional growth. Graduates of the School possess the knowledge and skills to provide psychological services to individuals, groups, and the community in a variety of contexts. They are encouraged to seek out new and innovative professional roles.
Graduates are prepared to enter the postdoctoral licensing process.
Core faculty of the School are professional psychologists who are committed to a range of applications of psychology. Part-time faculty include both practicing professional psychologists and specialists in relevant areas of academic psychology. In addition to teaching and developing students' skills, faculty are expected to function as models for the ideals of professional behavior and service to the public. The School maintains a Psychological Service Center, located in downtown Portland, which provides supervised clinical training experiences to practicum and internship students while offering psychological services to the community. Mission and Values The Pacific University School of Professional Psychology follows a practitioner-scholar model of professional education.