Upon admission, each student is assigned an advisor, who is available to clarify the program and to facilitate the students progress. A student may contact an advisor at any time. The advisor reviews and approves a students registration each semester and faculty course evaluations at the end of each semester. The advisor assists the student in review for graduation. Courses include theories of human development, history of psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic theory, research and clinical studies.
M asters tracks for educators and clinical gerontologists include tailored coursework and electives.
There are developing tracks for business professionals and for writers, critics and specialists in literature. S tudents in the Master of Arts program complete a Field Placement Externship. The externship offers direct contact with regressed patients in mental hospitals or comparable settings, giving students the opportunity to observe extremes of pathology and the earliest levels of fixation or regression. To apply for placement, a student seeks advisement, writes to the Dean and requests an interview with the Fieldwork Coordinator. The Field Placement Externship includes 400 hours in placement-related activities, with individual contacts with hospitalized patients, team meetings, Fieldwork Seminar and clinical and administrative supervision.