First-year graduate students begin course work during the summer semester. Training typical ly encompasses course work, research, and clinical experience over a four-year period.
Students gain research expe rience from their first year and throughout their graduate careers.
A joint Ph.D. program between Clinical and Rehabilitation Psychology focuses on behavioral medicine and clinical applications in rehabilitation settings. The Psychology faculty are readily accessible to students. Students begin receiving research training in their first year. Each student is required to sign up for one hour of research credit very semester for four years. The student's research activities are normally conducted with his or her adviser but may also involve work with other clinical and nonclinical faculty members.