Then the Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology and Psychological Development courses provide core content and metapsychological perspectives for clinical psychology. There is also a weekend course on consultation. Students begin the research sequence which will, during the fourth year, culminate in the doctoral dissertation. Professional Seminars III and IV focus on case conceptualization, which require student presentations and include live demonstrations of clinical work by faculty. At the same time as the initial year of practicum, these experiences focus on integrating the perspectives brought to clinical practice from the intervention and assessment sequences as well developmental and cognitive thinking.
Students write case formulations.
In addition, students' experience of and response to the research sequence is an important theme along with beginning thoughts about dissertation topics. To attend both to the actual roles of psychologists and the economic and social context of services, students take the required courses Supervision and Management and Organiza-tional Issues, Service Delivery, and Public Policy. The first part of the Qualifying Examination is a comprehensive written exam in which the students answer questions prepared by the faculty based on the material from the first and second years of the program. Students receive a set of one to three questions at the end of the summer term that initiates the Psy. D. III year.