Students receive didactic and experiential training in clinical assessment and intervention.
Throughout their training, students participate in research in order to develop a firm understanding of the research methods used to study the critical problems that face clinical psychologists. Finally, graduate students take courses that are oriented to introducing them to the conceptual foundations of psychology and to the types of psychopathology, assessment, and treatment. Thus, the graduate program in clinical psychology at Auburn University stresses the importance of a strong empirical basis for applied clinical work. In this way, the program maintains a commitment to the scientist- practitioner model for graduate education in clinical psychology. However, all students are given the opportunity to work with individuals of varying age groups.