The following anticipated course rotation is provided to better help you plan your graduate career in the MPCAC program.  Although this is the anticipated course rotation, you will want to be sure and meet with the Graduate Program Coordinator in order to verify the information provided.  Courses may change due to faculty availability, course demand, and budget constraints. The 60-hour non-thesis program is designed to be finished in 25 months, and the 63-hour thesis option is anticipated to take 29 months. 

Summer 2023

  • PSYC 5863 Biological Bases of Human Behavior
  • PSYC 5233 Human Developmental Across the Life Span (only students who will be graduating in August!!!) 
  • PSYC 6152 Clinical Practicum I (2-3 students) plus
  •             PSYC 6181 Evidence Based Practice

OR 

  • PSYC 6203 Internship I plus

            PSYC 5200 Foundations of Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

OR 

  • PSYC 6200 Internship II plus

            PSYC 5203 Applied Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

 Prospectus due by the end of Summer II.

 Fall 2023

            First Year Students

  • PSYC 5143 Applied Ethics
  • PSYC 5163 Psychopathology: Diagnosis/Psychopharmacology
  • PSYC 5213 Counseling: Theories and Methods
  • PSYC 6113 Counseling Methods/Individual Psychotherapy 

            Second Year Students

  • PSYC 5133 Principles and Practice of Assessment: Intellectual Assessment
  • PSYC 5233 Human Developmental Across the Life Span (any student graduating in December 2023 or August/December 2024)
  • PSYC 6123 Therapeutic and Psychoeducational Groups
  • PSYC 6152 Clinical Practicum I (Final 3-4 students) plus

            PSYC 6181 Evidence Based Practice

OR 

  • PSYC 6203 Internship I plus

            PSYC 5200 Foundations of Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

OR 

  • PSYC 6200 Internship II plus

            PSYC 5203 Applied Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

Rough draft of thesis due to chair before finals week. Goal is to defend thesis proposal in the early part of Spring.

PSYC 6993 Thesis with permission of thesis chair (These students will have completed 2 years of the program and the first Thesis course-will only be enrolled in Thesis)

 Spring 2024

            First Year Students 

  • PSYC 5283 Professional Issues (all students)
  • PSYC 5113-Psychological Statistics
  • PSYC 5153-Theories of Personality
  • PSYC 6133 Marriage, Family, and Systems Therapy (students taking Clinical Practicum will enroll in this course Spring of their second year) 
  • PSYC 6152 Clinical Practicum I (First 3-4 students) plus

            PSYC 6181 Evidence Based Practice

 Students wishing to complete a thesis are expected to earn an "A" in statistics. Students wishing to pursue a thesis will not begin Practicum until the Fall since they have an extra semester to complete hours.

Second Year Students 

  • PSYC 5283 Professional Issues (all students)
  • PSYC 5843 Multicultural Psychology
  • PSYC 6103 Vocational Assessment and Counseling
  • PSYC 6203 Internship I plus (3-4 students)

            PSYC 5200 Foundations of Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

 OR 

  • PSYC 6200 Internship II plus (2-3 students)

            PSYC 5203 Applied Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

 NOTE 

  • PSYC 6133 Marriage, Family, and Systems Therapy (ONLY the 3-4 students who took clinical practicum Spring their first year)

 PSYC 6983 Thesis with permission of thesis chair (counts as the elective)

Summer 2024 

  • PSYC 6143 Personality Assessment (ONLY the first-year students who will take Clinical Practicum in Fall and the second-year students who have not had the course yet)
  • PSYC 5273 Addictions: Research/Practice (all students) 
  • PSYC 6152 Clinical Practicum I (2-3 students) plus

            PSYC 6181 Evidence Based Practice

OR 

  • PSYC 6203 Internship I plus

            PSYC 5200 Foundations of Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

OR 

  • PSYC 6200 Internship II plus

            PSYC 5203 Applied Research Methods and Outcome Assessment 

Prospectus due by the end of Summer II.

 Fall 2024

            First Year Students

  • PSYC 5143 Applied Ethics
  • PSYC 5163 Psychopathology: Diagnosis/Psychopharmacology
  • PSYC 5213 Counseling: Theories and Methods
  • PSYC 6113 Counseling Methods/Individual Psychotherapy 

            Second Year Students

  • PSYC 5133 Principles and Practice of Assessment: Intellectual Assessment
  • PSYC 5233 Human Developmental Across the Life Span
  • PSYC 6123 Therapeutic and Psychoeducational Groups 
  • PSYC 6152 Clinical Practicum I (Final 3-4 students) plus

            PSYC 6181 Evidence Based Practice

OR 

  • PSYC 6203 Internship I plus

            PSYC 5200 Foundations of Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

OR 

  • PSYC 6200 Internship II plus

            PSYC 5203 Applied Research Methods and Outcome Assessment 

Rough draft of thesis due to chair before finals week. Goal is to defend thesis proposal in the early part of Spring. 

PSYC 6993 Thesis with permission of thesis chair (These students will have completed 2 years of the program and the first Thesis course-will only be enrolled in Thesis)

 Spring 2025

            First Year Students 

  • PSYC 5863 Biological Bases of Human Behavior (all students)
  • PSYC 5113-Psychological Statistics
  • PSYC 5153-Theories of Personality
  • PSYC 6133 Marriage, Family, and Systems Therapy (students taking Clinical Practicum will enroll in this course Spring of their second year) 
  • PSYC 6152 Clinical Practicum I (First 3-4 students) plus

            PSYC 6181 Evidence Based Practice 

Students wishing to complete a thesis are expected to earn an "A" in statistics. Students wishing to pursue a thesis will not begin Practicum until the Fall since they have an extra semester to complete hours. 

Second Year Students 

  • PSYC 5863 Biological Bases of Human Behavior (all students)
  • PSYC 5843 Multicultural Psychology
  • PSYC 6103 Vocational Assessment and Counseling
  • PSYC 6203 Internship I plus (3-4 students)

            PSYC 5200 Foundations of Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

 OR 

  • PSYC 6200 Internship II plus (2-3 students)

            PSYC 5203 Applied Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

 NOTE 

  • PSYC 6133 Marriage, Family, and Systems Therapy (ONLY the 3-4 students who took clinical practicum Spring their first year)

 PSYC 6983 Thesis with permission of thesis chair (counts as the elective)

 Summer 2025

  •  PSYC 6143 Personality Assessment (ONLY the first-year students who will take Clinical Practicum in Fall and the second-year students who have not had the course yet)
  • PSYC 5102 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (most students-do not take if enrolling in thesis) 
  • PSYC 6152 Clinical Practicum I (2-3 students) plus

            PSYC 6181 Evidence Based Practice

OR 

  • PSYC 6203 Internship I plus

            PSYC 5200 Foundations of Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

OR 

  • PSYC 6200 Internship II plus

            PSYC 5203 Applied Research Methods and Outcome Assessment

 Prospectus due by the end of Summer II.