GENERAL INFORMATION
HISTORY Rosemead Graduate School of Professional Psychology is the outgrowth of the vision and planning of several psychologists and Christian leaders who in the late 1960's saw the need for a school that would train professional psychol ogists with a Christian commitment. Preliminary efforts to develop such a school began in 1968 when permission was given by the State of California to grant the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees through the Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology. In 1970 the Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology was incorporated separately, inaugurating a full academic program, and enrolling its first class of students. The first masters degrees were conferred by Rosemead in September 1972 and its first doctoral degree in June 1974. Rosemead achieved full regional accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in February 1976. It thus became the first free-standing graduate school of professional psychology in the United States to gain regional accreditation. In 1976 talks were initiated with the administration of BiolaCollege, Inc., to explore the possibility of affiliation of Rosemead's programs with Biola Col lege. These discussions culminated in the spring of 1977 with the decision by both the Biola College and Rosemead Boards of Trustees to bring Rosemead's graduate programs into affiliation with Biola and to relocate the school on Biola's La Mirada campus in time for the beginning of the 1977-78 academic year. Rosemead' s program was renamed Rosemead Graduate School of Pro fessional Psychology which as an integral part of Biola College, Inc., is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. In its brief history Rosemead has implemented a professional program in psychology which has achieved academic accreditation and won the increasing respect of the professional and church communities. Rosemead continues to publish the Journal of Psychology and Theology which began publication in 1973. Rosemead's graduates are now found in many settings, including teaching , research, private practice, hospitals, and other clinical agencies. Affiliation with Biola College offers new opportunities and strengths in the continuation of the original vision for Rosemead Graduate School. Rosemead's purpose coincides at every point with the institutional purposes of Biola College, Inc. which seeks to instruct Christian men and women in order to produce graduates who are: (1) competent in their field of study; (2) knowledgeable in Biblical studies; and, (3) earnest Christians equipped to serve the Christian community and society at large. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES Professional Training. Rosemead has two primary objectives . The first is to offer professional training designed to meet the expanding need for clinical
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