WITHDRAWAL A student who withdraws from the program must complete the Withdrawal form available from the Registrar's office. Where financial responsibilities have not been cared for as approved by the Director of Student Financial Services a hold will be placed on the student's transcript of record. UNOFFICIAL WITHDRAWAL A student who fails to register in any given semester without arranging for a Leave of Absence or formal withdrawal is eliminated from the program by default. Readmission requires the submission of a formal Petition for Readmission, action by the Admissions and Academic Qualifications Committee, and final approval of the Dean. This policy is in effect for students in any status, including Internship and Dissertation.
DEGREE PROGRAMS
THE MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE In 1977 Rosemead inauguarted a masters degree program separate from its doc toral offerings in psychology. This terminal program was instituted in response to increasing requests for masters level training from a school with Rosemead's distinc tives. The Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology is a two-year non-thesis degree de signed to meet the needs of those students who wish to enroll only for a masters degree. The program is constructed to develop graduates who have a broad perspective and sophistication in psychology with sufficient skills to effectively enter the job market on the paraprofessional or sub-doctoral levels. The M.A. program does not prepare the student for licensure as a psychologist nor does completion of the program guarantee later admission to Rosemead' s doctoral programs. The M.A. program will not remain static, but will evolve with emphases compatible with the trends and direction of the psychological profession and the needs of the church community. THE DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY DEGREE The Psy.D. degree signifies completion of a course of study designed to train direct-service practitioners in professional psychology. The Psy.D. is a newer pro fessional degree which more adequately reflects scientifically based professional training in applied psychology than does the traditional academic-research orienta tion of the Ph.D. While students receive training in basic research methods suffi cient to allow effective utilization of available knowledge in professional practice, greater emphasis in the Psy.D. program is placed upon direct clinical experience. Psy.D. graduates will be expected to have an adequate knowledge of psychological theory, assessment, and intervention, to be knowledgeable concerning relevant is sues issues and methodology in research, to have a sensitivity to their intrapsychic functioning and interpersonal effect in clinical work, to have a probing thoughtful stance toward human problems wedded to skills in assessment and therapeutic in tervention, to recognize the need and have the skills to assess outcomes in clinical work, and to be alert to the ongoing professional and ethical issues in the 34
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