G-55 ROSEMEAD SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
PRE-INTERNSHIP AND DISSERTATION STUDENTS
LEAVE OF ABSENCE Inactive students are those who have requested and been granted a leave of absence from their program. A leave of absence may be granted upon petition for change of status if there is deemed suffi cient reason for interrupting the program and intention to return to the program. Change of status forms are available from the Registrar 's Office. A leave of absence must be renewed by petiti on each semester and may not exceed two consecutive semesters. A leave of absence longer than two semesters will require withdrawal from the program and a petition for readmis sion if the student later wishes to regain active status. The committee responsible for processi ng readmission requests is the Admissions and Academic Qualifications Committee. Each leave of absence must receive the approval of the student's advi sor and the final approva l of the dean. TERMINATED STUDENTS A person who has been terminated from Rosemead may make reapplication to the program a minimum of two years after termination. The reapp lication should be in the form of a letter and include a new applica tion form, at least two current references and any desired supporting materials. The lette r should be addressed to the Rosemead Admissions Committee stating the reasons for requesting readmittance as we ll as any other issues deemed relevant by the app li cant. The letter shou ld direct ly address the causes fo r dismissal. T he app li cation wi ll be considered with the regular admissions pool. T he admissions committee will review the request and may take one of two actions: (A) deny the request; o r (B) approve the reques t and refer to facu lty for fin al approval or disapproval.The results of the faculty decision wi ll be com municated to the app li cant by the Dean. READMISSION PROCEDURES A student who has attended Bio la University and has dropped out for one semester or longer will be required to file an applicatio n for readmission and pay a fee of $10 . Students enrolled for any semester, but who fai l to pre-register for the following semester, will be charged a $35 reapplication fee should they choose to return for that semester.
Readmission requires the submiss ion of a forma l petition for readmission, action by the Admissions and Academic Quali fications Committee, and final approval of the dean. This policy is in effect for students in any status, including internsh ip and dissertation.
Pre-internship, internship and disserta tion (ABD) status students must continue to register and pay the required fees each semester appropriate to their status (see fee schedule). Students in dissertation sta tus who have completed their required units in dissertation research and all pre internship stud ents must register for three additional units each semester until the dissertation is completed. TRANSFER CREDIT Students may transfer up to nine semester hours of applicable graduate level courses from an accred ited graduate school or theological seminary toward the master's degree. Doctoral students may transfer up to 30 semester hours of appli cable graduate level courses in psychology (including the nine hours on the master's level ) and/ or up to 15 hours of theology and Bible app li cable to Rosemead 's program (including the nin e hours on tbe master's level) from an accredited graduate school or theology seminary. Practicum credit in the amount equal to one Rosemead practicum of three hours may be transferred with the permiss ion of the director of clinical train ing. These hours will be counted toward the 30 hour transfer maximum. Practicum transfer credit wi ll be granted only when it is shown as practicum on an official gradu ate transcript. Ph .D. stud ents are required to take all 12 practicum hours whil e in resi dency. Rosemead wi ll not evaluate non traditional learn ing or non-transcripted work experience for academic or practicum credit. When students wish to use transfer credit for a required course in the Rosemead curriculum, it is thei r responsi bility to provide documentation assuring the equivalency of course content. Competency examinati ons may be given to verify equ ivalence to Rosemead required courses. Documentation may include catalog descriptions, syllabi and other supporting materials from the pro fessor of record or department, as deemed necessary. UNOFFICIAL WITHDRAWAL A student who fails to register in any given semes ter without arranging for a leave of absence o r formal withdrawa l is eliminated from the program by default.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS GRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY
Courses under thi s designation provide the essential scientific and theoretical data base for advanced graduate study in clini cal psychology. SPY 500 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL TECHNIQUES (2) An introduct ion to intervention tech niques in clinical psychology. Includes an emphasis on intake interviewing, the rela tionsh ip between models of psychopatho l ogy and psychotherapy and interpersonal constructs and techniques that cut across various approaches to intervention. Required of Psy.D., Ph.D. SPY 502 ADVANCED STATISTICS (3) Concepts and techniques involved in the analysis and interpretation of clin ical and research data. Lecture and laboratory descriptive and in ferentia l statistics. Major topics include correlation and regression , tests of significance and intro duction to analysis of variance. Both para metric and non-parametric approaches are covered. Instruction assumes undergradu ate background in statistics . Requi red of Psy.D., Ph.D. SPY 510 MOTIVATION (3) Physiol ogical, psychological and social basis for motivation. Topics include drives, obesity, sexual motivation, need for achievement and aggression. Elective.
SPY 513 SENSATION AND PERCEPTION (3)
Theory and research regarding the pro cess of sensation and perception and their re lati on to motivation and learning. Elective. SPY 515 PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY I (3) The first of a two course sequence in personality theory and psychopathology. This course focuses on human istic-existen tial perspectives, including theories such as Allport, Gend lin , Maslow, May, Rogers
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