CHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES As members of a Christian university community, Rosemead's faculty believe the relating of one's faith to an academic discipline goes beyond the theoretical and academic. Opportunities for fellowship, dialogue and worship are seen as vital parts of the total educational process. Consequently, all students are expected to participate in Rosemead's weekly chapel. Various opportunities are provided during the academic year for students and their spouses to gather in faculty homes for fellowship and integration of first-year students into the Rosemead community. Students are also encouraged to become involved in one of the many local churches in the Southern California area. Graduation Requirements The major MA, Psy.D. and Ph.D. degree requirements are summa rized below. Since all students take a set of basic courses in scientific psychology as well as in clinical psychology and theology, the first three years of the Psy.D. and Ph.D. tracks are very similar. MASTER'S DEGREE IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Although Rosemead does not offer a terminal Master's program, a Master of Arts in clinical psychology is granted after the completion of the first two years of either the Ph.D. or Psy.D. curriculum, includ ing:
Beginning in their first year of study, students participate in a variety of activities designed to promote professional awareness and personal growth. The first year activities include active training in empathy skills and on-campus pre-practicum experience.The pre-practicum course consists of exercises to assess and facilitate in terpersonal skills, and the initial opportunity for the student to work with a volunteer college client in a helping role. During the second year, students usually participate in interpersonal training therapy. As participants, students personally experience some of the growth-producing aspects of interpersonal relation ships. In addition, students begin their formal practicum and psycho therapy lab courses in the second year. Students are placed in such professional facilities as outpatient clinics, hospitals, college counsel ing centers, public schools and community health organizations on the basis of their individual readiness, needs and interests.These practicum experiences are supervised both by Rosemead's faculty and qualified professionals working in the practicum agencies. In the psychotherapy lab courses, students receive both instruction and supervised experience, offering clinical services from the theoretical orientation of the course. Students elect lab courses from offerings such as Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents, Marriage and Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Cognitive/ Behavior Therapy with Children, Biofeedback, and Gestalt Therapy. During the third year most doctoral students take two or three psy chotherapy lab courses, work in an adult outpatient practicum set ting, and begin individual training therapy. This therapy is designed to give the student first-hand experience in the role of a client and is considered an opportunity for both personal growth and for learn ing therapeutic principles and techniques. A minimum of 50 hours of individual training are required. Such issues as timing, choice of therapist and specific goals are determined by students in conjunc tion with their advisors and the Clinical Training Committee. When doctoral students reach their fourth year, most of their time is spent in electives from the therapy, integration and general psychol ogy courses; advanced practicum assignments; and independent study or research. This step-by-step progression in professional training experiences gives the student personal experience with a wide range of personalities in a variety of settings and provides the necessary preparation for a full-time internship during the fifth year of study. The internship is planned as an intensive clinical experience to help students integrate the varied elements of their preparation in psychology into a congruent professional role. All internships must be faculty approved in order to ensure a high level of professional experience for the student. Placement in practicum agencies is made by the director of clinical training and internships are obtained by the student consonant with the internship guidelines of the school. The faculty is active in help ing select and obtain such placements.
A. A minimum of 45 semester hours• in psychology (including practicum and psychotherapy lab courses)
B. A minimum of 9 semester hours in theology
c. A minimum of one year of resident graduate work. (The final semester must be in residence.)
o. A transfer maximum of 9 units in theology and 9 units in psychology may be counted toward the MA in Clinical Psy chology
*"Hours" and "units" are interchangeable throughout this section.
PH.O. IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY , . Residence & Coursework
Normally, four years of residency are required unless transfer of credit is brought in and advanced standing granted. While the doctorate is not awarded simply for completion of stated course work, there are basic unit requirements for the degree (133 semester hours) Each student is assigned a faculty advi sor who assists in the planning of each semester's schedule of courses and supervises the student's progress in the program. For transfer credit, see General Academic Information. Psychology: Ph.D. students must complete a minimum of 78 semester hours of psychology in addition to a doctoral dissertation. These 78 units include 50 required units, 12 units of practicum that must be taken in residence, 4 units
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