Rosemead School of Psycholoay
The Doctor of Psychology Degree The Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in clinical psychology is designed to train practitioners in professional psychology. In sional model of training that is designed to train researchers or cli nicians with strong research interests, Rosemead's Psy.D. pro- · gram is designed for students interested in pursuing careers in applied areas of clinical psychology. Whi le all students receive training in the basic areas of scientific psy chology relevant to the practice of psy chology, the focus of Psy.D. training is on the development of professional skills and the utilization of theory and research in professional practice. The research focus is on the consumption of research rather than the generation of new scientific findings. Psy.D. graduates are expected to have an adequate knowledge of psychological theory, assessment and intervention, to have a sensitivity to their own personal functioning, to have a probing stance t o ward human problems that includes an awareness of relevant research issues and findings, and to be alert to the ongoing professional and ethical issues in the field of professional psychology. While Rosemead 's Psy.D. program requires a dis sertat ion, topics may be chosen with greater fl exibilit y in clinical -professional areas than is typical for the Ph.D. For stu dents without previous graduate study, the Psy.D. program requires approximately five years of full-time study, including a ful l time clinical internship during the fifth year. The Doctor of Philosophy Degree The PhD degree in psychology at Rosemead signifies completion of a cou rse of study designed to prepare students for careers combining professional and aca demic activit ies. Rosemead's Ph.D. follows a professional-scientist trai ning model (as opposed to both the professional model of Rosemead's Psy.D. and the scientist professional model of most university
based Ph.D. programs). This program, while still placing its major focus on profes sional training, has a stronger research
component than Rosemead 's Doctor of contrast to the traditional scientist-profesPsychology program. It does not however,
(as most scientist-professional Ph.D. pro grams do) place the primary emphasis on the development of research skills. Re search training in Rosemead 's Ph.D. pro gram is designed to prepa,re professional psychologists who are trained in research designs appropriate to clinical investiga tions and who w ill be critical consumers of research and able to conduct systematic investigations on topics of clinical rel evance. Consequently, research training at Rosemead is focused on human research. In addition to the core requirements shared with the PsyD program (including an internship), the Ph.D. program at Rosemead requires both an M.A level research project and successful completion of an original dissertation research pro ject. For students without previous gradu ate study, the Ph.D. program requires ap proximately five years of full -time study. Graduates of Rosemead's Ph.D. program generally seek out either full-time profes sional careers or positions involving a com bination of clinical and academic responsi biliti es. Training and Research Facilities Rosemead maintains an outpatient psy chological service and training center, the Rosemead Counseling Service. This clinic has two·branches (one off-campus) and of fers a wide range of psychological services to adults and children. It also provides on campus training opportunities for students. The cli nic is equipped with one-way vision glass for case observation and video-taping facilities. Students also receive supervised clinical experiences at t he practicum agen cies listed lat er in this bulleti n.
Dean: S. Bruce Narramore, Ph.D. Dean of Admi nistration: Richard J. Mohline, LLD Faculty Professors: J. Carter, Edwards, Lewis, B. Narramo1-e, Poelst ra Associate Professors: Brady, Duvall, Kelley, Larzelere, McQueen , Mohl ine, Strauss Assistant Professors: Edkins, Guy, W. Hunt er, Pike, Polite, Thomas, Wong Introduction The Rosemead School of Psychology of Biola University, in addition to its under graduate work, offers graduate work lead ing to the Master of Arts (MA), the Doc tor of Psychology (PsyD) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. ) degrees in clinical psy chology. Rosemead's Psy.D. program is accredited by the American Psychological Association. Training Models in Clinical Psychology In the past twenty years there has been a great deal of discussion and debate by psychologists over appropriate training models and degrees in clinical psychology. During the I 95O's and I%O's, most doc toral training in psychology followed the scientist professional model and culminat ed in the awarding of the Ph.D. These pro grams were designed to train scientifically oriented researchers and professionals. Du ri ng the I%O's and I 97O's the need frn- training programs with stronger pro fessional orientations became apparent In stitutions like th University of Ill inois, the California School of Professional Psycholo gy, the University of Denver, Baylor Uni versity, Rutgers University and the
Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology were among the first to offer programs designed explicitly to provide doctoral training following either a profession (prac titioner) or a professional-scientist (practi tioner-scientist) model of training. Without rejecti ng the need for training in the basic science areas of psychology. these programs began placing proportion ately greater emphasis on the professional aspects of training. After a decade of dis cussion, debate and innovation, graduate training programs in clinical psychology now cover a broad range of emphasis from highly professional to highly scientific. These programs can be roughly cat ego rized into professional, professional-scien tist scientist-professional. Professional pro grams generally award the Psy.D. degree Professional-scientist programs may culmi nate in either the Psy.D. or the Ph.D. and scientist professional programs culminate in the PhD As a professional school, Rosemead of fers programs following both the profes sional training model and the professional ~ scientist model. Rosemead's professional training model leads to the Psy.D. and its professional-scientist model to the Ph.D. A student whose primary goal is to become a research psychologist with extensive training in scientific psychology and human and animal research should seek out a more traditional scientist-professional model of training.
Degree Programs Master of Arts Degree
Rosemead's Master of Arts degree is largely designed as a stepping stone for students in the doctoral programs. Under special circumstances, however, students can be admitted to a terminal Master of Arts program in cl inical psychology.
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