Psychology Graduate Program (MA, PhD)
MA Program Requirements (Clinical Psychology)
To be awarded the Psychology MA (Clinical Psychology) degree, students must complete the following requirements.
The Master of Psychology is offered on a full-time basis only, and is a two-year program. Required courses are typically offered every year; elective courses offered vary from year to year.
MA Degree Requirements (Clinical Psychology)
| PS8101 | Statistics and Research Design I -normally completed in the Fall term of MA Year 1 |
| PS8301 | Psychopathology -normally completed in the Fall term of MA Year 1 |
| PS8309 |
Psychological Assessment I -normally completed in the Fall term of MA Year 1 |
| PS8102 | Statistics and Research Design II -normally completed in the Winter term of MA Year 1 |
| PS8310 |
Psychological Assessment II -normally completed in the Winter term of MA Year 1 |
| PS8306 |
Practicum in Clinical Psychology I -normally starts in the Summer term of MA Year 1 |
| PS8103 | Clinical Research Methods -normally completed in the Fall term of MA Year 2 |
| PS9306 | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy -normally completed in the Winter term of MA Year 2 |
| PS8304 |
Treatment of Psychological Disorders -normally completed in the Winter term of MA Year 2 |
| Milestone: | MA Thesis -to be completed by August 31 of MA Year 2 |
| Electives: | 2 Psychology electives* -a minimum of one elective should be completed in MA Year 1, and all electives should be completed by May 1 of MA Year 2 |
* * Clinical psychology students are required to take graduate or undergraduate courses covering the five core areas.
The Canadian Psychological Association defines five core areas that must be covered by the curriculum of all CPA accredited programs. Core areas include:
- Biological Bases of Behaviour
- Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behaviour
- Social Bases of Behaviour
- Individual Behaviour
- Historical and Scientific Foundations of General Psychology
To meet the first four core areas, students are required to have taken two senior undergraduate classes or one graduate class in each area (by the end of the PhD in clinical psychology).
Students must have taken one class at the undergraduate or graduate level fulfilling the historical and scientific foundations core area by the end of the PhD in clinical psychology (e.g.: PS9101 History of Psychology).
Complete the CPA Core Areas Course Review Form 
and submit to the Director of Clinical Training for approval, then submit to the Graduate Program Administrator in JOR941. The original form is kept on file as each core area is being fulfilled for the duration of the program.
For official program requirement listings, please see the official Graduate Studies Calendar.
The School of Graduate Studies minimum residency requirement for the MA and PhD programs in psychology is six academic terms (for each program); note that each academic year is three terms. Continuous enrollment throughout the residency period is required.
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