This Program of Study is to be used by those students entering the doctoral program with a Master's degree in Counseling or a related area.

Required courses must be taken as part of your graduate program to fulfill APA accreditation criteria.

In planning this Program of Studies, you should plan in close collaboration with your faculty advisor. Together, you will review your previous graduate study and arrive at a sound professional training program conforming to the standards established by Boston College and the American Psychological Association.

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Course Number and Title	Semester*	Grade	Credits (Ph.D.)	T/W**
AREA A: PROFESSIONAL CORE
Prerequisite
PY 440 Principles and Techniques of Counseling or equivalent
PY 640 Group Counseling and Group Theory or equivalent
Required
PY 528 Multicultural Issues
PY 840 Seminar: Professional Issues in Counseling Psychology
PY 842 Seminar: Counseling Theory
PY 843 Seminar: Career Development
PY 844 Seminar: Counseling Supervision
Select one elective PY 743 Counseling Families PY 744 Psychology of Aging
AREA B: STATISTICS AND RESEARCH DESIGN
Prerequisite
ED 468 Introductory Statistics
Required
PY 469 Intermediate Statistics
PY 667 General Linear Models
PY 841 Quantitative Research Design and Evaluation in Counseling Psychology
PY 851 Design of Qualitative Research
Advanced course in Statistics and Research Design
PY 941 Dissertation Seminar in Counseling/Development Psychology
PY 988 Dissertation Direction
AREA C: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT
Required
PY 464 Intellectual Assessment
PY 465 Psychological Testing or equivalent
PY 662 Projective Assessment
Elective (not required)
PY 663 Neuropsychological Assessment
AREA D: PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS
Prerequisite
PY 549 Psychopathology or equivalent
Required
PS 590 History and Theories of Psychology
PY 741 Advanced Seminar in Psychopathology
PY 745 Biological Bases of Behavior
PY 917 Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior
Select one course in Social Bases of Behavior PS 540 Advanced Topics: Social Psychology PS 550 Advanced Topics in Cultural Psychology PS 551 Seminar in Cultural Context of Development PY 915 Critical Perspectives: Psychology of Race, Class, and Gender
Electives (not required)
PS 560 Advanced Topics in Development Psychology
PS 561 Seminar in Social and Emotional Development
PS 570 Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology
PY 615 Social and Affective Processes across the Life-span
PY 617 Learning and Cognition
PY 817 Applied Adolescent and Adult Development
PY 916 Applied Infant and Child Development
AREA E: PRACTICUM
Required
PY 748 Practicum in Counseling
PY 646 Internship in Counseling
PY 746 Internship in Counseling
PY 846.01 Advanced Pre-Internship Counseling Practicum
Elective (not required)
PY 846.02 Advanced Pre-Internship Counseling Practicum
AREA F: INTERNSHIP IN COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
Required
PY 849 Doctoral Internship in Counseling Psychology***
ADDITIONAL COURSES (MA and PhD, not included in above list)
Total credits			68

* Indicate semester and year course was taken or will be taken.
** Enter T or W if course was waived or substituted with another course, attach "Transfer or Waiver Form."
*** All doctoral students must submit documentation on the approved form indicating a minimum of 400 clock hours (200 may be Master's level) of supervised practica prior to entering PY 849.

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