Adler School of Professional Psychology Catalog 2008 – 2009
Adler School of Professional Psychology Catalog 2008 – 2009
Adler School of Professional Psychology Catalog 2008 – 2009
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internship. Students applying for internship are expected to make adequate<br />
progress on their dissertation (See Internship Handbook available on<br />
Scholar360 for further detail).<br />
Completion <strong>of</strong> the Doctoral Dissertation and Oral Defense requires<br />
students to demonstrate the ability to evaluate, synthesize, integrate, and apply<br />
relevant psychological research and practice culminating in a scholarly paper <strong>of</strong><br />
publishable quality. Although the Oral Defense is focused on a discussion <strong>of</strong> the<br />
findings <strong>of</strong> the Doctoral Dissertation, it may include other areas such as<br />
research theory and design, pr<strong>of</strong>essional psychology, clinical knowledge, and<br />
other psychology-related topics and issues.<br />
Dissertation students must meet requirements specified in the edition <strong>of</strong><br />
the Dissertation Handbook that is current at the time they are registered for<br />
Course 697. The <strong>School</strong> reserves the right to require students to meet any new<br />
dissertation requirements when students take longer than two years from the<br />
time <strong>of</strong> registration in Course 697 to complete the dissertation.<br />
Students must register for Doctoral Dissertation (Course 901) within three<br />
consecutive terms after approval <strong>of</strong> their dissertation proposal or in any term in<br />
which they are actively working on their dissertation with their committee<br />
members. Once students register for dissertation, they must continue<br />
registering for three consecutive terms (901, 902, 903). Students completing<br />
their internship may be waived <strong>of</strong> this requirement with the permission <strong>of</strong> their<br />
dissertation chairperson and the Director <strong>of</strong> Training and Community Service.<br />
Such permission will only be granted if the student is not actively engaged in<br />
working on their dissertation with the chair and/or any member <strong>of</strong> their<br />
dissertation committee. In those instances where permission is granted,<br />
students must register for a total <strong>of</strong> three terms <strong>of</strong> dissertation. Students who<br />
have failed to complete their dissertation after registering for three terms are<br />
required to register for 065 Doctoral Dissertation Continuation until they are<br />
approved for the Oral Defense. Students receive a grade <strong>of</strong> In Progress for any<br />
term in which they are making satisfactory progress on their dissertation and a<br />
grade <strong>of</strong> No Progress when they are failing to complete the project in a timely<br />
manner. Any student who has received three consecutive grades <strong>of</strong> NP for<br />
either Dissertation Proposal or Dissertation will be automatically referred to the<br />
Student Comprehensive Evaluation Committee for review. When a student<br />
satisfactorily completes the dissertation proposal or dissertation, a grade <strong>of</strong> CR<br />
(Credit) will be issued and all prior grades <strong>of</strong> NP and IP will be changed to<br />
Credit. Failure to complete the dissertation within two years <strong>of</strong> completing the<br />
internship may result in administrative dismissal from the Psy.D. program.<br />
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