Business Administration - John F. Kennedy University
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College of<br />
Professional Studies<br />
College of Professional Studies<br />
Psychological Measurement – Students will demonstrate<br />
knowledge of principles of psychological measurement,<br />
research design, and techniques of data analysis.<br />
• Goal #2: Students will acquire developmentally appropriate<br />
skills in each of these areas of professional psychology:<br />
relationship, Assessment, Intervention, research and<br />
Evaluation, and Professional roles.<br />
Relationship – Students can develop, describe, and<br />
maintain constructive and culturally sensitive clinical<br />
relationships with clients, supervisors, and others with<br />
whom they interact professionally.<br />
Assessment – Students can assess clinically relevant client<br />
characteristics, and use the information gathered to<br />
describe, conceptualize, and diagnose within a sociopolitical<br />
and cultural context.<br />
Intervention – Students can engage in effective,<br />
theory-informed, research-based, culturally appropriate<br />
activities that promote, restore, sustain, or enhance positive<br />
functioning and a sense of well-being in clients through<br />
preventive, developmental, or remedial services.<br />
Research and Evaluation – Students demonstrate the<br />
ability to interpret, design, and implement clinically and<br />
culturally appropriate research.<br />
Professional Roles – Students can articulate the theoretical<br />
and empirical foundations of, and demonstrate the basic<br />
skills of: supervision, management, consultation, and<br />
education in a multicultural professional environment.<br />
• Goal #3: Students will demonstrate the personal and<br />
professional attributes of multi-culturally competent<br />
practitioner-scholars.<br />
Awareness – Students recognize, value, and work<br />
consciously with individual and cultural differences within<br />
intersecting systems.<br />
Professional Conduct and Attitude – Students conduct<br />
themselves in accordance with professional standards, laws,<br />
and ethics.<br />
Scholarship – Students demonstrate their commitment to<br />
the practitioner-scholar model of clinical psychology.<br />
accreditation<br />
The doctor of Psychology (Psyd) program at <strong>John</strong> F. <strong>Kennedy</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> is accredited by the American Psychological Associa tion<br />
(APA). Interested parties may contact the APA at:<br />
Commission on Accreditation<br />
American Psychological Association<br />
750 First Street nE<br />
Washington dC 20002-4242<br />
(202) 336-5979<br />
admission requirements<br />
applying to this program.<br />
• A resume/vitae.<br />
• A recent and representative sample of academic writing (sample<br />
academic paper). The sample should be no longer than ten pages<br />
and should include the applicant’s name.<br />
• Three letters of recommendation which attest to the appli cant’s<br />
suitability for a doctor of Psychology program are required; two<br />
of the three recommendations will preferably be from former or<br />
current instructors.<br />
Applications will be evaluated by the Psyd Admissions Com mittee.<br />
Applicants deemed most appropriate for admission will be<br />
contacted by the program to schedule an interview.<br />
The Graduate record Examination (GrE) score is not required of<br />
applicants.<br />
The application deadline is the second Monday in december for<br />
the application and all supporting documentation. Applicants are<br />
admitted for the fall quarter only. Late applications will be<br />
considered on a case-by-case basis if space is available.<br />
The following four classes are required prior to enrollment in the<br />
Psyd program. These classes need to have been taken at a regionally<br />
accredited <strong>University</strong> within the past ten years with a grade of C or<br />
better in an undergraduate program or a B- or better in<br />
post-undergraduate work:<br />
diversity-related class<br />
Introduction to Psychology<br />
Survey course on Theories of Personality<br />
Statistics<br />
Transfer Credit<br />
The maximum number of approved credits that may be transferred<br />
into the Psyd program from master-level courses is 18. Students<br />
requesting course transfer credit must have attained a grade of<br />
“Credit” or a letter grade of B or higher from a regionally accredited<br />
institution. The course(s) in question must have been taken within<br />
the last eight years. A maximum of 30 credits of doctoral-level<br />
course work in clinical/applied psychology may be transferred.<br />
Although transfer credit may reduce the cost of the program, it will<br />
not reduce the overall length of the program.<br />
Transfer credit is not permitted into the linked MA Sport<br />
Psy chology/Psyd programs.<br />
fingerprints and Malpractice insurance<br />
Students must have fingerprints registered with the department of<br />
Justice, and must have student malpractice insurance (obtainable<br />
from APAGS) before beginning practicum placement.<br />
advisement<br />
In addition to the <strong>University</strong> requirements listed previously in this<br />
catalog, applicants to the Psyd program must provide the following: After matriculating into the program, students are assigned a<br />
faculty advisor with whom they meet at least once per quarter.<br />
• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended. Student performance in coursework and practica is evaluated on<br />
note: An undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or a graduate GPA of 3.5 in an ongoing basis, with formal yearly reviews. Each year must be<br />
psychology or a related field is required.<br />
completed satisfactorily to be advanced in the program. Failure to<br />
• A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution. meet requirements for advancement will result in a referral to the<br />
(International applicants to the Psyd program must have the review and Advisement Committee to remediate the diffi culty. In<br />
equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree.)<br />
some instances, students may be required to supplement or repeat<br />
• A personal statement, no longer than four double-spaced, certain areas of the program or to take a leave from the program.<br />
typewritten pages. The statement should reflect the appli cant’s See the Psyd Student Handbook for review and Advisement<br />
interest in the field of psychology and diversity, and rationale for procedure.<br />
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