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