COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERING – PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Curriculum Revision
Master of Science in Psychology:
Concentration in Clinical Psychology
Submitted for review and approval for AY 2012-2013 Bulletin
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Contacts:
Julia M. Lewis, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
415-338-7555
jmlewis@sfsu.edu
David Gard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Coordinator, Clinical Psychology concentration
415-338-1440
dgard@sfsu.edu
M. Dawn Terrell, Ph.D.
Professor
415-338-1103
dterrell@sfsu.edu
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M.S. in Psychology: Concentration in Clinical Psychology
Curriculum Revision Proposal
I.
Introduction
Clinical psychology is one of three applied professions recognized within the field of psychology
(along with industrial/organizational psychology and school psychology). The Psychology Department
has offered a graduate degree with a concentration in clinical psychology since 1952, with a mission of
training students in the fundamentals of clinical psychology and preparing them to provide critical
mental health services to the community. From its inception, the clinical psychology concentration has
emphasized preparing students to understand and promote well-being in culturally and socially diverse
populations, and to be conversant with preventive as well as ameliorative strategies in addressing
mental health issues. Graduates typically go on to work in mental health agencies, hospitals, nonprofit service centers, educational institutions, and private practice settings. While the majority of
graduates become mental health professionals in the greater Bay Area region, graduates can also be
found around the state, nation, and globe. For example, recent international students completing the
clinical psychology graduate concentration hailed from Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, and Turkey.
The Master of Science in Psychology: Concentration in Clinical Psychology is currently a 51-unit
degree that prepares students for the professional practice of psychotherapy as Marriage and Family
Therapists (MFTs). MFTs are mental health professionals licensed by the California Board of
Behavioral Sciences (BBS), and the degree program must therefore conform to the educational
requirements of the BBS. As will be detailed below, these requirements will change beginning August,
2012, prompting the proposed revision the M.S. curriculum.
The program is one of six graduate degree concentrations in the Psychology Department, and
one of three pre-professional M.S. degree programs. Four faculty members have full-time teaching
appointments in the Clinical Psychology concentration: Professors Julia Lewis and M. Dawn Terrell,
Associate Professor David Gard, and Assistant Professor Sarah Holley. One faculty member, Dr. Diane
Harris, has shared appointments in the Clinical Psychology concentration and the School Psychology
concentration. Traditionally, mental health professionals working in the field have also taught parttime in the program, including Dr. Kate Hellenga and Dr. Scott Schulkin. Their courses are typically
covered by non-general fund sources, such as the Head Start grant or CEL funds generated by the postmaster’s School Psychology credential program.
The Clinical Concentration is a lock-step, cohorted degree program. Current cohorts are
comprised of eight students; prior to 2009, cohorts were 10-12 students. This change in cohort size
was made to address resource constraints, in anticipation of eventual changes to the curriculum.
Given the typical teaching load in the Psychology Department for faculty affiliated with M.S. degree
concentrations (two graduate, and one undergraduate per semester), it was necessary to reduce the
cohort to a level where it could be sustained with current faculty given anticipated increases in the
number of units offered. From 2005 – 2010, there were a total of 53 graduates of the program; there
were 12 each in 2009-2010 and 2008-2009; 11 in 2007-2008; and 9 each in 2006-2007 and 2005-2006.
The contact persons for questions about the proposal are: Julia Lewis, Chair, Department of
Psychology (jmlewis@sfsu.edu); David Gard, Coordinator, Clinical Psychology Concentration
(dgard@sfsu.edu); and M. Dawn Terrell, Professor (dterrell@sfsu.edu).
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II.
Sept. 2011
Nature of the Request
The scope and training of mental health professionals in California is being expanded in
response to the Mental Health Services Act passed by the voters of California in 2004. After several
years of careful review and consultation, the California legislature passed Senate Bill 33 (SB 33) in 2009
which set forth new educational requirements for the MFT license. Specifically, mental health
professionals are being required to have a better understanding of the needs of severely mentally ill
populations, including training in recovery-oriented treatment, and to be able to respond to the needs
of consumers exposed to the effects of trauma, disasters, poverty, and deprivation. Already
mandated training in the assessment and treatment of child abuse, partner and spousal abuse, and
substance abuse has been expanded to include training in elder abuse treatment and reporting.
Similarly, required practicum experiences have been expanded to include hands-on experiences with a
variety of consumers, including the severely mentally ill, and training in evidence-based treatment
strategies and resources for those with severe mental illness. The curriculum changes necessitated by
SB 33 are described below.
A. New courses. Three courses will be added to the curriculum, consisting of two courses
designed specifically for the new curriculum and one course already offered as an optional
elective:
1. Psychology 723 – Clinical Methods: Psychological Testing and Assessment- this new 3
unit course would consolidate training in use of psychological tests and assessment
tools into one course, replacing the current Psychology 721 and Psychology 722 in the
Clinical Psychology M.S. concentration (they will remain part of the School Psychology
concentration).
2. Psychology 724 – Clinical Issues: Drugs, Brain and Behavior – this new 3 unit course will
cover advances in neuropsychology, psychopharmacology, and the assessment and
treatment of substance abuse disorders. This course provides students with training
required by SB 33 in a consolidated format. The course also becomes a possible elective
for students in the other graduate concentrations in psychology.
3. Psychology 891 – Seminar in Selected Problems in Psychology – this 3 unit seminar has
been used in the Clinical Psychology concentration to cover professional issues,
including innovative practices, specialization, and student development as clinicians. It
is currently offered as an optional elective in the fall of students’ second year in the
program (75% of students took it the first year it was offered in 2008; 100% took it in
2009 and 2010 respectively, and 75% are enrolled this fall). It will become a required
course.
B. Course revisions. As part of the curriculum revision, three courses will be revised slightly to
accommodate additional content in some instances and to consolidate content in others.
Specifically:
1. Psychology 753 – Seminar in Therapeutic and Developmental Change 1 – will continue
to cover infancy to old age, and will now also include issues in long-term care, end-oflife and grief.
2. Psychology 754 – Seminar in Therapeutic and Developmental Change II – will continue
to cover child and partner abuse, and will now also cover elder abuse.
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3. Psychology 828 – Conference to Accompany Advanced Psychology Practicum – the
description will be changed to delete substance abuse (consolidated in the new course,
Psychology 724), and to add in case management.
C. Deleted courses. Two courses will be deleted from the current Clinical Psychology M.S.
program, but will remain as courses taught in the Department primarily for School Psychology
students:
1. Psychology 721 - Clinical Methods: Assessment of Intelligence and Perceptual-Motor
Functioning – this 3 unit course is better suited to the training needs of the students in
the School Psychology program. As noted above, in the proposed curriculum the
material covered in this course and in Psychology 722 below will be consolidated into
one course, Psychology 723, which is more closely aligned with the training needs of
students preparing for the MFT license.
2. Psychology 722 - Clinical Methods: Personality Appraisal and Projective Techniques –
some of the content covered in this 3 unit course will be covered in the new Psychology
723. Instead of taking a second course in psychological testing, students will be
required to take the new course, Psychology 724, covering areas mandated by SB 33
such as psychopharmacology and substance abuse assessment and treatment.
D. Increase in total units. As mandated in SB 33, the degree will now be 60 units rather than 51
units. Two changes will be made to the program to accomplish this:
1. The practicum experience in the first year of the program will be expanded so that it is
aligned with actual practice in the first year. In order to be fully prepared to meet the
challenges of their second year placements, students now spend as much time in their
first year practicum settings as they do in their second year placements, which are 6
units per semester. Thus, Psychology 729 will change from its current 3 units per
semester to 6 units per semester. This change adds 6 units to the degree but does not
require additional faculty resources (as students are already completing the amount of
practicum work required for 6 units).
2. In the fall of the second year of the program, students will be required to take
Psychology 891, a seminar in selected problems in psychology, which is currently
optional. This seminar covers professional issues and innovations in mental health
practice that are now required under SB 33. This change adds 3 units to the program,
though it should not be burdensome to students as at least 75% of students in the
program have opted to take the course when it was offered as an elective.
E. Summary of changes:
1. Three new courses are required in the revised curriculum: Psychology 723, Psychology
724, and Psychology 891.
2. To reflect changes in content covered, slight changes are made to the descriptions of
three courses: Psychology 753, Psychology 754, and Psychology 828.
3. Two courses in the current Clinical Concentration are deleted in the revised curriculum,
Psychology 721 and 722 (they remain offered in the School Psychology Concentration).
4. The program goes from 51 units to 60 units with a change in the number of units for
Psychology 729 from 3 each semester to 6 each semester.
(Refer to Appendix A- “tracked changes”, and Appendix E- finalized Bulletin copy with revisions).
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III.
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Description of the Changes
Course
PSY 721
PSY 722
PSY 728
PSY 729
PSY 753
PSY 754
PSY 821
Current Concentration
Proposed Curriculum Revision
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Units Course
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Units
Clinical Methods:
3 PSY 723
Clinical Methods:
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Assessment of Intelligence
Psychological Testing and
and Perceptual-Motor
Assessment
Functioning
Prerequisite: Classified
Prerequisite: classified
graduate status in
graduate status and consent
psychology and consent of
of instructor. Must be taken
instructor.
concurrently with PSY 729.
Clinical Methods:
3 PSY 724
Clinical Issues: Drugs, Brain
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Personality Appraisal and
and Behavior
Projective Techniques
Prerequisite: Classified
Prerequisite: PSY 721. Must
graduate status in
be taken concurrently with
psychology and consent of
PSY 729.
instructor.
Conference to Accompany
6 PSY 728
Conference to Accompany
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Psychology Practicum
Psychology Practicum
Prerequisite: classified
Prerequisite: classified
graduate status. Seminar to
graduate status. Seminar to
be taken concurrently with
be taken concurrently with
PSY 729.
PSY 729.
Psychology Practicum
6 PSY 729
Psychology Practicum
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Must be taken concurrently
Must be taken concurrently
with 721 and then with 722.
with 728.
Seminar in Therapeutic and
3 PSY 753
Seminar in Therapeutic and
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Developmental Change I
Developmental Change I
Prerequisites: classified
Prerequisites: classified
graduate status and consent
graduate status and consent
of instructor.
of instructor.
Seminar in Therapeutic and
3 PSY 754
Seminar in Therapeutic and
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Developmental Change II
Developmental Change II
Prerequisite: PSY 753.
Prerequisite: PSY 753.
Clinical Methods: Diagnosis
3 PSY 821
Clinical Methods: Diagnosis
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and Advanced
and Advanced
Psychopathology
Psychopathology
Prerequisite: classified
Prerequisite: classified
graduate status in clinical or
graduate status in clinical or
school psychology master’s
school psychology master’s
program.
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Current Concentration
Proposed Curriculum Revision
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Clinical Methods: Marital
3 PSY 822
Clinical Methods: Marital
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and Family Systems Theory
and Family Systems Theory
and Therapy
and Therapy
Prerequisite: PSY 821.
Prerequisite: PSY 821.
Conference to Accompany
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Conference to Accompany
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Advanced Psychology
Advanced Psychology
Practicum
Practicum
Seminar to be taken
Seminar to be taken
concurrently with PSY 829.
concurrently with PSY 829.
Advanced Psychology
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Advanced Psychology
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Practicum
Practicum
Prerequisite: PSY 729.
Prerequisite: PSY 729.
Directed Reading and
3 PSY 896
Directed Reading and
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Comprehensive Written
Comprehensive Written
Examination
Examination
Or
Or
Master’s Thesis and
Or
Master’s Thesis and
Oral Defense of Thesis
Oral Defense of Thesis
Prerequisite: advancement
Prerequisite: advancement
to candidacy for a master’s
PSY 898
to candidacy for a master’s
degree and consent of
degree and consent of
chairperson of candidate’s
chairperson of candidate’s
committee.
committee.
PSY 891
Seminar in Selected
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Problems
Prerequisite: classified
graduate status and consent
of instructor.
Total Minimum Units:
51
Total Minimum Units:
60
Reasons for the Proposed Changes
The chief reason for the proposed curriculum change is the need to conform to the new
educational requirements mandated by the Board of Behavioral Sciences for licensure as a Marriage
and Family Therapist in California. Although there have been occasional changes to the BBS
educational requirements over the years, this is the first major overhaul since 1988. Similarly, there
have been minor tweaks to the Clinical Psychology degree concentration over the years to keep up
with BBS updates, but this is the first time a major curriculum revision has been proposed in many
years. Faculty in the concentration have taken the opportunity to carefully review the curriculum, and
to suggest changes that build on the concentration’s strengths while addressing areas of weakness and
the challenges of restricted resources.
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Program Strengths and Weaknesses. Unlike many MFT programs around the state, the Clinical
Psychology degree concentration has always had a very strong focus on work in the community with
underserved populations, including those targeted by the BBS changes required in SB 33. For example,
students in the concentration spend part of their first year practicum experience working in lowincome pre-school settings, providing services to children with social and emotional difficulties. Many
students spend their second year practicum working with seriously mentally ill children and/or adults.
All of our practicum settings require that students understand the etiology and treatment of substance
abuse disorders, the effects of trauma, and the impact of socially and culturally diverse experiences. In
keeping with the mission of the university, and in line with strong student interest, the program has
worked to ensure that awareness of human diversity is infused throughout the curriculum. Perhaps
the signature strength of the program, from its inception, has been its emphasis on a combination of
rigorous theoretical training with extensive practicum experience, in keeping with the scientistpractitioner model that epitomizes the field of clinical psychology. This is one reason that student
demand for the degree has remained consistently high.
The current curriculum revision addresses one area of weakness. As the program has lost
faculty due to retirements and to administrative appointments, its ability to adequately cover all
necessary content has been compromised. One particular area of weakness was coverage of
psychopharmacology and the advances in neuropsychology linking brain and behavior. With the latest
faculty hire, these areas can be appropriately incorporated into the program through the proposed
curriculum revision. The two new courses included in the proposal, PSY 723 and PSY 724, reflect this
welcome shift.
Opportunities and Challenges. The need to revise the degree concentration to conform to new
BBS educational requirements presents an opportunity to ensure that the Clinical Psychology
concentration reflects recent trends in mental health training and treatment, including the emphasis
on recovery-oriented care, and provides students with skills in evidenced-based practices. By
consolidating coverage of psychological testing into one course, and similarly consolidating coverage of
substance abuse into just two courses, other topics can be covered more extensively in the remaining
courses. For example, case management is one of the mandatory content areas under the new BBS
requirements, and students will now have additional training in case management in PSY 828. Overall,
the curriculum revision allows for more seamless integration in students’ theoretical and experiential
training as mental health professionals.
The challenge has been to accommodate the mandated expansion from 51 units to 60 units in
an efficient manner, so that neither faculty resources nor student experiences are negatively impacted.
Because the concentration was already quite comprehensive, relatively minor changes are required to
expand to 60 units. Indeed, the proposed expansion to 60 units involves courses already part of the
program (one as an optional elective not counted toward the current 51 unit degree).
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Impact of Proposed Curricular Changes.
A. Furthering the mission of the university. The proposed revision will allow the Clinical
Psychology concentration to continue to provide “academically rigorous and intellectually
challenging” professional education that reflects “all dimensions of human diversity.” More
specifically, the revision will ensure that the concentration continues to train residents of the
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region, state, nation and world to provide vitally needed mental health services in the local and
global communities “with which its students and faculty are engaged.”
B. Furthering the mission of the department. The proposed revision strengthens the Clinical
Psychology concentration, allowing it to better reflect the Psychology Department’s mission to
train practitioners that “are always mindful of the scientific, empirical and theoretical bases of
their activities” while also recognizing the social and cultural contexts of the people they seek
to understand and treat. In particular, the revision allows the program to incorporate training
in the latest evidence-based practices and trends in mental health training.
C. Serving the interests of the students. The vast majority of the students who complete the
concentration will seek licensure in California as MFTs. It is therefore in their interest to have
the concentration conform to the BBS educational requirements for licensure as an MFT. The
comprehensive professional education provided in the proposed revision may ironically be even
more important for those students who will work outside of the United States, where licensure
may not be necessary to practice as a psychotherapist, as it provides students with the
knowledge and skills to function as independent mental health professionals.
D. Addressing the Program’s student learning objectives? As the Table below illustrates, the
changes to the courses relevant for the program SLO’s are minimal.
Overall Program Learning Objective: To train students to become master level psychologists in
Clinical Psychology
Specific Outcomes for Clinical Concentration
Relevant Courses
Relevant Courses
in Current
in Proposed
Concentration
Concentration
To develop technical skills in clinical assessment,
721, 722, 728, 821 723, 724, 728, 821
diagnosis of psychopathology, psychological testing
and professional writing
To develop familiarity and proficiency with major
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psychological theoretical orientations, and with
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828
models of psychotherapy.
To develop proficiency in the use of professional
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language and the application of theory to clinical
891
situations
To learn to integrate theory and practice in
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728, 828, 891
psychotherapy through presenting and evaluating
casework and applying ethical and legal principles
To gain experience in the practice of clinical
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729,829
psychology in diverse settings and populations in
supervised learning environments
To demonstrate professional level writing and
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896 or 898
ability to autonomously apply clinical and
theoretical knowledge in an independent project.
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E. Providing a rigorous program that reflects the latest trends in the discipline and positions
students to be ready for changes in the discipline. In adding 9 units to the current
concentration, the proposed revision makes an already rigorous curriculum even stronger,
emphasizing the practicum experience in the first year and requiring a second year seminar that
examines the changing nature of professional issues in the field. The proposed revision also
reflects the latest trends in the training of mental health professionals in that it expands the
curriculum to cover critical topic areas such as the impact of drugs on brain and behavior, and
case management.
F. Avoiding graduation bottlenecks. The proposed revision does not add any time to graduation
for students completing the degree. Instead, this revision achieves the necessary additional
units for the degree by aligning the number of units for practicum experience in the first year of
the program with what students are already doing, and makes mandatory a seminar most
students already take as an optional elective in the second year.
VI.
Differences of Opinion in the Department Concerning the Curricular Changes
The Department Curriculum Committee unanimously approved the proposed changes on Sept.
7, 2011 and the Department reviewed and approved the proposal on Sept. 14, 2011.
VII.
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment and the Proposed Curricular Changes
Results of prior student learning outcomes assessment led to changes in the way the curriculum
was delivered. Specifically, rubrics were developed for students completing the culminating
experience, and training on human diversity and cultural sensitivity was infused throughout the
curriculum. One additional result of the SLO assessment directly reflected in the proposed revision is
the mandatory course covering professional issues in the field.
VIII.
Relationship of Curricular Changes to Program Review Recommendations
In the 6th Cycle of Program Review, there were no specific recommendations for action
regarding the Clinical Psychology concentration. The Psychology Department was commended for
meeting all University standards for graduate programs and for the continuing faculty research and
professional engagement that includes students.
IX.
Mix of Courses at Lower, Upper, and Graduate Levels
The proposed changes to the graduate concentration in Clinical Psychology do not impact the
ratio of undergraduate to graduate courses in the Psychology Department. The number of
undergraduate courses offered by faculty assigned to the Clinical Psychology concentration will remain
the same.
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Impact on General Education
As noted above, the proposed curricular changes to the Clinical Psychology graduate
concentration should have no impact on the Psychology Department’s undergraduate offerings, and
should not impact the University’s General Education requirements.
XI.
Resource Implications of the Proposed Curricular Changes
There are, of course, resource implications in a curriculum revision that would expand the
number of units from 51 to 60. However, the proposed revision does not require additional faculty
resources to offer the revised degree. The Psychology Department will continue to use external
resources to cover the supervision necessary for the expanded practicum experience, (i.e., moving PSY
729 from 3 units to 6 units); for the past six years, the community agency where students provide
services pays for the supervision through a grant. Should this agreement end at any point in the
future, the Clinical faculty and the Department would seek another external partner with a similar
arrangement for supervision. The other major curricular change is making PSY 891 a required course in
the degree instead of an optional elective. The course has been offered as a voluntary faculty overload
for four years, which would continue with the curricular change. The curricular changes do anticipate
changes in faculty load associated with possible faculty retirements, but not resignations. In the past,
the concentration has worked with other graduate concentrations in Psychology to address resource
shortfalls caused by budget crises or faculty leaves, chiefly by sharing courses where appropriate. This
strategy would be used in the future, if necessary.
XII.
Consultations
The faculty in the School Psychology concentration have participated in many of the discussions
of the curricular changes, and also participated in Department deliberations concerning the revision.
The Clinical Concentration faculty met with the Chair of the Counseling Department early in our
discussions of the revision to ensure that the proposed courses do not overlap with those offered in
the Counseling Department. The proposed revision has been reviewed by the Chair of the Counseling
Department, and also with our faculty representative at the Library.
(Refer to consultations - Appendix B-D).
XIII.
Provisions for Program Assessment
The Clinical Psychology concentration has recently increased its assessment activities to collect
data from all students each semester. The faculty meet to review results, and to incorporate changes
into course delivery based on the results. This process will continue, and will help the clinical faculty to
evaluate implementation of the new curriculum.
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Advising/Transition Guidelines
Students who will be impacted by the changes to the curriculum will be informed of the
changes in their initial orientation to the program (for students who will enter their second years in Fall
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Appendices
A. Bulletin Copy with Tracked Changes
B. Consultation with Psychology Department re: School Psychology
C. Consultation with Counseling Department
D. Consultation with Library
E. Final Bulletin Copy effective AY 2012-2013, if revisions are approved
New Course Forms
PSY 723- Clinical Methods: Psychological Assessment
PSY 724- Drugs, Brain and Behavior
Course Revision Forms
PSY 729- 6 units, prerequisites (cat # 30584)
PSY 729- 3 units, unbank (cat # 05237)
PSY 753- content (cat # 15393)
PSY 754- content (cat # 30522)
PSY 828- content (cat # 30585)
PSY 829- grading system option (cat #31902)
PSY 829- prerequisites, grading system option (cat #31903)
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Appendix A
Bulletin copy with tracked changes
Master of Science in Psychology: Concentration in Clinical Psychology
Program Coordinators: D. Gard
The M.S. in psychology with a concentration in clinical psychology provides students with a degree that confers eligibility to
sit for the State of California Marriage and Family Therapy license after completing 3,000 approved hours, 1,700 hours of
which must be acquired post-master's.
Written English Proficiency Requirement
Level One (preadmission): Score of 4.0 or better on the GRE Analytical Writing Test Level Two: Satisfactory completion of
the comprehensive written examination (PSY 896) or master’s thesis (PSY 898).
Prerequisites: Preparation in psychology, or in other fields which emphasize understanding of human functioning, as any of
the social sciences or, in some instances, in fields that deal with specialized forms of human expression and experience.
Preparation should include course work in psychological statistics, personality theory, and abnormal psychology. Course
work in developmental psychology and cultural perspectives is desirable. Preparation should also include experience
working directly with people in a helping or service-oriented situation.
Course
Title
Units
PSY 721
Clinical Methods: Assessment of Intelligence and Perceptual Motor
Functioning
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PSY 722
Clinical Methods: Personality Appraisal and Projective Techniques
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PSY 723
Clinical Methods: Psychological Testing and Assessment
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PSY 724
Clinical Issues: Drugs, Brain and Behavior
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Conference to Accompany Psychology Practicum (3)
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PSY 753
Seminar in Therapeutic and Developmental Change I
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Clinical Methods: Diagnosis and Advanced Psychopathology
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Conference to Accompany Advanced Psychology Practicum
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Appendix B
Consultation with the Psychology Department re: School Psychology
From: Julia M Lewis
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 3:38 PM
To: Leslye M Tinson
Cc: Dawn Terrell; David E Gard; Diane Harris
Subject: Clinical Graduate Concentration Program Revision
Leslye- Please include this document with the Clinical Program Revision documents.
Thank you.
Julia
To: David Gard and Dawn Terrell
Re: Clinical Graduate Concentration Program Revision
The Clinical Psychology concentration program revision was presented to the Psychology department
Curriculum committee on 9/7/11 and approved unanimously. The proposal was then presented to the
Psychology faculty as a whole at a department meeting on 9/14/11 for discussion and action. The proposal was
approved without dissent. This completes the official approval procedure required of program revisions within
the Psychology department.
I am aware that you have worked with the School Psychology faculty in developing these revisions to ensure
that would be no adverse implications for the School Psychology program.
As Chair of the Psychology department please accept my congratulations on your work and on the successful
passage through our department. I look forward to supporting this proposal through the remaining levels of
review.
Regards, Julia
Julia M. Lewis, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Psychology
Professor of Psychology
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, Ca. 94132
email: jmlewis@sfsu.edu
phone: 415 338-7555
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Appendix C
Consultation with Counseling Department
From: Robert A Williams
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 3:27 PM
To: Dawn Terrell
Subject: Clinical Psychology Curriculum Revision Proposal
Dear Dawn:
On behalf of the Department of Counseling, we have reviewed the proposed curriculum and we support it
moving forward, as is. Congratulations on achieving significant changes in the curriculum to be more aligned
and comply with recent BBS standards.
Best wishes,
Rob Williams, Chair
Robert A. Williams, Ph.D.
Chair, Counseling Department
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave., BH 524
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 338-2005 (General Number)
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Appendix D
Consultation with Library
From: Chris Mays
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 7:21 PM
To: Dawn Terrell
Cc: Julia M Lewis; Alexandra Katz; Deborah C Masters
Subject: RE: Follow-up on clinical psychology revision
Dawn,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Psychology Department's Proposed Curricular Changes. As
Library Liaison to the Department, I estimate that the Library resources in psychology, including books, journals,
e-journals, research guides and databases, are well able to accommodate the changes detailed in the Proposal.
In slightly more detail, the new class in Psychological Testing & Assessment will benefit from the full-text
database Mental Measurements Yearbook, as well as the PsycINFO database and full text PsycARTICLES
database. Similarly, the new class in Drugs, Brain & Behavior will also benefit from the aforementioned
resources. The deleted and revised courses would not create new needs for or burdens on Library resources. I
stand ready to offer more specific research suggestions for both your students and your faculty, at their
convenience.
Best of luck with new curriculum,
-Chris Mays
Chris Mays <chrism@sfsu.edu> http://online.sfsu.edu/~chrism
Associate Librarian, San Francisco State University
Anthropology, California Studies, Child & Adolescent Development, Counseling, Sexuality,
Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgendered Studies, Psychology and Technical & Professional Writing
J. Paul Leonard Library (Annex II)
Vox: 415-338-3874
Fax: 415-338-6199
1630 Holloway Ave. San Francisco CA 94132
Downtown Center, Suite 678-G Vox: 415-817-4493
835 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94103
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Finalized Bulletin Copy effective AY 2012-2013, if revisions are approved
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The M.S. in psychology with a concentration in clinical psychology provides students with a degree that confers eligibility to
sit for the State of California Marriage and Family Therapy license after completing 3,000 approved hours, 1,700 hours of
which must be acquired post-master's.
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the comprehensive written examination (PSY 896) or master’s thesis (PSY 898).
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Prerequisites: Preparation in psychology, or in other fields which emphasize understanding of human functioning, as any of
the social sciences or, in some instances, in fields that deal with specialized forms of human expression and experience.
Preparation should include course work in psychological statistics, personality theory, and abnormal psychology. Course
work in developmental psychology and cultural perspectives is desirable. Preparation should also include experience
working directly with people in a helping or service-oriented situation.
Course
Units
PSY 723
Clinical Methods: Psychological Testing and Assessment
3
PSY 724
Clinical Issues: Drugs, Brain and Behavior
3
PSY 728
Conference to Accompany Psychology Practicum (3)
6
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Psychology Practicum (3 - 6)
12
PSY 753
Seminar in Therapeutic and Developmental Change I
3
PSY 754
Seminar in Therapeutic and Developmental Change II
3
PSY 821
Clinical Methods: Diagnosis and Advanced Psychopathology
3
PSY 822
Clinical Methods: Marital and Family Systems Theory and Therapy
3
PSY 828
Conference to Accompany Advanced Psychology Practicum
6
PSY 829
Advanced Psychology Practicum (3 - 6)
12
PSY 891
Seminar in Selected Problems
3
Directed Reading
and
Comprehensive Written Examination
or
Master’s Thesis
and
Oral Defense of Thesis
3
PSY 896
or
PSY 898
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