Program Overview
Duquesne University's Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is a four-year, full-time program that emphasizes cultural sensitivity, historical context, and critical reflexivity. Students complete 73 credits of coursework, six semesters of clinical practica, and a dissertation, preparing them for careers in independent practice, community clinics, and academic settings.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology program at Duquesne University is a four-year, full-time program that educates students to be sensitive to the assumptions that underlie any effort to understand human beings, and the historical, cultural, relational, and embodied character of all human thought and activity. The program aims to educate psychologists whose clinical practice follows from, and is integrated with, a solid foundation of scholarship, including understanding the historical context of psychology, recognizing the philosophical assumptions that underlie research and clinical practices of psychologists, understanding the diversity of methods employed in research and clinical practice, critical reflexivity regarding one's own assumptions and activities as a psychologist, and sensitivity to individual and cultural diversity and their implications for the practice of psychology.
Outline:
The program involves:
- Four years of full-time coursework in residence at Duquesne University
- 73 credits of course-work
- Six semesters of clinical practica at the in-house training Clinic
- Two semesters of field practica
- Comprehensive exams
- A dissertation
Careers:
With a Ph.D. from Duquesne, graduates can establish careers in independent practice, community clinics, medical and managed care facilities, and in academic and research settings.
