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Ph.D. in Psychology Requirements

Complete these requirements for a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.

Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Admission Requirements

  • GRE General
  • Statement of Goals
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Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology
Note: The GRE scores requirement has been suspended for program admissions in 2022-2023.

Admission Requirements

The applicant must meet the School of Graduate Studies’ current minimum general admission requirements as published in the graduate catalog.

  1. A four-year bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university. For U.S. degrees, accreditation must be by one of the six regional accrediting associations.
  2. Eighteen (18) hours of undergraduate work in psychology including a course in General Psychology, Developmental, Abnormal, Statistics, and Experimental Psychology.
  3. A cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 3.2 for all undergraduate work.
  4. Satisfy the School of Graduate Studies’ English Language Proficiency requirements as published in the graduate catalog.
  5. A year of biological science (biology, physiology, etc.).
  6. A semester of college algebra.
  7. General background in other social and natural sciences also recommended.
  8. Graduate Record Examination— Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytic Writing. (a) Must score at or above the 30th percentile in Analytic Writing. (b) In addition, combined percentile ranks in Verbal & Quantitative must exceed the 60th percentile (i.e., Q+V > 60th percentile), OR applicant must have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.75.

Degree Requirements

Students seeking the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of North Dakota must satisfy all general requirements set forth by the School of Graduate Studies as well as particular requirements set forth by the Psychology Department.

  1. Minimum of 60 credit hours beyond 30 credits from Masters degree work is required for the Ph.D. (minimum of 90 credit hours total).
  2. Maintenance of at least a 3.0 GPA for all classes completed as a graduate student.
  3. Completion of “Scholarly Tool” coursework to develop skills in research design including:
    Course List
    Code Title Credits
    PSYC 541Advanced Univariate Statistics3
    PSYC 542Multivariate Statistics for Psychology3
    PSYC 543Experimental Design3
  4. Completion of an empirical dissertation;
  5. Graduate students in the clinical psychology Ph.D. program are required to meet a number of eligibility criteria to take comprehensive exams and establish candidacy for the Ph.D. degree. An assessment will be conducted after the student successfully completes all of the requirements for the Master of Science degree in general psychology. To remain in the Ph.D. program and proceed on to comprehensive exams, practicum assignments, dissertation research, and remaining coursework, the student must have:
    1. earned a cumulative graduate grade point average of at least 3.5;
    2. completed his or her M.S. degree within three years of enrollment;
    3. gained the approval of a majority of the core and associated faculty of the clinical psychology doctoral program.
      Students failing to meet one or more of these requirements will be terminated from the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology.
  6. Completion of the comprehensive examination for the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
  7. Completion of the following for the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology:
    Course List
    Code Title Credits
    One calendar year of full-time internship (usually during the fifth year)3
    Practicum experience which includes
    PSYC 580Clinical Practice8
    PSYC 587Supervised Field Work13
    Clinical coursework
    PSYC 570Clinical Assessment I:Basic Issues in Clinical Assessment4
    PSYC 571Clinical Assessment II:Advanced Issues in Clinical Assessment4
    PSYC 573Theories of Psychotherapy3
    PSYC 574Advanced Therapeutic Interventions3
    PSYC 575Behavior Pathology3
    PSYC 579Professional Issues and Ethics in Psychology3
    PSYC 594Special Topics in Psychology2
    Foundation coursework in
    History of Psychology
    PSYC 505History of Psychology3
    Social Bases of Behavior
    PSYC 560Advanced Social Psychology3
    Biological Bases of Behavior
    PSYC 537Physiology of Behavior and Psychophysiological Measurement3
    Cognitive/affective bases of behavior
    PSYC 539Cognitive Psychology3
    Developmental Basis of Behavior
    PSYC 576Child Psychopathology and Treatment3
    or PSYC 551 Advanced Developmental Psych
    Diversity Elective
    PSYC 521Diversity Psychology3
    Research Credits
    Master’s Thesis6
    Dissertation13
    Total Credits83

Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Requirements Disclaimer

The requirements on this page are pulled from UND’s academic catalog and may not reflect future terms. Updates are published annually in April.

Graduate Admissions Requirements

In addition to meeting these program requirements, you must also meet the UND School of Graduate Studies admissions requirements to apply for this program.

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