SPECIALIST DEGREE

Program Requirements

The total Specialist program involves 62 semester hours distributed as follows: 50 hours course work, 6 hours supervised field experience, and a 3 credit hour specialist project. The following courses comprise the curriculum:

• PYC 503 Statistics 1
• PYC 502 Lifespan Human Development
• PYC 602 Exceptional Children
• PYC 604 Learning and Memory
• PYC 615 Consultation
• PYC 620 Psychological Assessment of the School Age Child
• PYC 621 Psychological Assessment of the Pre-school Child
• PYC 622 Personality and Behavior Assessment
• PYC 623 School Psychology Practicum
• PYC 630 Psychological Services in the Schools
• PYC 631 School Psychology Seminar
• PYC 603 Child psychopathology
• PYC 689 Theories of Therapy
• PYC 716 Social Processes
• PYC 774 Behavioral Treatment
• PYC 649 Specialist Project
• PYC 625 Internship
• Edu 600 Instructional Technology
• Students must take two of the following courses:
  • Edu 578 Reading in the Content Areas
  • Edu 516 Curriculum Construction
  • Edu 443 Teaching Reading in the Elementary School
  • Edu 525 Educational Policy Studies

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