Developmental Psychopathology
Program Curriculum
The curriculum of the Developmental Psychopathology Program is as follows:
1. Departmental Requirements: Students must fulfill the departmental quantitative and research methods, departmental distribution, and teaching requirements outlined in graduate handbook.
2. Core Courses: Students must also take the following core courses
(courses denoted by asterisks indicate required courses for the developmental psychology Ph.D.)
*a. CSP 569 Developmental Theory and Research
*b. CSP 562 Developmental Methods
c. CSP 575 Psychopathology I
c. CSP 576 Psychopathology II
d. CSP 570 Assessment I: Psychometrics
3. Developmental Psychopathology Elective Courses: To further specialize in substantive areas of developmental psychopathology, students must also take three of the following additional elective courses: Family Processes in Childhood (CSP 560), Neurobiological Foundations (CSP 566), Assessment II: Individual Differences (CSP 571), Clinical Research Methods (CSP 572), Moral Development (CSP 583), and Evidence-Based Child Psychotherapy (CSP 586).
4. Developmental Psychopathology Translational Placement: To acquire further skills and experience in developing, implementing, and assessing intervention and prevention programs, students are also required to gain direct experience in a semester long, developmental psychopathology internship approved by the developmental psychology program faculty. Given the research orientation of this program, the goal of the plament does not involve opportunities to gain intensive skills in psychotherapy as would be the case in a clinical psychology program. Rather, the overarching aim is to advance student understanding of how to translate knowledge to formulate programs designed to improve the welfare of individuals, conduct the programs, and analyze their effectiveness.
5. Other Didactic Activities: In addition to attending and participating in the presentations in the monthly Development Psychology Brown Bag Lunch Series, students are also expected to participate in scholarly exchanges in the monthly Developmental Psychopathology Presentation Series. Students are also encouraged to seek out other courses in substantive (e.g., Close Relationships Seminar, Emotion Seminar) and quantitative (e.g., Structured Equation Modeling) within the department as well as potentially relevant courses outside the department (e.g., Language and Cognition courses offered in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department).
6. Research: Consistent with the requirements of the Developmental Psychology program, students are also expected to participate in one or more of the faculty members’ research program beginning in the first semester of the first year. As students progress through the program, they are expected to develop increasingly independent research programs that culminate in the defense of the dissertation.