Northern Illinois University
Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Example Ph.D. Program of Study

Although each student’s final program of courses will be individualized, a sample Ph.D. program is provided below. In addition to outlined coursework, students are expected to be involved in ongoing research throughout their time in the program.

YEAR	Fall	Spring	Summer
One	Analysis of Variance and Hypothesis: Testing in Psychological Research Theory and Assessment of Intellectual Functioning Psychopathology Independent Study (Thesis Readings) Psychological Research	Correlation and Regression Analyses in Psychological Research Second Assessment Course or Ethics and Professional Issues Clinical Research Methods Traumatology (if trauma focused student who entered in an even year) Pre-Practicum Psychological Research	Assessment Practicum
Two	Developmental Psychopathology Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Techniques Experimental Social Psychology Trauma Assessment and Intervention (if trauma-focused who entered in an even year) Practicum Thesis Hours Psychological Research	Theories of Psychotherapy Second Assessment Course or Ethics and Professional Issues Cognitive Psychology Psychological Intervention with Children and Their Families (for child focus students) Traumatology (if trauma focused student who entered in an odd year) Practicum Thesis Hours Psychological Research	Thesis Hours
Three	Biopsychology Course to fulfill Tool requirement Trauma Assessment and Intervention (if trauma-focused who entered in an odd year) Practicum Thesis Hours Psychological Research	Social-Personality Development History of Psychology (if entered program in odd year) Practicum Thesis Hours Psychological Research	Thesis Hours
Four	Course to fulfill Tool requirement Externship Dissertation Hours	Multicultural Diversity, Supervision and Consultation History of Psychology (if entered program in even year) Externship Dissertation Hours	Dissertation Hours
Five	Externship Dissertation Hours Supervision Practicum	Externship Dissertation Hours	Dissertation Hours
Six	Internship Dissertation Hours	Internship Dissertation Hours	Internship

Contact Us

Department of Psychology
Psychology-Computer Science Building room 400
815-753-0372

Director of Graduate Studies
Kevin Wu, Ph.D
kevinwu@niu.edu

Graduate Studies Assistant
kwest1@niu.edu

Admission Questions
clinicalpsychologyadmissions@niu.edu