Concentration in Clinical Research
Dr. Trevor Stokes (stokestf@jmu.edu), Concentration Coordinator
Purpose
The concentration in clinical research is designed for students interested in pursuing a doctoral degree in Clinical or School psychology.
Overview
Students working on this concentration will learn a scientist-practitioner orientation to the field of behavioral health. Empirical approaches to treatment are emphasized and methods of studying treatment outcome and other clinical research are taught. Students work throughout their two years on research focusing on clinical issues and many work directly with clinical populations.
Program Curriculum (36 hours)
Methodology and Research Core (15 credit hours)
- PSYC 605 - Intermediate Inferential Statistics (3 credit hours)
- PSYC 606 - Measurement Theory (3 credit hours)
- PSYC 608 - Multivariate Statistics for Psychology (3 credit hours)
- PSYC 700 - Thesis (6 credit hours)
Content Courses (9 credit hours chosen from the following)
- PSYC 610 - Principles of Behavior Analysis (3 credit hours)
- PSYC 613 - Cognitive Science (3 credit hours)
- PSYC 616 - Social Psychology (3 credit hours)
- PSYC 624 - Neuroscience (3 credit hours)
Concentration Courses (9 credit hours)
- PSYC 661 - Counseling Techniques (3 credit hours)
- PSYC 695 - Practicum – Clinical (3 credit hours)
- PSYC 830 - Structural Equation Modeling – OR --
PSYC 834- Hierarchical Linear Modeling (3 credit hours)
Electives (3 credit hours; approved by advisor)
Other experiences
In addition to coursework and other requirements of the Psychological Sciences Program (e.g., Apprenticeship, Research Roundtable), students participate in a monthly Concentration meeting where faculty and students discuss published research and professional issues related to clinical psychology, covering such topics as prescription privileges, mediators and moderators of treatment outcome, treatment manuals, and managed care. Many students in the Clinical Psychology Concentration receive graduate assistantships to work on funded research projects and students graduating from this concentration have an excellent record of being accepted into clinical Ph.D. programs.
View representative scholarly work for students in this concentration
For further information, please contact the coordinator of the concentration in clinical psychology, Dr. Trevor Stokes (stokestf@jmu.edu)
