ADP Program Requirements

ADP Core Courses

Total of 9 credits

• PSYC 653 – Cultural Aspects of Human Development
• PSYC 781 – Social and Personality Development
• PSYC 651 – Cognitive Development

Methodology Courses

Total of 14 credits

• PSYC 611 – Data Analytic Procedures I
• PSYC 711 – Data Analytic Procedures II
• PSYC 710 – Research Methods
• 3 credit elective in Statistics or Methods (e.g. Measurement of Behavior, Qualitative Methods, Program Evaluation, Advanced Quantitative Topics courses)

Basic Psychology Core Courses

Total of 8 credits

• PSYC 602 – Learning, Development, and Biological Bases
• PSYC 603 – Individual Differences, Social, and Diversity

Other ADP Program Requirements

12 total credits

• PSYC 686 – Ethical and Professional Issues
• 3 credits in Public Policy Issues, Prevention, or Intervention (e.g., PSYC 736)
  • Based upon consultation with their advisors, students must choose a minimum of one course in Public Policy, Prevention, OR Intervention. Of course, students can choose to take a course in each of the 3 domains.
• 3 credits in Assessment (e.g., PSYC 720, PSYC 721)
• Topics in ADP – No Credit
  • Both Topics in ADP and Diversity are no credit, required courses. Students must “take” Topics at least twice, preferably in their first and second years.  Students must take Diversity once, in their first or second year.
• PSYC 690 – Field Experience
  • Up to 12 credits of field experience (practica) can be taken in partial satisfaction of degree requirements, 3 credits of which are required. Practica are typically taken in 3-credit blocks (150-180 hours).  To receive credit for practica beyond the 3-credit minimum, each practicum experience must be uniquely defined, in consultation with one’s academic advisor and on-site practicum supervisor. If the circumstances warrant, a student may be given permission to register for a 2-semester practicum at the same site; advance approval of the program director is necessary. No more than 6 credits of practicum are permitted prior to the completion of the Master’s thesis. Under most circumstances, a student taking more than 6 practicum credits will graduate with more than 54 course credits.

Specialization Courses

9 total credits

Students are required to take at least 9 credits in an area of specialization that they choose with at least 6 of these credits (i.e., 2 courses) from regularly taught courses. This enables students to acquire more expertise in a subtopic within the field. Courses that are used to fulfill the general requirements for ADP may not count as part of the specialization. Additional measurement and statistics courses may not count towards specialization unless the student is specializing in one or both of those areas.

Effective Fall 2017