PSYC654-12W (C) Whole Year 2012

Comprehensive Exam in Clinical Psychology

12 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 2 September 2012

Description

Comprehensive Exam in Clinical Psychology

For students who have successfully completed Year 1 and 2 clinical programme
training elements, there will be a Comprehensive Exam during the Thursday of the
third or fourth week in October that consists of one 3-hour written paper. This will be
followed by a 30-minute oral exam the next day that concentrates on students’
answers to the written paper. The exam will consist of 12 short answer or essay
questions, and the student is expected to pass 11 of these. These exams will drawn
upon material taught in all previously required preparations, and will be graded on a
pass/fail basis. It is not possible to pass this exam based on an aegrotat
consideration.

Students who fail the Comprehensive Exam will be given a second oral exam during
the last Friday in October or first Friday in November. The emphasis of this exam
will be on the failed topics, although any pertinent material related to clinical
programme preparations may be examined. Students will be expected to pass all
questions during this second oral exam. Failure to pass this oral exam will mean
that a student will not be able to enroll for PSYC500 the following year. A second
failure on the Comprehensive Exam will result in exclusion from the clinical training
programme.

Learning Outcomes

The overall objective of the Comprehensive Exam is to evaluate mastery of core
principles and applications in clinical psychology. Since eligible students will have
already completed post-graduate work in the main clinical areas, the Comprehensive
Exam is constructed to evaluate the student’s ability to integrate theory,
methodology, and empirical knowledge associated with clinical psychology.
Students who demonstrate adequate integrative skills are permitted to enter the final
stages of diploma training in clinical psychology (PSYC 500: Diploma in Clinical
Psychology).

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator

For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing Head of Department

Course Coordinator to be announced.

Assessment

Please refer to the Clinical Handbook for detailed assessment information.

Textbooks / Resources

No set text for this course.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $652.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing .

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