Psychology, Ph.D., Clinical/Community Psychology at Georgia State University

Programme overview

Training in the joint Clinical/Community Psychology concentration is informed by the traditions of prevention and social justice in community psychology and by the focus on assessment and individualized mental health interventions in clinical psychology. This dual-enrollment program provides a strengths-based, culturally competent approach to mental health and healthy development that emphasizes theory, research and practice at multiple levels of analysis – psychological, sociopolitical and ecological.

Faculty: College of Arts & Sciences | Department: Psychology | Duration: Typically, students complete the Ph.D. in 6-7 years. | Study mode: full-time | Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

What you will study

As detailed in the Graduate Program Handbook, the curriculum requires mastery of professional competencies and discipline-specific knowledge via coursework (such as Research Methods; Affective, Biological, Cognitive, Developmental and Social Bases of Behavior; History; Quantitative Methods), research, supervised clinical and community-based work and other training activities (dissertation, general exam, clinical internship).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Statement of purpose Resume/curriculum vitae Three letters of recommendation Transcripts (one from each institution attended) The GRE is not required and GRE scores will not be reviewed Writing sample The statement of purpose should summarize your skills and experiences that are relevant to your particular area(s) of interest in graduate study in psychology. Discuss how your experiences might have shaped the research questions you are interested in exploring. Address the fit between your objectives and the graduate training offered at GSU (including the fit with the faculty member(s) with whom you would most like to work). We are particularly interested in specific examples that illustrate your quantitative abilities, problem-solving skills, initiative, leadership, perseverance and maturity. We are also interested in how your educational, professional, clinical (if applicable), or personal (e.g., cultural, economic or social) experiences prepare you to contribute to our department’s emphasis on diversity and inclusion during your graduate career. It should be approximately 1000-1500 words.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate programmes (degree, certificate, non-degree and transient): $50 non-refundable application fee; Executive Doctorate in Business Administration: $100. Deadlines vary by college and programme.

Apply through the official page: https://graduate.gsu.edu/future/admissions/

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