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The Joint Ph.D. Program integrates clinical and community psychology and focuses on rural, indigenous, and cultural psychology with an applied emphasis. The program uniquely combines the spirit of clinical and community psychology. As such, it places strong emphasis on non-traditional service delivery and social action, as well as clinical service delivery to individuals, groups, families, and communities.

Clinical psychology is one of the focus areas of the Joint Ph.D. Program. As such all graduates will have the requisite knowledge and foundation to become licensed clinical psychologists.

Community psychology is another focus area of the Joint Ph.D. Program and as such all graduates will have the requisite knowledge and foundation to become community psychologists.

4. Is the Joint Ph.D. program only looking for applicants who want to live in rural Alaska?

The Joint Ph.D. program is looking for applicants who are interested in serving the needs of the State of Alaska, which includes not only the major hub areas of the state but also the rural communities of the state. Applicants from out of state, who demonstrate their commitment to rural and indigenous psychology are also encouraged to apply.

No, the program is not a a distance delivery program. Although the courses are taught via videoconference, students admitted into the program must be in residence in either Anchorage or Fairbanks.

The program is designed to meet the current psychologist licensure requirements in Alaska, however, the program is not designed to train one-on-one therapists. While the program does train one-on-one psychotherapists, the primary mission and goals of the program are to train students to be skilled in rural clinical-community practice; the program leads to license eligibility as a psychologist.

Complete applications, including letter of intent, references, vitae, transcripts, criminal background check, must be received by the two program coordinators by February 1 to be considered for entrance in August of the following year

No, the program admits students only once a year, to begin in the fall semester.

9. Will my application be considered if it is submitted after the deadline? Will my application be considered if it is submitted to only UAA or UAF?

No, the program does not consider application received after the deadline. Applications packets only received by one of the two campuses are considered incomplete and will not be considered.

10. How many applications are received by your program? Of those, how many are recommended for admission to the Joint Ph.D. Program?

The program receives about 50 applications each year. Of those no more than eight (8) are offered admission into the program per year. Four (4) will be resident at UAA and four (4) will be resident at UAF.

No, submitting GRE scores is at the discretion of the applicant. Generally students submit GRE scores when their GPA is right at the 3.0 level.

Two application packets must to be submitted, one to the Program Coordinator at UAF and other packet to the Program Coordinator at UAA. Both application packets must be identical and contain the following documentation:

UAF Program Coordinator
Department of Psychology
PO Box 756480
Fairbanks, AK 99775

UAA Program Coordinator
Department of Psychology
3211 Providence Drive, SSB 303
Anchorage, AK 9508

UAF Psychology Department
314 Cooper Drive, Suite 706
(7th Floor Gruening Building, Suite 706)

Our doctoral program does not offer a predoctoral internship. There are two entities in Alaska that do, for information on them go to:

http://www.psychologytraining.va.gov/anchorage/

http://www.wiche.edu/psychologyInternship

Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology Offered Jointly by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Alaska Anchorage

F.A.Q.'s 1. What kind of Joint Ph.D. program does UAF-UAA offer? The Joint Ph.D. Program integrates clinical and community psychology and focuses on rural, indigenous, and cultural psychology with an applied emphasis. The program uniquely combines the spirit of clinical and community psychology. As such, it places strong emphasis on non-traditional service delivery and social action, as well as clinical service delivery to individuals, groups, families, and communities. 2. Can I get training in clinical psychology? Clinical psychology is one of the focus areas of the Joint Ph.D. Program. As such all graduates will have the requisite knowledge and foundation to become licensed clinical psychologists. 3. Can I get training in community psychology? Community psychology is another focus area of the Joint Ph.D. Program and as such all graduates will have the requisite knowledge and foundation to become community psychologists. 4. Is the Joint Ph.D. program only looking for applicants who want to live in rural Alaska? The Joint Ph.D. program is looking for applicants who are interested in serving the needs of the State of Alaska, which includes not only the major hub areas of the state but also the rural communities of the state. Applicants from out of state, who demonstrate their commitment to rural and indigenous psychology are also encouraged to apply. 5. Is the program distance delivered? No, the program is not a a distance delivery program. Although the courses are taught via videoconference, students admitted into the program must be in residence in either Anchorage or Fairbanks. 6. Does the program train one-on-one psychotherapists? The program is designed to meet the current psychologist licensure requirements in Alaska, however, the program is not designed to train one-on-one therapists. While the program does train one-on-one psychotherapists, the primary mission and goals of the program are to train students to be skilled in rural clinical-community practice; the program leads to license eligibility as a psychologist. 7. What is the deadline for Ph.D. applications? Complete applications, including letter of intent, references, vitae, transcripts, criminal background check, must be received by the two program coordinators by February 1 to be considered for entrance in August of the following year 8. Can I be accepted in the spring semester for the Joint Ph.D. Program? No, the program admits students only once a year, to begin in the fall semester. 9. Will my application be considered if it is submitted after the deadline? Will my application be considered if it is submitted to only UAA or UAF? No, the program does not consider application received after the deadline. Applications packets only received by one of the two campuses are considered incomplete and will not be considered. 10. How many applications are received by your program? Of those, how many are recommended for admission to the Joint Ph.D. Program? The program receives about 50 applications each year. Of those no more than eight (8) are offered admission into the program per year. Four (4) will be resident at UAA and four (4) will be resident at UAF. 11. What is the application fee? Total application fee is $120 (one $60 check to UAF and one $60 check to UAA). 11. Is the GRE Subject test required?2 No, submitting GRE scores is at the discretion of the applicant. Generally students submit GRE scores when their GPA is right at the 3.0 level. 13. How may I apply to your program? Two application packets must to be submitted, one to the Program Coordinator at UAF and other packet to the Program Coordinator at UAA. Both application packets must be identical and contain the following documentation: UAF Application Form Application fee payment Psychology Program Supplemental Application Original Transcripts Professional Vita Letter of Intent Reference Rating Form and Letter of Support from THREE Referees Self-addressed stamped postcard Disclosure Form 14. What address should I send my application materials to? UAF Program Coordinator Department of Psychology PO Box 756480 Fairbanks, AK 99775 UAA Program Coordinator Department of Psychology 3211 Providence Drive, SSB 303 Anchorage, AK 9508 Physical Address for UAF for FedEx: UAF Psychology Department 314 Cooper Drive, Suite 706 (7th Floor Gruening Building, Suite 706) Fairbanks, AK 99775 15. Does the program offer pre-doctoral interships? Our doctoral program does not offer a predoctoral internship. There are two entities in Alaska that do, for information on them go to: http://www.psychologytraining.va.gov/anchorage/ http://www.wiche.edu/psychologyInternship		Student Handbook Course Descriptions
University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of Psychology P.O. Box 756480 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 telephone 907.474.7012 fax 907.474.5781	University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Psychology 3211 Providence Drive, SSB 303 Anchorage, Alaska 99508 telephone 907.786.1640 fax 907.786.1669
UAF and UAA are an affirmative action/equal opportunity employers and educational institutions.

Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology

Offered Jointly by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Alaska Anchorage

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