Program Length

Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology
A University of Alaska Fairbanks Degree Offered in Partnership with the University of Alaska Anchorage

Program Length

The program is designed to be a four-year full-time academic program, with a pre-doctoral internship in the fifth year. Following is a sample of a five-year course of study that would allow the student to maximize efficiency in graduating from the program. This sample shows all milestones in addition to course work. Required milestones are shown in italics. The sample shows five-year course of study. However, students have the option of stretching the program out over a longer period of time and of utilizing summers for additional coursework or training experiences or to reduce Fall and Spring course loads.

Summer Requirement Prior to Enrollment for Fall Semester of Year 1: Cultural Experience
Year One
Clinical/Community/Cultural Integration Seminar - 0* Native Ways of Knowing -3 Ethics and Professional Practice - 3 Community Psychology Across Culture-3 Intervention I – 3	Clinical/Community/Cultural Integration Seminar - 1 Alaska & Rural Psychology - 3 Multicultural Psychopathology - 3 Research Methods - 3 Intervention II - 3
Year Two
Clinical/Community/Cultural Integration Seminar – 0 Program Evaluation and Community Consultation I - 3 Tests & Measurement in Multi-Cultural Context - 3 Practicum Placement - 3 Quantitative Analysis - 3	Clinical/Community/Cultural Integration Seminar – 1 Program Evaluation and Community Consultation II - 3 Assessment I - 3 Elective - 3 Practicum Placement – 3
Year Three
Clinical/Community/Cultural Integration Seminar – 0 Substances of Abuse in Alaska - 2 Qualitative Analysis - 3 Biological and Pharmacological Bases of Behavior - 3 History and Systems - 1 Practicum Placement - 3 Advancement to Candidacy	Clinical/Community/Cultural Integration Seminar – 1 Human Development - 3 Cognition, Affect, and Culture - 3 Elective - 3 Practicum Placement – 3 Clinical Competency Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Defense
Year Four
Dissertation - 6 Substances of Abuse in Alaska - 1 Elective - 3 Advancement to Internship Internship Application	Dissertation - 6 Dissertation – 6 Research Competency Internship Selection Completion of Dissertation
Year Five
Predoctoral Internship – 9	Predoctoral Internship – 6 Graduation

*Number after course indicates credits. Clinical/Community/Cultural Integration Seminar will be a yearlong course for which students will register in the fall and complete in the spring semester.

Program Length

Predoctoral Internship – 9

Predoctoral Internship – 6 Graduation

Predoctoral Internship – 6
Graduation