Our counseling psychology doctoral students are required to successfully complete courses that fulfill both departmental area requirements as well as requirements specific to the Counseling Psychology program. In addition, each student is expected to successfully complete a written qualifying examination, a master's level research project commonly called a second-year project , and a dissertation.
Students begin their practicum experience in the spring semester of their first year. Completion of our program typically requires three to five years to complete coursework and the second year project, prepare for and pass the qualifying exam, participate in practica and devote time to dissertation research.
Students attend on a full-time basis and register for course hours throughout the fall, spring and summer semesters. In addition, students are required to successfully complete one additional year of training at a predoctoral internship site. Graduates of our doctoral program have obtained employment in a variety of settings such as university counseling centers, VA hospitals, outpatient clinics, community mental health centers, psychiatric and medical hospitals, prisons, university or college academic departments, and independent practice.
The Texas Tech University Counseling Psychology Program is required to publicly disclose to prospective and currently enrolled students whether our program meets the education requirements for licensure or certification for all 50 states, District of Columbia, and specified U. This certificate does not represent licensure or certification in school psychology. College Transcripts — Unofficial transcripts can be uploaded to the Graduate School application.
Information on submitting official transcripts will be provided to you by the Graduate School. Grade reports or unofficial transcripts from university web portals will not be accepted. Please redact the Social Security Number anywhere it appears on your transcript. If documents are written in a language other than English, a copy of a complete and official English translation must be provided with the original language records.
Download a comprehensive list of requirements. Please visit the Graduate Application Process for more information on how to apply. Note that both the Educational Psychology M. This program requires official GRE scores. At a minimum, prepare for the GRE by becoming aware of the basic structure of the test--the sections that are included, the type of questions asked, and the time length.
Your personal statement is a critical part of your graduate school application. As with recommendation letters, the personal statement can often make the difference in whether a candidate is accepted or rejected by a graduate program.
Neither the importance of the personal statement nor the time required to prepare it should be underestimated. The most common problem students have with the personal statement is not allowing sufficient time to develop their essays. To write a good essay, you must allow ample time to write, revise, edit, and proofread.
It is recommended to have someone else proofread the essay as well as proofreading it yourself. Graduate programs will vary in the type of essays they require of applicants. The three themes most typical of graduate program essay requirements are 1 long-term career plans; 2 areas of interest in psychology; and 3 your reasons for choosing that particular program.
It may be necessary to write an original essay for every program to which you apply in order to tailor the essay to the program. Ideally, your essay should reveal the relationship between your interests and goals and the focus and philosophy of the program to which you are applying. Graduate admissions committees are looking for students whose interests, ambitions, and career goals most closely match what the program has to offer. It is a good idea to look at the research interests of the faculty and to show how your interests fit with those of a few faculty.
Mentioning faculty members by name and discussing your interest in their work can help you to be admitted.
Take great care to follow the instructions provided. Do not hand-write if the instructions say to type, and do not exceed the specified length. The essay should come as close as possible to the word limit specified in the instructions. If no length or word limit is specified, keep the essay between and words. Many graduate schools weigh letters of recommendation very highly. The better you get to know the faculty the better your letters of recommendation will be.
Talk to the faculty. The best way to deal with this problem is to make sure to become acquainted with faculty. One way is to have worked on research with a faculty member. Faculty who teach large lecture sections of courses may be interested in becoming acquainted with their students, especially those students who are doing well on examinations and term papers, or who are interested in doing graduate work in the faculty member's specialty area. The best letters of recommendation for you will be from faculty in psychology, but letters written by faculty in other departments can also be helpful.
If you have been out of school for a while, a letter from an employer may be helpful, but generally avoid letters from people who know you well but can offer little direct information about your academic potential.
Ask them several weeks before the deadlines, and give them the appropriate forms and stamped and addressed envelopes. If you have any doubt about whether faculty members will write a good letter for you, ask them directly.
If they say 'No,' thank them for their honesty and go find someone else. Most graduate programs in psychology accept students only in the Fall. Application deadlines vary from December 1 through about March Doctoral programs especially in clinical and counseling tend to have earlier deadlines than master's programs. Almost all programs require the general portion of the GRE.
You will need to make arrangements to take this well before the application deadline. Start preparing for graduate school begin at least one year in advance.
You will need to invest a lot of time in choosing a school and applying to one. Trying to get everything submitted at the last minute is not recommended. Deadlines are usually firm; programs will not look at late materials. Also, financial assistance is sometimes on a first come-first serve basis therefore, early application is recommended. Many graduate school programs require a certain GPA or higher. If you have a lower GPA than what is required, many programs will immediately reject your application.
Very competitive programs may look for GPAs at 3. Obviously, the higher your GPA the better your chances of getting in. Take care in writing your personal statement or cover letter. Be clear about your interest in the specialty area that you want to do graduate work in, and say why you are interested in the program you are applying to.
If there are specific faculty whose research interests appeal to you, say so. Including that information will be especially important to those programs that have an apprentice model of research training. Plan to write several drafts of your personal statement, obtaining suggestions for revisions from friends and from your faculty adviser. Avoid writing personal statements and cover letters that are either too brief or exceptionally long.
An effective way to organize personal information is to prepare a resume or a curriculum vita. Most undergraduate students can get all relevant information on one or two pages. Avoid padding, such as mentioning your spelling awards from the 6th grade or listing term papers from your courses as unpublished manuscripts.
At many universities, graduate programs for some areas of applied psychology, or for areas related to psychology, are often found in academic departments other than psychology departments.
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