Requirements

The community psychology practicum is required for one semester, one day per week. It is subject to approval of the community psychology concentration practicum subcommittee based on a brief student proposal of community relevance of the practicum.

Courses

1. Program Planning and Evaluation: two semesters (required)

2. Core courses currently required for all Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology students that have a community focus:

• Community Psychology
• Psychological Interventions--Ethnic and Racial Minority Clients and Families OR Diversity and Racial Identity
• Theoretical Foundations of Intervention: Organizational

3. Choice of one of the following:

• Crisis Intervention
• Adult Learning and Training
• Innovation Implementation and School Change
• Family Therapy
• Consultation Methods
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Severe Mental Illness
• Course from another Rutgers unit such as Public Health or Ph.D. in Psychology (e.g., Strength-Based Consultation to Religious, Public Education, and Private Education Settings: A Community Psychology Approach) approved by community psychology concentration faculty

Encouraged

A community psychology dissertation approved by the community psychology concentration subcommittee based on a brief student proposal of community relevance. Committee must include one of the listed community psychology faculty.