Course variations

Course summary

This program enjoys national recognition. It has been accredited by the American Psychological Association on a continuous basis since 1982. It has received strong, positive reviews from site visitors and is widely recognized as a rare consortial training model in which there is an unusually high ratio of faculty to students. The Virginia Consortium offers clinical psychology students the unusual opportunity to be trained side by side with medical students in course work, clinical practica, and applied research. Especially when considered collectively, faculty across the four schools are diverse with respect to ethnicity, gender, and philosophical orientations. They represent a wide range of specialty skills. Several faculty enjoy national and international reputations of excellence. Approximately ten students are accepted each year to this four-year program. Students take three years of graduate courses within this program on the campuses of all four schools from faculty in each of the four institutions. They also fulfill eight clinical training practica in public and private mental health settings throughout the Hampton Roads area. Degree requirements include an empirically-based dissertation and a one-year clinical psychology internship in an off-site setting. Students must compete nationally for these internship placements.

Entry requirement for international students

Students should hold a bachelor degree from an accredited college or university with an undergraduate Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 or a demonstration of an equivalent degree. They should have grades converted to the U.S. grading system by a recognized organization should a non-U.S. grading system have been utilized at the institutions attended; Graduate Record Examination (GRE) taken within the last 5 years with a combined score of 800 or greater on the verbal and quantitative sections and at least a 3.5 on the analytic section for non-probationary admission. Preference will be given to candidates with combined verbal and quantitative scores of 1000 or greater. TOEFL score of 108 or greater for internet based tests and 610 or greater for paper based test is required for applicants whose native language is not English.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Department name

School of Health Professions