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Enrollment Status

Students attending the Institute enroll in one of four categories:

• Full-time Study: Full-time students must be admitted to  the M.S. in Clinical Psychology, M.S. in General Psychology, or Psy.D. Degree program. A student in either M.S. degree program is considered full-time if a minimum of nine (9) credit hours of coursework is taken per semester. A Psy.D. degree program student is considered full-time if the student is: a.) enrolled in a minimum of nine (9) credit hours per semester; b.) enrolled in a minimum of six (6) credit hours and is enrolled in a practicum/externship; c.) actively working on a dissertation (i.e., enrolled for dissertation credit hours); or d.) engaged in a pre-doctoral internship.

• Part-time Study: Part-time students must be admitted to the M.S. in Clinical Psychology, M.S. in General Psychology,  or Psy.D. Degree program. A student in either M.S. degree program is considered part-time if enrolled for eight (8) or fewer credit hours per semester. A Psy.D. degree program student is considered part-time if enrolled for coursework or a/an practicum/externship at the Institute, but does not meet the criteria for full-time study.

• Course-for-Credit: Students can take certain Master-level courses offered by the Institute as long as they have an appropriate Baccalaureate degree. Any person wishing to register on a course-for-credit basis must submit a completed application and pay the required application fee; interviews are not required, but the application is reviewed and approved by the Chair of the Department. Students receiving permission to take courses-for-credit are not admitted nor guaranteed admission to a degree program. Permission is subject to limitation of class size, with a priority given to degree candidates, and pre-requisites. In addition, only the following courses are eligible to be taken by non-degree program students (unless special permission is received from the Department Chairman and Academic Dean): PSY 500, PHT 502, PSY 503, PSY 504, PHT 533, PSY 605, PHT 614, and PHT 619.

•  Auditor: Students can audit a Masters-level course offered by the Institute as long as they have an appropriate Baccalaureate degree. See section entitled ìAuditing Coursesî for additional information about the courses available for audit and related policies.