MA in Clinical Psychology
Location: AU Los Angeles
Credits for Degree: 90 quarter credits
Standard Mode of Instruction: Classroom
Standard time to completion: 48 months
This is the degree for students seeking to be licensed in California as Marriage and Family Therapists and/or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (with additional coursework). For students beginning in Fall 2012 or later, the program consists of 90 units with a minimal completion time of 8 full time quarters.
The MA Program in Clinical Psychology (MAP):
- Prepares students for MFT licensure in California
- With some additional coursework, prepares students for licensure as Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors in California
- Prepares students for doctoral study in Psychology
- Prepares eclectically trained students who are taught and expected to act with cultural humility
- Promotes students’ personal growth and development
- Provides students with practical clinical experience in a very wide range of community-based mental health settings
- Challenges the profession toward greater relevance to the needs of Southern California’s diverse communities
Exposure to changing methods in the profession for a variety of career paths is at the core of the curriculum. Each student is supported in finding the professional approach most appropriate for him/her/them. AULA students are enriched by the opportunity to find and choose from the wide array of models available in the field, many of which are taught during their time in the program.
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