INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPECIAL CASES
NOTE: There are important additional questions for students to consider as they plan their registration.
Students need to review to each one, to determine whether it applies to them this semester. Questions
about the number of credits students should take, can be answered by reading the registration information
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1. Do you want to register for general research credits (not Master’s or Dissertation research credits)
with a faculty member?
IF YES, the course number varies with your status:
• PSY6905: new students, pre-Masters
• PSY7979: students with a Master’s degree (or equivalent) who have not passed the qualifying
exam
IMPORTANT NOTE: If your supervisor for research is not your adviser, you need to let the
appropriate staff member know this when you register.
2. Are you taking a Counseling Psychology Advanced Practicum?
IF YES, you must register for at least one credit of PCO7945 and submit an Advanced Practicum
Supervisory Agreement Form (one for each site at which you are working) to the Advanced Practicum
Instructor of record
3. Are you completing the final defense of your Master’s thesis this semester?
IF YES, you must register for at least three credits of PSY6971.
4. Are you completing your qualifying examination this semester?
IF YES, you can either register for at least one credit of PSY7979. Or, if you are taking other
credits that meet the program requirements, those credits will be acceptable in place of PSY7979
5. Are you completing the final defense of your Ph.D. dissertation this semester?
IF YES, you must register for at least one credit of PSY7980.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You may not register for PSY7980 until you have passed your written
and oral qualifying exams and your paperwork has been signed by the members of your
supervisory committee.
6. Are you going on Counseling Psychology Internship?
IF YES, you must register for at least one credit of PCO7949 each semester that you are enrolled
in internship (Fall, Spring, Summer). In addition, you must meet the Graduate School’s minimum
registration requirements of 3, 3, and 2 credits for Fall, Spring, and Summer.