Senate Bill 1516-01
UNIVERSITY SENA TE
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
ST A TE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Introduced by:
Graduate Academic Council
University Policy and Planning Council
Date:
November 16, 2015
PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.S.) PROGRAM IN
COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
IT IS HEREBY PROPOSED THAT THE FOLLOWING BE ADOPTED:
1.
That the University Senate approves the attached program proposal as submitted
by the School of Education and approved by the Graduate Academic Council
(GAC) and University Planning & Policy Council (UPPC).
2.
That this proposal be forwarded to the President for approval.
Program Revision Proposal:
Creating New Program(s) from Existing Program(s)
Form3B
This form should be used to seek SUNY's approval to create one or more new programs from existing, registered programs.
A campus is not required to submit a Program Announcement (PA) or a Letter of Intent (LI) for these types of new
programs. The Chief Executive or Chief Academic Officer should submit a signed cover letter and this completed form
to the SUNY Provost at program.review@suny.edu.
Section 1. General Information
a)
1. Institution Name: University at Albany
Institutional
2. Institution's 6-digit SED Institution Code: 210500
Information
3. Institution's Address: 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222
4. Additional Information: Specify each campus and its 6-digit SED Institution Code where the program is
registered and where the proposed changes would apply:
b)
Name and title: Myrna L. Friedlander, PhD, Professor and Director of Doctoral Training
Contact
Person for
Telephone: 518-442-5049
This
E-mail: mfriedlander@albany.edu
Proposal
c)
Signature affirms that the proposal has met all applicable campus administrative and shared
CEO(or
governance procedures for consultation, and the institution's commitment to support the program as
designee)
revised.
Approval
Name and title: James R. Stellar, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
Signature and date:
If the revised program will be registered jointly' with one more other institutions, provide the
following information for each partner institution. The signature confirms support of the changes.
Partner institution's name: None
Name and title of partner institution's CEO:
Signature of partner institution's CEO:
Version 2013-10-17
1 If the partner institution is non-degree-granting, see SED CEO Memo 94-04 . .
I Section 2. Multi-Award and Multi-Institution Programs
NOT APPLICABLE
Check one.
[ ]
This proposal is for a multi-award program that leads to two separate awards (e.g., A.S./B.A., B.S./M.S.).
Complete Part 2A, below.
NOTE: Such programs generally involve special admissions for students who have
the capacity to complete all awards, curricular integration between the component programs, and shortened time to
degree compared to taking the programs separately.
[ ]
This proposal is for a multi-institution program (also called a 'jointly registered program") to be offered jointly by
two or more institutions. Complete Part B, below. NOTE: Such programs involve a formal agreement between
two or more institutions to offer courses leading to an award.
[ ]
This proposal is for a multi-institution, multi-award program to be offered jointly by more two or more
institutions and lead to two separate awards. Provide a single, consolidated response that reflects aU the items in
Parts 2A and 28, below.
PART 2A- Multi-Award Program
NOT APPLICABLE
a) Program Title:
b) Program Awards ((e.g., B.A./M.S.) from existing programs):
c) Proposed HEGIS Code:
d) Required Number of Credits: Minimum [ 48 ]
If tracks or options, largest minimum [
e) Format: []Day
[ x] Evening [ ] Weekend
[ ] Evening/Weekend
[ ] Not Full-Time
f) Mode:
[] Standard [ ] Independent Study [ ] External [ ] Accelerated
[ ] Distance Education (If 50% of more of the program can be completed via distance education,
append a Distance Education Format Proposal at the end ofthis form.)
g) Other:
[ ] Bilingual [ ] Language Other Than English [ ] Upper Division Program [ ] Cooperative
4.5 year [ ] 5 year
h) List registered programs at the institution identified in Section 1 whose courses will contribute to this program. Add
rows as needed.
Program Title
Award
SED Program Code
Program 1
Program 2
i)
List all the courses required for each existing program, and indicate which ones will be counted toward both awards.
See point "I" below. The required courses for the PhD program are in the table, with the courses that count for both
programs highlighted in yellow.
j) What is the length of time students will have to complete the proposed program? 3 years
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k) What are the admissions requirements for the new program, and how are they related to student success?
l)
Complete a SUNY Sample Program Schedule to show how students will be able to schedule all required courses to
complete the multi-award program.
PART 28- Multi-Institution Program
NOT APPLICABLE
a) Program Title:
b) Are all partner institutions listed in Section I, with CEO information and a signature for each partner?
[ ]Yes [ ]No
c) Proposed HEGIS Code:
g) Required Number of Credits: Minimum [
If tracks or options, largest minimum [
]
d) Format: [ ] Day
[ ] Evening
[ ] Weekend
[ ] Evening/Weekend
[ ] Not Full-Time
e) Mode: [ ] Standard [ ] Independent Study [ ] External [ ] Accelerated
[ ] Distance Education (If 50% of more of the program can be completed via distance education,
append a Distance Education Format Proposal at the end of this form.)
f) Other: [ ] Bilingual [ ] Language Other Than English [ ] Upper Division Program [ ] Cooperative
4.5 year [ ] 5 year
g) List all courses in the program and indicate which courses will be completed at each institution.
h) Describe the administrative provisions for coordinating admissions, advisement and financial aid for the program
between the two institutions.
i)
Describe the program's policies governing residency requirements and tuition charges.
j)
Explain any other special arrangements or requirements arising from the multi-institution nature of the program.
k) Complete a SUNY Sample Program Schedule to show how students will be able to schedule all required courses to
finish the program.
I Section 3. New Programs from Options, Concentrations or Tracks in an Existing Program
This section should be used to propose the creation of new programs from options, concentrations or tracks in existing,
registered programs, which is sometimes called "disaggregation." This section enables (but does not require) a campus to
make the following types of revisions to an existing track at the same time the track becomes a separate program:
•
new or significantly revised courses; and
•
changes to the track's admissions standards and program evaluation elements.
NOTE: A new program proposal must be submitted - instead of this section - when:
•
the new program(s) will be offered at a different location than the campuses identified in Section I; or
•
a Master Plan Amendment is required for the new program(s).
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PART 3A- REVISION OF EXISTING PROGRAM
NOT APPLICABLE
a)
Title:
b) Award:
c) HEG IS Code:
d) SED Program Code:
e) List the registered Options, Concentrations or Tracks and indicate which, if any, will be removed.
f)
If the existing program will have any changes to the program's admissions standards or program evaluation elements,
please describe them and explain why they are needed. Otherwise, affirm that the admissions standards and
evaluation methods are unchanged from the current registered program.
PART 3B- PROPOSED NEW PROGRAM(S)
Provide the information requested below for each proposed new program to be registered separately.
a) Title: Counseling Psychology
b) Award: Master of Science
c) HEGIS Code: 2004
d) Required Credits: Minimum [ 48 ]
If tracks or options, largest minimum [
e) Describe the new program and the rationale for converting the existing coursework to a separately registered program.
Only matriculated students in the PhD program in Counseling Psychology will be eligible to receive the new Master's in
Counseling Psychology. In other words, PhD students will be eligible to obtain a "master's-along-the-way" after they
have completed 48 credits in the PhD program and successfully completed an evidence-based case conceptualization, to
be called "the second-year scientist-practitioner project." This project will entail a written conceptualization of a client
case with whom the student has worked clinically, including a theoretical rationale and empirical support. To
successfully complete the project, two core faculty members in the counseling psychology PhD program will need to
approve the written document and the student's oral presentation of the project.
The purpose for this new degree is threefold. First, allowing doctoral students who enter the PhD program directly from
undergraduate studies to obtain a master's degree after 48 credits will make our program more competitive with other
similar programs nationally who offer students a "master's-along-the way." (We are often asked by applicants to the
PhD program if they will receive this degree.) Second, obtaining a master's degree will help our students be more
competitive for the full year, pre-doctoral internship, which is required for the PhD. Many internship sites require a
master's degree. Currently our students who enter the PhD program without a master's degree are ineligible to apply for
these internships. Since internships have become increasingly more competitive (there is an imbalance nationally, with
many more PhD applicants than available internship sites), it is essential for our PhD students to be as competitive as
possible. The full-time internship is the capstone experience for all applied psychology PhD students in programs
accredited by the American Psychological Association, and obtaining an accredited internship is required for
employment in VA hospitals and other clinical settings. Third, completion of the "second-year scientist-practitioner
project" will prepare students for the Doctoral Qualifying Examination and for applying for internship.
f) If the new program will have any new or significantly revised courses, list them here and attach a syllabus for each
one.
There will be no new courses.
g) If the new program will have any changes to the program's admissions standards or program evaluation elements,
please describe them and explain why they are needed. Otherwise, affirm that the admissions standards and
evaluation methods are unchanged from the current registered program.
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There will be no changes whatsoever to the PhD program's admission standards or program evaluation elements.
That is, the admissions standards and evaluation methods will be unchanged from the currently registered PhD
program in Counseling Psychology.
h) Explain the expected impact of the new program on existing programs.
There will be no impact on existing programs
i) Describe adjustments the institution will make to its current resource allocations to support the new program.
No new allocations will be required to support the new program, as students will be eligible to obtain the Master of
Science "along the way" to the PhD program.
j) Complete the appropriate Sample Program Schedule to show how students can complete all required courses in the
new program.
The proposed 48-credit Master of Science in Counseling Psychology will be obtained after students have completed all
of the required courses highlighted in grey below. The remaining courses in the table (those that are not highlighted in
grey and all those in Terms 5-l 0) are requirements for the PhD in Counseling Psychology; the table is a sample program
sequence for completion of the Master of Science and the PhD in Counseling Psychology in 5 years.
Term 1: Fall1
Term 2: Spring 1
3
3
3
Doctoral student in
3
counseling psychology
3
3
3
Undergraduate
3
coursework in statistics
Psychopharmacology with
3
Consent of instructor
Diverse Populations (ECPY
730)
Advanced Learning &
3
Consent of instructor
OR
Instruction
Seminar in Social
(EPSY 610)
Psychology: From Basic
Theory to Health-Related
lications
6
6
3
3
3
3
EPSY 630 or equivalent
5
Multicultural Counseling
(ECPY 750)
Internship in Counseling
Psychology (ECPY 895)
3
3
3
3
3
12
3
Section 4. SUNY Faculty Table
X
counseling psychology;
previously an elective-
now will be
ECPY 805 and 806;
doctoral student in
counseling psychology
Doctoral student in a
mental health related
program
Consent of instructor
Formal acceptance of
proposal by dissertation
committee
2 years of supervised
clinical practica;
previously an elective -
now will be
and major course
requirements in the
counseling psychology
program, as well as
consent of faculty and
doctoral training
director
Survey of Psychopathology
(APSY 640)
Tenn credit total:
Internship in Counseling
Psychology (ECPY 895)
3
3
3
3
3
12
Consent of instructor
ECPY 805 and 806;
doctoral student in
counseli
Previously an elective-
now will be required
Doctoral research methods
and statistics courses
Consent of advisor
Formal acceptance of
proposal by dissertation
committee
ECPY 805, 806, 808 and
major course requirements
in the counseling
psychology program, as
well as consent of faculty
and doctoral training
director
a) If applicable, provide information on faculty members who will be teaching new or significantly revised courses in
the program. Expand the table as needed.
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b) Append at the end of this document position descriptions or announcements for each to-be-hired faculty member.
c) NOT APPLICABLE
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Faculty Member Name and
Title and/or Rank at the
Part 3. To-Be-Hired Faculty
(List as TBHI, TBH2, etc.,
and provide expected hiring
date instead of
Time
Dedicat
ed to
This
Progra
Program
Courses
Which May
Be Taught
(Number and
Discipline(s) of
Additional
Highest and Other
Highest and
Qualifications: List
Applicable Earned
Other
related certifications
Degrees (include
Applicable
and licenses and
CoUegeor
Earned Degrees
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To:
James Stellar
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
From:
Robert Bangert-Drowns
Dean, School of Education
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Date:
May 15,2015
Subject:
Proposal for new MS program in Counseling Psychology
School of Education
Dean's Office
The enclosed proposal for a new Master's of Science degree in Counseling Psychology is
designed to enable Ph.D. students to obtain a master's-along-the-way after they have completed
48 credits in the Ph.D. program. The new degree will be available only to registered Ph.D.
students and will not require the development of new courses.
The purpose for this new degree is threefold:
•
allow doctoral students who enter the Ph.D. program directly from undergraduate studies to
obtain a master's degree after 48 credits will make our program more competitive with other,
similar programs that offer students a master's-along-the-way
•
obtaining a master's degree will help our students be more competitive for the full year, pre-
doctoral internship, which is required for the Ph.D., since many internship sites require a
master's degree. Currently, students who enter our Ph.D. program without a master's degree
are ineligible to apply for these internships.
•
completion of the new master's will prepare students for their doctoral qualifying
examination and for applying for internship.
If you approve of this proposal, please let us know via an email, and we will forward the
proposal to the Graduate Academic Council.
Education 212
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
PH: 518-442-4988 FX: 518-442-4953
www.albany.edu/cducation
School of Education
Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology
To: Members of the Graduate Academic Council, the University Policy and Planning Council, and the
University Senate
From: Kevin P. Quinn, Chair
Subject: Proposal for Master of Science Degree in Counseling Psychology
Date: October 5, 20015
Faculty members in the Division of Counseling Psychology, within the Department of Educational
and Counseling Psychology, have proposed a new master's degree program that may be earned by
students in the unit's doctoral program enroute to their Ph. D. The proposal has my full support.
Specified requirements for the master's degree are consistent with departmental norms and we have
the needed resources to make the program operational. I concur with the rationale for the program as
articulated in the proposal and I find the reported benefits to our students entirely credible and
worthwhile. Moreover, the proposed program was reviewed by department faculty and received a
unanimous vote of support in May of2015.
Education Building, Room 220
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
PH: 518-442-5050 FX: 518-442-4953
www.albany.edu
To:
From:
Subject:
Date:
School of Education
Dean's Office
Members of the Graduate Academic Council, the University Policy and Planning
Council, and the University Senate
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Robert Bangert-Drowns
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Proposal for Master of Science Degree m Counseling Psychology
October I , 20015
The proposal for a new Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology is sensible in every
way ... and overdue. Our Counseling Psychology program has been highly ranked nationally for
many years, but our doctoral students could benefit by having the option of obtaining a master's
degree as they progress. With a master's degree in hand, they would have more options for pre-
doctoral internships. Obtaining this master's degree would be an important marker of progress in
the doctoral program, one that acknowledges the ongoing professionalization of these graduate
students. Completion of a capstone project for the master's degree will be an important opportunity
for self-reflection and conversation with counseling psychology faculty and anticipate kinds of tasks
expected in advanced doctoral work. The program would make our doctoral program more
comparable with peer programs around the country that already have a "master's-along-the-way"
option. And the program will capitalize on courses already in existence and currently being offered
in the doctoral program, so no new courses or personnel are needed for this program.
I wholeheartedly endorse the proposal and look forward to its implementation in our Counseling
Psychology division.
Education 212
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
PH: 518-442-4988 FX: 518-442-4953
www.albany.edu/education
September 24th, 2015
Dear University Senate members,
School of Education
Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology
Division of Counseling Psychology, ED 220
On behalf of the Doctoral Students Association for the Department of Counseling Psychology, I am
writing to convey our profound interest in the addition of the option for students to receive their
Master's degree along the way in our doctoral program. We endorse the addition of this option for
many reasons: To make our students more competitive, to make our program more competitive, and
to offer more flexibility for students in their pursuit of summer jobs.
For students to receive their Master's degree along the way through the program, they would have to
complete a scientist-practitioner project in their second year. The project would enhance students'
clinical skill levels and be an incredible learning opportunity that would better prepare them for the
Doctoral Qualifying Examination. Furthermore, students would be more competitive in their
internship applications as well since most internship sites look specifically for students who already
have their Master' s degree. This provides a dual effect: rt would enhance the probability of students
in getting matched with an accredited internship, and these improved outcomes would reflect well on
the UAlbany program and bolster and reinforce its prominent national standing. Thus in addition to
being a benefit for students, the option would also make UAlbany a more competitive program, on
par with other programs that already offer this option for students.
Students who enter the program without their Master's degree would also appreciate the increased
flexibility that this initiative would offer them. In the summers between classes, students could
pursue clinical jobs and augment their savings, which would both provide them with more
experience and benefit their income.
From our perspective, we find no real or foreseeable disadvantages to the addition. It is
tremendously beneficial for both UAlbany' s Counseling Psychology doctoral program and the
current and future graduate students within the program. As the doctoral students in the Department
of Counseling Psychology unanimously support this initiative, we highly encourage your support for
it as well.
Best regards,
Melissa Ertl
President, Doctoral Students Association
mertl@albany.edu
Education Building, Room 220
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
PH: 518-442·5040 FX: 518-442-4953
www.albany.edu/counseling_psych/
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AT ALBANY
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Graduate Academic Council and University at Albany Senate
FROM: M. Earleywine ~
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Professor and Training Director, Clinical Psychology
DATE: September 28, 2015
Department of Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
Prof. Myrna Friedlander, the current Training Director of the PhD program in Counseling Psychology, shared with
me the details of that program's initiative to create a MS degree in Counseling Psychology within the PhD program
in Counseling Psychology. It is my understanding that students entering that PhD program could complete a
"capstone scientist-practitioner project," and that after completing that project successfully and successfully
completing 48 credits (the same 48 credits they take anyway as part of the doctoral program), they would be able
to apply for this "master's-along-the-way."
As Training Director of the Clinical Psychology program, I am supportive of this initiative. It is a common practice
Clinical Psychology programs around the country, as it is in Counseling Psychology. In our own Clinical Psychology
program, we have had a "master's-along-the-way" in place for several decades. We have found that offering this
opportunity makes our program more competitive for applicants coming directly from undergraduate studies, and
our doctoral students are more competitive when applying for the full-year internship at sites that require a
master's degree. Additionally, with a master's degree our doctoral students are more able to find professional
work in the field during the summers of their doctoral program. A masters degree helps students acknowledge their
progress along the way to finishing the doctorate. It also helps them qualify for positions at practicum sites in the
community, confirming their mastery of relevant theories and techniques associated with the psychotherapy process.
As a faculty, we have found that the Master's in Clinical Psychology benefits our doctoral students and our
program, which is accredited by the American Psychological Association (like the Counseling Psychology program
in the School of Education), in the ways I have indicated above.
Thus, I am in strong support of this initiative and perceive no barriers to its success in attracting applicants to the
Counseling Psychology program and in better preparing PhD students who enter the Counseling Psychology
program without prior clinical training.
Psychological Services Center
MEMO R AN D UM
To:
The Graduate Academic Council
From: George Litchford, Ph.D.
Director of the Psychological Services Center
Date:
September 29, 2015
Re:
Initiative for an MS degree in Counseling Psychology
Dr. Myrna Friedlander, the current Director of the Counseling Psychology program at this University,
shared with me the department's plans to develop an initiative for an MS degree in Counseling Psychology.
Students entering the PhD program would complete a "capstone scientist- practitioner project", and they
would successfully complete 48 hours of credits. These 48 credit hours are the same credits they would be
taking as part ofthe doctoral program. As a result they would be able to apply for an MS degree; a"
masters along the way" program. The council should note that the Clinical Psychology has had a similar
program in place for several decades.
As the Director of the Psychological Services Center, the training clinic for both the counseling
psychology and clinical psychology programs on this campus, I am supportive ofthis initiative as many
doctoral programs across the country have a similar program. Having this program built into the doctoral
program helps the program with attracting new students to the doctoral program. It also benefits students
and helps practicum sites and internship sites as it indicates that the doctoral students have a mastery of
relevant topics and techniques within the Counseling Psychology field. This is especially the case where the
practicum site or internship site relies upon insurance money to fund their training program. The insurance
entities, especially managed-care companies, often recognize the MS degree as a foundation degree for
receiving a third-party reimbursement.
I'm very supportive of this program. I do not see that it would create any problems relative to the
admission of new students. Its major benefit as I indicated before is to grant the doctoral students MS
degree status in Counseling Psychology which may help them in their professional career; especially in terms
of internship application which is a highly competitive process.
GL:clf
299 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12206
PH: 518-442-4900 FX: 518-442-4844
www.albany.edu/psc
