(1). Completion of 150 semester hours consisting of the five-year curriculum, including a one-year (10 months/1500 clock hours) internship. Students entering with prior graduate work will be credited with those training elements in which the student is judged proficient.

2. Completion of the M.A. or M.S. degree requirements unless accomplished during previous graduate study.

3. Completion and successful defense of a thesis if the M.A. degree option is elected. Students electing the M.S. degree option (non-thesis) must complete a supervised research project.

4. Satisfactory performance on the doctoral comprehensive examination. a. The doctoral comprehensive examination consists of a set of questions prepared by the student's doctoral committee.

5. Completion and successful defense of a dissertation.