Abstract
In a survey, 44 randomly selected APA accredited doctoral programs in professional psychology from 150, all university-based, reported that a median of two of every three students never took a cognate course outside their department (8 of every 9 never took more than one cognate). Only a fifth of the programs offered any courses within their program by nonpsychology faculty. Only 22% of the programs required a nonpsychology cognate (usually Statistics in the Mathematics or Statistics Department) although 37% favored such a requirement Freestanding professional schools, challenged to demonstrate diverse educational opportunity for accreditation procedures, have routinely developed avenues for multidisciplinary stimulation that many more advantaged university-based programs ignore. Diversity of educational model as well as of curriculum is advocated.
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