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Clinical Psychopharmacology, MS

Program Requirements

  1. Students must complete a minimum of 30 MSCP credit hours.
  2. Students must complete all credits at the graduate 6000 level and above.
  3. Students must earn a minimum grade of B- (3.0) in all courses that apply to the degree and must achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to program requirements.

  4. Students must complete all credit hours with CU Denver faculty.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations

  1. The MSCP didactic curriculum requires a minimum of 400 contact hours with 30 credit hours across 11 courses.  Courses can be a mixture of in person and synchronous online courses.  Ideally these courses would be done sequentially in 8 week segments (e.g. 2 courses per semester, 3 semesters a year, 2 years).
  2. Classes expire after 7 years after completion.
  3. Pre-doctoral student may take up to 2 courses in the MSCP program that may apply to both doctoral credits and MSCP credits. 
  4. After completion of courses students will be required to complete a capstone which comes in the form of an exam. 
Complete the following required courses:30
Clinical Science 1: Basic Science
Clinical Science 2: Neuroscience
Pathology and Pathophysiology
Clinical Medicine
Applied Clinical Science
Pharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology
Neuropharmacology & Neurotherapeutics
Clinical Psychopharmacology 1
Clinical Psychopharmacology 2
Professional & Ethical Issues
Total Hours30