JOINT M.B.A./PH.D. PROGRAM:
The joint Ph.D./M.B.A. Program in Psychology and Business is a collaborative effort between PGSP and the University of San Francisco (USF) Masagung Graduate School of Management.
Using an integrated approach in psychology and business, this program leads to a Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology from PGSP and a MBA from USF. USF’s business school is accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. The expectation is that students who complete the joint degree program will make significant contributions in the areas of organizational psychology, managed care administration, executive assessment and development, university teaching, and research.
Students must be eligible for admission to both the doctoral training program in clinical psychology at PGSP and to the MBA program at USF. Thus, they are required to take both the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT).
Psychology and MBA students will be enrolled concurrently in PGSP and USF, taking courses at both institutions for approximately five years, plus a one year psychology internship. Since this is an integrated joint program, students will be able to complete the requirements for both degrees in significantly less time than if they were to pursue each degree separately. Emphasis in the first year is on course work at PGSP and in the second year, at USF. Students must complete a psychology internship in an approved setting and a doctoral dissertation. Students who complete the program are eligible for licensure as a psychologist, subject to the postdoctoral statutory requirements in each jurisdiction.
The Joint M.B.A./Ph.D. Program currently has three major training goals:
Management Executive:
To develop well trained psychologists who can work in administrative, managerial, and policy making departments of managed care organizations. Students trained in this area will be well prepared to work as an executive developing, implementing, and providing consultation related to policies and procedures impacting health and the managed care industry.
Executive Coach:
To develop well trained psychologists who can design and perform empirically supported advanced techniques related to executive assessment and development. Students trained in this area will be well prepared to work as an executive coach for international consulting firms.
Organizational Coach:
To develop well trained psychologists who can design and perform empirically supported advanced techniques related to Organizational Development. Students trained in this area will be well prepared to work as change agents for international consulting firms or to develop their own practice or firm.