The Professional School of Psychology (PSP) is a
graduate school
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of clinical and
organizational psychology
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headquartered in
Sacramento
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California, USA
It has its roots in
Huckleberry
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Nomenclature
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House,
San Francisco
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, 1979
Approved by the
State of California
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to grant master's and
doctorate
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degrees in
psychology
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, PSP specializes in clinical and
organizational psychology
Industrial and organizational psychology (I-O psychology), an applied discipline within psychology, is the science of human behavior in the workplace. Depending on the country or region of the world, I-O psychology is also known as occupational ...
. California state approval has been granted under California Education Code 94310.2. The program also is designed to fulfill the requirements of California Business and Professions Code, Section 4980.40 (a) though (d), and 4980.41 (a) through (d). However, applicants should be aware that units earned for courses taken at PSP may not be acceptable for
transfer credit
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at other
graduate schools
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The organization and struc ...
.
PSP is moving to a
distributed learning
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model.
Notable
faculty and
graduates
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of PSP include:
Twylla R W Abrahamson
William H Bergquist, president
John Preston (clinical
psychopharmacology
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Marcia Schiller
The school is located at 3550 Watt Avenue, Suite 140 Sacramento, CA 95821 USA
References
Education in California
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