In achieving its objectives, the programme will provide the means whereby all students can acquire and demonstrate substantial understanding of and competence in the following areas:
- The breadth of scientific psychology, its history of thought and development, its research methods, and it applications to the Caribbean situation. To achieve this end, the students shall be exposed to the current body of knowledge in at least the following areas: biological aspects of behavior; cognitive and effective aspects of behavior; history and systems of psychology in the Caribbean;
- psychological measurement; research methodology; and techniques of data analysis;
- The scientific, methodological, and theoretical foundations of practice in the substantive area (s) of professional psychology in which the programme has its training emphasis. To achieve this end, the students shall be exposed to the current body of knowledge in at least the following areas: individual differences; human development; dysfunctional behavior or psychopathology; and professional standards and ethics;
- Diagnosing or defining problems through psychological assessment and measurement and formulating and implementing intervention strategies (including training in empirically supported procedures). To achieve this end, the students shall be exposed to the current body of knowledge in at least the following areas; theories and methods of assessment and diagnosis; effective intervention; consultation and supervision, and evaluating the efficacy of interventions;
- Issues of cultural and individual diversity that are relevant to all of the above;
- Attitudes essential for life-long learning, scholarly inquiry, and professional problem-solving as psychologist in the context of an evolving body of scientific and professional knowledge.