2021-2023 Scheduled Curriculum

Click HERE to view the NMSU RXPP 11th Iteration 2021-2023 Class Schedule.

Click HERE to view RXPP Course contact hours to APA Designated core competencies: NMSU MSCP Program - Content Mapping Grid

NMSU MSCP degree Didactic Coursework Requirements

Term/Course#

 		 Course Title   Credits  
Fall 2021    
RXPP 6110 Introduction to Psychopharmacology for Psychologists I      3
RXPP 6120 Introduction to Psychopharmacology for Psychologists II     3
  Spring 2022    
RXPP 6210 Clinical Psychopharmacology I 3
RXPP 6310 Pathophysiology for Psychologists I 3
  Summer 2022    
RXPP 6320 Pathophysiology for Psychologists II 3
  Fall 2022    
RXPP 6330 Pathophysiology for Psychologists III 3
RXPP 6220 Clinical Psychopharmacology II          3
  Spring 2023    
RXPP 6230 Clinical Psychopharmacology III         3
RXPP 6410 Psychopharmacological Treatment in Special Populations I 3
  Summer 2023    
RXPP 6420 Psychopharmacological Treatment in Special Populations I 3
RXPP 6996 Special & Continuation Topics in Psychopharmacology         3

Didactic Coursework = 33 credits

  Practica Course Requirements (6 credits)
RXPP 6510 Supervised Experience in Psychopharmacology I (Begin only after completion of RXPP 6330)   3  
RXPP 6520 Supervised Experience in Psychopharmacology II (Begin only after approval of 100 patient-400hr. practica plan AND completion of class #18.  3
    Total Curriculum Course Credits = 39 credits
  Note:  This Postdoctoral graduate program leading to the Master’s Degree must be completed within seven years (or eight successive summers); including completion of outstanding student accounts, didactic coursework, all supervised clinical experience (practica), and the final Capstone Examination.  Any coursework more than seven years old at the time of the final examination will scrutinized by the NMSU Graduate School and NM Board of Psychologist Examiners.