T
he newest division within the university,
the Division of Applied Interdisciplinary
Studies (DAIS) is a group of distinct and
decisively independent entities that collectively
foster collaboration in program development,
research initiatives, and service delivery. To date,
we are composed of the following units—the Center
for Psychological Studies; the Graduate School of
Humanities and Social Sciences; the Institute for the
Study of Human Service, Health, and Justice; and the
Mailman Segal Center for Human Development.
The mission of the Division of Applied Interdisciplinary
Studies is to engage the best minds across disciplines
to seek solutions to contemporary and emerging
challenges in the global community through research,
training, and practice. Our faculty members value an
integrated model that embraces teaching, practice, and
research. Our degrees, structures, and practices honor
the blending of research and clinical practice. We
intentionally build curricula in which research informs
practice. Our undergraduate and graduate students and
the professional services we render to the community
benefit from our holistic view of health and from our
nurturing of the indomitable human spirit.
Within our division, we share faculty expertise to
create programs that address mental health, national
security, criminal justice, human development, conflict
resolution, and life span competency and coping issues
that emerge in a complex and ever-changing world.
We acknowledge that tackling challenging social
questions requires the talents of multidisciplinary
teams of professionals working across time.
We are preparing leaders in diverse professional fields
who will discover solutions to emerging challenges
that have not yet surfaced and those that continue to
require our best efforts. The promise of the Division of
Applied Interdisciplinary Studies lies in its openness
to collaboration across disciplinary lines and in its
targeted focus upon applied research that serves the
social good.
As a division, we share resources and craft initiatives
that turn ideas into action. We are creating national
centers of excellence in the treatment of autism
and addiction. We are looking to become a national
presence in conflict analysis and resolution and in
national security affairs. And we are exploring ways to
better serve our students and our communities. Do join
us. We invite you to investigate what we have to offer.
And we invite you to see what you can bring to us.
Center for Psychological Studies
The Center for Psychological Studies (CPS), organized
in 1967, has distinguished itself nationally through its
mission; faculty; and programs that integrate training,
research, and service. The graduate school is composed
of academic programs in psychology and counseling,
predoctoral internship programs, a Psychology Services
Center, continuing education programs, and scholarly
activity including grant funded-research. The school
is committed to advancing knowledge and services
that are intimately tied to society’s pressing needs. The
center’s academic programs are offered at the masters,
specialist, and doctoral levels.
The Ph.D. program in clinical psychology is based
on a scientist practitioner model that focuses on the
empirical analysis of current topics and problems in
clinical psychology. The Psy.D. program in clinical
psychology is based on a practitioner informed by
science model that prepares students for clinical work
and to be lifelong consumers of research. These
programs are both accredited by the Commission
on Accreditation of the American Psychological
Association. Both programs require a three-year, full-
time residency and are offered on the main campus in
Fort Lauderdale. Program concentrations are available
in clinical neuropsychology, clinical health psychology,
psychology of long-term mental illness, psychodynamic
psychology, and clinical forensic psychology. Tracks on
child, adolescent, and family issues and on multicultural
psychology are also available.
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Center for Psychological Studies • Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Institute for the Study of Human Service, Health, and Justice • Mailman Segal Center for Human Development
The Division of Applied Interdisciplinary Studies