May 26th – August 7th
Exam Week: 8/3/26-8/7/26
ACAP Summer 2026 Course Information and Registration Packet
BGSP-NJ Summer 2026 Course Information and Registration Packet
Jan 20th – May 15th
Spring Break: Mar 23-27 (No Classes)
Exam Week: 5/11-5/15
ACAP Spring 2026 Course Information and Registration Packet
BGSP-NJ Spring 2026 Course Information and Registration Packet
MONDAY
4:50 – 7:10 PM GPSA 704 Fieldwork Internship Seminar – Clinical Interventions & Supervised Group Studies/Semel, TA Thomas – Main Classroom (Required for students in CMHC and fieldwork, requires prerequisites and permission from the training committee)
TUESDAY
10:30 – 12:00 PM GPSA 704C – SGS/Ashworth
2:00 – 3:30 PM GPSA 704B – SGS/Lapides
3:00 – 4:30 PM GPSA 703P – SGS/Hess
5:55 – 6:55 PM GPSA 704D – SGS/Thomas
4:50 – 7:10 PM GPSA 507 Human Development: Through the Lifespan/McGee – Main
Classroom (Required for CMHC/MAP; Recommended for PsyA Cert)
WEDNESDAY
4:50 – 7:10 PM GPSA 837 Marriage and Family: Working with Couples & Families/Vaccaro – Vaccaro Office (Elective for any program or Theory for PsyA Cert)
THURSDAY
9:30 – 11:00 AM GPSA704G – SGS/Bratt
12:00 – 1:30 PM GPSA704L – SGS/Vaccaro
2:00 – 3:30 PM GPSA 704M – SGS/Miele
3:00 – 4:30 PM GPSA 704E – SGS/Silver
3:10 – 4:40 PM GPSA 704J – SGS/Semel
3:15 – 4:45 PM GPSA 704K – SGS/DeLia
7:10 – 9:30 PM GPSA 101 Clinical Assessment and Appraisal/Grant – Library (Required for CMHC)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Students in the MACMHC and MAP programs attend SGS every week with the same instructor from Spring 2026 and GPSA 704 is required.
During the Summer semester, 12 supplementary hours are needed. Further details are provided in pages 8-10.
MONDAY
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 700 Fieldwork Practicum Seminar & Supervised Group Studies/Semel TA – Thomas – Main Classroom (First semester, fieldwork experience requires prerequisites and approval of the Training Committee)
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA703 Fieldwork Seminar – Issues of Bias in the Treatment of Mental Illness/Semel TA – Thomas – Main Classroom (Required for students in second semester of fieldwork and beyond. Prerequisite: GPSA 700)
7:10 pm – 9:30 pm GPSA 586 Career Counseling/Chang – Room C (Required for CMHC)
TUESDAY
10:30 – 12:00 pm GPSA 703C – SGS/Ashworth – Room C
12:00 – 2:20 pm GPSA 504 Human Development*: Adulthood—Middle to Later Years/Gerber – Online (PsyA Certificate – 2 HD* required per level / MAP and CMHC 507 required and one additional 501-4)
2:00 – 3:30 pm GPSA 703B – SGS/Lapides – Room C
3:00 – 4:30 pm GPSA 703P – SGS/Hess – Online
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 824 Treatment Techniques: Symbolic and Emotional Communication/Kane – Main Classroom (PsyA Cert. Pre Matric, BGSP MA programs required)
5:55 – 6:55 pm GPSA 703D – SGS/Thomas – Room C
7:10 – 9:30 pm GPSA 552 Intro to Research in Human Sciences /Ashworth – Library (PsyA Cert. Pre Matric, BGSP MA programs required)
WEDNESDAY
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 833b Clinical Practice with Adolescents/Vaccaro cap at 12 – Library (Elective all programs, meets Human Development requirement for PsyA Cert.)
7:10 – 9:30 pm GPSA 104 Multicultural Issues in Mental Health Work/McGee – Main Classroom (Required CMHC and PsyA Cert; Elective for MAP)
THURSDAY
9:00 – 11:20 am GPSA758 Continuing Case Seminar: Group Dynamics I: Theories & Techniques/ Rosenthal – Online (Elective or Replace clinical case with approval from the training committee)
9:00 – 11:20 am GPSA531 Group Dynamics I: Theories & Techniques/Rosenthal – Online (531 or 532 Group required for CMHC; Elective for PsyA Cert. or MAP)
9:30 – 11:00 am GPSA 703G – SGS/Bratt -Room C
12:00 – 1:30 pm GPSA 703L – SGS/Vaccaro- Room C
2:00 – 3:30 pm GPSA 703M – SGS/Miele – Room C
2:15 – 3:15 pm GPSA 703H – SGS/Lazar – Online
3:00 – 4:30 pm GPSA 703E – SGS/Silver – Room C
3:10 – 4:40 pm GPSA 701J – SGS/Semel – Room C
3:15 – 4:45 pm GPSA 701K – SGS/DeLia – Main Classroom
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 752 Clinical Case Seminar: Transference and Countertransference Issues/DeLia TA – Saunders – Library (Cap at 10, required matriculation level PsyA Cert, requires approval from the training committee)
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 752 Clinical Case Seminar: Transference and Countertransference Issues/Bratt – Main Classroom (Cap at 10, required matriculation level PsyA Cert, requires approval from the training committee)
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 522 Comparative Psychotherapies I: Modern Concepts & Techniques /Team Teach/Semel, Vaccaro, Kane – Room C (Required for all programs except Post MA)
7:10 – 9:30 pm GPSA 838 Substance Use and Abuse in Mental Health Treatment/Grant – Main Classroom
(Elective, All programs)
Day TBD
GPSA 760/761 Clinical Research Tutorial – Day/time arranged with Instructor/Faculty GPSA
555A Research Seminar – Proposal Writing/Gerber/To be Arranged
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GPSA 837 Marriage and Family: Working with Couples and Families (3 credits)
GPSA 704 Fieldwork Internship Seminar – Clinical Intervention: Early Interventions & Supervised Group Studies (SGS) (4 credits)
GPSA 507 Human Development: Through the Lifespan from Birth to Death (3 credits)
GPSA 101 Clinical Assessment and Appraisal (3 credits)