Course Requirements
Core Courses
Statistics and Methodology Courses
Degree Candidacy
Admission to the doctoral program is dependent upon satisfactory evaluations in each of the following three (3) areas:
- Coursework performance
- Master's Thesis defense and
- Successful completion of the Comprehensive Exam or Comprehensive Alternative Project
If the student has been involved in an outside practicum or fieldwork, appropriate persons at that site may be asked to contribute to the student's evaluation. Academic performance is based on a student's grade point average, incomplete, and comments made by faculty who have worked with the student in a classroom setting. A 3.0 GPA is the minimal expectation for good-standing status in the program. Assessment of research performance is based on evaluations by the professor(s) for whom the student is working or has worked.
Research Thesis
Complete a thesis on a topic approved by the department.
Thesis Examination
The examination, in the field of the graduate student, may be, but is not necessarily, limited to a defense of the student’s thesis
PSY 492
PRINCIPLES OF CONSULTATION
The principles and dynamics involved in the various types of consultative relationships. Techniques of consultation with parents, teachers, agencies, physicians and others in regard to problems and deviancy, methods of management and treatment.
PSY 493
ADVANCED COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
An advanced introduction to community psychology with an emphasis on major historical and contemporary themes such as prevention of psychological problems and promotion of wellness, empowerment and social justice, community research methods, diversity in gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and disability status, community processes, and collaboration and intervention to address social problems.
PSY 520
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN DIVERSITY
Considerations related to minority status and issues specific to diagnostics and interventions with minority populations.
PSY 568
SEMINAR IN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
Analysis of theories of community and human behaviors from the standpoint of general systems principles.
PSY 495
GRANT WRITING IN PSYCHOLOGY
This course will facilitate students? ability to transpose psychology principles and theory into practice by preparing them to be psychology entrepreneurs via the grant writing process. Class members will become familiar with public and private funding sources, searching for appropriate funding sources, and reviewing a proposal. Class members will create a grant proposal that can be submitted to a funding organization.
PSY 569
SEMINAR IN PROGRAM EVALUATION
Analysis of major research programs dealing with social and mental health problems with emphasis on epidemiological and socio-clinical research methods. Four quarter hours.
PSY 410
ADVANCED STATISTICS I
Graphical methods for data display, analysis of variance, multiple comparisons, multifactor analysis of variance, randomized block, repeated measures, and related designs. Cross-listed as SOC 450.
PSY 411
ADVANCED STATISTICS II
Multiple linear regression, analysis of covariance, and logistic regression.
Prerequisites:
PSY 410 is a prerequisite for this class.PSY 418
MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Multivariate regression, principal component, cluster analysis and multidemensional scaling. Canonical correlation, multivariate analysis of variance, linear discriminant function analysis.
Prerequisites:
PSY 411 is a prerequisite for this class.PSY 419
FACTOR ANALYSIS AND PATH MODELING
Theoretical foundations, methods of analysis, and comparison of various factor analytic models. Structural equation and measurement models using the Mplus/ LISREL program.
PSY 558
SEMINAR IN ADVANCED STATISTICS
Prerequisites:
PSY 411 and PSY 420 are a prerequisite for this class.PSY 420
ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Design and analysis of basic and applied psychological research with an emphasis on statistical software.
Prerequisites:
PSY 411 is a prerequisite for this class.