Course Requirements
Core Courses
Statistics and Methodology Courses
Degree Candidacy
For students in the MA/PhD program, advancement to doctoral candidacy is dependent upon satisfactory evaluations in each of the following three areas:
- Coursework performance
- Master’s Thesis
- Doctoral Candidacy Exam or Alternative Project (i.e., Comprehensive Exam or Comprehensive Alternative Project).
Not more than four years should elapse between admission to the program and admission to doctoral candidacy.
Research Thesis
Students must complete a thesis on a topic approved by the department.
Thesis Examination
An oral examination, in the student's field of graduate study, may be, but is not necessarily, limited to a defense of the student’s thesis.
PSY 404
LEARNING AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES
Survey of classical and instrumental conditioning, biological constraints, attention, memory,cognition, and practical applications. Major theoretical approaches include stimulus-response, early cognitive theories and information processing theory.
PSY 557
SEMINAR IN LEARNING AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES
Seminar in current issues in cognitive psychology.
PSY 406
PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
The functional role of neural systems important for the processes of motivation, emotion, sleep, memory, and cognition.
PSY 552
SEMINAR IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
None
PSY 430
ADVANCED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Advanced study of social psychological methodology, ethics and deception, attitudes, altruism, aggression, and interpersonal processes and attraction.
PSY 556
SEMINAR IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
None
PSY 439
ADVANCED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Current research and theories in child development relating to the preschool child, elementary school child, and adolescent. Emphasis on cognitive, language, and social/emotional development.
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 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.
PSY 588
TOPICS IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY I
Consideration of topics of current interest to the faculty and advanced graduate students. Introduction to research methods and data analysis.
PSY 589
TOPICS IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY II
Topics in experimental psychology.
PSY 597
MASTER'S THESIS RESEARCH
Original investigation of a specific research problem. Four hours required.