PhD Requirements
The following requirements are an outline of the curriculum for our program in addition to, or to further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined on the The Graduate School website. This is NOT a list requirements needed for an application to our program.
Coursework Requirements
- PSYCH 401-1 Psychology Proseminar: Biological and Cognitive Bases of Behavior
- PSYCH 401-2 Psychology Proseminar: Social and Personality Bases of Behavior
- PSYCH 519 Ethics: Responsible Conduct of Research
- Statistics (2+ courses required, depending on area. See Area Requirements). First year sequence typically includes:
- PSYCH 450: Fundamentals of Statistics
- PSYCH 451: Statistics in Experimental Design
- PSYCH 453: Correlation and Regression
- PSYCH 405: Psychometric Theory
- The Graduate School requires a minimum of 27 courses
(Additional and specific requirements differ for the five Program Areas. Consult Area Requirements.)
Other PhD Requirements
- Master’s Thesis
- Comprehensive Qualifying Examination
- PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense
- PhD Dissertation Defense
- Research Projects: in addition to master's project and PhD dissertation, students are expected to engage in supervised research projects
- Teaching experience (serving as a teaching assistant, and guest lecturing)