PhD Requirements
The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined on the The Graduate School website.
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)