Program Requirements
All Students in the Developmental Psychology program must fulfill the General Departmental Requirements.
Additional Graduate Curriculum Required of All Graduate Students in the Developmental Psychology Training Program:
In their third and fourth year students write a theoretical review of research relevant to their dissertation. Ideally, this review could be a publishable article, suitable for a journal such as Psychological Bulletin or Developmental Review and will help in formulating the dissertation.
Curriculum
1. General course: Psych 40500: Advanced Seminar in Developmental Psychology is required of all students in the program. A prerequisite for this course is that the student has already taken a survey course in developmental psychology. This course will also fulfill a core course requirement for the common graduate curriculum.
2. An advanced course in each of four areas of Developmental Psychology. Certain seminars may also fulfill these requirements. Below are a few examples of courses that will fulfill these requirements. This is not a comprehensive list as course offerings change from year to year. Students may petition the developmental area chair to count courses not included on this list. Topics in Developmental Psychology along with an additional paper may, under special circumstances, be used towards one course satisfying this requirement, with permission of the developmental area chair.
- Cognitive/Intellectual Development: Psyc 42550: Topics in Cognitive Development (A. Woodward); Psyc 33300: Cognition, Development and Learning (N. Stein), Psyc 33600: Development in Infancy (Woodward), Psyc 42040 Sem. Mathematical Development (Levine).
- Biological Development: Psyc 31700: Developmental Biopsychology (M. McClintock); Psyc 34900: Biopsychology of Attachment (Maestripieri); Psyc 36100: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Staff).
- Language/Communicative Development: Psyc 43200: Seminar in Language Acquisition (S. Goldin-Meadow); Psyc 35500: Language Socialization (J. Lucy).
- Social/Emotional Development: Psyc 34701: The Development of Emotional and Social Understanding (N. Stein); Psyc 33650. The Development of Social Cognition (K. Kinzler); Psyc 34500: Developmental and Neuroscience Perspectives on Social Cognition (J. Decety, K. Kinzler).
3. It is suggested that the three minor area courses required by the common graduate curriculum be chosen from one of the following areas: linguistics, computer science, computational neuroscience, neurobiology, statistics, sociology, anthropology, public policy, human development. The minor area courses must form a cohesive unit that relates to the student's program of study.
4. Students are expected to take advanced courses and seminars, particularly in their area of interest, and to attend the weekly meeting of Topics in Developmental Psychology.
