Common Graduate Curriculum
The common curriculum consists of 11 courses. Other requirements for graduate students will be set by the student's area of specialization.
Proseminar: One-quarter course in which faculty members whose primary affiliation is the Department of Psychology give a summary of their ongoing research. This introduces new students to the range of research areas in the department
Statistics Requirement: Three courses:
- Statistics 22000: Statistical Methods and Applications, or a more advanced Statistics course.
- Psychology 37300: Experimental Design I.
- Psychology 37900 Experimental Design II. These courses must be passed with a grade of B or better.
Trial Research Seminar: All graduate students are required to take the trial research seminar in the Spring of the first year. The purpose of this seminar is to help students formulate and complete their trial research projects.
Core Courses: Five core courses are offered: Psyc 30300: Biological Psychology; Psyc 30400: Cognitive Psychology; Psyc 40500: Advance Seminar Developmental Psychology; Psyc 40600: Advance Seminar Social Psychology; and Psyc 30700: Sensation and Perception. Students will be required to take three of these five courses. These courses must be passed with a grade of B or better.
Minor Area: Students must take three graduate courses that provide coherent coverage of a discipline outside of psychology that complements a student's course of study within psychology (e.g., computer science, neurobiology, linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, mathematics, statistics beyond the courses required, etc.). These courses should be chosen in consultation with the student's advisor, and they may be taken pass-fail
