Common Graduate Curriculum
The common curriculum consists of 12 courses. Other requirements for graduate students will be set by the student's area of specialization.
Proseminar: One quarter course in which faculty members 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 220: Statistical Methods and Applications, or a more advanced Statistics course.
- Psychology 373: Experimental Design I.
- Psychology 379 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 a 2 quarter trial research seminar. One quarter is taken in the Spring of the first year, and one quarter is taken in the Winter of the second year. The purpose of this seminar is to help students formulate and complete their trial research projects.
Core Courses: Five core courses will be offered each year. These courses will be Psych 303: Biological Psychology; Psych 304: Cognitive Psychology; Psych 305: Developmental Psychology; Psych 306: Social Psychology; and Psych 307: 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: Student 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
