All students must complete 32 semester hours of graduate-level courses in Psychology. These hours will include:
- Psychology 515, Professional Issues in Psychology, both Fall and Spring semesters of first year in the program.
- One semester hours of Research Practicum (Psychology 509) to be taken during the first semester. The goal is to prepare the student for undertaking the MA thesis.
- Two semesters of statistics, PSYC 521-522 or STAT 531-532, or an equivalent sequence.
- Multicultural Psychology, PSYC 577
- Research Methods, PSYC 580
- Six credit hours from at least 2 out of the 3 experimental core areas listed below:
Neuroscience & Behavior Area
- 527 Advances in Behavioral Neuroscience
- 546 Evolutionary Psychology
- 547 Conceptual Foundations of Evolution and Behavior
Cognitive and Developmental Science Area
- 474 Research and Theory in Child Development
- 524 Brain and Behavioral Development
Social Area
- 530 Psychology of Attitudes
- 550 Social Psychology
- One 600-level course approved by the Student Advisory Committee.
- Six semester hours of Psychology 500, Thesis.
Students must earn a grade of B or better in all courses that are to count toward the 32-hour total.