Psychology & Neuroscience

M.A. Program – Curriculum

All students must complete 32 semester hours of graduate-level courses in Psychology.  These hours will include:

  1. Psychology 515, Professional Issues in Psychology, both Fall and Spring semesters of first year in the program.
  2. 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.
  3. Two semesters of statistics, PSYC 521-522 or STAT 531-532, or an equivalent sequence.
  4. Multicultural Psychology, PSYC 577
  5. Research Methods, PSYC 580
  6. 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
  1. One 600-level course approved by the Student Advisory Committee.
  2. 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.