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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2024-2025 Graduate Catalog Program: Psychology, Ph.D.

Psychology, Ph.D.

College of Arts and Sciences 
Department: Psychology 
Major Contacts, Deadlines, and Delivery Information

Concentrations:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognition, Neuroscience, & Social Psychology
  • Industrial-Organizational Psychology

 

The Psychology Department graduate major is divided into three broad concentrations: Clinical Psychology; Cognition, Neuroscience, & Social Psychology; and Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Each of these concentrations offers Ph.D. level training in the following areas of special expertise:

Clinical Psychology–
Psychopathology, Psychological Assessment and Interventions, Health Psychology, Addictive Behaviors, Clinical Child Psychology.

Cognition, Neuroscience, & Social Psychology -
Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognition, Emotion Processes, Judgment and Decision Making, Development, Memory, Perception, Language, Social-Personality (Stereotyping and Discrimination, Health, Relationships, Gender, Self, Personality). 

Industrial-Organizational Psychology-
Staffing, Measurement & Personnel Testing, Learning, Training & Development, Motivation & Job Attitudes, Teams & Multilevel Organizational Systems, Leadership, Career Development, Work-Family, Occupational Health Psychology, Future of Work. 

Methodological offerings across areas include Regression, Analysis of Variance, Psychometrics, Factor Analysis, Meta-analysis, and Structural Equation Modeling.

 

Accreditation:
Clinical Program is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) Comittee on Accreditation and the Psychological Clinical Sciences Accreditation System (PCSAS) and is a member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science.

Admission Information

Must meet University Admission and English Proficiency requirements as well as requirements for admission to the major, listed below.  See Psychology Admissions webpage for additional details.

  • A statement of purpose.
  • A Psychology Interests and Applicant Summary Form.
  • Three letters of recommendation.
  • GRE scores optional (see Psychology Admissions website for more information. 
  • A GPA Worksheet with an upper-level undergraduate GPA of 3.40 or better.

Curriculum Requirements

Post-Bachelor’s - Total Minimum Hours: 80 hours

Students must successfully complete all requirements noted in the Catalog section for the M.A. in Psychology, or its equivalent, with a minimum GPA of 3.00. In addition, students must successfully complete the post-master’s requirements listed below. The 30 hours minimum from the master’s degree is then added to the post-master’s minimum of 50 hours for the 80 hour total.

Master’s requirements – 30 Credit hours

  • Doctoral Concentration – 19 Credit hours minimum 
  • Tools or Research Requirement – 6 Credit Hours Minimum
  • Electives – 10 Credit Hours Minimum
  • Dissertation – 12 Credit hours minimum
  • Remaining hours completed in the Concentration to meet minimum hours required – 3 credit hours minimum

Post-Master’s – Total Minimum Hours: 50 hours

Individual concentrations may require more hours for accreditation. A minimum GPA of 3.00 is required for all courses within the Ph.D. Degree

  • Core – 7 credit hours (Completed as part of the Post-Bachelors requirements – not counted in total minimum post-Master’s hours) 
  • Doctoral Concentration – 19 Credit hours minimum 
  • Tools of Research Requirement – 6 Credit Hours Minimum
  • Electives – 10 Credit Hours Minimum
  • Dissertation – 12 Credit hours minimum
  • Remaining hours completed in the Concentration or with Electives to meet minimum hours required – 3 credit hours minimum
  • A given course may only fulfill one requirement.

Core Requirements (7 Credit Hours)

Typically completed as part of the Master’s requirements (post-Bachelor’s hours):

Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGrade
PSY 6206C Regression and Generalized Linear Models Credit Hours: 4
PSY 6065 Introduction to Advanced Psychology (3 credit hours for this program) Credit Hours: 1-4

Doctoral Concentration Requirements (19 Credit Hours Minimum)

Students apply to and enroll in one of the following three concentrations:

Clinical Psychology (19 Credit Hours)

Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGrade

Required Discipline Specific Knowledge Courses (6 Credit Hours):

SOP 6068 Personality and Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
EXP 6608 Cognitive Psychology Credit Hours: 3

 

And one of the following (3 Credit Hours):

EXP 6606 The Nature of Emotion Credit Hours: 3
CLP 6167 Emotion and Its Disorders Credit Hours: 3

 

And one of the following or an alternative approved graduate course in biological bases of behavior (3 Credit Hours):

PSB 6056 Physiological Psychology Credit Hours: 3

 

And (7 Credit hours):

PSY 6946 Practicum and Internship in Clinical Psychology (7 credits for this program) (1 credit hour per supervision group in the Clinic)   Credit Hours: 1-15

Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology (21 Credit Hours)

Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGrade

Required Course (3 Credit Hours):

PSY 6208 Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance Credit Hours: 3

 

And a minimum of two of the following (6 Credit Hours):

  • EXP 6608 Cognitive Psychology 
  • PSB 6056 Physiological Psychology 
  • SOP 6068 Personality and Social Psychology 

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And a minimum of four (12 Credit Hours) of the following if not already taken, or alternative graduate advanced courses or seminars (in addition to the Master’s requirements), selected inconsultation with the major professor.  At least three must be psychology department courses.

EXP 6608 Cognitive Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSB 6056 Physiological Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOP 6068 Personality and Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
EXP 6606 The Nature of Emotion Credit Hours: 3
PPE 6058 Personality Credit Hours: 3
PSY 6220 Presentation and Data Visualization Credit Hours: 3
PSY 6222 Writing and Reviewing Credit Hours: 3
SOP 6939 The Self in Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOP 7415 Stereotypes and Prejudice Credit Hours: 3
SOP 7505 Interpersonal Relationships Credit Hours: 3
EXP 7217 Eye Tracking Research Credit Hours: 3
EXP 7575 Judgment and Decision Making Credit Hours: 3
PSY 7821 Stress and Coping Credit Hours: 3
EXP 7099 Graduate Seminar in Experimental Psychology Credit Hours: 1-3

Taken, for example, as:

  • Memory (3 Credit Hours)
  • Topics in Neuroscience (3 Credit Hours)

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Concentration (19 Credit Hours)

Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGrade

Required Courses (13 Credit Hours):

INP 6935 Topics in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (6 Credit Hours required for this program - take both courses listed below) Credit Hours: 3

Selected Topics taken as:

  • Personnal Psychology (3 Credit Hours)
  • Organizational Research Methods (3 Credit Hours)
INP 6317 Organizational Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSY 6305C Psychometrics Credit Hours: 4

 

​In consultation with their major professor and with the written permission of the I-O Area Director, students may be allowed to substitute advanced 3-credit courses in industrial-organizational psychology for one or more of the required courses above.

 

And (6 Credit Hours):

In addition, a minimum of two, 3-credit Industrial-Organizational graduate courses, selected with the major professor (6 Credit Hours):

INP 7937 Graduate Seminar in Industrial-Organizational Psychology Credit Hours: 1-3

Taken as:

  • Selection (3 Credit Hours)
  • Performance Measurement (3 Credit Hours)
  • Job Attitudes (3 Credit Hours)
INP 7387 Team Effectiveness in Organizations Credit Hours: 3
INP 7236 Learning in Organizations Credit Hours: 3
INP 6316 Occupational Health Psychology Credit Hours: 3
INP 6395 Work and Family Credit Hours: 3
INP 6087 Organizational Career Development Credit Hours: 3

Tools of Research (6 Credit Hours Minimum):

Students complete tools of research in the area of the concentration, selected in consultation with their Major Professor. These requirements are in addition to any Master’s requirements.

Students in the Clinical Psychology Concentration and the Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology Concentration are required to complete nine (9) credit hours minimum. Students may choose from the list of approved courses below. Students wishing to fulfill this methods requirement with any course not listed here must submit a request to their major professor.

Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGrade

Clinical Psychology Concentration Multivariate Requirement: (3 Credits)

Choose from:

EDF 7484 Statistical Analysis for Educational Research III Credit Hours: 4
GEY 6403 Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Aging Research Credit Hours: 3

 

Clinical Psychology Concentration Psychometrics Requirement: (3 Credits minimum)

Choose from:

PSY 6305C Psychometrics Credit Hours: 4
EDF 7437 Advanced Educational Measurement I Credit Hours: 3

 

If not already taken as part of the Master’s degree or above requirements, the (remaining) tools requirements within any of the three concentrations may be satisfied with the following courses:

PSY 6217 Research Methods and Measurement Credit Hours: 2-4

Taken as:

  • Structural Equation Modelling (3 Credits Hours)
PSY 6208 Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance Credit Hours: 3
PSY 6220 Presentation and Data Visualization Credit Hours: 3
PSY 6270 Meta-Analysis Credit Hours: 3
  • PSY 6305C Psychometrics 
  • EDF 7437 Advanced Educational Measurement I 
  • EDF 7484 Statistical Analysis for Educational Research III 
  • GEY 6403 Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Aging Research 

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    In addition to the shared options above, the third tools course requirement for the Clinical Psychology Concentration may be met by the following:

    PSY 7223 Open Science Practices in Psychological Science Credit Hours: 3

     

    In addition to the shared options above, a tools course requirement may be met for the Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology Concentration by any of the following:

    PSY 7821 Stress and Coping Credit Hours: 3
    PSY 6222 Writing and Reviewing Credit Hours: 3
    EXP 7217 Eye Tracking Research Credit Hours: 3

    Electives: (10 Credit Hours)

    Students complete a minimum of tenhours in their concentration area from the following, or acceptable alternatives, selected in consultation with the Major Professor. 

    The Clinical Psychology Concentration requires a clinical specialization set of three (3) electives (9 credit hours minimum) with at least two (2) selected from the courses below. The third course, if not taken from the list below, must receive prior approval through a petition of the Clinical Psychology Concentration faculty, but may include a course outside of the concentration or an additional methods/quantitative course.

    • CLP 6462 Working with Families of Infants and Toddlers  (3 Credits)
    • CLP 6167 Emotion and Its Disorders (3 Credits)
    • CLP 7186 Veterans and Their Families  (3 Credits)
    • CLP 7317 Health Psychology  (3 Credits)

     

    The Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology Concentration and the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Concentration require a minimum of ten hours from the following, or acceptable alternatives, selected in consultation with the major professor:

    • PSY 6907 Independent Study  Credit Hours: 1-19 (0-11 credits for this program)
    • PSY 7908 Directed Readings in Psychology Credit Hours: 1-15 (0-11 credits for this program)
    • PSY 7918 Directed Research  Credit Hours: 1-19 (0-11 credits for this program)

    Internship

    Students in the Clinical Psychology Concentration are required to complete a one-year, full-time, APA-approved (or CPA approved) internship (designated as IDS 6940 Cooperative Internship).  International students must enroll in PSY 6946 Practicum and Internship in Clinical Psychology  for 1 credit hour per semester while on internship.  

    Qualifying Examination:

    Successful completion of the Ph.D. Comprehensive Qualifying Exam (CL, CNS, IO) or major area paper (CL, CNS) is required for Admission to Candidacy.

    Dissertation: (12 Credit Hours Minimum)

    Course NameCredit Hours:Term TakenGrade
    PSY 7980 Dissertation: Doctoral (12 credits minimum for this program) Credit Hours: 2-19

    Department Handbook

    Additional information is available in the Graduate Student Handbook

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