Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________	Catalog: 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Program: Psychology, M.A.
Psychology, M.A. College of Arts and Sciences (AC) Department: Psychology Major Contacts, Deadlines, and Delivery Information The M.A. in Psychology is not a terminal degree; students are not admitted to a terminal M.A. degree in Psychology. See deadlines for admission to the Ph.D. degree in Psychology. Concentrations: Clinical Psychology Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology Industrial-Organizational Psychology The graduate faculty of the Psychology Department is divided into three broad concentrations: Clinical, Cognition, Neuroscience, & Social Psychology, and Industrial-Organizational. Each of these areas 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, Language, Judgment and Decision Making, Development, Memory, Perception, Emotion Processes, Social. 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, Structural Equation Modeling. Accreditation: Clinical Program accredited by the American Psychological Association and the Psychological Clinical Sciences Accreditation System, and is a member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science.
Admission Information Not a terminal MA. - admission only through Ph.D.; see Ph.D. Requirements. The Department of Psychology does not admit students seeking a terminal M.A. degree in Psychology. Additional information is available in the Graduate Student Handbook. (Those interested in a terminal M.A. degree may be interested in our Psychological Sciences M.A. Program.)
Curriculum Requirements Total Minimum Hours: 30 Core – 7 Credit Hours Concentration Requirements – 10 Credit Hours minimum Electives - 3 Credit Hours Minimum* Thesis – 4 Credit Hours Practicum - 2 Credit Hours (Clinical Concentration only) *Concentration hours vary; students take necessary coursework in the concentration and/or electives to meet the total minimum of 30 credit hours hours required for this major. Students are required to earn B- or better for each required course.
Core Requirements (7 Credit Hours)
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade
PSY 6206C Regression and Generalized Linear Models	Credit Hours: 4
PSY 6065 Introduction to Advanced Psychology (3 credit hours)	Credit Hours: 1-4
Concentration Requirements Students select from the following Concentrations:
Clinical Psychology Concentration (14 Credit Hours)
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade
Required Courses (14 Credit hours):
CLP 6166 Psychopathology	Credit Hours: 3
CLP 6438 Psychological Assessment: Theory and Research (3 Credits for this program)	Credit Hours: 1-4
CLP 6435 Evidence-Based Assessment	Credit Hours: 3
CLP 7188 Clinical Psychology Interventions taken as Theory and Research (3 Credits for this program)	Credit Hours: 1-4
PSY 7931 Seminar in Ethics and Professional Problems	Credit Hours: 2
Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology (10 Credit Hours)
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade
Required Courses (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	Credit Hours: 3
PSB 6056 Physiological Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
SOP 6068 Personality and Social Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
A minimum of at least one of the following (1 Credit Hour):
PSY 6917 Directed Research (1 Credit Hour for this program)	Credit Hours: 1-19
PSY 6907 Independent Study (1 Credit Hour for this program)	Credit Hours: 1-19
Industrial-Organizational Psychology Concentration (13 Credit Hours)
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade
Required Courses (13 Credit Hours):
INP 6211 Personnel Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
INP 6072 Organizational Research Methods	Credit Hours: 3
INP 6317 Organizational Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
PSY 6305C Psychometrics	Credit Hours: 4
Electives
Clinical Psychology Electives (3 Credit Hours) Discipline Specific Knowledge and Elective Courses (3 Credit Hours)
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade
Students must complete at least one course:
SOP 6068 Personality and Social Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
EXP 6608 Cognitive Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
EXP 6606 The Nature of Emotion	Credit Hours: 3
CLP 6167 Emotion and Its Disorders	Credit Hours: 3
PSB 6056 Physiological Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
CLP 6937 Topics in Clinical Psychology taken as Human Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience (3 Credit Hours for this program)	Credit Hours: 1-3
PSY 7223 Open Science Practices in Psychological Science	Credit Hours: 3
CLP 7379 Graduate Seminar in Clinical-Community Psychology	Credit Hours: 1-3
CLP 7317 Health Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
CLP 7186 Veterans and Their Families	Credit Hours: 3
CLP 6462 Working with Families of Infants and Toddlers	Credit Hours: 3
SOP 6739 Cultural Competence	Credit Hours: 3
Or other graduate course chosen in consultation with the major professor and approved by the clinical faculty (3 Credit Hours)
Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology Electives (9 Credit Hours)
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade
A minimum of three 3-credit CNS Seminars (9 Credit Hours) from the list below:
EXP 6608 Cognitive Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
PSB 6056 Physiological Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
SOP 6068 Personality and Social Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
(One of the above classes can be taken to meet one of the three Seminar requirements if not take to meet the two-of-three required courses above.)
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 (3 Credit Hours for this program, can be taken three times for a total of 9 credits). Taken, for example, as: Memory (3 Credit hours); Topics in Neuroscience (3 Credit Hours)	Credit Hours: 1-3
Industrial-Organizational Psychology Electives (6 Credit Hours) A minimum of two, 3-credit Industrial-Organizational (I-O) courses chosen in consultation with their major professor (6 Credit hours) Students in the Industrial-Organizational Concentration may be allowed to substitute advanced three-hour courses in industrial-organizational psychology for one or more of the content requirements in consultation with their advisor and with the written permission of the I-O Area Director.
Practicum (Clinical Concentration Only) (2 Credit Hours)
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade
PSY 6946 Practicum and Internship in Clinical Psychology	Credit Hours: 1-15
Thesis (4 Credit Hours Minimum)
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade
PSY 6971 Thesis: Master’s (4 credit hours required for this program)	Credit Hours: 2-19
Comprehensive Exam Successful completion of a Comprehensive Exam.
Department Handbook Procedures and guidelines for the different concentrations are described in detail in the Psychology Graduate Student Handbook.
Notes:

Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________

Catalog: 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Program: Psychology, M.A.

Psychology, M.A.

College of Arts and Sciences (AC)
Department: Psychology

Major Contacts, Deadlines, and Delivery Information

The M.A. in Psychology is not a terminal degree; students are not admitted to a terminal M.A. degree in Psychology. See deadlines for admission to the Ph.D. degree in Psychology.

Concentrations:

Clinical Psychology
Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology
Industrial-Organizational Psychology

The graduate faculty of the Psychology Department is divided into three broad concentrations: Clinical, Cognition, Neuroscience, & Social Psychology, and Industrial-Organizational. Each of these areas 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, Language, Judgment and Decision Making, Development, Memory, Perception, Emotion Processes, Social.

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, Structural Equation Modeling.

Accreditation:
Clinical Program accredited by the American Psychological Association and the Psychological Clinical Sciences Accreditation System, and is a member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science.

Admission Information

Not a terminal MA. - admission only through Ph.D.; see Ph.D. Requirements.

The Department of Psychology does not admit students seeking a terminal M.A. degree in Psychology. Additional information is available in the Graduate Student Handbook. (Those interested in a terminal M.A. degree may be interested in our Psychological Sciences M.A. Program.)

Curriculum Requirements

Total Minimum Hours: 30

Core – 7 Credit Hours
Concentration Requirements – 10 Credit Hours minimum
Electives - 3 Credit Hours Minimum*
Thesis – 4 Credit Hours
Practicum - 2 Credit Hours (Clinical Concentration only)

*Concentration hours vary; students take necessary coursework in the concentration and/or electives to meet the total minimum of 30 credit hours hours required for this major.

Students are required to earn B- or better for each required course.

Core Requirements (7 Credit Hours)

Course Name

Credit Hours:

Term Taken

Grade

PSY 6206C Regression and Generalized Linear Models

Credit Hours: 4

PSY 6065 Introduction to Advanced Psychology (3 credit hours)

Credit Hours: 1-4

Concentration Requirements

Students select from the following Concentrations:

Clinical Psychology Concentration (14 Credit Hours)

Course Name

Credit Hours:

Term Taken

Grade

Required Courses (14 Credit hours):

CLP 6166 Psychopathology

Credit Hours: 3

CLP 6438 Psychological Assessment: Theory and Research (3 Credits for this program)

Credit Hours: 1-4

CLP 6435 Evidence-Based Assessment

Credit Hours: 3

CLP 7188 Clinical Psychology Interventions taken as Theory and Research (3 Credits for this program)

Credit Hours: 1-4

PSY 7931 Seminar in Ethics and Professional Problems

Credit Hours: 2

Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology (10 Credit Hours)

Course Name

Credit Hours:

Term Taken

Grade

Required Courses (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

Credit Hours: 3

PSB 6056 Physiological Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

SOP 6068 Personality and Social Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

A minimum of at least one of the following (1 Credit Hour):

PSY 6917 Directed Research (1 Credit Hour for this program)

Credit Hours: 1-19

PSY 6907 Independent Study (1 Credit Hour for this program)

Credit Hours: 1-19

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Concentration (13 Credit Hours)

Course Name

Credit Hours:

Term Taken

Grade

Required Courses (13 Credit Hours):

INP 6211 Personnel Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

INP 6072 Organizational Research Methods

Credit Hours: 3

INP 6317 Organizational Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

PSY 6305C Psychometrics

Credit Hours: 4

Electives

Clinical Psychology Electives (3 Credit Hours)

Discipline Specific Knowledge and Elective Courses (3 Credit Hours)

Course Name

Credit Hours:

Term Taken

Grade

Students must complete at least one course:

SOP 6068 Personality and Social Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

EXP 6608 Cognitive Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

EXP 6606 The Nature of Emotion

Credit Hours: 3

CLP 6167 Emotion and Its Disorders

Credit Hours: 3

PSB 6056 Physiological Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

CLP 6937 Topics in Clinical Psychology taken as Human Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience (3 Credit Hours for this program)

Credit Hours: 1-3

PSY 7223 Open Science Practices in Psychological Science

Credit Hours: 3

CLP 7379 Graduate Seminar in Clinical-Community Psychology

Credit Hours: 1-3

CLP 7317 Health Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

CLP 7186 Veterans and Their Families

Credit Hours: 3

CLP 6462 Working with Families of Infants and Toddlers

Credit Hours: 3

SOP 6739 Cultural Competence

Credit Hours: 3

Or other graduate course chosen in consultation with the major professor and approved by the clinical faculty (3 Credit Hours)

Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology Electives (9 Credit Hours)

Course Name

Credit Hours:

Term Taken

Grade

A minimum of three 3-credit CNS Seminars (9 Credit Hours) from the list below:

EXP 6608 Cognitive Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

PSB 6056 Physiological Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

SOP 6068 Personality and Social Psychology

Credit Hours: 3

(One of the above classes can be taken to meet one of the three Seminar requirements if not take to meet the two-of-three required courses above.)

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 (3 Credit Hours for this program, can be taken three times for a total of 9 credits). Taken, for example, as: Memory (3 Credit hours); Topics in Neuroscience (3 Credit Hours)

Credit Hours: 1-3

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Electives (6 Credit Hours)

A minimum of two, 3-credit Industrial-Organizational (I-O) courses chosen in consultation with their major professor (6 Credit hours)

Students in the Industrial-Organizational Concentration may be allowed to substitute advanced three-hour courses in industrial-organizational psychology for one or more of the content requirements in consultation with their advisor and with the written permission of the I-O Area Director.

Practicum (Clinical Concentration Only) (2 Credit Hours)

Course Name

Credit Hours:

Term Taken

Grade

PSY 6946 Practicum and Internship in Clinical Psychology

Credit Hours: 1-15

Thesis (4 Credit Hours Minimum)

Course Name

Credit Hours:

Term Taken

Grade

PSY 6971 Thesis: Master’s (4 credit hours required for this program)

Credit Hours: 2-19

Comprehensive Exam

Successful completion of a Comprehensive Exam.

Department Handbook

Procedures and guidelines for the different concentrations are described in detail in the Psychology Graduate Student Handbook.

Notes: