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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog

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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Psychology, M.A.

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Priority Admission Application Deadlines: www.grad.usf.edu/majors

Students are not admitted to a terminal M.A. degree in Psychology. See deadlines for Ph.D.

Concentrations:

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

Contact Information

College: Arts and Sciences
Department: Psychology

Contact Information: www.grad.usf.edu/majors

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

Cognition, Neuroscience, & Social Psychology – Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognition, Judgment and Decision Making, Development, Memory, Perception, Social. In addition, with faculty in Communication Sciences and Disorders, the Cognitive and Neural Sciences faculty offer a specialization in Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences.

Industrial-Organizational – Selection, Training and Evaluation of Organization Members, Job Analysis, Motivation and Satisfaction, Occupational Health Psychology, Leadership, Career Development, Work-Family.

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

Accreditation:
Clinical Program accredited by the American Psychological Association, Psychological Clinical Sciences Accreditation System, and 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: http://psychology.usf.edu/policies/students.aspx

Curriculum Requirements

Total Minimum Hours: 30

Core – 7 Credit Hours
Concentrations – 17 Credit Hours minimum
Thesis – 6 Credit Hours

Individual concentrations may require more than 30 credit hours for accreditation. Students are required to earn B- or better for each required course.

Core Requirements (7 Credit Hours)

PSY 6217 Research Methods and Measurement Credit Hours: 2-4 Regression and ANOVA (4 Credit Hours)
PSY 6065 Introduction to Advanced Psychology Credit Hours: 1-4 (3 credit hours)

Concentration Requirements

Students select from the following Concentrations:

Clinical Psychology Concentration (19 Credit Hours Minimum)

Required Courses:

CLP 6166 Psychopathology Credit Hours: 3
CLP 6438 Psychological Assessment: Theory and Research Credit Hours: 1-4 (3 credits for this program)
CLP 7379 Graduate Seminar in Clinical-Community Psychology Credit Hours: 1-3 (3 credits for this program) (Evidence-Based Assessment)
CLP 7188 Clinical Psychology Interventions Credit Hours: 1-4 (3 credits for this program) (Theory and Research)
PSY 6946 Practicum and Internship in Clinical Psychology Credit Hours: 1-15 (2 credits for this program) (Clinical Skills for Psychological Intervention)
PSY 7931 Seminar in Ethics and Professional Problems Credit Hours: 2

In addition:

Students select at least one of the following, chosen in consultation with the major professor

EDF 7484 Statistical Analysis for Educational Research III Credit Hours: 4 (3 credits for this program)
GEY 6403 Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Aging Research Credit Hours: 3
PSY 6217 Research Methods and Measurement Credit Hours: 2-4 (4 credits for this program) (Psychometrics)
PSY 6217 Research Methods and Measurement
Credit(s): 2-4 (3 credits for this program) (Experimental Design & ANOVA)
EDF 7437 Advanced Educational Measurement I Credit Hours: 3
SOP 6058 - Personality and Social Psychology Credit(s): 3 (Social Psychology)
SOP 6068 Personality and Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
EXP 6608 Cognitive Psychology Credit Hours: 3
EXP 7099 Graduate Seminar in Experimental Psychology Credit Hours: 1-3 (3 credits for this program) (The Nature of Emotion)
CLP 7379 Graduate Seminar in Clinical-Community Psychology Credit Hours: 1-3 (3 credits for this program) (Emotion and its Disorders)
PSB 6056 Physiological Psychology Credit Hours: 3
CLP 6937 Topics in Clinical Psychology Credit Hours: 1-3 (3 credits for this program) (Human Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience)
One other elective Method/Statistics course, chosen in consultation with major professor Credit(s): 3

Cognition, Neurosciences, & Social Psychology (CNS) Concentration (17 Credit Hours Minimum)

Required Courses

PSY 6217 Research Methods and Measurement Credit Hours: 2-4 (4 credits for this program) (Experimental Design & ANOVA)

A minimum of two of the following:

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 two three-credit CNS seminars:

Students in the CNS concentration may be allowed to substitute advanced three-hour courses in cognition, neuroscience, or social psychology for one or more of the content requirements with the written permission of the CNS Area Director.

EXP 7099 Graduate Seminar in Experimental Psychology Credit Hours: 1-3 (3 credits for this program, taken twice for a total of 6 credits)

A minimum of at least one of the following:

PSY 6917 Directed Research Credit Hours: 1-19 (1 credits for this program)
PSY 6907 Independent Study Credit Hours: 1-19 (1 credits for this program)

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Concentration (18 Credit Hour Minimum)

PPE 6058 Personality Credit Hours: 3
INP 6935 Topics in Industrial-Organizational Psychology Credit Hours: 3
(Personnel Psychology)
INP 6935 Topics in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Credit(s): 3 (Organizational Psychology)
PSY 7931 Seminar in Ethics and Professional Problems Credit Hours: 2 (3 credits for this program)
PSY 6217 Research Methods and Measurement Credit Hours: 2-4 (4 credits for this program)
INP 6935 Topics in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Credit(s): 3 (Organizational Research Methods)

Comprehensive Exam

Department Handbook

Procedures and guidelines for the different concentrations are described in detail in the Psychology Graduate Student Handbook: https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/psychology/graduate/graduatehandbook.aspx

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