Experimental Psychology Program

Required Courses

Courses are taken at the 7000 level prior to completing Masters Thesis requirements and are taken at the 8000 level after completing Masters Thesis requirements.

In the first year 

• PSYC 7301/8301 Research Design and Methodology
• PSYC 7302/8302 Advanced Statistics in Psychology I
  May substitute PSYC 7303/8303, Advanced Statistics in Psychology II, for PSYC 7302/8302

Additional Required Coursework for Experimental Students

• Two additional elective Advanced Statistics Courses (Partial list below) PSYC 7303/8303, 7304/8304, 7305/8305, 7306/8306, 7307/8307, 7308/8308, 7310/8310, 7311/8311, 7312/8312.
• For students NOT in the Cognitive area: 
  Comprehensive Education Elective Courses (one from each category below)
       Biological Bases of Behavior: PSYC 7441/8441, 7701/8701, or 7705/8705.
       Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior: PSYC 7208/8208, 7211/8211, 7222/8222, or 7407/8407.
       Social Bases of Behavior: 7215/8215, 7217/8217, 7219/8219, or 7220/8220.
       Individual Behavior: PSYC 7207/8207, 7219/8219, 7412/8412, 7416/8416, 7420/8420, or 7516/8516.
• For students in the Cognitive area, the following four courses are required: 
  PSYC 7530/8530 - Psychology of Language , PSYC 7222/8222 - Psychology Human Memory and Learning, PSYV 7213/8213 - Cognitive Science , PSYC 7313/8313 - Computational Models Cog Sci.
• PSYC 7996 Thesis
• PSYC 9000 Dissertation