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PSYC 894 - Advanced Research
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
Student designs and conducts original research that
culminates in a paper of publishable quality. Completion
of either this course or PSYC 899 satisfies the
department's research requirement for the master's degree.
May be taken for 4 credits per semester in each of two
semesters or 8 credits in one semester. Maximum of 8
credits. Cr/F.
PSYC 899 - Master's Thesis
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
four credits per semester in each of two semesters or 8
credits in one semester. Maximum of 8 credits. Cr/F.
PSYC 901 - Graduate Pro-seminar
Credits:
Students and graduate faculty in psychology meet
periodically for a mutual exchange on current issues in
psychology. Cr/F.
PSYC 902 - Graduate Pro-seminar
Credits:
Students and graduate faculty in psychology meet
periodically for a mutual exchange on current issues in
psychology. Cr/F.
PSYC 904 - First-year Graduate Seminar
Credits:
4.00
Coverage of fields of psychology represented in the
department's graduate program and taught in the
department's introductory psychology course that psychology
graduate students teach during their third year in the
program. Course is focused on providing common background
among students when they enroll in advanced graduate
seminars and on assuring they have certain foundational
knowledge when they begin to teach the introductory
psychology course. Course is required of all first-year
psychology graduate students in fall semester. Taught in
seminar format.
PSYC 905 - Research Methodology and Statistics I
Credits:
4.00
A consideration of research techniques and problems of
methodology in psychology. The first semester stresses the
principles of statistical inference, correlational
approaches, and their interrelatedness in design. Topics
considered include probability theory, linear regression,
function-free prediction, the theory underlying statistical
inference, parametric and nonparametric tests of
significance, and principles of analysis of variance. The
second semester extends correlational approach to the
techniques and methodology of multiple regression and
considers the appropriate use and theoretical bases of
complex designs. Prereq: undergraduate statistics and
experimental psychology.
PSYC 906 - Research Methodology and Statistics II
Credits:
4.00
A consideration of research techniques and problems of
methodology in psychology. The first semester stresses the
principles of statistical inference, correlational
approaches, and their interrelatedness in design. Topics
considered include probability theory, linear regression,
function-free prediction, the theory underlying statistical
inference, parametric and nonparametric tests of
significance, and principles of analysis of variance. The
second semester extends correlational approach to the
techniques and methodology of multiple regression and
considers the appropriate use and theoretical bases of
complex designs. Prereq: undergraduate statistics and
experimental psychology.
PSYC 907 - Research Methods and Statistics III
Credits:
4.00
The application of multivariate methods of data analysis
in psychological research: multiple regression, analysis
of covariance, Hotelling's T2 multivariate analysis of
variance, path analysis, discriminant functions, canonical
correlation, factor analysis.
PSYC 909 - Advanced Seminar in Quantitative and Analytic Methods
Credits:
4.00
Advanced treatment of methodological topics of current
interest. Content varies: representative topics include
field research, surveys, time series, causal analyses,
log-linear models, formal and mathematical models, and
computer simulation. May be repeated for credit.
PSYC 914 - Advanced Seminar in Cognition
Credits:
4.00
An in-depth examination of one or more specific topics in
cognition including issues in memory, attention, the use
and development of language, and cognitive science. May be
repeated for credit.
PSYC 917 - Advanced Seminar in Sensory and Perceptual Processes
Credits:
4.00
Comprehensive examination of a specific topic in sensory
and perceptual processes. May be repeated for credit.
PSYC 933 - Advanced Seminar in Physiological Psychology
Credits:
4.00
In-depth examination of a specific topic in the
neurosciences. Topics vary depending on interests of
instructor and students. May be repeated for credit.
PSYC 945 - Advanced Seminar in Behavioral Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Current empirical and theoretical issues in the analysis
of behavior. May be repeated for credit.
PSYC 954 - Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology
Credits:
4.00
Intensive coverage of the experimental and theoretical
literature in a selected area of basic or applied social
psychology. Students participate directly in the conduct of
the seminar by means of individual topical discussions,
development and/or execution of research designs, and
critical assessment of the current state of the topic area
under discussion. Illustrative topics: political behavior,
para-linguistics and non-verbal communication, ethnic and
racial prejudice, and environmental psychology. May be
repeated for credit.
PSYC 974 - Advanced Seminar in the History and Theory of Psychology
Credits:
4.00
In-depth examination of a specific topic in the history
and/or theory of psychology. Topics vary each time the
seminar is offered. May be repeated for credit.
PSYC 982 - Advanced Seminar in Developmental Psychology
Credits:
4.00
In-depth analysis of one or several specific topics or
issues in developmental psychology. May be repeated for
credit.
PSYC 991 - Practicum and Seminar in the Teaching of Psychology
Credits:
6.00
Practicum offers the student an opportunity to teach
introductory psychology under close supervision from the
staff. The seminar is coordinated with this experience and
focuses on both practical and theoretical issues of
significance in the teaching/learning process at the
college level.
PSYC 992 - Practicum and Seminar in the Teaching of Psychology
Credits:
6.00
Practicum offers the student an opportunity to teach
introductory psychology under close supervision from the
staff. The seminar is coordinated with this experience and
focuses on both practical and theoretical issues of
significance in the teaching/learning process at the
college level.
PSYC 995 - Reading and Research
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
A) Cognition/Psycholinguistics; B) Developmental
Psychology; C) History and Theory of Psychology; D)
Learning and Behavior Analysis; E)
Personality/Psychopathology; F) Physiological Psychology;
G) Sensation/Perception; H) Social Psychology; I)
Statistics/Methodology. As part of the development as an
independent scholar, the student is encouraged to plan (1)
broad reading in an area; (2) intensive investigation of a
special problem; or (3) experimental testing of a
particular question. Requires approval of both adviser and
faculty member directing project. May be repeated for credit
PSYC 998 - Problems and Issues
Credits:
4.00
Seminar on a problem that has been the subject of
specialized research and study by a member of the faculty.
Topic and instructor vary. May be repeated for credit.
PSYC 999 - Doctoral Research
Credits:
Cr/F.