All students are active in research throughout their residence in the program.
The formal requirements include a first year project that may provide the basis for 2nd year work, a Master s thesis or Predissertation Project, and of course the doctoral dissertation itself. Required courses include a professional issues seminar, two semesters of Design and Analysis of Experiments, three courses devoted to fundamental issues in cognition, social cognition, and development, and four psychology seminars. During the third year, preparatory to the dissertation, students undertake an examination based on a reading list centered on the general area of the planned dissertation. The reading list is compiled by the student in consultation with a faculty committee. See the Catalog for additional details of the program.