Each seminar is led by one or more faculty members, and focuses in depth on a topic in psychology. Topics vary from one semester to the next and reflect the interests of faculty and graduate students. Every graduate student engages in supervised and independent research throughout their graduate training, starting with a first-year research project and culminating in a dissertation project. Although students often come to Hopkins to study with a particular professor, many become involved in a number of research projects with different faculty, thereby gaining a range of research experience during their graduate careers. Students are expected to present the outcome of their collaborative and independent research at regional and national meetings and in published journal articles.
All graduate students teach under faculty supervision.
They work closely with professors of undergraduate courses and independently plan and conduct seminars during the January Intersession. Learning to teach is an important part of the graduate curriculum. Financial Support Support for graduate students comes from many different sources. Students in good standing can expect to receive both tuition remission and a stipend. Stipend support is competitive with that at other institutions and provides sufficient funds to live modestly.