The emphasis in this sequence of study is on basic research content areas of quantitative and methodological skills. The training is applicable to doctoral study, community college teaching certain basic research positions in the business-industrial sector. All courses are three semester hours unless otherwise noted. Students will be evaluated yearly by the Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences faculty to determine their progress in the program and whether they are in good standing.
Good standing is required to file a Plan of Study and form a thesis committee.
Mentors are assigned by the Coordinator to match student interests. Students are expected to have successfully proposed a thesis project during their second semester or, at the latest, at the beginning of their third semester. PSY 418 articulates the basic capacity of learning. PSY 420 provides a useful historical context. PSY 431 illustrates extension of experimental method and theory to social settings.