The Olin and Chancellor's Graduate fellowships require separate applications, with deadlines shortly after January 15th. Click here to view the complete Guide to Graduate Training in Psychology . This document describes in detail the requirements for the degree, the nature of training students receive, and the means by which students' progress is evaluated. Although you declare your interest in one of these areas when applying to the graduate program, you are exposed to all areas through your courses, research collaboration, and departmental colloquia. Requirements for course-work are structured to give you a broad exposure to the major areas of psychology as well as basic training in statistics and research methods.
Individual programs have additional emphases that reflect their training goals.
All four areas admit students who will work full-time toward the Ph.D., although students can earn the master's degree while pursuing the doctorate. The Aging and Development Program trains psychologists at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels for careers in research and teaching. We began to develop a major focus on aging in 1957, which made Washington University's Aging and Development Program one of the first in the country to offer specialization in research addressing the later years of life. This training program has enjoyed continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health since its inception. The cognitive changes that accompany the normal aging process as well as pathological conditions such as dementia of the Alzheimer's type are a major focus of faculty research in this program.