The Applied Cognitive Psychology provides the skills and training necessary for success in careers in academia, government, nonprofit organizations, the private sector, and research. All students are actively involved in research throughout their graduate studies.
Graduates have an especially strong background in methodology and statistics.
Since 1970, the overarching goal of the program has been to bring valid research to bear upon the important contemporary issues by blending social concerns with psychological theory and methods. The cognitive psychology program is one of four areas of concentration available in CGU's psychology Ph.D. program. The other areas of concentration are social psychology, applied developmental psychology, and organizational behavior. Students can design individual programs that combine applied cognitive psychology with these other concentration area or with master's concentrations in program evaluation or human resources. The applied cognitive psychology program utilizes resources from The Claremont Colleges Consortium.