A life-span developmental approach serves as an integrating focus for graduate training. Each student's program is individually designed by the student and faculty advisers to provide a working knowledge of this broad field and intensive study in the student's areas of special interest. Courses and seminars in developmental psychology, other areas of psychology, and in other departments constitute the academic core of the student's program of study. Research Opportunities Research training continues throughout the student's program at increasing levels of responsibility. This training includes applied as well as traditional laboratory methods.
Students work closely with faculty members on research of mutual interest.
The University Lab School and cooperating school systems provide convenient access to children. Other resources include community facilities for the elderly such as adult day care centers and nursing homes. Qualified students typically receive financial support through four years of study on a competitive basis. Available sources of funding include teaching and research assistantships. Age and individual differences influence prospective memory.