Requirements for the Master's Degree

The requirements listed here are intended merely as a rough guide; the formal statement of requirements is in the Department's Graduate Student Manual, available to accepted students, in manuals prepared by the various master's programs, and in other University publications.

Thirty (30) credits of coursework including:

  • graduate statistics (PSY 607 - 3 credits)
  • at least one approved distribution course from each of the department's four areas of study (Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical, Cognitive, Social-Personality; 3 credits each)
  • elective content (15 credits - 5 courses)
  • master's project
  • The student must obtain
    • letter grades of B- or higher in statistics and distribution courses
    • at least a B average across all courses (3.0 GPA)