We offer two master of arts level programs:

• Clinical Psychology
  The Clinical Psychology Master's program provides training consistent with the scientist-practioner model and includes a foundation in abnormal psychology, psychotherapy, and assessment. Students complete a 400-hour internship during their second year.
• Cognitive and Social Processes 
  This program provides extensive training in cognitive psychology, social psychology, statistics, and research methods. Students are strongly encouraged to complete a thesis or other independent research project.
  

Our primary mission is to prepare students for doctoral study by offering quality instruction in the science of psychology and opportunities to conduct psychological research. Students can collaborate with faculty whose research interests include stereotyping and prejudice, cross-cultural issues and diversity, juror decision making, eyewitness memory, gender issues, text processing, emotion, sexuality, health, and interpersonal communication. Since 2004, 89% of our graduates who applied to doctoral programs were admitted.

Most of our students have graduate assistantships: 40%-50% have assistantships through the Dept. of Psychological Science, and others have assistantships in various campus offices outside the department.  Historically, more than 90% of our students who wanted an assistantship were able to obtain one.

We do not require a psychology undergraduate degree but prefer that you have taken courses in undergraduate statistics and research methods. If you haven't, you'll need to take extra courses prior to the required courses. (Click on one of the programs above for details.)

Prospective students can visit the Graduate School's page for information about housing, the community and more.

Strengths
Our graduate students say the strengths of our programs are:

• Challenging and relevant courses
• Good camaraderie and collaboration among students
• Knowledgeable faculty
• Small class sizes
• Great opportunities for research collaboration with faculty
• Availability of graduate assistantships
• Extensive library resources
• Excellent quality, quantity, and variety of internship sites (Clinical program)
• Flexibility in the Cognitive/Social Program allows students to customize their learning experience with electives and research projects in areas such as industrial/organizational, psychology and law, institutional research, management, communication, sociology and more

Late Applications
Late applications may be considered only if openings are available after consideration of all applications received by March 1.