Psychology PhD
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Please note that the Department of Psychology offers only a PhD. We do not admit students to a terminal master's degree; however, students in the PhD program may earn a master’s degree on the way to their doctorate.
PhD training is intended to produce high levels of expertise in developing and conducting research, analyzing and interpreting data, and interpreting existing theory and research in psychology (i.e., scholarship). Consequently, our curriculum consists of hands-on research experience, high-level graduate seminars in your area of interest, and a certain number of graduate-level foundation courses dealing with quantitative methods and substantive areas of research and theory. These are all critical for your program goals. The program typically takes students five years to complete, with an additional year of internships for our clinical and counseling students.
CLA’s Graduate Programs Office offers graduate students access to funding resources, health and supportive services, diversity initiatives, and other valuable information.