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  Graduate School–Camden 2013–2015 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Psychology 830 Degree Requirements  

Degree Requirements


To qualify for the master of arts degree in psychology, students must:

  1. Complete 10 3-credit courses as specified below, for a total of 30 credits, with a minimum GPA of 3.0; and
  2. Complete an independent research project and present it as a master's thesis; or in cases where a student is unable to complete a thesis, pass a qualifying exam demonstrating competency in content areas studied in the program.

Three research courses are required of all students:

56:830:510  Introduction to Psychological Science (3)

56:830:580  Research Methods (3)

56:830:650  Statistics and Research Design (3)

Two Independent Study courses are to be completed by students pursuing a master's thesis. Students' work with a faculty mentor as part of the Introduction to Psychological Science course during their first semester in the program will be evaluated by a committee (including the student's potential thesis adviser and the graduate program director) to determine the student's eligibility for Independent Study. Students will be notified in writing by the graduate program director if they will not be permitted to pursue an independent study course or complete a master's thesis. Students who do not pursue a thesis may count one Independent Study course for credit toward the 30 credits required to complete the degree. 

All students must complete three of the following core content classes:

56:830:626  Graduate Developmental Psychology (3)
56:830:631  Graduate Personality Psychology (3)
56:830:635  Graduate Social Psychology (3)
56:830:640  Graduate Abnormal Psychology (3)
56:830:662  Graduate Cognitive Psychology (3)
56:830:675  Graduate Physiological Psychology (3)

Consistent with their individual interests, students also select two (if pursuing a thesis) or four (if not pursuing a thesis) elective courses from among those core and elective courses offered. For example, a student may take one of the advanced core classes as an elective or may wish to complete an elective course to fulfill this requirement. With the program director's approval, it may also be possible to include as one of these electives a course offered in a different graduate program, such as the master of public administration or the master of business administration.

 
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