First Year

First Semester

• PSY 705 Statistics I (4)
• PSY 811 Research Methods in Psychology (3)
• PSY 709 Biological and Cognitive Foundations (3)
• AE Elective (3) or Readings in A/E (3)
  credits: 13 cumulative credits: 13

Second Semester

• PSY 706 Statistics II (4)
• PSY 710 Cognitive and Social Foundations (3)
• AE Elective (3)
• PSY 985 Research Apprenticeship (3)
• Design study and pilot it. Submit IRB proposal.
  credits: 13 cumulative credits: 26

Second Year

First Semester

• A/E Elective (3)
• Elective (3)
• Elective (3) or Readings (3)
• MA Thesis Guidance (3)
• Collect data and begin analyses.
  credits: 12 cumulative credits: 36

Second Semester

• AE Elective (3)
• Readings (3) or Elective (3)
• MA Thesis Guidance (3)
• Finish analyses. Write and revise thesis. Defend thesis.
  MA Thesis Completed, MA Awarded
  credits: 9 cumulative credits: 47

Third Year

First Semester

• AE Elective (3)
• Elective (3)
• Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Passed
  credits: 6 cumulative credits: 53

Second Semester

• Dissertation Guidance (each semester after passing Comprehensive Exam)

Fourth and Fifth Years

• Dissertation Guidance (each semester after passing Comprehensive Exam)
• Doctoral Dissertation Completed
• Ph.D. Awarded

Recent Applied-Experimental Psychology Electives

• PSY 536 Human-Computer Interaction
• PSY 570 Visualization and Virtual Reality
• PSY 620 Psychology, Biology, & Technology
• PSY 621 Cognitive Rehabilitation
• PSY 624 Cognitive Science Seminar
• PSY 625 Cognitive Aging
• PSY 759 Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSY 755 Affective & Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSY 777 Psychology of Emotions
• PSY 780 Applied Memory Research
• PSY 883 Applied Cognitive Psychology