PH.D. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

72 hours of graduate credit including the following:

Proseminars (9 hours)
Cognitive Core (PSYC 701, 766, or 768)
Biological Core (PSYC 702, 558, or 559)
Social Core (PSYC 703 or 667)
Developmental Core (PSYC 704, 666, or 669)
Historical and Philosophical Issues in Psychology (PSYC 705)

Quantitative and Methods (8 hours)
PSYC 611 Advanced Statistic Research Methods/Psyc I
PSYC 612 Advanced Statistic Research Methods/Psyc II

Advanced Quantitative and Specialized Methods (9 hours)
Quantitative Methods (at least 3 hours)
PSYC 652 Quantitative Methods ||: Analysis of Variance
PSYC 754 Quantitative Methods III: Psychological Applications of Regression
PSYC 755 Statistical Packages for Psychology
PSYC 756 Quantitative Methods IV. Multivariate Techniques

Research Methods (at least 3 hours)
PSYC 646 Issues and Methods in Developmental Psychology
PSYC 654 Naturalistic Methods

Specialized Methods
PSYC 678 Consultation and Behavior Modification*
PSYC 684 Psychological Counseling Techniques
PSYC 709 Measurement of Intelligence*
PSYC 710 Personality Assessment*
PSYC 722 Advanced Child Assessment*

Specialized Content (15 hours)
Foundations (at least 9 hours)
PSYC 558 Neuronal Bases of Learning and Memory
PSYC 559 Behavioral Chemistry
PSYC 561 Behavioral Biology of Substance Abuse
PSYC 614 Psychology of Aging
PSYC 666 Cognitive and Perceptual Development
PSYC 669 Social and Personality Development
PSYC 892 Special Topics (e.g., Developmental Psychopathology)

Applications
PSYC 617 Child Psychopathology
PSYC 780 Applied Developmental Psychology
EDSE 649 Early Childhood Assessment/Developmental Assessment

Dissertation (12 hours)

Directed Readings and Research (8 hours)

Professional Seminar/Professional Ethics (3 hours)

Electives (8 hours)
Practicum (up to 6 hours) and/or Elective courses (up to 8 hours)

*Courses open only to students in the School Psychology option.

Practica: Research and practicum may be internal (within George Mason University) or external. A partial listing of recent external practicum placements includes the following:

• Children's Hospital National Medical Center
• Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
• National Institutes of Health
• Fairfax Hospital
• Early Intervention Services/Fairfax, Falls Church

M.A. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

32 hours of graduate credit including the following:

6 hours of proseminar in cognitive, biological and social psychology (from PSYC 701, 702, 703, or alternative).

8 hour of quantitative methods (PSYC 611, 612)

9 hours of specialized content (PSYC 592, 666, 669 704, or 780)

4 hours of research OR practicum (research thesis: PSYC 798 & 799; practicum: PSYC 792 & 597)

2 hours of professional seminar

3 hours of electives