Psychology
Master's Program
In consultation with the adviser and student's supervisory committee a Plan of Study would be developed. The Master of Science in Psychology program requires the completion of 30 credit hours of graduate study beyond the baccalaureate degree with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Doctoral Program
- Complete a master's degree in Psychology. This may be done at NDSU or elsewhere.
- Complete at least 90 hours of graduate credit, including those completed for the master's degree;
- 60 or more of these credits must be earned at NDSU.
- 31 or more credit hours must be in approved didactic courses
- at least 15 must be at the 700 level.
- Prepare and submit a research grant or fellowship application under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Register for 1-3 credits of PSYC 893 - Grant Writing Experience during the semester you prepare and submit your application. Proposals may be submitted to any sponsor requesting funds for tuition/stipend, research supplies, or other research expenses (e.g., participant payment, software, consultants). There is no minimum amount of funding request required, and the proposal must be submitted but need not be funded.
- Complete a major area paper to serve as the comprehensive exam for Ph.D. candidacy. The area paper will be a comprehensive literature review of the student's area of research and will include an oral defense.
- Complete the dissertation. The student will defend a written proposal before their supervisory committee, conduct an original research project, and complete a comprehensive written report on the project. The student will complete a final oral defense before the same committee.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Quantitative and Research Methods | 9 | |
Experimental Methods | ||
Applied Research Methods | ||
Advanced Research Methods and Analysis | ||
Core Areas of Psychology | 12 | |
Advanced Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
Advanced Topics in Cognition | ||
Advanced Topics in Social Psychology | ||
Advanced Topics in Health Psychology | ||
Grant Writing in Psychology | 3 | |
Grant Writing for Psychological Scientists | ||
College Teaching | 3 | |
Introduction to College Teaching in the Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
or STEM 810 | Teaching College Science | |
Electives - Minimum of four didactic graduate level elective courses from Psychology or other department. | 4 | |
Teaching of Psychology | 5 | |
Practicum/Internship (All students will teach a full semester undergraduate course in psychology for which they should enroll for 5 credits of PSYC 794) | ||
Submit a grant or fellowship application under the supervision of a faculty mentor. | 1-3 | |
PSYC 893 | (Grant Writing Experience) | |
Research | ||
Doctoral Dissertation |
Benjamin J. Balas, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
Field: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Barbara Blakeslee, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara, 1983
Field: Biopsychology, Vision Science
Martin D. Coleman, Ph.D.
University of Sussex, 2005
Field: Emotion and Decision Making
Erin Conwell, Ph.D.
Brown University, 2009
Field: Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
Katherine Duggan, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside, 2016
Field: Social-Personality and Health Psychology
Jeremy Hamm, Ph.D.
University of Manitoba, 2016
Field: Health and Social Psychology or Developmental Psychology
Clayton J. Hilmert, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego, 2003
Field: Health and Social Psychology; Stress Psychophysiology, Cardiovascular Health, and Pregnancy
Verlin B. Hinsz, Ph.D.
University of Illinois, 1983
Field: Social and Industrial/Organizational; Small Group Performance, Group Decision Making
Leah Irish, Ph.D.
Kent State University, 2011
Field: Health and Social Psychology, Health Behaviors, Sleep, Stress
Jeffrey S. Johnson, Ph.D.
University of Iowa, 2008
Field: Visual Cognitive Neuroscience
Linda Langley, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1998
Field: Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Aging, Attention
Pan Liu, Ph.D.
McGill University, 2015
Field: Normative Emotion Processing, Biased Processing that Portend Internalizing Outcomes
Mark E. McCourt, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara, 1982
Field: Biopsychology, Vision Science; Visual Psychophysics, Neuropsychology
Mark Nawrot, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, 1991
Field: Visual Neuroscience; Neural Mechanisms for Perception of Depth and Motion, Eye Movements, Alcohol
Michael D. Robinson, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis, 1996
Field: Social/Personality Affective Processes
Laura E. Thomas, Ph. D.
University of Illinois, 2008
Field: Embodied cognition, Links between action, perception, and cognition
Kathryn Wissman, Ph.D.
Kent State University, 2016
Field: Cognitive Psychology
Adjunct
Terence W. Barrett, Ph.D.
University of North Dakota, 1989
Field: Counseling; Issues in Therapy, Forensic Psychology
Scott G. Engel, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University, 2003
Field: Health and Social Psychology; Obesity and Eating Disorders
Holly Hegstad, Ph.D.
University of North Dakota, 1999
Field: Clinical Psychology; Anxiety and Mood Disorders
Jennifer A. Redlin, M.S.
North Dakota State University, 1999
Field: Clinical and Behavioral Psychology