COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY CURRICULUM CHECKLIST

I. Psychology Content Core

A.  ___EXP 5508 Cognition and Perception

B. + At least one additional course from among those designated by the psychology department as the departmental core:

___DEP 5165 Developmental Psychology

___SOP 5053 Social Psychology

___EXP 5406 Conditioning and Learning

___PPE 5055 Personality Theory

___PSB 5056 Biological Psychology

___PSY 6919 Cross area seminar

                 (Specify title: __________________________ )

      ___PSB 6059 Behavioral Endocrinology

      ___PSY 6919 Personality and Social Psychology (may substitute for SOP 5053 & PPE 5055 but may count toward only one of the required core courses)

B. Eight advanced course units. As discussed in the Cognitive Area guidelines, these may be either full semester seminars (2 units each) or half-semester modules (1 credit each). Listed below are some examples of courses that satisfy this requirement. Other courses used to satisfy this requirement (e.g., courses offered by other departments) must have the approval of the student's major professor and committee.

2 Units each

___EXP 5642 Psychology of Language

___EXP 6609 Verbal reports and Protocol Analysis

___EXP 6919 Memory

___PSY 6919 Introduction to Expertise and Skill Acquisition

___EXP 5916 Visual Information Processing and Eye Movement Control

___Other (Specify titles:  _____________________________ )

1 Unit Each (half-semester Modules)

___Judgment and decision making

___Language acquisition

___Language comprehension

___Visual attention

___Metacognition

C. ___EXP 6920 Current Issues in Cognitive/Behavioral Science (total of 2 hours, 1 in the Fall and 1 in the Spring)

II. Research/Experiential Core

___PSY 5917r Supervised Research - 2 hours, maximum of 5 credits per degree (MS, PhD)

___PSY 5973r Master's Thesis - 6 hours minimum

___PSY 8976  Master’s Thesis defense (0 credits)

___PSY 6656r Preliminary Examination Preparation - 3 hours minimum

___PSY 8964  Preliminary Doctoral Examination (0 credits)

___PSY 6980r Dissertation - 24 hours minimum

___PSY 8985  Dissertation Defense (0 credits)

In addition to these required courses, students may wish to gain additional hours of supervised research/experience by signing up for PSY 5908r (Directed Individual Study), which may be repeated.

III. Statistics/Methodology Core

A. Students must take one of the following courses:

___PSY 6919 Design and Analysis in Psychology (3)

___EDF 5401 General Linear Model Application (4)

___STA 5126 Statistical procedures for the behavioral sciences (4)

___STA 5206 ANOVA and the Design of Experiments (3)

___STA 5207 Applied Regression Methods (3)

B. In addition, students must take two additional courses either from the list above or from the following list.

___EDF 5402 Advanced Topics in Analysis of Variance (3)

___EDF 5406 Multivariate Analysis (3)

___EDF 5411 Factor Analysis (3)

___PSY 6919r Multivariate Applications: Observable Variables

___PSY 6969r Multivariate Applications: Latent Variables

___PSY 5916 Meta Analysis (3)

___EDF 5410 Nonparametric Analysis (2)

___STA 5857 Applied Time Series Analysis (3)