General Experimental Psychology Concentration

The terminal M.A. in Psychology with a concentration in General Experimental Psychology requires 36 credit hours.

For information regarding deadlines and requirements for admission, please see https://grs.uncg.edu/programs/.

For information on the application and admission, please see https://psy.uncg.edu/graduate/admissions/.

Degree Program Requirements

Degree requirements for students in the terminal M.A. program in Psychology with a concentration in General Experimental Psychology are identical to those for students in the M.A. Doctoral Track (a M.A. to Ph.D. program) in Psychology with a Cognitive, Developmental, Social, or General Experimental concentration, with one exception: For students in M.A. Doctoral Track programs, only courses with grades of B or better may count toward the M.A. degree. Grades below B in courses to be counted toward the M.A. degree must be replaced either by re-taking the same course or by earning a grade of B or better in another course that the Department Head formally determines to be an equivalent course (upon consultation with the instructor(s) of the course in the Psychology Department).

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Research Practicum (3 credits)
PSY 605	First Year Research Practicum	3
Core Courses (9 credits)
PSY 703	Developmental Psychology	3
PSY 704	Advanced Social Psychology	3
PSY 706	Cognitive Processes	3
Statistics and Methodology (11 credits)
PSY 609	Statistical Methods in Psychology I	4
PSY 610	Statistical Methods in Psychology II	4
PSY 624	Research Methods in Psychology	3
Additional Courses (7 credits)
Select 7 credits from 600-level psychology courses or graduate-level courses in other departments *		7
Thesis (6 credits)
PSY 699	Thesis	6
Total Credit Hours		36

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Courses selected from other departments require the permission of the Graduate Program Director.