Graduate programs for psychology in chicago

Turn off more accessible mode. This is archived content. Skip navigation Find Info Sign-In. Athletics CMUChippewas. Find Info Sign-In. Toggle navigation. Department of Psychology Currently selected. The Department of Psychology offers degrees oriented to understanding the complete human being across different levels of analysis that include the brain, the mind cognitive and affective processes , the person individual emotional and attitudinal patterns , the group and community how members relate to each other and how individual group experience is impacted by cultural and community context.

The central goal of the undergraduate and graduate training experience is to provide a contemporary, comprehensive and challenging exploration in understanding the complete human being. Our faculty are internationally recognized for their cutting-edge research that has resulted in numerous national and international awards.

The interdisciplinary approach to faculty research results in active collaborations with faculty in all other UIC colleges, particularly in the Colleges of Education, Engineering and Medicine. Psychology faculty are further committed teachers and mentors leading to the largest number of teaching awards of any department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, including Department Teaching Award of Excellence, as well as several Teaching Recognition Program, Award for Excellence in Teaching and Silver Circle awardees.

In addition, our graduate teaching assistants have received numerous teaching and mentorship awards. Welcome to the Department of Psychology Copy link. The department also sponsors a colloquium series with presentations by nationally renowned scholars from diverse specializations.

Students can major in one of five programs: Behavioral Neuroscience Clinical Cognitive Community and Prevention Research Social and Personality In addition to programmatic requirements, all graduate students complete a first-year research apprenticeship and one year of coursework in statistics.

Minors Every student must satisfy the requirements of their major program but are also required to fulfill a minor. There are three types of minors that students have the option of completing: Programmatic Minors Offered by each of the Department's five programs. Student Designed Curriculum Minors Students typically justify selection of this minor through a formal proposal to their advisor and major program that indicates how a particular sequence of courses will broaden their scholarly approach to psychology as well as their approach to research.

Special Topics Minors The Department has two approved Special Topics Minors: Diversity Science: This minor is designed to provide students with some depth of training in questions of diversity, using both the expertise of faculty in the psychology department, as well as the vast resources available from the broader UIC community.

Statistics, Methods and Measurement: The goal of the statistics, methods, and measurement minor is to provide students with an extensive tool kit of design and analysis skills.

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