Associate Professor and Head of the Department
J.H. Evans
The degree of Master of Science is offered in Experimental
Psychology. Interested students should also see the Master of
Science in Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology. The degree of Doctor
of Philosophy is offered in Experimental Psychology. Interested
students may wish to consult the section in the Calendar describing
the Doctor
of Philosophy in Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology program.
Applications
1. All applicants are required to submit results from the General
section of the Graduate Record Examinations.
2. At least one letter of reference should come from someone who is
familiar with the applicant's research capability.
3. Applicants applying to programs in Cognitive, Perception and Animal
Learning are required to submit with their applications an example of
their academic writing. This could include, but is not limited to,
papers submitted in class, Honour's thesis, etc.
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
1. An applicant must hold either a Master's degree or an Honours
Bachelor's degree with first class standing to be considered for
admission. The program of study will be specified at the time of
admission. Decisions on (a) whether to include courses in the program,
and if so, (b) which specific courses are to be included will be based
on the student's background and the proposed thesis topic.
2. Comprehensive Examination
The Ph.D. comprehensive in Experimental Psychology shall be taken
during the first year of the student's program. The examination will
consist of two parts: (1) an essay, the topic of which is different
from the subject of the thesis, and (2) an oral examination which tests
the candidate's ability to integrate the essay into the broad area of
Psychology. The essay topic will be assigned by the Examining
Committee in consultation with the student and Supervisor. The essay
should not be a précis of the literature, but a critical
appraisal of a subject. This should identify important unresolved
issues, and where possible suggest solutions to them. Themes for
questions for the oral examination will be provided to the student
three weeks in advance of the examination.
COURSES
In accordance with Senate’s Policy Regarding Inactive Courses,
courses which have not been offered in the previous three academic
years and which are not scheduled to be offered in the current
academic year have been removed from the following listing. For
information about any of these inactive courses, please contact the
Head of the Department.
A selection of the following graduate courses will be offered to meet
the requirements of candidates, as far as the resources of the
Department will allow:
6000. Advanced Statistics in Psychology
6001. Research Design
6100-6114. Special Topics in Experimental Psychology
6200. Learning I
6400. Theory and Methods in Social Psychology
6401. Social Cognition
6402. Group Processes
6403. Advanced Methods in Applied Social Psychological Research
6404. Project in Applied Social Psychology NOTE: This course is open
only to students in the Master of Applied Social
Psychology
6500. Developmental Psychology I
6501. Developmental Psychology II
6502. Developmental Changes During Old Age
6700. Perception
6710. Human Information Processing
6720. Human Memory
6800. Behavioural Neuroscience I
6801. Behavioural Neuroscience II
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