2004 - 2005 Calendar
Associate Professor and Head of the Department
J.H. Evans
The degree of Master of Science is offered in Experimental Psychology.
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is offered in Experimental Psychology.
Interested students may wish to consult the sections in the Calendar describing
the Master of Applied Social Psychology (Cooperative) program and the Master
of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology programs.
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.
MASTER OF SCIENCE
A candidate may be accepted into a program leading to the M.Sc. in Experimental
Psychology.
Experimental Psychology
The areas of specialization offered are:
a) Cognition, Perception and Motor Behaviour
b) Learning and Behavioural Pharmacology
c) Animal Behaviour
d) Social Psychology
e) Behavioural Neuroscience
f) Life-Span Developmental Psychology
Every candidate shall normally complete 18 credit hours. At the beginning
of his/her program, the student will normally be required to take Advanced
Statistics in Psychology (6000) unless he or she has already passed an equivalent
Honours or graduate course. Other courses in statistics (6001) may be required
on an individual student's program. The courses which make up the balance
of the individual's program will be chosen to best suit the area of specialization.
In addition, every candidate shall submit an original thesis based upon an
approved experimental research topic.
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
6201. Learning II
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
6710. Human Information Processing
6720. Human Memory
6800. Behavioural Neuroscience I
Please direct inquiries to rbarron@mun.ca.
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