2004 - 2005 Calendar
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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