MA Course Requirements
The MA portion of the combined degree program requires a minimum of 48 quarter hours beyond the completion of a bachelor’s degree, including four quarter hours of thesis research.
Core Courses
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| PSY 492 | PRINCIPLES OF CONSULTATION | 4 |
| PSY 493 | ADVANCED COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
| PSY 520 | PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN DIVERSITY | 4 |
| PSY 568 | SEMINAR IN PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION | 4 |
| or PSY 495 | GRANT WRITING IN PSYCHOLOGY |
| PSY 569 | SEMINAR IN PROGRAM EVALUATION | 4 |
| PSY 590 | THESIS RESEARCH SEMINAR (3 quarters) | 0 |
Statistics and Methodology Courses
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| PSY 410 | ADVANCED STATISTICS I | 4 |
| PSY 411 | ADVANCED STATISTICS II | 4 |
| PSY 420 | QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN | 4 |
| 4 |
PSY 416 | METHODS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | |
PSY 418 | MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS | |
PSY 419 | FACTOR ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING | |
PSY 450 | PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT | |
PSY 558 | SEMINAR IN ADVANCED STATISTICS | |
GEO 441 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | |
Elective Courses
Two elective courses are required. Electives can be any graduate-level psychology course, or any graduate-level non-psychology course, with permission from the faculty advisor or program director.
Research Course
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| PSY 597 | MASTER'S THESIS RESEARCH | 4 |
Master’s Thesis Research
Complete a thesis on a topic approved by the department.
Master’s Thesis Examination
The examination may be, but is not necessarily limited to, an oral defense of the student’s thesis.
PhD Course Requirements
Core Courses
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| PSY 568 | SEMINAR IN PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION | 4 |
| or PSY 495 | GRANT WRITING IN PSYCHOLOGY |
| PSY 567 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
| PSY 585 | FIELDWORK IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS (6 quarters) | 0 |
Statistics and Methodology
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 4 |
PSY 416 | METHODS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | |
PSY 418 | MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS | |
PSY 419 | FACTOR ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING | |
PSY 450 | PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT | |
PSY 558 | SEMINAR IN ADVANCED STATISTICS | |
GEO 441 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | |
Elective Courses
Three elective courses required to complete the minimum number of credit hours. The electives can be any graduate-level psychology course or any graduate-level non-psychology course, with permission from the faculty advisor or program director.
Additional Courses
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| PSY 565 | PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR (9 quarters) | 0 |
| PSY 550 | SEMINAR IN TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY | 0 |
Research Course
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| PSY 599 | DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH | 4 |
Field Work and Practicum
All students develop two applied community-based fieldwork projects. They develop relationships with community organizations, design a project based on mutual interests, and receive individual and group supervision to implement the project they design. Metropolitan Chicago has a large population of community sites to draw upon as resources for assisting in placing students in practica and job-related sites.
Doctoral Teaching
Students are required to demonstrate competency in the teaching of psychology through teaching one undergraduate course during the doctoral portion of their degree.
Dissertation
The student should form a dissertation committee and begin work on the dissertation proposal. The dissertation includes the acceptance of the proposal and acceptance of the final dissertation.
Oral Examination
Student is to defend their dissertation and to show competence in the general field of psychology and in the area of specialization.
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