第五年米.A. 程序
申请截止日期:2月1日
第五年的M.A. 程序 allows selected students to earn both a B.A. 或B.S. in 心理学 or Neuroscience and an M.A. 在五年内获得心理学学士学位. 电子游戏软件 undergraduate majors may apply to continue their studies beyond the B.A. 或B.S. 然后拿个M.A. with the equivalent of a fifth, consecutive year of full-time study. The purpose of the 程序 is to allow students a greater opportunity for concentrated study and research training. Such training is excellent preparation for 应用程序 to a Ph.D. 程序.
Applications are due by 2月1日 of the junior year. Students interested in the 程序 must find an advisor in the 心理学 Department willing to supervise their research. Students who are studying abroad in their junior year should find an advisor before leaving the country, 并且可以在国外申请. Students apply for admission to the 电子游戏正规平台生 School of the 莫大学 of Arts and Sciences.
Students apply to one of our five graduate areas, which determines the two 5000-level area seminars required. Students must submit a statement of purpose, 两封推荐信, 还有一份官方成绩单. GRE不是必需的. 电子游戏软件 to the 程序 normally requires an overall and a 心理学 GPA of 3.33. Students accepted in the Fifth Year M.A. 课程也可能适用于博士学位.D. 在他们大四的时候参加项目. If admitted, they may choose to go to a Ph.D. 程序 instead of completing the Fifth Year M.A. 程序.
如果被五年级学生录取.A. 程序, all tuition and fees are the responsibility of the student. There is no additional financial support available to students in the Fifth Year M.A. 程序.
Students admitted to the 程序 must take two courses in their senior year: PSYC5501实验设计 and 统计数据 and a 5000-level seminar required by the student’s area. These courses count for graduate credit as well as for the undergraduate major. 在他们第五年的时候, students take an advanced statistics course and the second 5000-level seminar required by the student’s area.
Students also begin intensive research with an advisor and complete this research in the form of a Master’s research project.
Fourth Year (6 credits towards the M.A. 学位)
- PSYC5501实验设计 & 统计数据
- A 5000-level course determined by the student’s area
Fifth Year (24 credits toward the M.A. 学位)
- A second advanced statistics course: SOCY7703, ERME8668, or the equivalent (3 credits)
- A second 5000-level course determined by the student’s area (3 credits)
- Two research workshops with the student's advisor (6 credits)
- Four other courses (possibly independent studies) (12 credits)
- PSYC6692 Professional Development Workshop (0-credit, ungraded course)
In addition to coursework, the student completes a Master's research project. The project reports original empirical research initiated and carried out in the Fifth Year M.A. 程序. Although the entire project is done in close collaboration with the advisor, the student should be the major contributor. 因此, the student should qualify for senior authorship on the project when it is submitted for publication (which we strongly encourage). Evaluation of the project is based on the criterion of publishability—with the exception that results need not have turned out statistically significant. The project is to be written in the form of an article publishable in a good journal in the student's area.
国防
An oral defense of the completed project must be held in front of the three-person Master's committee. The student must submit an approval form (Form 4 from the Ph.D. 3月31日截止.
常见问题
With the exception of 统计数据, we generally offer graduate courses every other year.
Students must begin research during their senior year so that it is completed by the end of their fifth year. 然而, only the two courses (6 credits) listed above under Fourth Year count as credit for the Master's degree.
电子游戏正规平台 conducted in the fifth year through 电子游戏正规平台 Workshop and Independent Study courses counts for credit.
是的, students may be enrolled in both the 心理学 荣誉项目 and the Fifth Year M.A. 程序. The Master's research project may be an extension of the research constituting the undergraduate honors thesis.
Use the standard form for applying to the graduate 程序, and choose the Ph.D. option. After you apply your 应用程序 will be handled as an M.A. 应用程序.