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Location

Administration Building, Room 274

Faculty number

(403) 220-5659

Fax

(403) 282-8249

E-mail address

psycgrad@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://www.psychology.ucalgary.ca

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Master of Science (MSc)

Specializations: Behavioural Neuroscience; Cognition and Cognitive Development; Industrial/Organizational; Perception, Aging, and Cognitive Ergonomics; Social Psychology; Theoretical Psychology

The Department accepts applicants who plan to remain full-time to the completion of their degree.

In addition to Faculty requirements, the Department requires:

(a)A four-year undergraduate degree in Psychology or related discipline

(b)A minimum admission grade point average of 3.40 on a four-point scale over the last 20 half-courses

(c)An undergraduate course in statistics/experimental design

(d)An acceptable score on the Graduate Record Examination (Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical) for students with an undergraduate degree in Psychology. Students not having an undergraduate degree in Psychology must also write the Advanced Subtest.

(e)For applicants required to provide proof of proficiency in English, a TOEFL score of 600 (written test), or 250 (computer-based test), or 100 (internet-based test)

Deadlines for the submission of completed applications:

15 January for May or September admission

1 October for January admission

The Industrial Organizational Program accepts applications for a September start date only.

The applicant must make advanced credit requests as part of the admission process. Credit will not be given for course work taken as part of another completed degree/diploma or for courses taken to bring the grade point average to a required level for admission.

Master of Science

Master's students must take six half-courses, two of which must come from Psychology 611, Psychology 613, Psychology 615, Psychology 617, or Psychology 619, and two of which must come from Psychology 605, Psychology 621, Psychology 623, Psychology 625, Psychology 627, Psychology 629, Psychology 631, or Psychology 637 (these courses may be repeated for credit), over their 24-month program.

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctoral students shall take no fewer than six half-courses while in the program. The Supervisor and the Director of Graduate Studies must approve all courses. Incoming doctoral students must demonstrate that they have an adequate background in statistics and methodology (including computer applications). Those needing remedial work may be required by the Department of Psychology to take particular courses.

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Credit may be given for 500-level undergraduate courses.

Expected completion time is two years for the Master of Science program and three years for the doctoral program. (Particular circumstances can be taken in to account.)

An interim supervisor is assigned to each student at the time of admission. In no case will a student be admitted if an appropriate supervisor is not expected to be available. The shift from interim to permanent supervisor formally takes place at the end of the first year. The Director of Graduate Studies must approve the permanent supervisor.

A doctoral student will normally be required to take the candidacy examination within the first 17 - 20 months of the program. The candidacy examination has a written and an oral component. The written examination consists of a thesis research proposal that must be typed and 10 to 30 double-spaced pages (12 pt font, reference list extra). Students must consult with their supervisors. The oral examination questions will be based on the written thesis proposal and the candidacy reading list.

Final thesis oral examinations are open.

Students whose research involves human subjects must receive approval from the appropriate departmental or University Ethics Review Committee before beginning data collection.

All Master of Science students must formally present a thesis proposal not more than 14 months (for Master's level) after admission to the program. The proposal must be typed and 10 to 30 double-spaced pages (12 pt font, reference list extra). Students must consult with their supervisors. The supervisory committee must approve the thesis proposal.

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Financial assistance may be available to qualified students. For information on awards, see the Awards and Financial Assistance section of this calendar.

Students applying for scholarships are advised to submit their applications to the Department by 15 January.

Initial inquiries may be made to the Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology.

The active research interests of the faculty can be found at http://www.psychology.ucalgary.ca.

Location

Administration, Room 274

Faculty number

(403) 220-5659

Fax

(403) 282-8249

E-mail address

psycgrad@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://www.psychology.ucalgary.ca

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Master of Science (MSc)

Specializations: adult clinical psychology, child clinical psychology, and health psychology

The purpose of the graduate program in Clinical Psychology is to prepare students for careers as doctoral-level clinical psychologists in research, academic, and applied settings. In the course of doctoral training students also are required to complete the Master of Science (MSc) degree. However, consistent with its goal of doctoral training, the program only admits students who wish to pursue the doctoral degree.

In addition to the Faculty requirements, the program requires:

(a)An honour's degree in psychology (or equivalent) with a minimum grade point average of 3.6 on a four-point scale in the last 10 full courses to be considered for entry, although competition for the program is such that higher grade point averages are typical of students who are admitted

(b)Scores on the Aptitude (Verbal/Quantitative) dimensions of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). Please note that students with scores less than the 50thpercentile on the Verbal and Quantitative subtests will not normally be admitted.

(c)A statement of research and professional interests, including the specification of prospective research supervisors from among current Program faculty

(d)For applicants required to provide proof of proficiency in English, a TOEFL score of 600 (written test), or 250 (computer-based test), or 100 (internet-based) test

The deadline for complete applications is 15 January for September admission.

Advanced credit may be given for up to two full-course equivalents of graduate work, if this work is consistent with the program's requirements.

The Program outline is as follows:

Year 1

Psychology 650, Psychology 651, Psychology 653, Psychology 659, Psychology 660, Psychology 671, Psychology 673, Psychology 615, thesis work

Year 2

Psychology 601, Psychology 650, Psychology 662, Psychology 681, Psychology 683, plus a graduate-level Psychology Statistics course or Methodology course (Psychology 617 or equivalent), completion of the thesis

Year 3

Psychology 750, Psychology 760, a graduate-level breadth course, elective, the Candidacy Examination, thesis work

Year 4

Psychology 750, Psychology 762, thesis work

Year 5

Pre-Doctoral Clinical Internship Psychology 798, and completion of thesis oral and written requirements

Breadth course requirements may be satisfied through Psychology 750 and courses offered by the Department of Psychology. A list of approved breadth courses is available through the Graduate Psychology Program Office.

The prerequisite for all Clinical Program courses (unless otherwise noted) is consent of the Program.

Successful completion of years one and two, plus the Master of Science thesis, constitute the requirements of the Master of Science degree. Program students must formally apply and be approved by the program and the Faculty of Graduate Studies for admission to the doctoral program upon completion of Master of Science requirements.

Clinical suitability and professional conduct

Credit for one breadth course may be given if the applicant has two senior undergraduate courses in that area. Credit for Psychology 601 may be given if the applicant has a senior undergraduate course in History and Systems of Psychology.

It is expected that students will complete the MSc thesis within two years. Students in the MSc program must complete all requirements within four registration years. Students who have taken three years to complete all requirements for the Master's degree will normally not be admitted into the doctoral program.

Program students must have a research supervisor at all times. Supervisors are arranged by mutual consent of student and faculty member, and are consistent with the focus of the student's research work. Master's level students must have a supervisory committee consisting of at least three members, with at least one who is a member of the core clinical faculty. Doctoral candidates must have a supervisory committee of at least three members.

In addition to course-specific written requirements, students must sit a written and oral doctoral candidacy examination in the third year of their program (i.e., the first year of doctoral studies).

Students in the program must complete both a Master's thesis and doctoral thesis, according to the criteria set by the Faculty of Graduate Studies. These research projects typically involve the design of a research question and research project, the collection, analysis and interpretation of original data, and the preparation of a written document consistent with good scholarship. Students whose research involves human subjects must receive approval from the appropriate departmental or University Ethics Review Committee before beginning data collection.

Admission to this Program is normally only available in September of each year.

Financial assistance may be available to qualified students. Applicants and program students are strongly encouraged to apply for internal and external awards. For information on Awards, see the Awards and Financial Assistance section of this calendar.

Students applying for scholarships must submit their applications to the Department by 15 January.

The program subscribes to the scientist-practitioner model of clinical training as described in the Canadian Psychological Association's requirements for program accreditation, and emphasizes the integration of course work, research, and clinical training. The program has been fully accredited by CPA for seven years (2004-2011).

Research and clinical interests of the Program faculty can be found at http://www.psychology.ucalgary.ca/research/groups/.