University of Calgary : School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD)

School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD)

Degree Offered Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

2. Admission Requirements

In addition to Faculties of Graduate Studies and Education requirements, entry requirements for the SACP PhD program include:

(a) A completed thesis-based Master’s degree in School and Applied Child Psychology or equivalent from an approved university, with a minimum grade point average of 3.50 in the Master’s program. If coursework from an applicant’s Master’s program is not equivalent to courses from the Master of Science in School and Applied Child Psychology at the University of Calgary, the student will be required to take additional courses within the doctoral program to ensure equivalent training but these prerequisite courses will need to be completed before the doctoral candidacy examination;

(b) A typed résumé and a concise rationale (500 words or less) for the application;

3. Application Deadline

On-line applications to all Educational Studies in Psychology programs may be accessed through the following link: http://ucalgary.ca/gpe/StepstoApply.

The deadline for the submission of complete applications to all programs is December 1 for September admission.

4. Advanced Credit 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 grade point average to a required level for admission.

5. Program/Course Requirements

In addition to Faculties of Graduate Studies and Education requirements, the degree programs require the following:
Students admitted to the Doctoral program will be required to complete:

a minimum of two (2) doctoral-level full-course equivalents (normally Applied Psychology 691, 731, 732, and 795);
a non-credit research seminar;
a candidacy examination;
a twelve-month (min. 1600 hours) full-time internship; and
a dissertation

Students entering the program following completion of a Master's degree outside the program may be required to take additional Master's courses to ensure equivalency to the Master of Science program in School and Applied Child Psychology at the University of Calgary. A student may be deficient in no more than two full courses, which must be completed in the first year of Doctor of Philosophy studies.

Detailed information on core course requirements can be obtained from the Faculty of Education website.

Note: First year students are assigned an interim advisor who will assist with course selection.

6. Additional Requirements Applied experience is an asset.

7. Credit for Undergraduate Courses The Division does not normally accept undergraduate courses for credit toward graduate degrees.

8. Time Limit The Doctor of Philosophy degree should be completed in four years. Maximum completion time allowed for the Doctor of Philosophy degree is six years.

9. Supervisory Assignments An interim advisor is assigned to each first-year student in a thesis-based program. Students are responsible for initiating discussions with potential permanent supervisors and are expected to have finalized supervisory arrangements by their second annual registration.

10. Required Examinations

Candidacy examinations for the doctoral program both have written and oral components.

Information on examinations is provided on the Graduate Programs in Education website.

11. Research Proposal Requirements Information on research proposals is available through the interim advisor/supervisor. Ethics approval is needed for all research projects (including dissertation) involving the use of human subjects before data collection begins. To initiate the ethics review, the researcher must submit a copy of the application (available on the Research Services website) to the Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board, c/o Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Education.

12. Special Registration Information None.

13. Financial Assistance

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 for September admission must submit their scholarship applications to the Graduate Programs in Education office by the preceding February 1.

The Division also provides assistance for students through teaching assistantships, graduate research scholarships and other Divisional scholarships. Application forms and deadline information for these awards can be obtained from the Division.

14. Other Information For further information or for copies of the Division brochure, write to the Graduate Programs in Education Office, Faculty of Education, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4; website: http://ucalgary.ca/gpe/specializations.

15. Faculty Members/Research Interests Research interests of faculty members and adjunct faculty can be found at: http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/research/academic/homepages.html and from the Division office.

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