Graduate Program

Application Deadlines

Fall semester: December 1 for full consideration. After that date comparison of candidates and extension of offers of admission and of financial aid begins, and continues until May 1 or until all positions have been filled.

Spring semester: None accepted.

Summer session: None accepted.

Only those applications received and completed by December 1 are guaranteed to receive consideration. Early applications are strongly encouraged.


Degrees Offered

Ph.D. in Psychology with M.S. Enroute

Concentrations: Clinical Psychology; Cognition, Brain and Behavior; Developmental Psychology; Evolutionary Psychology; Health Psychology; Quantitative/Methodology. Each student is required to select a concentration.

Emphases: Health Psychology; Quantitative Methodology. The emphases are options for students in any concentration except for those in the same name.

Students interested in the Graduate Program are advised to have at least 15 credit hours in psychology, including one course in psychological statistics and either a laboratory course or independent research in psychology.

Although the Department awards the M.S. degree under Plan I (thesis) according to the regulations set forth in the Graduate Program section of this Catalog, all screening of new applicants is done in terms of entry for the Ph.D. program. The department admits new students to the graduate program only for the fall semester of each year; exceptions to this procedure are rare. Since competition for the few available openings each year is strong, only students with excellent academic records as well as first-rate letters of recommendation are likely to succeed in gaining admission.

Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores are required as part of the application procedure. The GRE Psychology Subject test, although strongly recommended, is not required as part of the application procedure.

General requirements for the Ph.D. are set forth in the Graduate Program section of this Catalog. Regulations include a minimum of 48 credit hours of graduate credit (precise requirements depends upon area) with a grade point average of 3.0 ("B") or better, exclusive of thesis and dissertation credit hours; satisfactory performance on the doctoral comprehensive examination; and a dissertation accepted by the final oral examining committee.

The Department of Psychology considers both teaching and research to be essential aspects of doctoral training and, therefore, requires that all candidates have such experiences during their tenure. These requirements apply regardless of whether remuneration for such activities is received.

The Breadth Requirement

To ensure a breadth of training, all students are required to complete a 12 credit hour (generally four graduate courses) breadth requirement. These courses can be taken inside or outside the Department, but they must be outside the concentration, and they must be scholarly in nature. Clinical students satisfy the breadth requirement through the training requirements of the APA.

The Collateral Requirement

To satisfy the departmental requirement of a foreign language or comparable alternative requirement, students use the computer labs (503L and 504L) associated with the Statistics (501) and Experimental Design (502) courses, respectively.


Ph.D. in Psychology Concentrations and Emphases

Required Core Courses (All Concentrations)

The following core courses are required in addition to any courses required in the student’s concentration.

  Credit
Hours 
First Year: Fall Semester
PSY 501 Advanced Statistics 3
PSY 503L Advanced Statistics Lab 1
PSY 505 Research Seminar 2
PSY 551 Graduate Problems 1-3
  First Year: Spring Semester  
PSY 502 Design and Analysis of Experiments 3
PSY 504L Design and Analysis of Experiments Lab 1
PSY 551 Graduate Problems 1-3
Second Year: Spring Semester
PSY 507 Teaching Seminar 1
Note: This course must be taken prior to a teaching a course within the department.


Clinical Psychology Concentration

Clinical students begin their core sequence in clinical psychology during their first year. The clinical core sequence is presented in the department’s Guidelines for Graduate Students.

Beyond the departmental required courses, clinical students are required to complete the following courses:

Credit 
Hours
PSY 531 Pre-Clinical Practicum 1
PSY 532 Seminar in Psychopathology 3
PSY 533 Psychological Evaluation: Cognitive and Neuropsychology Functions 3
PSY 535 Psychological Evaluation: Personality Functions 3
PSY 538 Introduction to Clinical Science 3
PSY 610 Case Conference Practicum 1
PSY 631 Psychotherapy Practicum 1-3
PSY 634 Ethics and Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology 3
PSY 636 Diversity Multicultural Perspectives in Clinical Psychology 3
PSY 637 Empirically Supported Treatments 3
PSY Plus four approved Clinical Electives 9


Additional courses are required to satisfy the American Psychological Association (APA) foundation requirements. Current APA foundation requirements, along with courses that may be used to satisfy them, are presented in the department’s Guidelines for Graduate Students.

Cognition, Brain and Behavior Concentration

The Cognition, Brain and Behavior (CBB) concentration reflects a unique opportunity for training in experimental psychology. Immediate hands-on experience conducting and disseminating research, coupled with comprehensive course work, builds competent, confident students capable of developing competitive research profiles. Students enter under a faculty mentor and begin active research in the first year. In addition to required courses in Psychology, all CBB students are required to complete the following core courses in the CBB area:

PSY 540 Biological Bases of Behavior
PSY 541  Introduction to Functional Neuroimaging
PSY 561 Cognitive Processes I
All CBB students in the second and all subsequent years must participate in a literature discussion section once a year:
PSY 641 Seminar in Cognition, Brain & Behavior


All CBB students are required to select additional elective courses from the CBB area to satisfy a total requirement (including core courses) of 15 credit hours. The choice of electives and substitution of any alternative elective courses must be approved by the CBB faculty.

Developmental Psychology Concentration

Beyond the departmental required courses, all Developmental students are required to satisfy the following requirements: Completion of three courses which a student may elect from the following list:

  • PSY 650 ST: Seminar Development
  • PSY 528 Seminar in Cognitive Development
  • Completion of one 3 credit hour course in Social or Personality area

Evolutionary Psychology Concentration

Beyond the departmental core requirements, all Evolutionary Psychology students are required to complete five courses. These courses should include:

  • PSY 650 ST: Evolutionary Psychology
  • Four other courses on evolutionary analysis of behavior.

At least one course must be offered in the Department of Psychology. Appropriate courses include Behavior Genetics (PSY 650), Evolution and Cognition (PSY 650) and Evolutionary Social Psychology (PSY 650).

At least two of these courses should be taken in the Department of Biology or the Department of Anthropology. Appropriate courses include:

  • ANTH 560 Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Anthropology
  • ANTH 562 Human Life History
  • BIOL 502 T: Evolutionary Biology

Any other course must be approved by the Committee of Studies.

Health Psychology Concentration

Beyond the departmental required courses, Health Psychology students are required to complete three courses from Category A, two courses from Category B, and one advanced statistics/quantitative course from Psychology or Education (e.g., EDPY 593: Multilevel Modeling or EDPY 607: Structural Equation Modeling). A substitute advanced statistics/quantitative course must be approved by the Health Psychology Committee. One of the Category A courses must be Advanced Health Psychology.

  Category A:
PSY 510 Advanced Health Psychology
PSY 513 Emotion, Stress, and Health
PSY 514 Health Psychology Interventions
PSY 515 Social Psychology of Health Promotion
PSY 650 ST: Health Disparities
PSY 650 ST: Pediatric Psychology
  Category B:
PSY 540 Biological Bases of Behavior
PSY 547 Drugs and Behavior
PH 501 Principles of Public Health
PH 507 Health Care Systems


Substitute course work for Categories A and B must be approved by the Health Psychology Committee.

Quantitative Methodology Concentration

Beyond the departmental core requirements, all Quantitative Methodology students are required to complete PSY 601 Multivariate Statistics and four other courses. At least two of these four courses must be selected from the following list of quantitative courses offered in the Department:

PSY 506 Seminar in Mathematical Psychology
PSY 604 Latent Variable Modeling
PSY 605 Advanced Latent Variable Modeling
PSY 650 ST: Analysis of Data
PSY 650 ST: Meta-Analysis
PSY 650 ST: Quasi-Experimental Design


At least one, but not more than two, of these courses must be selected from courses in quantitative methods offered by other University of New Mexico departments. The Quantitative Committee maintains a list of extra-departmental courses that may be used to satisfy this requirement. Any other course a student wishes to count toward the extra-departmental requirement must be approved by the Quantitative Committee.

Health Psychology Emphasis

The purpose of the Health Psychology emphasis is to provide specialized training in the application of psychology to physical health and medical problems. This option is available to students majoring in any concentration (except health psychology) who wish to have an emphasis in Health Psychology. Beyond the courses required for the department and for their concentration, students must complete at least two courses from category A and at least one course from category B:

Category A
PSY 510 Advanced Health Psychology
PSY 513 Emotion, Stress, and Health
PSY 514 Health Psychology Interventions
PSY 515 Social Psychology of Health Promotion
PSY 650 ST: Health Disparities
PSY 650 ST: Pediatric Psychology
Category B
PSY 540 Biological Bases of Behavior *
PSY 547 Drugs and Behavior
PH 501 Principles of Public Health
PH 507 Health Care Systems


* Note: Clinical students must take an additional Category B course in addition to PSY 540 which is already required by the Clinical Area.

Substitute course work for Categories A and B must be approved by the Health Psychology Committee.

Quantitative Methodology Emphasis

Students in any Psychology concentration, other than Quantitative Methodology, may choose an emphasis in Quantitative Methodology. Students choosing an emphasis in Quantitative Methodology must complete 9 credit hours of graduate course work in the Quantitative/Methodology area. Any of the following courses may be used to satisfy the requirements for this emphasis. Requests to use other courses are reviewed by the Quantitative Methodology committee on a case-by-case basis.

PSY 601 Multivariate Statistics
PSY 604 Latent Variable Modeling
PSY 605 Advanced Latent Variable Modeling
PSY 650 ST: Analysis of Data
PSY 650 ST: Programming in Psychology
ECE 595 ST: Analysis Methods in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
EDPY 606 Applied Multivariate Statistics
EDPY 607 Structural Equation Modeling
PH 502 Epidemiologic Methods I
STAT 574 Biostatistical Methods: Survival Analysis and Logistic Regression
STAT 576 Multivariate Analysis
STAT 577 Introduction to Bayseian Modeling
STAT 581 Introduction to Time Series Analysis

Courses

PSY 105. General Psychology. (3)



PSY 200. Statistical Principles. (3)



PSY 220. Developmental Psychology. (3)



PSY 231. Psychology of Human Sexuality. (3)



PSY 240. Brain and Behavior. (3)



PSY 250. Special Topics in Psychology. (1-3, no limit Δ)



PSY 260. Psychology of Learning and Memory. (3)



PSY 265. Cognitive Psychology. (3)



PSY 271. Social Psychology. (3)



PSY 280. Health Psychology. (3)



PSY 302. Psychological Research Techniques. (3)



PSY 313. Case Management in Addictions. (1)



PSY 324. Infant Development. (3)



PSY 329. Adolescent Psychology. (3)



PSY 331. Psychology of Personality. (3)



PSY 332. Abnormal Behavior. (3)



PSY 335. Clinical Psychology. (3)



PSY 335L. Clinical Psychology Laboratory. (2)



PSY 342. Evolution, Brain and Behavior. (3)



PSY 344. Human Neuropsychology. (3)



PSY 345. Neuroscience of Aging and Dementia. (3)



PSY 347. Drugs and Behavior. (3)



PSY 360. Human Learning and Memory. (3)



PSY 364. Psychology of Perception. (3)



PSY **367. Psychology of Language. (3)



PSY 373. The Psychology of Horror. (3)



PSY 374. Cross-cultural Psychology. (3)



PSY 375. Psychology of Women. (3)



PSY 376. The Psychology of Love. (3)



PSY 391. Junior Honors Seminar. (3)



PSY 392. Junior Honors Seminar. (3)



PSY *400. History of Psychology. (3)



PSY *405. Crisis Worker Practicum. (1 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PSY 410 / 510. Advanced Health Psychology. (3)



PSY 411. Treatment of Addictions. (3)



PSY 412. Applied Clinical Experience in Addictions Counseling (Field Work). (1-3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)



PSY 413 / 513. Emotion, Stress, and Health. (3)



PSY 421 / 521. Advanced Developmental Psychology. (3)



PSY 422. Child Language. (3)



PSY 423 / 623. Human Emotions. (3)



PSY 430. Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders [Alcoholism]. (3)



PSY 433. Depression: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention. (3)



PSY 434. Behavior Therapies. (3)



PSY 436. Family Psychology. (3)



PSY 439 / 539. Child Psychopathology. (3)



PSY 441. Sleep: Scientific Investigation. (3)



PSY 443 / 643. Psychobiology of Emotion. (3)



PSY 444 / 644. Advanced EEG Analysis in MatLab. (3)



PSY 445L. Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory. (2 to a maximum of 4 Δ)



PSY 450 / 650. Special Topics in Psychology. (1-3, no limit Δ)



PSY 450L. Special Topics in Psychology Laboratory. (2, no limit Δ)



PSY 454. Positive Psychology. (3)



PSY 455L. Positive Psychology Laboratory. (2)



PSY 464 / 564. Intelligence and Creativity. (3)



PSY 465L. Gorilla Observation Laboratory. (3)



PSY 480L. Health Psychology Laboratory. (2)



PSY 491. Senior Honors Seminar. (3)



PSY 492. Senior Honors Seminar. (3)



PSY 499. Undergraduate Problems. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PSY 501. Advanced Statistics. (3)



PSY 502. Design and Analysis of Experiments. (3)



PSY 503L. Advanced Statistics Laboratory. (1)



PSY 504L. Design and Analysis of Experiments Laboratory. (1)



PSY 505. Research Seminar. (2)



PSY 506. Seminar in Mathematical Psychology. (3)



PSY 507. Teaching Seminar. (1)



PSY 510 / 410. Advanced Health Psychology. (3)



PSY 511. History and Systems of Psychology. (3)



PSY 513 / 413. Emotion, Stress, and Health. (3)



PSY 514. Health Psychology Interventions. (3)



PSY 515. Social Psychology of Health Promotion. (3)



PSY 521 / 421. Advanced Developmental Psychology. (3)



PSY 528. Seminar on Cognitive Development. (3)



PSY 531. Pre-Clinical Practicum. (1)



PSY 532. Seminar in Psychopathology. (3)



PSY 533. Psychological Evaluation: Cognitive and Neuropsychology Functions. (3)



PSY 535. Psychological Evaluation: Personality Functions. (3)



PSY 538. Introduction to Clinical Science. (3)



PSY 539 / 439. Child Psychopathology. (3)



PSY 540. Biological Bases of Behavior. (3)



PSY 541. Introduction to Functional Neuroimaging. (3)



PSY 542. Seminar in Recovery of Function and Epilepsy. (3)



PSY 547. Drugs and Behavior. (3)



PSY 551. Graduate Problems. (1-3, no limit Δ)



PSY 554. Positive Psychology. (3)



PSY 561. Cognitive Processes I. (3)



PSY 564 / 464. Intelligence and Creativity. (3)



PSY 565. Seminar in Thought and Language. (3)



PSY 569. Seminar in Psycholinguistics. (3, no limit Δ)



PSY 599. Master's Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



PSY 601. Multivariate Statistics. (3)



PSY 604. Latent Variable Modeling. (3)



PSY 605. Advanced Latent Variable Modeling. (3)



PSY 610. Case Conference Practicum. (1, no limit Δ)



PSY 623 / 423. Human Emotions. (3)



PSY 630. Seminar in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. (3)



PSY 631. Psychotherapy Practicum. (1-3, no limit Δ)



PSY 634. Ethics and Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology. (3)



PSY 635. Behavioral Couple Therapy. (3)



PSY 636. Diversity Multicultural Perspectives in Clinical Psychology. (3)



PSY 637. Empirically Supported Treatments. (3)



PSY 641. Seminar in Cognition, Brain and Behavior. (2, no limit Δ)



PSY 643 / 443. Psychobiology of Emotion. (3)



PSY 644 / 444. Advanced EEG Analysis in MatLab. (3)



PSY 650 / 450. Special Topics in Psychology. (1-3, no limit Δ)



PSY 691. Clinical Internship. (1-6)



PSY 699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit Δ)



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