Information for Current Students
Below is a suggested four-year schedule based on the degree requirements outlined in the 2013-2014 Graduate Handbook. This is a sample schedule only. It is meant to provide you with an idea of the courses students take each semester in order to graduate in four years, as well as the milestones students are expected to meet along the way. Missing milestones could delay degree progress. Specific course offerings may vary from semester to semester. Changes in the Graduate Handbook may also impact course requirements.
| FIRST YEAR COURSES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester (12 hrs) | Spring Semester (12 hrs) | Summer Semester (9 hrs) |
| PSYC 6300 Statistics for Psychology | PSYC 6302 Experimental Design | PSYC 6398 Special Problems |
| PSYC 6370 Foundations of I/O | PSYC 6352 I/O Research Methods | I/O Seminar (e.g., Legal Issues) |
| PSYC 8393 Research in I/O | PSYC 6352 Directed Research in I/O | PSYC 6352 Directed Research in I/O |
| Non-I/O Foundations Course (e.g., PSYC 6338 Foundations of Social) | Non-I/O Foundations Course | SIOP paper completed by 9/05 |
| Degree Milestones | ||
| Develop thesis idea | Develop thesis idea | Thesis topic developed by 8/15 |
| SECOND YEAR COURSES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester (12 hrs) | Spring Semester (12 hrs) | Summer Semester (9 hrs) |
| PSYC 6301 History & Systems | PSYC 6371 Personnel Psychology | I/O Seminar (e.g., Interviewing) |
| PSYC 6373 Organizational Psychology | PSYC 7306 Multilevel Modeling | PSYC 6352 Directed Research |
| PSYC 6399 Master’s Thesis | PSYC 7399 Master’s Thesis | |
| I/O Seminar | PSYC 6398 Special Problems | |
| Degree Milestones | ||
| Thesis proposal defense by 12/1 | Thesis final defense by 05/31 | Develop dissertation idea |
| THIRD YEAR COURSES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester (12 hrs) | Spring Semester (12 hrs) | Summer Semester (9 hrs) |
| MANA 7366 HRM (or other Management course) | PSYC 6352 Directed Research in I/O | PSYC 7392 Practicum |
| PSYC 6397 Applied Psych. Measurement – IRT | PSYC 6398 Special Problems | PSYC 8399 Dissertation |
| PSYC 7305 Structural Equations | PSYC 6498 Special Problems | |
| Degree Milestones | ||
| Comprehensive Exams –January or August | ||
| Begin Internship | ||
| Develop dissertation idea | Propose Dissertation | |
| FOURTH YEAR COURSES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester (12 hrs) | Spring Semester (12 hrs) | |
| PSYC 6352 Directed Research in I/O | PSYC 7392 Practicum | |
| PSYC 7393 Practicum | PSYC 8399 Dissertation | |
| PSYC 8399 Dissertation | ||
| Degree Milestones | ||
| Internship | Internship | |
| Final dissertation defense | ||