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Program Requirements
All candidates for the Ph.D. degree must demonstrate broad scholarship, mastery of current theoretical issues in psychology and their historical development, and a detailed knowledge of their special field. Great emphasis is placed on the development of research skills, and the dissertation forms the major part of the evaluation at the Ph.D. level.
Ph.D. students in Clinical Psychology must fulfil similar requirements to Ph.D. students in the Experimental Program and must also take a variety of specialized courses, which include practicum and internship experiences.
Thesis
A thesis for the doctoral degree must constitute original scholarship and must be a distinct contribution to knowledge. It must show familiarity with previous work in the field and must demonstrate ability to plan and carry out research, organize results, and defend the approach and conclusions in a scholarly manner. The research presented must meet current standards of the discipline; as well, the thesis must clearly demonstrate how the research advances knowledge in the field. Finally, the thesis must be written in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain.
Required Course
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PSYC 701 Doctoral Comprehensive Examination
Overview
Psychology : An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Summer 2023
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Complementary Courses
12-24 credits
12 credits (one course per term in Year 2 and Year 3) chosen from the following list:
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PSYC 712 Comparative and Physiological Psychology 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Sziklas, Viviane; Djordjevic, Jelena; Crane, Joelle; Chauvin, Alexandre (Winter)
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PSYC 715 Comparative and Physiological Psychology 6 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023
Instructors: Sziklas, Viviane; Djordjevic, Jelena; Crane, Joelle; Chauvin, Alexandre (Fall) Leyton, Marco; Gill, Kathryn (Winter)
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PSYC 722 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in personality and social psychology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 723 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 724 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 725 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Bartz, Jennifer (Winter)
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PSYC 727 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 728 Ethics and Professional Issues (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Clinical psychology as a profession, with particular emphasis on ethical issues.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Ditto, Blaine (Winter)
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
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PSYC 729 Theory of Assessment (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Issues related to psychological measurement and assessment.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
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PSYC 730 Clinical Neuroscience Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Techniques used in the study of biological aspects of clinical disorders, including methods in epidemiology, course and outcome, behavioural and molecular genetics, neuroimaging, psychophysiology and psychopharmacology.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: O'Driscoll, Gillian (Fall)
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
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PSYC 732 Clinical Psychology 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Review of clinical psychology.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 733 Clinical Psychology 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Review of clinical psychology.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023
Instructors: Fuks, Nate (Fall)
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PSYC 734 Developmental Psychology and Language (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 735 Developmental Psychology and Language (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023
Instructors: Onishi, K (Fall)
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PSYC 736 Developmental Psychology and Language (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 740 Perception and Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Terms: Summer 2023
Instructors: Weinberg, Anna (Summer)
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PSYC 741 Perception and Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 742 Perception and Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 743 Perception and Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 744 Perception and Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 746 Quantitative and Individual Differences (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Flake, Jessica (Winter)
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PSYC 747 Quantitative and Individual Differences (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 748 Quantitative and Individual Differences (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 749 Quantitative and Individual Differences (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Falk, Carl (Fall)
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PSYC 750 Applied Bayesian Statistics (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Bayesian statistics, emphasizing applications to commonly encountered models in the social sciences (regression analysis, mediation and moderation, and latent variable models). Focus will be on differences between classical and Bayesian statistics, Bayesian analyses for several commonly used models in psychology, reporting results of a Bayesian analysis, and critical evaluation of methods and results sections of papers in psychology journals that used Bayesian analysis.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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PSYC 752D1 Psychotherapy and Behaviour Change (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : A practice-oriented course. Staff and students discuss current cases being treated with a variety of psychotherapeutic and behavioural change techniques.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Binik, Irving Michael (Fall)
Students must register for both PSYC 752D1 and PSYC 752D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 752D1 and PSYC 752D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PSYC 752D2 Psychotherapy and Behaviour Change (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : See PSYC 752D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Binik, Irving Michael (Winter)
Prerequisite: PSYC 752D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 752D1 and PSYC 752D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PSYC 753 Health Psychology Seminar 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in health psychology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
0-12 credits from the following (students without a master's degree from 成人VR视频 need to take all 12 credits):
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PSYC 650 Advanced Statistics 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : A course in advanced statistics with specialization in experimental design.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Hwang, Heungsun (Fall)
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PSYC 651 Advanced Statistics 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : A course in advanced statistics with specialization in multivariate techniques.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Falk, Carl (Winter)
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PSYC 660D1 Psychology Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Professors representing the various research areas within the Department discuss critical issues and developments within their fields of expertise.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Kn盲uper, B盲rbel (Fall)
Students must register for both PSYC 660D1 and PSYC 660D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 660D1 and PSYC 660D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PSYC 660D2 Psychology Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : See PSYC 660D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Kn盲uper, B盲rbel (Winter)
Prerequisite: PSYC 660D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 660D1 and PSYC 660D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Note: The Department of Psychology does not ordinarily require an examination in a foreign language however, all students planning on practicing clinical psychology in the province of Quebec will be examined based on their proficiency in French before being admitted to the professional association.
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