PhD Psychology in Behavioral Neuroscience

The Department of Psychology offers doctoral programs designed to provide outstanding training in innovative research, methodology and the application of psychological principles to a wide variety of human conditions. The department is organized into six major areas of interest:-behavioral neuroscience-clinical-cognitive science-developmental-quantitative (must apply to the Quantitative Research Methods PhD)-social psychologyStudents pursue their graduate studies within one of these six areas, and each area determines the basic curriculum for their graduate program. There is, however, substantial opportunity to integrate courses of study across areas in the department. A unique strength of the Department of Psychology is the wealth of outstanding faculty members whose specialization is quantitative methods. A breadth of courses and experiences in quantitative methods are available that are well-integrated into the areas of research that characterize the department and offer students a rare opportunity to develop expertise in this critical domain.