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General Description
The Doctoral Program in Experimental Psychology (Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences) provides a foundation in psychological processes underlying behavior. Our faculty members are actively investigating these processes as they play out in a number of contemporary domains.
Our faculty are highly involved in their research and teaching activities. This involvement is recognized in many forms, including funding from federal and state agencies supporting research and teaching activities. The faculty have been elected to national offices, serve on journal editorial boards and federal panels, and in many other ways demonstrate involvement in their science and profession. This is important for students because it means that the student's training will be solidly grounded and on the cutting edge of the discipline.
While graduate students work closely with their mentors, the doctoral students in all programs come to know each other very well and form personal and professional relationships. These begin with the first-year experience, during which core courses are taken by students in all three programs and continue in many ways throughout graduate school.
Students are exposed to a blend of didactic, practical, and scholarly activities that can be tailored to provide a broad education. Students become actively involved in research early in their first year, often culminating in thesis or dissertation projects. In addition, all first-year students are supported as graduate teaching assistants. In this role, they receive a highly structured experience in becoming effective teachers and many participate in the Teaching Fellows in Psychology program.