Degree Requirements
- Credit Hours: Students are required to complete a minimum of 36 graduate-level credit hours in Psychology or other related disciplines approved by the student’s advising committee.
- Grade Point Average: After admission to a doctoral program major, students must earn a minimum cumulative and major GPA of 2.75.
- Graduation Requirement: Students must complete required coursework and a master's thesis.
- Master's Thesis: An empirical research project in behavior analysis, as approved by the student's master's thesis committee.
- Benchmarks: Thesis proposal approval not later than May 15, Year 2. Thesis defense and ETD submission not later than May 15, Year 3.
- Additional Requirements: None.
Curriculum Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Research Methods | 6 | |
| Research Design and Data Analysis 1 | ||
| Single-Subject Research Methods | ||
| Principles of Behavior | 3 | |
| Experimental Analysis of Behavior | ||
| Conceptual Analysis | 3 | |
| Behavior Theory and Philosophy | ||
| Applied Behavioral Analysis | 6 | |
| Applied Behavior Analysis | ||
Select one of the following: | ||
| Performance Management | ||
| Assessment and Intervention for Severe Behavior | ||
| Advanced Applied Behavior Analysis | ||
| Behavior Analysis in Education | ||
| Basic Behavior Analysis | 3 | |
Select one of the following: | ||
| Human Behavior | ||
| Stimulus Control and Memory | ||
| Reinforcement and Punishment | ||
| Advanced Experimental Analysis of Behavior | ||
| Ethics | 3 | |
| Ethics in Behavior Analysis | ||
| Supervised Experiential Learning | 11 | |
| Research | ||
Plus five (5) credits of the following in any combination: | ||
| Seminar on Teaching Psychology | ||
| Behavior Analysis Practicum | ||
| Advanced Behavior Analysis Practicum | ||
| Teaching Practicum | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Professional Development | 1 | |
| Professional Issues in Behavior Analysis | ||
| Total Hours | 36 | |
Major Learning Outcomes
Psychology: Behavior Analysis
Students graduating with an MS in Psychology: Behavior Analysis will:
- Conduct a high-quality experiment examining impacts of environment on behavior, in close collaboration with a faculty member.
- Describe behavior-analytic research in the context of a larger body of literature.
- Maintain certification in ethical standards of conducting research.
- Analyze data using a variety of quantitative and data-visualization methods.