Sample Graduate Curriculum in Social Psychology
Although each student fashions a program of study to meet his or her educational objectives, a typical student's schedule of coursework and research might be as follows:
Year 1
Fall Semester
PSY 258S Introduction to Social Behavior and Personality
PSY 366S Applied Analysis of Variance
Brownbag weekly meeting
PSY 355 Research practicum: Begin 1st year project
Optional: PSY 270S Seminar in Social Psychology
Psychology Graduate Program Requirement: Identify a major advisor
Spring Semester
PSY 270S Seminar in Social Psychology
PSY 367S Applied Correlation and Regression
PSY 318 Research Methods in Psychology
Brownbag weekly meeting
PSY 355 Research practicum
Social Area Program Requirement: Complete a first-year empirical project with major advisor and present at weekly brownbag
Year 2
Fall Semester
PSY 270S Seminar in Social Psychology
DIISP Elective (see list below) or 1 of 2 Required Advanced Quantitative Courses
Brownbag weekly meeting
PSY 355 Research practicum
DIISP Elective
Psychology Graduate Program Requirement: Form a Major Area Paper Advisory Committee approved by DGS and Dean of the Graduate School
Spring Semester
PSY 270S Seminar in Social Psychology
Brownbag weekly meeting
PSY 355 Research practicum
DIISP Elective or 1 of 2 Required Advanced Quantitative Courses
Psychology Graduate Program Requirement: Submit a Major Area Paper and Complete Oral Examination
Year 3
Fall Semester
PSY 270S Seminar in Social Psychology
Brownbag weekly meeting
PSY 355 Research practicum
DIISP Elective or 1 of 2 Required Advanced Quantitative Courses
Psychology Graduate Program Requirement: Form a Dissertation Committee approved by DGS and Dean of the Graduate School
Spring Semester
DIISP Elective or 1 of 2 Required Advanced Quantitative Courses
Brownbag weekly meeting
PSY 355 Research practicum
DIISP Elective or 1 of 2 Required Advanced Quantitative Courses
Years 4 and 5
Fall Semester
Brownbag weekly meeting
PSY 355 Research practicum
Spring Semester
Brownbag weekly meeting
PSY 355 Research practicum
DIISP Elective Courses Appropriate Within Each Interdisciplinary Focus
Each student is expected to identify a secondary area of emphasis involving either another subdiscipline of psychology, another social science discipline, or quantitaive methods. Students must complete a minimum of two courses in their secondary emphasis.
Developmental Psychology
PSY 321 Lifespan Social Development
PSY 205A Children's Peer Relations
PSY 322 Advanced Cognitive Development
PSY 214S Development of Social Interactions
PSY 221S Ethnicity, Culture, and Family Processes
Consumer Behavior
BA562 Seminar in Consumer Behavior
BA525 Behavioral Decision Theory
BA591 Special Topics in Consumer Behavior
BA563 Marketing Models Seminar
Health
PSY 270S Emotion and Health (required; also fulfills a social seminar requirement)
PSY 218S Personality, Stress and Disease
PSY 227S Behavioral Physiology: Basic Systems
ECON 356 Health Economics
SOC 227BS Social Behavior and Health
PUPOL 264S Poverty and Health
Behavioral Medicine at UNC: Risk Communication for Health Promotion (UNC: I. Lipkus)
Political Science
POLSCI 320 Political Psychology
POLSCI 306 Public Opinion
POLSCI 239S American Mass Political Behavior
POLSCI 304 Classics in American Politics
Law
LAW 388 Social Science Evidence Class (required)
Any three of the following:
LAW 140 Criminal Law
LAW 180 Torts
LAW 110 Civil Procedure
LAW 245 Evidence
Sociology
SOC 299S Theories and Research in Social Psychology
SOC 299S Role, Self and Identity
SOC 299S Sociology of Emotion
One of the following:
SOC 227BS Social Behavior and Health
SOC 299S Social Psychology of Occupations and Work
SOC 217FS Field Methods
Education (or complete the Certificate Program in Education Science)
Seminar in Education Science and Policy
Social Science Models in Educational Research
SOC 299S Sociology of Education
ECON Economics of Education
Quantitative Methods
PSY 369 Research Synthesis
PSY 368 Applied Structural Equation Modeling
PSY 370 Applied Multilevel Modeling
ECON 239 Introduction to Econometrics
POLSCI 233 Intermediate Statistical Methods
SOC 215 Basic Demographic Methods
STA 214 Probability/Statistical Models
STA 215 Generalized Linear Models
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