Graduate Program
The Psychological Sciences Department offers a Master of Science in Psychology. 我们的硕士学位学生对研究事业感兴趣，该计划旨在为学生进入心理学所有研究领域的博士课程做准备。
This is a two-year, full-time, research oriented, residential program. We admit about 8-9 applicants per year – a small size that allows close interaction among students and faculty and superior student training. More than 80 percent of our graduates who subsequently apply for admission to doctoral-level programs are accepted.
Master's students are integrally involved in research conducted in the Psychology Department. In many cases, faculty members develop and work with research teams comprised of undergraduate and M.S. students. As a team, the group collaborates to design, conduct, analyze, and publish the work. Students regularly become coauthors of articles in professional journals.
Faculty support student interests in a wide range of research areas, including behavioral neuroscience, social, cognitive, clinical, and developmental psychology. Laboratory facilities include observation and research rooms, an animal colony, laboratories for studies in human and animal physiology, perception and cognition, and social psychology. There are also developmental psychology laboratories devoted to infant, child, and adolescent research.
We encourage applications from students who are interested in research careers. The program is not appropriate for students interested solely in clinical practice. If your main interest is in counseling, please contact W&M School of Education's School Psychology and Counseling Program.
If you have questions, please contact the [[lbbolden,Psychology Program Administrator]].
Also see Student Resources - Other Grad programs.
