Graduate Certificate Program
Students enrolled in the Psychological Science Ph.D. program may elect to focus on health psychology. Students complete all the usual requirements of the Psychological Science Ph.D. , with 15 of the usual 29 elective credits being in health psychology (as below). Psychology Ph.D. students completing this sequence will earn a graduate certificate in Health Psychology when their Ph.D. is awarded.
The required courses comprise:
Core Health Psychology Courses (Required)
- Health Psychology I (PSYC 6700)
- Health Psychology II (PSYC 6710)
- Research Methods and Data Analysis in Behavioral Health (PSYC 6620)
Content Depth Requirement (Choose at least 1)
- Clinical Neuropsychological Assessment (PSYC 6800) Behavioral and Cognitive Intervention (PSYC 7630)
- Advanced Studies in Psychology: Psycho-Oncology
- (PSYC 6610) Disease-specific course offered by another department (Graduate Training Committee approval required)
Advanced Training in Methodology or Pedagogy (Choose at least 1)
- Hierarchical Linear Modeling (PSYC 7420)
- Linear Structural Equation Modeling (PSYC 7450)
- College Teaching Pedagogy (PSYC 7240)
- Advanced statistical course offered by another department (e.g., R, SAS, STATA, ArcGIS, Meta-Analysis; Graduate Training Committee approval required)