DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
GRADUATE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
MA, MS, and PHD in PSYCHOLOGY
Graduate
Catalog Entry
The TCU Psychology Department awards the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in general
experimental psychology. Our graduate
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esearch, and students are expected to contribute to
professional publications and conferences. In addition,they gain valuable
teaching experience to prepare them for college-level teaching. In short,
as evidenced by the high job placement rate, graduates from our program
are well prepared for professional and/or academic careers in experimental
psychology.
Two of our graduates have received the American Psychological Foundation
Distinguished Teaching Award and one has received the American Psychological
Association's Early Careers Award. In addition, the 1995 National Research
Council survey of doctoral departments in psychology reported that the
research productivity of the TCU Department of Psychology was at the 80th
percentile of doctoral departments in psychology nationally, and that
the TCU Department of Psychology published more research per faculty member
than any other university in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and
Mississippi.
For more information about faculty and research oppurtunities, please
visit the Department website