心理学(实验)-博士

Cohort sizes are small, allowing for high quality mentorship. 教职员工投资 significant time to ensure doctoral graduates are well-trained experts in psychological 科学. This includes coursework taught by experts in the subject area and research mentorship provided through a research team model, which includes graduate and undergraduate 学生 who participate in publications and presentations. 所有教员都很活跃 research agendas, and many provide weekly lab meetings, workshops, and tutorials in 他们的专业领域.

学生直接被录取 研究实验室 由一名教员监督. 研究团队定期开会合作研究 initiatives, and to allow for supervision of thesis and dissertation projects, as 以及个性化指导.

Graduate 学生 engage in all aspects of the research process including presentations at national conventions and publications in top-ranked journals in the field. 应用 research opportunities are available in social and cognitive 心理学, research 方法论与数据科学.

For a full listing of all 实验 研究 labs, please click 在这里. 

研究生助教奖学金 are generally available for all 学生 throughout their 四年培训计划. 研究生助教奖学金通过提供 全额学费奖学金和9-12个月的津贴. 研究生助教奖学金 包括教学和研究助理. 本科生也有机会 教学.

In addition to the standard graduate application, your personal statement should focus 关于这三个问题(每个1页):

1. Describe your academic goals and how this program will help you accomplish these goals.
2. Describe your research interests and discuss how this program will allow you to pursue research in this area (tip: connect your response to a specific faculty member).
3. Describe your professional strengths and areas for growth.

Statements which address professional goals and fit with the field of experimental 心理学 and the 实验 Psychology program at USM are positively received.

For the 2024 Fall application cycle, the GRE is not required.

Priority Deadline 12/31, applications will continue to be accepted until 3/1. 

The 实验心理学心理学学生会 (BBPSG) serves as the graduate student group for 学生 enrolled in the 实验 Psychology courses. BBPSG serves to create a supportive environment for graduate 学生 in the 实验 Psychology graduate program, and facilitate professional development outside of required 课程和经历. BBPSG每年都会开展一些活动，例如 fundraising, hosting social activities, inviting speakers to campus, serving as a liaison between 学生 and faculty, and providing peer mentors for newly admitted 学生.

Our 程序 has a strong commitment to promoting the personal and academic growth for our 学生 in an atmosphere conducive for skills emphasizing the significance 的多样性. As part of the program’s value 的多样性, we work to enhance the 我们的学生，教师和工作人员的多样性. 这个项目的教员 believe that diversity spans all aspects of experimental 心理学. 我们的教员 every opportunity to infuse issues relating to diversity in course work, research, 指导和学生的个人发展. 此外，我们的教师齐心协力 efforts to become involved in research and professional endeavors that embrace diversity.