Master of Arts Degree Program in

General Psychology @ The University Center


Admission Requirements

  • An undergraduate degree from an accredited institution;
  • A minimum of 18 semester credit hours of undergraduate psychology courses which must include a course in statistics and a course in research methods;
  • A total score of 1000 on the Graduate Record Examination (verbal plus quantitative scores)
    As of August 25, 2006 MAT scores are no longer accepted.
  • A 3.0 undergraduate GPA and;
  • Three letters of recommendation are required for admission

In some cases students can be granted "Conditional Admission" to our program who do not meet all of our criteria.




Jeffrey S. Anastasi , Ph.D.
Coordinator of Masters Studies

jsa001@shsu.edu
AB IV, Rm 336
(936) 294-3049
1-866-BEARKAT-1173


Curriculum

Course Descriptions

Required Courses:

PSY 530 Advanced Abnormal Psychology


PSY 531 Graduate Seminar in General Psychology*


PSY 532 Advanced Social Psychology*


PSY 533 Theory and Research in Psychotherapy


PSY 536 Advanced Cognitive Psychology*


PSY 560 Advanced Physiological Psychology*


PSY 561 Neuropsychopharmacology


PSY 581 Advanced Learning Theory*


PSY 587 Advanced Statistics*


PSY 588 Introduction to Experimental Design*


PSY 592 History and Systems of Psychology*


PSY 594 Psychometrics I: Group Tests*


PSY 597 Advanced Developmental Psychology*


PSY 698 Thesis I*


PSY 699 Thesis II*

*Recommended courses for the Masters of Arts in General Psychology.