Program of Study
[Note: Starting September 2012, Critical Social/Personality Psychology and Environmental Psychology] share curriculum planning and courses. This listing is meant to give prospective students an idea of the course work available and will undergo change.]
Year I
- Two semesters of Historic and Critical Foundations of Social/Personality and Environmental Psychology*
- Two semesters of statistics, including Critical Statistics*
- One semester of Research Epistemology, Ethics, and Research Design*
- One semester of Qualitative and Mixed Methods*
- Brown Bag*
- History Research Lab*
- First Doctoral Examination*
Year II
- Second Year Research Project*
- Environmental Social Science III: Social and Cultural Theories*
- Advanced Quantitative Methods*
- Advanced Qualitative Methods*
- Interdisciplinary Environmental Social Science **
- Brown Bag*
- The Teaching of Psychology
- Electives
Note: Students may pursue a Masters in Public Health; Certificate in Africana Studies or Women’s Studies; or pursue courses in CLAGS (Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies)
Sampling of Electives within and beyond Psychology:
- Occupying Home
- Social (In)justice
- Sustainability
- Liberation Psychology
- Group Relations: A Racial and Cultural FocusSexuality Theory
- Ethnography
- The Ethnography of Space and Place
- Space Wars
- Critical Methods
- Modules in Interview, Participatory Action Research, Participant Observation, Visual Methods,
- Mapping
- Youth Marginalization
- Discourse Theory
- Visual Methods
- Critical Mapping
- Doing Narrative Analysis
- Participatory Action Research
- Supportive Settings and Restorative Environments
- Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Corporations and Health
Year III/IV/V
- Complete Second Year Project
- Electives
- Second Doctoral Examination
- Dissertation Proposal
[*required; **required only for students specializing in environmental psychology]