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SPSY 794

Qualifying Examination

Catalog2026-2027
Credits1 unit
LevelGraduate
S U Only

Overview

Description

Course is used by the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology Ph.D. Program to administer qualification examinations at the end of the first year.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Admission to doctoral program in Social Psychology.
  • Successful completion of all first-year courses (see Handbook of the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology Ph.D. Program).
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): Admission to doctoral program in Social Psychology. Successful completion of all first-year courses (see Handbook of the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology Ph.D. Program).

Units

Independent Study1

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Summer

Terms

fall, summer

Restrictions

Admission to doctoral program in Social Psychology.

Attributes

S U Only

Learning Outcomes

  • successfully apply advanced knowledge and skills in social-psychological research on research problems provided to them as part of the qualifying examination
  • demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of research methods in social psychology, and apply this knowledge in the design of research studies as well as in the analysis of problems typical for social-psychological research.
  • critically analyze advanced research problems, generate hypotheses that generate knowledge pertaining to the problems, and propose ways in which these hypotheses can be tested empirically