Cindy Hardy, Associate Professor and Chair

Steven Cronshaw, Professor
Henry Harder, Professor
Han Li, Professor
Paul Madak, Professor
Kenneth Prkachin, Professor
Robert Tait, Professor
Sherry Beaumont, Associate Professor
William Owen, Associate Professor
Glenda Prkachin, Associate Professor
Paul D. Siakaluk, Associate Professor
Loraine Lavallee, Assistant Professor
William J. Tippett, Assistant Professor

 

Website: http://www.unbc.ca/psychology

The MSc in Psychology at UNBC provides breadth in the substantive and methodological areas of psychology, with a focus on applied psychology and human development. The MSc will provide sufficient general training so that graduates will have skills which make them competitive in the job market.

Admission

Applicants must have an Honours degree in Psychology or an undergraduate degree in Psychology (or a related field) with research experience.

Students interested in applying for the MSc in Psychology are responsible for ensuring that all application materials are received at UNBC by the application deadline:

• a completed application form,
  
• a letter of interest,
• official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions,
• scores on the Graduate Record Examination General and Advanced Psychology tests,
• three letters of reference from academic referees, and
• a copy of a thesis or paper submitted for course work.

Application deadlines are found in this calendar under "Semester Dates" or online at: www.unbc.ca/calendar/graduate, also under "Semester Dates." The Psychology MSc Program accepts students for the September Semester.

For additional information about graduate admissions or to download application materials, go to the Graduate Programs website at www.unbc.ca/graduateprograms.

Requirements

Students in the MSc Program are required to complete a minimum of 23 credit hours of course work consisting of two quantitative methods courses:

PSYC 600-4		Quantitative Methods I
PSYC 605-4		Quantitative Methods II

an ethics course:

PSYC 740-3

Ethical and Legal Issues in Psychology

and four courses, two of which must be from among the following:

PSYC 610-3		Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC 615-3		Social Psychology
PSYC 620-3		Health Psychology
PSYC 631-3		Psychopathology
PSYC 635-3		Cognition and Learning
PSYC 645-3		Developmental Psychology

Required graduate courses in Psychology are offered on a two-year schedule.

These courses will provide students with the basic foundations upon which to build their MSc research. In addition, all MSc students are required to successfully complete an MSc thesis (PSYC 690-12).

Students must have a cumulative GPA of B+ or greater by the end of their second semester of registration, and maintain it at B+ or better thereafter.

Students may be required to address deficiencies within their background preparation in Psychology or in their area of concentration that are identified by the Psychology Graduate Committee. Additional courses may be required.

Normally, a student will present an acceptable thesis proposal to their supervisory committee by the end of their first year in the program. It is expected that defence of the Master's thesis will take place within two years of acceptance into the program.