Media Psychology Programs Psychology with an emphasis in Media Psychology, PhD Requirements for the Media Psychology PhD program are organized around a core curriculum, with elective courses, research practicum experience, a qualifying exam and a dissertation, with a pathway master's earned along the way. Students customize their graduate program under the supervision of a faculty advisor. There is a low residency requirement of 8 days of special topics practica which can be acquired at national sessions and in cluster. The program offers optional concentrations in: • Brand Psychology and Audience Engagement
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Positive Psychology and Media Social Impact of Mobile Media and Immersive Technology
In addition, students may structure their elective choices to fulfill concentrations offered by the School of Leadership Studies doctoral programs or the IECD doctoral program. A master’s degree is awarded automatically upon completion of the following 48 credits: 20 credits of required foundations courses, 4 credits of PSY 585; 12 credits chosen from media core, and 12 additional elective credits.
Required Coursework Effective date: 09/01/2020
Required Foundations (20 credits) • • • • •
PSY-525 Foundations of Critical Theory 4 semester credits PSY-533 Foundations of Media Psychology 4 semester credits
PSY-701A Research Methods I 4 semester credits Choose one: PSY-716A Statistical Methods 4 semester credits OR o PSY-717 Multivariate Statistics 4 semester credits (if PSY-716A passed by exam) Choose one: PSY-701B Research Methods II: Quantitative 4 semester credits OR o PSY-701C Research Methods II: Qualitative 4 semester credits
Psychology Core (choose 12 credits) • • • • • •
PSY-702 Developmental Bases of Behavior 4 semester credits PSY-703 History and Systems of Psychology 4 semester credits PSY-704 Theories of Personality 4 semester credits PSY-705 Social Bases of Behavior 4 semester credits PSY-706 Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior 4 semester credits PSY-707 Biological Bases of Behavior 4 semester credits
Academic Catalog 2020-2021
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