Psychology with an emphasis in Media Psychology, PhD

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 • 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

Media Core (choose 12 credits)

• PSY-713 Audience Engagement 4 semester credits • PSY-724A Mind in Technology 4 semester credits • PSY-724D Media and Political Psychology 4 semester credits • PSY-743 Brand Psychology and Transmedia Storytelling 4 semester credits

• PSY-753 The Social Psychology of Narrative 4 semester credits • PSY-754 The Role of Media in Social Justice 4 semester credits • PSY-766 Special Topics in Media Psychology 4 semester credits • PSY-767A Immersive Media: Augmented Reality 4 semester credits • PSY-767B Narrative and Digital Storytelling 4 semester credits • PSY-769 Advanced Topics in Media Psychology 2 or 4 semester credits • PSY-771 Legal and Ethical Issues in Media Psychology 4 semester credits • PSY-773 Media Innovation and Online Education 4 semester credits • PSY-776 Social Media and the Psychology of Social Influence 4 semester credits • PSY-777 Positive Media Psychology 4 semester credits • PSY-778 Psychology of Big Data 4 semester credits

Practicum (12 credits, 4 credits required of each below)

• PSY-585 Media Psychology Practicum 0.5-4 semester credits • PSY-628 Special Topics Practicum: Media Psychology 0.5-2 semester credits • PSY-685 Research Practicum: Media Psychology 0.5-4 semester credits

Electives (choose 16 credits)

Choose elective credits from courses below, but no more than two MSC subject courses may be used. Additional Psychology Core courses or additional Media Electives courses from those areas above are permitted. General electives from courses with subject code IECD, ELC or HOD may also apply.

• MSC-547 The Psychology of Mediated Meaning: Symbols, Images, and Text 4 semester credits • MSC-548 Community Psychology: Building Human Connection in Physical and Digital Spaces 4 semester credits • MSC-549 Psychology of Technology 4 semester credits • MSC-552 Global Psychology: Media and Social Advocacy 4 semester credits • MSC-558 The Power of Image: Persuasion, Place, and Identity 4 semester credits • MSC 560 The Psychology of Social Media Strategy 4 semester credits • MSC-562 Innovation, Learning and Online Education 4 semester credits • MSC-567 The Psychology of Neuromarketing 4 semester credits • MSC-569 Introduction to Consumer Neuroscience 4 semester credits • MSC-570 Special Topics 4 semester credits • PSY-594 Applied Research Practicum: Media Psychology 0.5-4 semester credits • PSY-712 Multicultural Psychology 4 semester credits • PSY-715A Psychometric Theory 3 semester credits • PSY-718 Qualitative Data Analysis Software 2 semester credits • PSY-719 Quantitative Data Analysis Software 2 semester credits • PSY-720 Special Topics in Research 2 or 4 semester credits • PSY-721 Special Topics in Statistics 2 or 4 semester credits • PSY-723 Qualitative Research 4 semester credits