Psychology MA
Program Learning Outcomes for the Psychology MA program
- Advanced knowledge base in Psychology. Students acquire knowledge of key concepts theories and findings in three broadly defined areas of psychology. Applied and Evaluative Psychology Social Cognitive and Developmental Psychology and Biopsychology and Comparative Psychology.
- Scientific inquiry and critical thinking. Students learn to reason scientifically interpret and use statistics and critically assess and conduct psychological research.
- Ethical inquiry and practice. Students learn to apply ethical standards in conducting evaluating and applying psychological research.
- Scientific communication. Students learn to write scientific papers in the format specified by the American Psychological Association how to write a MA thesis based on original empirical research and how to present their research at conferences.