Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology - Quantitative Psychology

Members of the Quantitative Division Area specialize in a variety of research areas involving behavioral statistics, mathematical modeling, measurement, methodology, behavioral statistics, mathematical modeling, psychometrics, methodology, and neuroimage analysis. The emphasis in the Division Area is on acquiring exceptionally broad and strong methodological, computational, and statistical skills, as well as focusing on a specialization domain chosen by the student, working closely with one,or more, faculty members. Faculty members and students in the Quantitative Division Area have research interests and collaborations that overlap with those in every all other Division Areas in the Department. Consequently, the students' specialization areas often involve substantive applications of quantitative approaches to biological psychology, testing, cognitive psychology, decision making, neurocognition, social psychology, testing, biological psychology, neurocognition or other domains.The Quantitative division Area offers an large array of graduate courses that cover the field of quantitative psychology in an exceptionally comprehensive manner. Students develop a specialized course of study designed to provide expertise in their particular areas of interest, but also acquire breadth in the field through coursework outside the Division Area and the Department, and through interdisciplinary collaborations.

The Graduate College admission requirements apply for all programs. All candidates for admission must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (or B) on a 4.0 scale in courses representing the last 60 hours of work completed for the bachelor's degree.
The minimum total TOEFL iBT score for admission (including all four sections): 79
Minimum total TOEFL iBT score for exemption from the English as a Second Language Placement Test (EPT) for admission (including all four sections): 103
Minimum total IELTS score for admission: 6.5, including a minimum subscore of 6 on all four modules. Students receiving scores below 7 will be required to take the EPT for placement in English as Second Language courses.