Program Requirement:
Students must satisfy all program requirements for the Ph.D. in Psychology. The Ph.D. thesis must be on a topic relating to language acquisition.
Thesis
A thesis for the doctoral degree must constitute original scholarship and must be a distinct contribution to knowledge. It must show familiarity with previous work in the field and must demonstrate ability to plan and carry out research, organize results, and defend the approach and conclusions in a scholarly manner. The research presented must meet current standards of the discipline; as well, the thesis must clearly demonstrate how the research advances knowledge in the field. Finally, the thesis must be written in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain.
Required Courses (6 credits)
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LING 710
Language Acquisition Issues 2
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Linguistics: Examination and discussion of the leterature on a selected topic in language acquisition.
Offered by: Linguistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 701
Doctoral Comprehensive Exam
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 709
Language Acquisition Issues 1
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in language acquisition issues.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SCSD 712
Language Acquisition Issues 4
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Sci & Disorders: An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Offered by: Commun Sciences & Disorders
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses
15-32 credits
12 credits (one course per term in Year 2 and Year 3) chosen from the following list:
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PSYC 712
Compar&Physiological Psych 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 715
Compar&Physiological Psych 6
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 722
Personality&Social Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in personality and social psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 723
Personality&Social Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 724
Personality&Social Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 725
Personality&Social Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jennifer Bartz
- John Lydon
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PSYC 727
Personality&Social Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 728
Ethics and Professional Issues
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Clinical psychology as a profession, with particular emphasis on ethical issues.
Offered by: Psychology
- Restriction: Permission of instructor.
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PSYC 729
Theory of Assessment
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Issues related to psychological measurement and assessment.
Offered by: Psychology
- Restriction: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 730
Clinical Neuroscience Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Techniques used in the study of biological aspects of clinical disorders, including methods in epidemiology, course and outcome, behavioural and molecular genetics, neuroimaging, psychophysiology and psychopharmacology.
Offered by: Psychology
- Restriction: Permission of instructor.
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PSYC 732D1
Clinical Psychology 1
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Review of clinical psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 732D2
Clinical Psychology 1
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Review of clinical psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 733D1
Clinical Psychology 2
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Review of clinical psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 733D2
Clinical Psychology 2
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Review of clinical psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 734
Developmental Psych & Language
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 735
Developmental Psych & Language
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 736
Developmental Psych & Language
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 740
Perception & Cognition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 741
Perception & Cognition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 742
Perception & Cognition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 743
Perception & Cognition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- Instructors
- Ross Otto, Brendan T Johns
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PSYC 744
Perception & Cognition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 746
Quantitative&Indiv Difference
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 747
Quantitative&Indiv Difference
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 748
Quantitative&Indiv Difference
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 749
Quantitative&Indiv Difference
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 750
Applied Bayesian Statistics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Bayesian statistics, emphasizing applications to commonly encountered models in the social sciences (regression analysis, mediation and moderation, and latent variable models). Focus will be on differences between classical and Bayesian statistics, Bayesian analyses for several commonly used models in psychology, reporting results of a Bayesian analysis, and critical evaluation of methods and results sections of papers in psychology journals that used Bayesian analysis.
Offered by: Psychology
- Prerequisite: PSYC 651
- Restrictions: Open only to graduate students in Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PSYC 747 when the topic was "Applied Bayesian Statistics".
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 752D1
Psychotherapy&Behaviour Change
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: A practice-oriented course. Staff and students discuss current cases being treated with a variety of psychotherapeutic and behavioural change techniques.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 752D2
Psychotherapy&Behaviour Change
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: See PSYC 752D1 for course description.
Offered by: Psychology
- Prerequisite: PSYC 752D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 752D1 and PSYC 752D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 753
Health Psychology Seminar 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in health psychology.
Offered by: Psychology
At least 3 credits selected from the following list:
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EDSL 620
Social Justice Issues in SLE
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Education in Second Languages: An examination of social identity, non-dominant languages, and power relations among speakers, and their impact on the nature of second/additional language teaching, learning and use, from the perspective of critical applied linguistics. Topics range from the micro level of the individual to the macro level of language planning and policy-making.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDSL 623
Second Language Learning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Education in Second Languages: Seminar in second language acquisition theory and research and their relevance to teaching a second language.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDSL 624
Educational Sociolinguistics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Education in Second Languages: Seminar in the social, cultural and political dimensions of English second language learning and teaching.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDSL 627
Instrd 2nLang Acquis'n Resrch
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Education in Second Languages: Seminar in second language classroom-centred research focusing on instructional procedures and practices in relationship to learning outcomes.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDSL 632
L2 Literacy Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Education in Second Languages: Theory and research related to the teaching and learning of second language literacy. The orientation is on reading and writing as a socio-cognitive activity.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LING 651
Topics in Acquis of Phonology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Linguistics: An examination of theoretically informed work on the first language acquisition of phonology.
Offered by: Linguistics
- Prerequisites: LING 331 or LING 631 or permission of instructor. A course in language acquisition is highly recommended.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LING 655
Theory of L2 Acquisition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Linguistics: Interlanguage grammars and the role of Universal Grammar in second language acquisition.
Offered by: Linguistics
- Winter
- Prerequisite: LING 671 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LING 751
Advanced Sem.: Experimental 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Linguistics: An advanced seminar on current experimental research in linguistics. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: Linguistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LING 752
Advanced Sem.: Experimental 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Linguistics: An advanced seminar on current experimental research in linguistics. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: Linguistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 545
Topics in Language Acquisition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Psychological mechanisms and theories of first language acquisition in infancy and early childhood. Topics such as: infant speech perception, acquisition of grammar, word learning, pidgin and Creole languages, critical and sensitive periods, genetic and evolutionary bases of language.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 735
Developmental Psych & Language
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SCSD 619
Phonological Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Sci & Disorders: Theories and research related to normal and abnormal phonological development in children will be studied.
Offered by: Commun Sciences & Disorders
- Terms
- Instructors
- Susan Rvachew, Katerina Pisegna
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SCSD 632
Phonological Disorders:Childrn
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Sci & Disorders: The nature of phonological disorders and clinical approaches for their remediation in children will be presented.
Offered by: Commun Sciences & Disorders
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SCSD 637
Devlpmntl Lang Disorders 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Sci & Disorders: The nature of developmental language disorders and the assessment of language competence and performance in both speaking and non-speaking children will be studied.
Offered by: Commun Sciences & Disorders
- Terms
- Instructors
- Stacey Knecht, Eve J Rioux
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SCSD 643
Devlpmntl Lang Disorders 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Sci & Disorders: Major theories of language disorders are translated into intervention principles used in language treatment programs. Adaptations of intervention techniques to suit specific disorders (including augmentative communication) will be explored.
Offered by: Commun Sciences & Disorders
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SCSD 652
Advanced Research Seminar 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Sci & Disorders: Pro seminar in which current research topics in communication disorders will be discussed.
Offered by: Commun Sciences & Disorders
- This course may be taken as an advanced course for M.Sc. students.
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SCSD 653
Advanced Research Seminar 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Sci & Disorders: Pro seminar in which current research topics in communication disorders will be discussed.
Offered by: Commun Sciences & Disorders
- This course may be taken as an advanced course for M.Sc. students.
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SCSD 654
Advanced Research Seminar 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Sci & Disorders: Current research topics in communication sciences and disorders.
Offered by: Commun Sciences & Disorders
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
0-2 from the following:
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EDPE 713
Language Acquisition Issues 5
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Seminar on language science controversies and their associating literature, and practical implications in education and learning in general.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDSL 711
Language Acquisition Issues 3
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Education in Second Languages: Review of language acquisition issues.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- Susan Gail Ballinger
- Angelica Galante
0-3 credits of statistics from the following list:
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EDPE 676
Intermediate Statistics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Concepts and procedures of conducting basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including analysis of variance, correlation, and regression models. Provides experience with data-analysis tools.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 682
Univariate/Multivariate Anal
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): General linear model as a unified data analytic system for estimation and hypothesis testing that subsumes regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance for single dependent variables. Introduction to generalizations involving multiple dependent (criterion) variables. Applications oriented toward education, educational psychology and counselling psychology. Experience with data-analysis tools.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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LING 620
Experimental Ling.: Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Linguistics: Introduction to experimental research methods for linguists.
Offered by: Linguistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 650
Advanced Statistics 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: A course in advanced statistics with specialization in experimental design.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 651
Advanced Statistics 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: A course in advanced statistics with specialization in multivariate techniques.
Offered by: Psychology
Students who have taken an equivalent course in statistics will be deemed to have satisfied this requirement for the Language Acquisition Option.
These 3 credits are only required for students who have not previously taken an equivalent course in statistics.
0-12 credits from the following (students without a 91社区 master's degree need to take all 12 credits):
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PSYC 650
Advanced Statistics 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: A course in advanced statistics with specialization in experimental design.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 651
Advanced Statistics 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: A course in advanced statistics with specialization in multivariate techniques.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 660D1
Psychology Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Professors representing the various research areas within the Department discuss critical issues and developments within their fields of expertise.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 660D2
Psychology Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: See PSYC 660D1 for course description.
Offered by: Psychology
- Prerequisite: PSYC 660D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 660D1 and PSYC 660D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Note: The Department of Psychology does not ordinarily require an examination in a foreign language however, all students planning on practicing clinical psychology in the province of Quebec will be examined based on their proficiency in French before being admitted to the professional association.