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MS Psychology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

Programme overview

This degree is not designed to prepare a student for a professional position. As part of the doctoral program, students must earn the Master of Science in Psychology degree or submit a master's-level research report to the department.

Faculty: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Champaign, IL, United States

What you will study

Required courses listed include PSYC 599 Thesis Research; PSYC 590 Individual Research.

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Entry requirements

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 candidate for admission to the graduate program should ordinarily have the following preparation: a minimum of 15 semester hours in psychology, a laboratory research methods course in psychology, and a course in statistics. Departmental committees also consider letters of recommendation. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores are required for application to the Industrial-Organizational and Quantitative areas, but optional for all others. Preference is given to students who have taken mathematics beyond college algebra and to those who have some research experience. Applications for admission to part-time study are usually

Not all graduate programmes offer admission in all terms; term availability is set by each programme of study.

Graduate applicants apply online through the Graduate College application; deadlines and term availability are set by each programme. Medicine, law and veterinary medicine applicants apply directly to their colleges.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.illinois.edu/admissions/apply

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