Program Snapshot

30 hours (thesis) or 33 hours (non-thesis)

Mornings, Afternoons, Evenings, Online, and Hybrid

Spring

• Sept. 1 for all applicants inside and outside the United States
• This is the priority deadline for all research and teaching assistantships. Applicants who submit after this deadline may be ineligible for such support. 

Fall

• Jan. 31 for all applicants inside and outside the United States
• This is the priority deadline for all research and teaching assistantships. Applicants who submit after this deadline may be ineligible for such support.

Pre-requisites for the M.S. program are a bachelor's degree in psychology, including coursework in experimental design and statistics. Prospective students who do not yet have these prerequisites can take the necessary prerequisites in our undergraduate curriculum; students should contact the Chair of the Psychology Department to discuss this possibility.

Documents for Graduate School:

• Official transcripts: From all colleges and universities attended (minimum GPA accepted 3.25)

Complete Application for the Department of Psychology includes:

• Three letters of recommendation from university professors, with at least two from Psychology faculty 
• Letter of intent: A description of why you want to study experimental psychology at UAH and with which faculty member you would potentially like to work
• Empirical research report: An APA-formatted research paper describing data you have collected and analyzed. If this is not a paper you completed for a class but a publication that you completed with other authors, the applicant must be first author on the paper
• Interview with the Department of Psychology