Introduction Departments: Art Communication Criminal Justice English History Languages and Linguistics Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Studies Music Philosophy Political Science Psychology Sociology and Anthropology Theatre Arts Dr. Howard C. Daudistel, Dean Dr. Mimi R. Gladstein, Associate Dean Dr. Evelyn J. Posey, Associate Dean Liberal Arts Bldg., Room 343 Phone: (915) 747-5666 Fax: (915) 747-5905		Psychology Web site at: http://www.utep.edu/psych/ 112 Psychology Building (915) 747-5551 1.- Admissions Requirements 2.- Departmental Academic Standards 3.- MA Programs 4.- PhD Program 5.- Psychology (PSYC) Courses 6.- Doctoral Psychology (PSYC) Courses 4.- PhD Program The PhD is designed to train research psychologists to work in applied psychology. A special focus of this research is directed toward bilingual, bicultural issues as a result of the University's location on the U.S.-Mexico border. Candidates are required to take a core curriculum consisting largely of quantitative, experimental design, methods, and psychometrics courses. In addition, two proseminars in the core curriculum provide breadth in students' knowledge of sensation and perception, cognition, physiological, developmental, personality, and social psychology. Students must select one of two areas of concentration: (1) Psychology and Health or (2) Human Behavior in Organizations. Field placement and dissertation topic must reflect the concentration chosen. Course Requirements All PhD candidates, regardless of their area of concentration, are required to complete concentration core courses that are designed to provide students with specific knowledge and skills that will prepare them for field placements in applied settings. Students are required to complete 72 semester hours: 21 hours of core courses, 12 hours of concentration courses, 9 hours of research (with at least two faculty members), 6 hours official placement, 6 hours of dissertation, and 18 hours of electives. A research dissertation (PSYC 3620 and 3621) is required of students. Students must register for PSYC 3620 for the first three hours of dissertation work and for PSYC 3621 thereafter until the dissertation is complete. The core courses (21 semester hours) required for all PhD candidates are: PSYC 1500 Current Topics PSYC 3510 Statistics I - Applied Correlation and Regression PSYC 3511 Statistics II - Experimental Design PSYC 3531 Cross-Cultural Research Methods PSYC 3534 Field Methods in Psychology PSYC 4504 Proseminar I PSYC 4505 Proseminar II The remaining 51 credits will be earned in concentration electives (12), research applications (9), field placement (6), dissertation (6), and general electives (18). Concentration Electives (12 hours): Psychology and Health PSYC 3509 Seminar in Psychopathology PSYC 3512 Program Evaluation PSYC 3515 Special Topics in the Biological Bases of Behavior PSYC 3522 Theories and Methods of Psychotherapy PSYC 3523 Psychometrics PSYC 3525 Special Topics in Social/Cultural Factors in Health PSYC 3547 Special Topics in Applied Health Psychology PSYC 3550 Advanced Health Psychology Credit towards fulfillment of the 12 concentration hours in Psychology and Health may include repetition of certain courses (PSYC 3515, 3525, and 3547) when topics vary. Human Behavior in Organizations PSYC 3506 Attitudes and Attitude Measurement PSYC 3526 Seminar in Industrial/Organizational Psychology PSYC 3530 Organizational Behavior PSYC 3536 Social/Personality Influences in Organizations PSYC 3537 Special Topics in Industrial/Organizational Psychology PSYC 3538 Personnel Selection and Placement PSYC 3541 Special Topics in Organizational Psychology and Law PSYC 3551 Seminar in Human Performance Students choosing this option are required to take PSYC 3506 and 3526. Those interested in a field placement in industry must complete PSYC 3536 and 3538 prior to their placement. Seminars with varying topics (PSYC 3536, 3537, and 3541) may be taken only once to fulfill the 12-hour concentration, but may be repeated when topics vary to fulfill the 18-hour elective requirement. Language Requirement: Students must demonstrate written and oral proficiency in two languages, English and Spanish. Alternative languages must be approved by the Graduate Program Committee. Course work taken to complete the language requirement cannot be counted toward the seventy-two (72) credit hours required for the PhD degree. Transfer Students with Graduate Credit: Students accepted into the PhD program with graduate credit from the University of Texas at El Paso (including the Psychology Department) or from another university must satisfy the same requirements as those beginning their PhD graduate training in Psychology at UTEP without previously earned graduate credits. The student may petition the Graduate Program Committee to accept a maximum of 24 hours of graduate credit (excluding thesis hours) completed at UTEP or another institution. Approved credits will appear as Advanced Standing Credit on the Preliminary Plan of Study. Students who have taken PSYC 3501 (Research Applications) from UTEP prior to admission to the PhD program may request that a maximum of three credit hours for this course be included in the 24 hours that may be counted toward their PhD degree as long as those hours were not used to meet requirements for a previous or separate degree. The student must make a written request for Advanced Standing Credit to the Graduate Program Committee. It is the student's responsibility to provide all evidence and material necessary for the Graduate Program Committee to review the request. Advanced Standing Credits are subject to final approval from the Graduate School. Maximum Time for Completion of the PhD Degree: Students in the PhD program in Psychology must complete all requirements for a PhD within one eight-year period. The eight-year period begins with the term of the first course listed on the student's degree plan. Use of advanced standing will proportionately decrease this time period but in no case will be less than six years of study. Written Examinations: Preliminary Exam - A written preliminary examination will be given after the student's second year of study. A student may retake the written preliminary examination one time. If not passed in two attempts, the student will be dismissed from the program. Students are not permitted to register for PSYC 3620 (dissertation) until they have passed the written preliminary exam. Written Comprehensive Exam - PhD candidates must pass a written comprehensive examination that will be constructed and graded by the student's comprehensive examination committee. Students may retake the written comprehensive examination one time. If students do not pass the written comprehensive examination in two attempts, they will be dismissed from the program. PhD Oral Examinations: A dissertation proposal must be defended orally before the student's committee prior to collecting data. In addition, students must successfully defend their dissertation during a final oral examination conducted by the dissertation committee. The final oral examination may include committee examination on any appropriate material. Field Placements: Field placements are arranged and administered by the Coordinator of Field Placements and the Field Placement Committee. Students are required to complete six (6) credit hours of field placement (PSYC 3605). Twenty (20) clock hours per week for one long semester (Fall or Spring) or for a summer term (June 1 through August 31) is equal to three (3) credit hours of Field Placement. Thus, students may fulfill the field placement requirement by: (1) working forty (40) hours per week for one long semester or for the summer term or (2) by working twenty (20) hours per week for two long semesters or for one summer term and one long semester. Microfilming of Dissertation: The doctoral candidate who has successfully completed all requirements for the degree is required to pay the cost of microfilm reproduction of the complete dissertation. The signed original copy (unbound) of the doctoral dissertation is sent from the Office of Graduate Student Services to University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for reproduction. The student must also submit to the Graduate School two copies of an abstract, not to exceed 350 words in length (double-spaced), that has been approved in final form by the supervising committee. This will be published in Dissertation Abstracts International. Publication by microfilm does not preclude subsequent publication of the dissertation, in whole or in part, as a monograph or in a journal. Copyright at the author's expense may be arranged, if desired, by completing a special form available in the Graduate Student Services Office. In order to protect patent or any other rights, the Graduate Student Services Office may be requested to delay publication by microfilm for a period of one year. This request must be supported by a written recommendation of the supervising professor.

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