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2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Psychology

Department Chair: David J. Whitney

Department Office: Psychology Building (PSY), Room 100
Telephone: (562) 985.5001 Fax: (562) 985-8004
Website: http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/psychology/

Faculty: Courtney Ahrens, James H. Amirkhan, Dan Chiappe, Young-Hee Cho, Chi-Ah Chun, Maricela Correa, Martin S. Fiebert, Dennis G. Fisher, Gino A. Galvez, Araceli Gonzalez, May Ling Halim, Danielle Kohfeldt, Diane W. Lee, Lisa Maxfield, James D. Miles, William Pedersen, Sherry A. Span, Lindsey Sterling, Thomas Z. Strybel, Yada Treesukosol, Guido G. Urizar, Jr., Kim-Phuong L. Vu, Christopher R. Warren, Amy Wax, David J. Whitney, Arturo Zavala

Department Administrator: Sheri Hale

Advisors:
Undergraduate: ATLAS Advising Center / (562) 985-7804
Graduate: Diane Roe / (562) 985-5000

Psychology Research Office: PSY 206 / (562) 985-5680

Career Possibilities

Professor • Research Scientist • Research Analyst • Clinical Psychologist • Research Technician • Safety Officer • Laboratory Manager • Market Research • Statistician • Nursing • Human Factors • Counselor • Community Organization Worker • Personnel Analyst • Employment Interviewer • School Psychologist • Sports Psychologist • Career Counselor • Marriage and Family Therapist • Lawyer • Parole and Probation Officer • Teacher • Public Relations Worker • Researcher • Claim Adjuster • Sales Representative • Industrial Psychologist • Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor • Manager Trainee (Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.) Various entry-level positions in business and industry are available for graduates regardless of academic discipline.

Introduction

Please visit our website www.csulb.edu/psychology. For the Bachelorfs degree, select “Undergraduate Program.” For the Master of Arts in Psychological Research, Master of Science in Human Factors, and Master of Science in Industrial-Organization Psychology degrees, select “Graduate Programs.” For all programs, advising is available year round.

The Master’s Programs provide specialized training in three areas: Master of Arts - Psychological Research Program, Master of Science in Human Factors, and the Master of Science in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.

For information about graduate programs go to www.csulb.edu/psychology, select “Graduate Programs.”

The Department offers the following graduate programs: Master of Arts degree in Psychological Research; Master of Science degree, option in Human Factors and option in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. In each option a basic core of courses, including a thesis, is required; however, there is the opportunity for additional work in areas of special interest.

Graduate Programs

Admission to Graduate Programs

A department application for admission may be obtained on the Psychology Department web site (go to www.csulb.edu/psychology, select “Graduate Programs”). Acceptance by the department is contingent upon (a) GPA based on last 60 semester units available at time of application; (b) Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores; and (c) three letters of recommendation. For entry in the fall semester, all department application materials, including GRE scores and letters of recommendation, must be received by the department Graduate Advisor by December 1 for the Master of Science - Industrial/Organizational option, and January 15 for both the Master of Arts - Psychological Research option and the Master of Science - Human Factors option. A separate application to CSULB must be filed via www.csumentor.edu by December 1 for the Industrial/Organizational option, and January 15 for the Psychological Research and Human Factors options - contact Enrollment Services for transcript deadlines.

Financial Support

Students accepted into the graduate programs may apply for graduate assistantships (which provide monthly stipends) in Psychology or related departments on campus. Federal Work Study assignments are available in the Department, but must be applied for through the University Financial Aid Office one or two semesters prior to obtaining the assignment; other aid available includes the Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF). One student from the Master of Arts - Psychological Research and the Master of Science - Industrial/Organizational Psychology programs’ entering class may be awarded a J. Robert Newman Scholarship. Boeing University Relations Human Factors Graduate Scholarship and NASA University Research Centers Scholarships are offered through the Master of Science - Human Factors program.

Programs

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