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Program Requirements
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)
Overview
Linguistics : Examination and discussion of the leterature on a selected topic in language acquisition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 701 Doctoral Comprehensive Examination
Overview
Psychology : An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 709 Language Acquisition Issues 1 (2 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in language acquisition issues.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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SCSD 712 Language Acquisition Issues 4 (2 credits)
Overview
Communication Sci & Disorders : An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Steinhauer, Karsten (Fall)
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 Comparative and Physiological Psychology 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 715 Comparative and Physiological Psychology 6 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 722 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in personality and social psychology.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Hehman, Eric (Winter)
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PSYC 723 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 724 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Koestner, Richard (Winter)
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PSYC 725 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Hwang, Heungsun (Winter)
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PSYC 727 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in comparative and physiological psychology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 728 Ethics and Professional Issues (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Clinical psychology as a profession, with particular emphasis on ethical issues.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Ditto, Blaine (Winter)
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
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PSYC 729 Theory of Assessment (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Issues related to psychological measurement and assessment.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Vachon, David (Winter)
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
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PSYC 730 Clinical Neuroscience Methods (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
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PSYC 732D1 Clinical Psychology 1 (1.5 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Review of clinical psychology.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Students must register for both PSYC 732D1 and PSYC 732D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 732D1 and PSYC 732D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
PSYC 732D1 and PSYC 732D2 together are equivalent to PSYC 732
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PSYC 732D2 Clinical Psychology 1 (1.5 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Review of clinical psychology.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Prerequisite: PSYC 732D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 732D1 and PSYC 732D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
PSYC 732D1 and PSYC 732D2 together are equivalent to PSYC 732
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PSYC 733D1 Clinical Psychology 2 (1.5 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Review of clinical psychology.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Students must register for both PSYC 733D1 and PSYC 733D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 733D1 and PSYC 733D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
PSYC 733D1 and PSYC 733D2 together are equivalent to PSYC 733
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PSYC 733D2 Clinical Psychology 2 (1.5 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Review of clinical psychology.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Prerequisite: PSYC 733D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 733D1 and PSYC 733D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
PSYC 733D1 and PSYC 733D2 together are equivalent to PSYC 733
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PSYC 734 Developmental Psychology and Language (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 735 Developmental Psychology and Language (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language.
Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022
Instructors: Onishi, K (Fall) Onishi, K (Winter)
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PSYC 736 Developmental Psychology and Language (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: MacDougall, James C (Fall)
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PSYC 740 Perception and Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Terms: Fall 2021, Summer 2022
Instructors: McAdams, Stephen (Fall)
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PSYC 741 Perception and Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 742 Perception and Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Ristic, Jelena (Winter)
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PSYC 743 Perception and Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 744 Perception and Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in perception and cognition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 746 Quantitative and Individual Differences (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Flake, Jessica (Fall)
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PSYC 747 Quantitative and Individual Differences (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Hwang, Heungsun (Winter)
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PSYC 748 Quantitative and Individual Differences (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Miocevic, Milica (Winter)
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PSYC 749 Quantitative and Individual Differences (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in quantitative and individual difference.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Falk, Carl (Winter)
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PSYC 750 Applied Bayesian Statistics (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 752D1 Psychotherapy and Behaviour Change (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : A practice-oriented course. Staff and students discuss current cases being treated with a variety of psychotherapeutic and behavioural change techniques.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Binik, Irving Michael (Fall)
Students must register for both PSYC 752D1 and PSYC 752D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 752D1 and PSYC 752D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PSYC 752D2 Psychotherapy and Behaviour Change (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : See PSYC 752D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Binik, Irving Michael (Winter)
Prerequisite: PSYC 752D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 752D1 and PSYC 752D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PSYC 753 Health Psychology Seminar 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in health psychology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
At least 3 credits selected from the following list:
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EDSL 620 Social Justice Issues in Second Language Education (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Sarkar, Mela (Fall)
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EDSL 623 Second Language Learning (3 credits)
Overview
Education in Second Languages : Seminar in second language acquisition theory and research and their relevance to teaching a second language.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Galante, Angelica (Fall)
Fall
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EDSL 624 Educational Sociolinguistics (3 credits)
Overview
Education in Second Languages : Seminar in the social, cultural and political dimensions of English second language learning and teaching.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Fall
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EDSL 627 Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research (3 credits)
Overview
Education in Second Languages : Seminar in second language classroom-centred research focusing on instructional procedures and practices in relationship to learning outcomes.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Mueller, Caroline (Winter)
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EDSL 632 Second Language Literacy Development (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Galante, Angelica (Fall)
Fall
- LING 651 Topics in Acquisition of Phonology (3 credits)
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LING 655 Theory of L2 Acquisition (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Interlanguage grammars and the role of Universal Grammar in second language acquisition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisite: LING 671 or permission of instructor.
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LING 751 Advanced Seminar: Experimental 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : An advanced seminar on current experimental research in linguistics. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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LING 752 Advanced Seminar: Experimental 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : An advanced seminar on current experimental research in linguistics. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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PSYC 545 Topics in Language Acquisition (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Onishi, K (Winter)
Fall
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PSYC 735 Developmental Psychology and Language (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language.
Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022
Instructors: Onishi, K (Fall) Onishi, K (Winter)
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SCSD 619 Phonological Development (3 credits)
Overview
Communication Sci & Disorders : Theories and research related to normal and abnormal phonological development in children will be studied.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Matthews, Tanya; Rvachew, Susan; Osei, Chelsea; Thompson, Dahlia (Fall)
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SCSD 632 Phonological Disorders: Children (3 credits)
Overview
Communication Sci & Disorders : The nature of phonological disorders and clinical approaches for their remediation in children will be presented.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Matthews, Tanya (Winter)
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SCSD 633 Language Development (3 credits)
Overview
Communication Sci & Disorders : Theories of language acquisition, prerequisites to language development, and current issues in research will be studied. Topics include the role of input, individual differences in acquisition, and language socialization.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Gonnerman, Laura (Fall)
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SCSD 637 Developmental Language Disorders 1 (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Thordardottir, Elin; Rioux, Eve (Fall)
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SCSD 643 Developmental Language Disorders 2 (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Thordardottir, Elin; Ovadia, Amanda (Winter)
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SCSD 652 Advanced Research Seminar 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Communication Sci & Disorders : Pro seminar in which current research topics in communication disorders will be discussed.
Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022
Instructors: Steinhauer, Karsten (Fall)
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)
Overview
Communication Sci & Disorders : Pro seminar in which current research topics in communication disorders will be discussed.
Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022
Instructors: Steinhauer, Karsten (Fall)
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)
Overview
Communication Sci & Disorders : Current research topics in communication sciences and disorders.
Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022
Instructors: Steinhauer, Karsten (Fall)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
0-2 from the following:
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EDPE 713 Language Acquisition Issues 5 (2 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Seminar on language science controversies and their associating literature, and practical implications in education and learning in general.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Luk, Gigi (Winter)
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EDSL 711 Language Acquisition Issues 3 (2 credits)
Overview
Education in Second Languages : Review of language acquisition issues.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.
0-3 credits of statistics from the following list:
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EDPE 676 Intermediate Statistics (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Robinson, Kristy (Fall)
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EDPE 682 Univariate/Multivariate Analysis (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Gomez-Garibello, Carlos (Winter)
Prerequisite: EDPE 676
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LING 620 Experimental Linguistics: Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Introduction to experimental research methods for linguists.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Sonderegger, Morgan (Winter)
Prerequisite: PSYC 305 or equivalent
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PSYC 650 Advanced Statistics 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : A course in advanced statistics with specialization in experimental design.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Hwang, Heungsun (Fall)
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PSYC 651 Advanced Statistics 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : A course in advanced statistics with specialization in multivariate techniques.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Falk, Carl (Winter)
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 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº master's degree need to take all 12 credits):
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PSYC 650 Advanced Statistics 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : A course in advanced statistics with specialization in experimental design.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Hwang, Heungsun (Fall)
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PSYC 651 Advanced Statistics 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : A course in advanced statistics with specialization in multivariate techniques.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Falk, Carl (Winter)
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PSYC 660D1 Psychology Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Professors representing the various research areas within the Department discuss critical issues and developments within their fields of expertise.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Knäuper, Bärbel (Fall)
Students must register for both PSYC 660D1 and PSYC 660D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both PSYC 660D1 and PSYC 660D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PSYC 660D2 Psychology Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : See PSYC 660D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2022
Instructors: Knäuper, Bärbel (Winter)
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.