Faculty

• Ron Skelton, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Program Co-ordinator
• Daniel Bub, Ph.D., Professor
• Catherine Mateer, Ph.D., Professor
• Jim Tanaka, Ph.D., Professor
• Holly Tuokko, Ph.D., Professor

Research

Current research includes the study of aspects of aphasia and agnosia, the development of disabilities in brain-damaged children, cerebral organization of cognitive functions, basic mechanisms of the epilepsies, neural mechanisms of memory, visual-spatial localization, cognitive loss and recovery after brain injury, intellectual and memory changes seen in normal aging and in Alzheimer's disease, and other topics. Additional information on research can be found on the personal web pages of program faculty.

Postdoctoral

A limited number of postdoctoral trainees may be accepted each year. Applicants are encouraged to apply early in order to obtain funding through ongoing faculty research grants or through individual fellowships provided by national or provincial agencies. Post- or pre-doctoral clinical internships are not available.

Requirements

Students are admitted for a program continuing to the Ph.D. degree. An M.A. or M.Sc. degree with thesis is taken as an intermediate step en route. The program is therefore seen as continuous without distinction between Master's- or Doctoral-level courses.

Courses

M.Sc.

M.Sc.

Eighteen (18) units are required as follows:

• PSYC 502 Research Apprenticeship (3.0)
• PSYC 532 Applied Multiple Regression (1.5)
• PSYC 533 Applied Multivariate Analysis (1.5)
• PSYC 540 Human Neuropsychology: Basic Topics (1.5)
• PSYC 550 Physiological Psychology: Introduction (1.5)
• PSYC 575 Cognitive Psychology (1.5)
• PSYC 599 Thesis (6.0)
• Plus 1.5 units of electives, selected with approval of the student's Supervisory Committee
  • Recommended electives include PSYC 551 Neuropsychopharmacology (1.5) and PSYC 576 A, B, C, or D Cognitive Processes (1.5)

Ph.D. Program for students completing the above

Ph.D. Program for students completing the above

Thirty (30) units are required as follows:

• PSYC 543 Human Neuroanatomy (1.5)
• PSYC 699 Ph.D. Dissertation (15.0)
• At least one (1) of the following:
  • PSYC 518 Psychometric Methods (1.5)
  • PSYC 541 Research Design and Methods inNeuropsychology (1.5)
• Plus 9.0 units of electives, which may include PSYC 602, Independent Research, selected with the approval of the student's Supervisory Committee.

Ph.D. program for students entering with a Master's Degree from another University

Ph.D. program for students entering with a Master's Degree from another University

Thirty (30) units are required as follows:

• PSYC 532 Applied Regression Analyses (1.5) 1
• PSYC 533 Multivariate Analyses (1.5) 1
• PSYC 540 Human Neuropsychology: Basic Topics (1.5)
• PSYC 543 Human Neuroanatomy (1.5)
• PSYC 550 Physiological Psychology: Introduction (1.5)
• PSYC 575 Cognitive Psychology (1.5)
• PSYC 699 PhD Dissertation (15.0)
• At least one (1) of the following:
  • PSYC 518 Psychometric Methods (1.5)
  • PSYC 541 Research Design and Methods in Neuropsychology (1.5)
• Plus 4.5 units of courses, which may include PSYC 602, Independent research, selected with the approval of the student's Supervisory Committee.

1 Note: Students entering the program with a Master's degree who have taken an equivalent course elsewhere must demonstrate competence in the course if they wish to receive credit for the course (see Note 2 in Appendix F). Even if credit is granted for one or both of these statistics courses, the student is still required to complete the Department's 3.0 unit Statistics/Methods requirement for a PhD degree by taking other stats/methods courses from the lists provided in Appendix F.