2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Master of Arts in Social Psychology

Social Psychology focuses on the way individuals relate to one another, how the presence of other people can affect individual behavior within groups, and how people influence others’ behavior, thoughts, and feelings. The MA program in social psychology is designed to give students a strong background for entry into professions such as applied or institutional research, social policy, human resources, or community college teaching. We also prepare students for further graduate study in a doctoral program.

31-34 credits

Required Courses, 16 credits

SOPS 610Social Psychology

3

SOPS 615Social Cognition

3

SOPS 630Social Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination

3

SOPS 640Social Psychology of Attitudes

3

EDPS 642Analysis of Variance

3

SOPS 661Professional Development in Social and Counseling Psychology

1

One course from EDPS, 3 credits

EDPS 741Applied Regression Analysis

3

EDPS 742Multivariate Statistics and Data Mining

3

EDPS 743Factor Analysis

3

EDPS 744Structural Equation Modeling

3

EDPS 746Theory of Measurement

3

Elective Courses, 9-12 credits

Those students that are taking a thesis will have 12 elective hours.  All others will have 9 credit hours.

EDPS 602Institutional Research

3

SOPS 620Group Dynamics

3

SOPS 625Psychology of Gender

3

SOPS 635Social Psychology of Health

3

SOPS 655Counseling Applications of Social Psychology

3

SOPS 660Contemporary Social Psychology

3

SOPS 695Internship in Applied Social Psychology

3

RES 697Research Paper

1 TO 3

THES 698Thesis

1 TO 6

Up to 6 credits from approved electives in Educational Psychology or Psychological Science or Sociology

Research Requirement, 3 credits

CPSY 653Research Methods in Counseling and Social Psychology

3

Total Credit Hours: 31-34