PhD Course Offerings
The following course information is provided for your convenience. Schedules are subject to change and should be checked on LORIS, where location information can also be found. Please use the LORIS Browse Classes to check course offerings in Psychology for the current academic year. Full, official academic information, including prerequisites and exclusions, can be found on the academic calendars.
All courses listed on this page are held on the Waterloo campus. For courses held on the Brantford campus, see Psychology (Brantford). For e-learning courses, see Online Learning.
If no faculty member is named, the instructor is to be announced.
Unless otherwise indicated, undergraduate courses are 0.5 credit. Graduate courses may work differently. See academic calendar for details.
* = 1.0 credit
Course Offerings
The basic principles and developments in the field of cognition are presented. (NOT OFFERED 2022/23)
Basic principles of neuroscience connecting molecular studies with studies of the behavioural actions of the nervous system are presented.
The main topic for this course is structural equation modelling (SEM), an extremely flexible data analytic technique that incorporates most other multivariate models as special cases. The course will address the two main components of SEM: causal modelling (or path analysis), and measurement models. (NOT OFFERED 2023/24)
Prerequisites: PS600
This course offers an advanced investigation of current methods for evaluating programs and services. Topics include measurement of processes and outcomes, needs assessment, impact analysis, the politics of evaluation, and relevant ethical issues. (NOT OFFERED 2023/24)
An in-depth exploration of the application of qualitative methods to community research problems, including problem formulation, data collection options, and the analysis of qualitative data. (NOT OFFERED 2023/24)
The seminar consists of research colloquia given by students, faculty and outside speakers. The seminar also has a component devoted to training in teaching. Students will normally take this course in the first full year of their PhD program. It is marked on a pass/fail basis.
The seminar consists of research colloquia given by students, faculty and outside speakers. The seminar also has a component devoted to training in teaching. Students will normally take this course in the second full year of their PhD program. It is marked on a pass/fail basis.
The seminar consists of research colloquia given by students, faculty and outside speakers. The seminar also has a component devoted to training in teaching. Students will normally take this course in the third full year of their PhD program. It is marked on a pass/fail basis.
All PhD students in the cognitive and behavioural neurosciences field are required to attend the research seminar. The seminar consists of research colloquia given by students, faculty or outside speakers. The seminar also has a component devoted to training in teaching. Students receive a Pass/Fail in the last year of the program.
An intensive examination of contemporary developments in the area of perception. Psychophysical, physiological and behavioural techniques and research findings concerning the visual, auditory, chemical and mechanical processing systems are discussed. (NOT OFFERED 2023/24)
Prerequisite
PS663 Principles of Neuroscience or equivalent (NOT OFFERED 2023/24)
Prerequisites: PS670 or equivalent (NOT OFFERED 2023/24)
This advanced course in social psychology focuses on the psychological and structural features of interaction in dyads and groups addressing the nature and dynamics of interactions and social relationships, as well as group and organizational processes. Topics may include interpersonal attraction, communication, emotion, relationship development, social influence, group decision-making and task performance, intergroup relations, aggression, prosocial behaviour, and other types of social behaviour.
This is an advanced seminar in social developmental psychology for PhD students. This seminar focuses on the topic of adult personality development and the factors that are key to understanding this process across the adult life course. Attention will be given to a range of theoretical perspectives on social and personality development, but will give particular priority to Eriksonian theory and to life story approaches to modelling and researching this development. The seminar begins with identity in adolescence and emerging adulthood, then covers intimacy and relationship development in young adulthood, generativity, family and social role participation in midlife, and finally, ego integrity and coping in later adulthood. Both classical and contemporary writings and articles, focusing on both theory and research, are considered.
Prerequisites: PS675 or equivalent.
This seminar will focus on contemporary research in cognitive development, focusing on both theory and research. Students will gain familiarity with theories related to cognitive development, and understand how these theories evolved and how current theories are employed in the literature today. Students will understand current issues in the field of cognitive development and will gain knowledge of how theories of cognitive development are currently being applied in educational and legal fields. Some readings of classic/historical texts to understand the history of theory development will also be considered. (NOT OFFERED 2023/24)
The seminar consists of research colloquia given by students, faculty or outside speakers. The seminar also has a component devoted to training in teaching. Students will normally take this course in the first full year of their PhD program. It is marked on a pass/fail basis.
The seminar consists of research colloquia given by students, faculty and outside speakers. The seminar also has a component devoted to training in teaching. Students will normally take this course in the second full year of their PhD program. It is marked on a pass/fail basis.
The seminar consists of research colloquia given by students, faculty and outside speakers. The seminar also has a component devoted to training in teaching. Students will normally take this course in the third full year of their PhD program. It is marked on a pass/fail basis.
Prerequisites: PS880
Contact department for details.
Fall 2022; Winter 2023
Contact department for details.
Fall 2022; Winter 2023