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For courses offered this year, scroll down or go directly to [[Courses#Graduate Courses offered 2018-2019 | courses offered in 2018-2019]].
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For courses offered this year, scroll down or go directly to [[Courses#Graduate Courses offered 2018-2019 | courses offered in 2018-2019]]. '''Please note that if you fail to register for a course before the add/drop deadline (search for sessional dates in the current Graduate Calendar), you will have to complete a [https://gs.mcmaster.ca/resources/petitions-special-consideration-committee-graduate-admissions-and-study Petition for Special Consideration].'''
  
 
As you plan your courses, consult with your [[Supervisory Committee | supervisory committee]] and complete your [[Supervisory Committee#Plan of Study | Plan of Study]].
 
As you plan your courses, consult with your [[Supervisory Committee | supervisory committee]] and complete your [[Supervisory Committee#Plan of Study | Plan of Study]].
  
 
Health and Safety training, SGS 101, and SGS 201 must be completed in the [[Courses required in very first term | first term of the first year]].
 
Health and Safety training, SGS 101, and SGS 201 must be completed in the [[Courses required in very first term | first term of the first year]].
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<br>SGS 700 is a placeholder course; if you are not taking any courses in a particular term, you must register in SGS 700.
  
 
=== The PNB Masters degree requires the following courses ===
 
=== The PNB Masters degree requires the following courses ===

Revision as of 16:55, 14 June 2018

For courses offered this year, scroll down or go directly to courses offered in 2018-2019. Please note that if you fail to register for a course before the add/drop deadline (search for sessional dates in the current Graduate Calendar), you will have to complete a Petition for Special Consideration.

As you plan your courses, consult with your supervisory committee and complete your Plan of Study.

Health and Safety training, SGS 101, and SGS 201 must be completed in the first term of the first year.
SGS 700 is a placeholder course; if you are not taking any courses in a particular term, you must register in SGS 700.

The PNB Masters degree requires the following courses

  • Statistics and Research Design (PSYCH 710, half course = 1 term = 3 units), completed in first year.
  • Contemporary Problems in PNB (PSYCH 720, full course = 2 terms = 6 units), completed in first year.

The PNB PhD degree requires the following courses

  • Statistics and Research Design (PSYCH 710, half course = 1 term = 3 units), completed in first year.
  • Contemporary Problems in PNB (PSYCH 720, full course = 2 terms = 6 units), completed in first year.
  • Two Advanced Statistics courses (PSYCH 711 and 712, quarter courses = 6-7 weeks = 1.5 units each)
  • PSYCH 711: Advanced Statistics and Computational Methods I
  • PSYCH 712: Advanced Statistics and Computational Methods II
These can be fulfilled in several ways: a statistical, computational, or programming course offered by the department, or with approval of your committee and the Graduate Chair, a course offered outside the department.
A request for substitution can be made by submitting a full course syllabus to the Graduate Chair. Discuss the substitution with your supervisory committee for their approval before submitting to the Graduate Chair.
  • Two Independent Study Modules (PSYCH 713 and 714, quarter courses = 6-7 weeks = 1.5 units each)
  • PSYCH 713: Special Topics in PNB I
  • PSYCH 714: Special Topics in PNB II
Independent study modules are typically fulfilled by working in a lab other than your supervisor's lab to broaden knowledge and/or learn new techniques.
Substitutions can be made with approval of the Graduate Chair by submitting a proposal as outlined here. Discuss the proposal with your supervisory committee for their approval before submitting to the Graduate Chair.
  • One additional half course (1 term = 3 units)
Check the McMaster Graduate Calendar (link to 2017-18 calendar) for the list of half courses. Notice that the names of the courses refer to general topics, to allow flexibility. You may take a course offered by the department or you may find a course in a different department or an approved online course, which can be used to fulfill one of the half courses listed.
Such substitutions can be made with approval of the Graduate Chair by submitting a full course syllabus. Discuss the substitution with your supervisory committee for their approval before submitting to the Graduate Chair.

Graduate Courses offered 2018-2019

  • Psych 710 - Statistics and Research Design (Fall; Bennett)
  • Psych 720 - Contemporary Problems (Fall and Winter; Shedden)
  • Psych 713 or 741 - Thinking About Memory (Fall; Humphreys) Can be taken as 1/4 or 1/2 course.
  • Psych 730 - Bayesian Inference (Winter; Goldreich)
  • courses will be added here
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)
Special Topics course codes (713 through 716) are used for evaluation of research modules. The faculty member with whom you work to complete the research module should submit this evaluation form to Nancy Riddell to provide a grade.

Graduate Courses prior to 2018-2019

Graduate Courses offered 2017-2018:

  • Psych 710 - Statistics and Research Design (Fall; Bennett)
  • Psych 720 - Contemporary Problems (Fall and Winter; Rutherford)
  • Psych 730 - Psychometrics (Fall; Humphreys)
  • Psych 711, 712 - Signal Detection (Winter; Eugenie Roudaia)
  • Psych 711, 712 - Analyzing Neural Time Series Data (Winter; Eugenie Roudaia)
  • Psych 741 - The Origins of Language (Winter; Brown)
  • Psych 730 - Bayesian Inference (Winter; Goldreich)
  • Psych 750 - Understanding Personality and Personality Disorders (Winter; Sheryl Green)
  • Psych 751 - Advanced Topics: Ethics in Clinical Psychology (Winter; Jelena King)
  • Psych 711, 712 - Python (Spring; Joey Legere)
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)
Special Topics course codes (713 through 716) are used for evaluation of research modules. The faculty member with whom you work to complete the research module should submit this evaluation form to Nancy Riddell to provide a grade.

Graduate Courses offered 2016-2017:

  • Psych 710 - Statistics and Research Design (Fall; Bock)
  • Psych 720 - Contemporary Problems (Fall; Shore)
  • Psych 734 - Computational Models of Learning and Memory (Fall; Becker)
  • Psych 753 - Psychological Intervention (Winter; Rowa)
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)

Graduate Courses offered 2015-2016:

  • Psych 710 - Statistics & Research Design (Fall)
  • Psych 720 - Contemporary Problems (Fall; Schmidt)
  • Psych 741 - Seminar in Social Cognitive Neuroscience (Fall; Obhi)
  • Psych 730 - Bayesian Inference (Winter; Goldreich)
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)

Graduate Courses offered 2014-2015:

  • Psych 710 - Statistics & Research Design (Fall)
  • Psych 711 - Quantitative Issues in the Use of Response Time (Winter; Watter)
  • Psych 720 - Contemporary Problems (Fall and Winter; Faure)
  • Psych 741 - Ethics Clinical Psychology (Winter; McKinnon)
  • Psych 730 - Bayesian (Winter; Goldreich)
  • Psych 722 - Developmental Psychopathology (Winter; Schmidt)
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 - Special Topics Module (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)

Graduate Courses offered 2013-2014:

  • Psych 710 - Statistics & Research Design (Fall; Bennett)
  • Psych 720 - Contemporary Problems
  • Psych 730 - Bayesian Models (Winter; Goldreich)
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 - Special Topics Module (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)

Graduate Courses offered 2012-2013:

  • Psych 710 Statistics & Research Design (Fall; Bennett)
  • Psych 720 Contemporary Problems (Fall and Winter; Milliken)
  • Psych 724 - Perception (Maurer)
  • Psych 741 - Developmental Neuroscience (Winter; Hall)
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 - Special Topics Module (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)

Graduate Courses offered 2011-2012:

  • Psych 710 Statistics & Research Design (Fall; Bennett)
  • PSYCH 720 Contemporary Problems (Fall and Winter; Milliken, Feinberg, Hall)
  • Psych 711 Signal Detection (Winter; Bennett, Faure)
  • Psych 728 Animal Behaviour (Winter; Balshine)
  • Psych 741 Functional MRI (Winter; Brown)
  • Psych 723 Cognition Topics (Fall and Winter; Cognition Group)
  • Psych 730 Bayesian Models (Winter; Goldreich)
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 - Special Topics Module (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)

Graduate Courses offered 2010-2011:

  • Psych 710 Statistics & Research Design (Fall; Bennett)
  • Psych 720 Contemporary Problems (Fall and Winter; Bennett)
  • Psych 723 Cognitive Psychology (Fall and Winter; Watter)
  • Psych 730 Introduction to Bayesian Statistics (Winter; Goldreich)
  • Psych 730 Advanced Bayesian Statistics (Winter; Goldreich)
  • Psych 722 Development of Social Perception: Animacy, Agency, and Intention (Winter; Rutherford)
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 - Special Topics Module (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)

Graduate Courses offered 2009-2010:

  • Psych 710 - Statistics and Research Design (Fall)
  • Psych 720 - Contemporary Problems (Fall and Winter)
  • Psych 711 - Quantitative Analysis of Response Time (Winter; Milliken)
  • Psych 711 - Computational Models of Memory (Winter; Becker)
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 - Special Topics Module (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)

Graduate Courses offered 2008-2009:

  • Psych 710 - Statistics and Research Design (Fall; Pat Bennett)
  • Psych 720 - Contemporary Problems (Fall and Winter; Pat Bennett)
  • Psych 741 - Laurel Trainor
  • Psych 711/712 - Pat Bennett
  • Psych 713, 714, 715, 716 - Special Topics Module (Fall, Winter-Spring, Summer)