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The Department of Psychology offers the Ph.D. in Psychology and the Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. Students pursuing the Ph.D. in Psychology are trained within five specialty areas: behavior analysis, behavioral neuroscience, cognition and sensory processes, developmental, social. The excellence of our training program is reflected in the fact that our department is competitive in garnering federal funding for faculty, national fellowships for our students, and excellent positions for our graduates. Our 40 faculty are highly productive, averaging 2-6 publications per year, with average annual research funding from 2005-2007 of over $3 million for the department.
Our graduate program represents a collegial apprenticeship model where students work closely with a faculty member to achieve research goals and develop as professionals. Coursework and research are tailored to fit the specific research interests of students and faculty. The range of expertise of our faculty contributes to an exciting intellectual climate for student pursuit of research ideas. The research interests of our students vary widely, and include self-esteem and identity, animal models of addiction or obesity, age changes in cognition, the impact of stereotypes and prejudice, self-injurious behavior, diversity issues, health promotion, language, assessing stress and its effects, areas of brain activation, and everything in between. Our training program in Counseling Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association.
Full tuition and a nine-month stipend for teaching assistantships is available for first-year students and is typically renewed annually, for up to five years of funding. Students may also act as research assistants on faculty contracts and grants during the academic year or the summer. Competitive multi-year and 12-month fellowships are available from the college, university, and the National Institutes of Health.
The Department of Psychology does not offer a terminal masters degree.
Students interested in pursuing a graduate program in Clinical Psychology should contact the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida.