How is the Psychology Ph.D. Program organized?
The PhD program in Psychology
prepares students for research , teaching, and practice in the various
fields of psychology. There are eleven concentrations within the department,
each of which is centered in a semi-autonomous subprogram at one of
seven CUNY campuses. For individual subprogram admission details, please visit here
Application Process
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How do I get an application?
What materials must I submit for complete application? How do I know if my application is complete?
Are there different application forms for different subprograms?
What is the application deadline for Fall admissions?
Can I apply to the program for spring or summer admissions?
How do I apply to the Health Concentration or Psychology and Law Concentration?
Can I apply to more than one subprogram?
Are there any minimum GPA, GRE, or TOEFL score requirements?
Do I need to take the GRE Psychology Subject Test?
Do I need to take TOEFL?
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How
many students do you accept each year?
When will I know if I have been accepted?
Is an interview part of the admissions process?
How can I arrange to visit?
Where is the department of psychology located?
Programs and Requirements
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Do
you offer a Master's degree in Psychology?
Are there any language requirements in the Psychology program?
Are there any prerequisites to apply to the subprograms?
Can I attend part time?
How long does it take to complete the degree?
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Do
you offer evening, weekend, or summer courses?
How many required classes are there? What types of courses are required?
Can I take courses outside of psychology?
Can I take courses if I'm not enrolled in the Psychology Ph.D. Program?
Are there opportunities to work with faculty on research projects?
Financial Assistance and Tuition
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What
kind of financial assistance is available?
What is the application process for financial assistance?
How much is tuition?
Application
Process
How
can I get an application?
The application process is done online or you may print an application and mail it to the Graduate Center. You may click here to apply.
For more information, you may contact:
Office of Admissions (Room: 7201)
The Graduate Center
The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10016
Telephone: 1-212-817-7470; Fax: 1-212-817-1624;
Email: admissions@gc.cuny.edu
What materials must I submit? How do I know my application is complete?
The admissions process
is self-managed, which means that you, the applicant, collect your transcripts
and letters of recommendation in sealed envelopes and submit all of
your documents (except the GRE and TOEFL scores) together with your
completed application to the Office of Admissions.
Make sure your application is complete and contains:
- Application Form
- Personal Statement
- $125 Application fee (Check or Money Order made out to the CUNY Graduate Center)
- Official Transcripts from ALL post-secondary institutions in unopened envelopes
- Letters of recommendation in sealed envelopes
- Your standardized test scores (i.e. GRE, TOEFL) were requested from ETS to be sent to The CUNY Graduate Center (college code 2113)
- Request for Certificate of Eligibility & Declaration of Finances (International applicants, who are applying for F-1 or J-1 student immigration status, only)
Are there different
application forms for the different subprograms?
There is one application
for all eleven subprograms in Psychology.
What is the application deadline for Fall admissions?
Please see the Graduate Center Admissions Deadlines page for admissions deadlines.
No. We only have Fall admission, and we do not offer
summer courses.
How
do I apply to the Health Concentration or Psychology and Law Concentration?
Students must first be admitted to one
of the subprograms (i.e., Biopsychology, Clinical, Developmental, Environmental,
Experimental, Experimental Cognition, Forensic, Industrial/Organizational,
Learning Processes, Neuropsychology, and Social-Personality) to apply
for the Health Psychology, or Psychology and Law Concentration, usually
in their first or second year of doctoral study. For details, please
visit: Health
Concentration or Psychology
and Law Concentration websites.
Can I apply to more than one subprogram?
You may apply to only ONE subprogram at
a time. If you are not admitted into the subprogram of your first choice,
you may apply to another subprogram by submitting a new application
and fee for potential admissions for the following year. Occationally,
in some programs the admission committee may re-route the application.
Are there any minimum GPA, GRE, or TOEFL score requirements?
Admissions
Each subprogram determines how many students they are going to admit. Subprogram usually accepts 5-12 students every year.
When will I know if I have been accepted?
You will be notified by the subprogram between February and March.
Is
an interview part of the admission process?
Depending
on the situation. Prospective students may be asked for coming for an
interview, or having a phone interview.
How
can I arrange to visit?
Please contact
the head of the subprogram you want to visit: click here for contact information.
Where
is the
department of psychology located?
The Executive
Office is located at the Graduate Center. Each subprogram locates at
different colleges. For the location of different subprorams, click here.
For directions to different colleges, please click here.
Do you offer a Master's
degree in Psychology?
We only offer doctoral degrees in psychology. As part of the required course work, it is possible to attain an en-route Master's degree. A student must first complete 45 letter-graded credits with an average grade of B, pass the First Doctoral Examination, and satisfactorily complete a major research paper. The student may then apply for an en-route Master's degree.The degree is awarded formally by one of the participating CUNY colleges.
The Master
of Philosophy degree (M.Phil.) will be awarded upon request to Ph.D.
students who are currently enrolled at The Graduate Center, have been
advanced to candidacy, and have met their financial obligations to the
University. Application forms for the degree are routinely sent to students
at the appropriate time, but if this form is not received it is the
responsibility of any student wishing this degree to obtain an application
from the Office of the Registrar. (The M.Phil. degree is not awarded
to students in the D.M.A. degree program.) Please note that the date
of filing for the degree determines the date upon which the degree will
be conferred.
Are there any language requirements in the Psychology program?
There are no language requirements in the Ph.D Program in Psychology.
However, if you are interested in learning a second language, there
are language reading programs at the Graduate Center. For details, please
visit the website: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/provost/lrp/
Are
there any prerequisites to apply to the subprograms?
Applicants should have completed at least 15 credits
in undergraduate psychology courses, including one laboratory course
in experimental psychology and one course in statistics. It is expected
that applicants will have received at least a B average in graduate
courses completed at other institutions. Applicants may be requested
to appear for an interview.
Students are specifically selected for the Clinical subprogram. For
admission to the Clinical subprogram, all students who pass an initial
screening based on academic record and references are required to participate
in a personal interview with members of the Clinical faculty and students
enrolled in the program.Students should not assume that once accepted
for any other Psychology subprogram they can automatically transfer
to the Clinical subprogram.
Can
I attend part time?
No. Students must register as full time
students in the Psychology Ph.D. Program.
How long does it take to complete the degree?
All
requirements for the degree must be completed no later than eight years
after matriculation. A student who matriculates after the completion
of 30 credits of acceptable work must complete all requirements within
seven years.
Transfer of Credits
It
varies within 11 subprogram. Please check with your advisor.
How
many credits can I transfer?
The
university allows a maximum of 30 acceptable graduate credits taken
prior to admission to the doctoral program at the City University may
be applied toward the degree provided the courses were completed with
a grade of B or higher within an appropriate period preceding the time
of application and are equivalent to comparable courses at the City
University. However, the actual amount of transferrable credits is different
by subprogram policy. See student handbook of each subprogram for details.
Courses
Do
you offer evening, weekend, or summer courses?
In general, most courses are offered during
the day. There are no weekend or summer courses. You
can find the course listing on the course catalog webpage: http://www.gc.cuny.edu/student_web/course_listing.htm. For
the subprograms located at Graduate Center, please click here.
How
many required classes are there? What types of courses are required?
It varies
across the 11 subprograms. For more information, please visit each subprogram's
site here.
Can
I take courses outside of psychology?
In
general, yes. But each subprogram has set required courses and various
electives. Please check with your subprogram (contact info here.)
Can I take courses if I'm not enrolled in the Psychology
Ph.D. Program?
Yes. You can register as a nonmatriculated student. In no instance will anyone be permitted to accumulate a total of more than two courses or eight credits (whichever is less) as a nonmatriculant without written approval from the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs.
Are
there opportunities to work with faculty on research projects?
Students
accepted into the program do have opportunities to work with faculty
on research projects. Interested students should talk to their advisor
and other faculty in their subprogram.
Financial Assistance and Tuition:
What
kind of financial assistance is available?
Financial Assistance at The Graduate Center consists of two major types of aid: institutional aid, for which The Graduate Center itself is the funding source, and federal and state aid.
1. Institutional aid:
With
the exception of dissertation year awards and the Student Employment
Program, most institutional aid is awarded to students based on the
nomination of the doctoral program in which the student is enrolled.
Institutional funding is most often in the form of research and teaching
assistantships, university fellowships, and tuition stipends. Institutional
aid is based on a combination of need and merit.
Science
Fellowship provides five years of in-state tuition support plus other
financial incentives with discuss of each subprogram.
Chancellor's Fellowship: A Graduate Teaching Fellowship (GTF) is the
teaching award within the Chacellor's Fellowship. The GTF provides a
teaching position at one of the CUNY colleges.
Provosts' Fellowship: A Graduate Adjunct Fellowship (GAF) is the teaching
award within the Provosts' Fellowship. The GAF provides a guarantee
of a minimum of 180 hours of annual adjunct teaching at one of the CUNY
colleges.
2.Federal and State aid:
Federal aid for graduate students includes Federal Work-Study, Federal Direct Loans, and Federal Perkins Loans. New York State provides the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) for eligible graduate students who are New York State residents. In all cases, federal and state aid is based solely on financial need, and only U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply.
For
more information, please visit the website : http://www.gc.cuny.edu/admin_offices/finaid/index.htm
or visit the Office of Financial Aid:
Room 7207 (located at 7th floor)
Phone: 1-212-817-7460; Fax: 1-212-817-1623
Email: financialaid@gc.cuny.edu
What is the application process for financial assistance?
The single page Application for Financial Assistance included with The Graduate School and University Center Application for Admission (or available directly from the Office of Financial Aid) is the only form required to apply for most institutional aid. The Office of Financial Aid collects and evaluates all applications and informs each Program of the names and relative financial need of its financial aid applicants. Programs consider financial need and academic merit when making awards, as well as other practical and academic factors which vary by program. Once a Program has made a nomination, the Office of Financial Aid notifies the student of the award and collects the required documentation needed to pay the award.
Federal
aid is awarded directly through the Office of Financial Aid in accordance
with requirements established by federal law. Federal aid requires a
separate application, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Students who apply by the deadline for federal aid established each
spring (usually in April) are considered for Federal Work Study Positions
and/or Federal Perkins Loans for the upcoming academic year. Students
interested in Federal Direct Loans may apply by submitting a loan application
in addition to filing a FAFSA. First-time borrowers must attend a personal
pre-loan interview before the loan is disbursed. The New York State
Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) is awarded directly by New York State.
Students apply for TAP by filing the FAFSA.
SUBJECT TO CHANGE: See admissions for most recent schedule of tuition and fees.