Psychology

The Graduate Program

The Department of Psychology offers training leading to the PhD degree. Students may apply to one of three programs: Brain, Behavior & Cognition; Clinical; or Developmental Science. Although the MA degree is routinely awarded en route to the PhD, each of the graduate programs is structured as a doctoral training program. Candidates interested in a terminal MA should apply to the master’s-only program that emphasizes the contribution of psychologists and workers in related disciplines to the understanding of a variety of behavioral, cognitive, and societal issues. For more information on the department, please visit www.bu.edu/psych.

The psychology faculty have expertise in a wide array of research areas. There are significant opportunities for students to gain research experience in a number of different areas such as Child Cognition, Computational Neurophysiology, Developmental Behavior Genetics, Addiction, Cognitive Neurobiology, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Neurobiology and Behavior, Perceptual Neuroscience, Psycholinguistics, and Vision Sciences. The department’s affiliated research centers include the Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders and the Center for Memory & Brain. For a description of all faculty research projects, please visit our department’s research page for details.