Information: Ph.D. Psychology - Psychological Science

• Our timeline is built around moving as many complete applications as possible through our process starting on the week after December 1. Therefore, having a complete application within a couple of days of this timeframe is the ideal. Every application submitted during our application window will receive fair and equal consideration. We will move them through in batches as they come in.  We expect to invite selected applicants for interviews in late January, which is why having a complete application by the priority deadline is important.
• All complete applications received on or before the priority deadline will be reviewed immediately and will be considered for admission.
• All complete applications received after the priority deadline, but before the space available deadline will be reviewed and considered for admission until the class is filled and no other openings are available.

Program Contact

• Dr. Tom Cariveau
  psygradprogram@uncw.edu

Location/Delivery Method

• Main Campus

Recommendations

• 3 letters of recommendation from professionals in a psychology-related field. At least two letters must be from faculty members.

Additional Requirements

1. Interview: Interview with the Department of Psychology faculty required to determine faculty research match.
2. Resume/CV: Yes
3. Notes: Individuals can apply to the Psychological Science or the Applied Behavior Analysis concentrations, if they have a master’s in Psychology. At this time, individuals cannot apply to the General Clinical concentration if they have a master’s in Psychology.
4. Essay: A 500-800 word statement of interest written in essay form that is composed of research experiences, other psychology-related experiences, research interests to pursue within graduate school, career goals, and any other additional strengths that will make the applicant an excellent candidate for the graduate program.
5. Prerequisites: Science-based statistics and research methods courses in departments outside of psychology will be considered for non-psychology majors only after the application has been submitted. It will then be reviewed for possible approval by the graduate coordinator and graduate admissions committee. Applicants who are non-psychology majors may count these two courses for up to 6 hours of the 21 hours of psychology courses. Applicants who are considering this option must include relevant syllabi as part of their application.
6. Bachelors requirement: Major of psychology or at least 21 hr. of psychology with a GPA of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) with evidence of a grade of at least a B- in a course in statistics and a grade of at least a B in a course in psychology research methods.

Deadlines (11:59 p.m. Eastern Time)

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