UWM Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Prospective Student Graduate Brochure  

Table of Contents 

1. General Information  
   1. Overview of Department’s Graduate Program 
   2. Financial Support in the PhD Programs 
   3. Major Professor 
   4. Information for Students with Master’s Degrees in Psychology  
   5. Time Limits 
2. Admission Criteria 
   1. How Many Students are Admitted? 
   2. GPA of Recently Admitted Students 
   3. Information for Students who did not Major in Psychology 
3. Application Process 
   1. Graduate School Applications 
   2. Deadlines 
   3. Interviews for Clinical Applicants 
   4. Interviews for Neuroscience Applicants 
   5. Special Guidelines for International Students 
4. Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology 
   1. Administration 
   2. Financial Support 
   3. Applicants with Advanced Degrees 
   4. Coursework 
   5. Waiver of Coursework for Students with Prior Graduate Work 
   6. Clinical Training  
   7. Master’s Thesis 
   8. Doctoral Preliminary Examination 
   9. Dissertation 
   10. Clinical Internship 
   11. Time Limits  
5. Doctoral Program in Neuroscience 
   1. About Neuroscience 
   2. Financial Support 
   3. Coursework 
   4. Waiver of Coursework for Students with Prior Graduate Work 
   5. Master’s Thesis 
   6. Doctoral Preliminary Examination 
   7. Dissertation  
   8. Time Limits 
6. Terminal Master’s Program in Health Psychology 
   1. Coursework and Model Course Plan 
   2. Thesis or Project, Time Limit 
   3. Relation of the Master’s Program in Health Psychology to Doctoral Study in psychology 
7. Faculty