COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES



COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE

Meeting #5, via Email

April 1, 2019

MINUTES

1. Committee approved Minutes #4, March 21, 2019.

2. Committee deferred the request from the Master of Liberal Studies Program to add the following new course:

LBS 6996 Master’s Thesis (4)

Requires the writing of a substantial research paper under the guidance of a thesis advisor and a thesis committee.

3. Committee approved the request from the Department of Chemistry to make the following changes to catalog copy:

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences: Health and Environmental Chemistry

Application requirements

To be considered for graduate admission, applicants must submit all Graduate Application Requirements and additional department requirements by the published application deadlines:

Graduate Application Requirements

Additional department application requirements

• Additional Recommendation for Graduate Admission form

• In addition to the two Recommendation for Graduate Admission forms listed above, a third recommendation form is required by the program.

• Applicants must have earned bachelor’s degree in a natural science, mathematics or other discipline relevant to health and environmental chemistry.

• Proficiency at the undergraduate level in analytical chemistry, biochemistry, and two additional areas (inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, cell biology or physiology). Students who are not proficient may need to take additional coursework. Applicants with undergraduate prerequisite course deficiencies in these areas must complete the preparatory course work before being eligible for admission to the graduate program.

• Applicants should have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.

• Although the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is not required, the general or subject GRE may enhance the applicant’s likelihood for acceptance into the program. Applicants may be required to take the general or subject Graduate Record Exam (GRE) and arrange for their official GRE scores to be submitted to Oakland University: the institution code for Oakland University is 1497.

Degree requirements

The Doctor of Philosophy in biomedical sciences: health and environmental chemistry degree is awarded upon satisfactory completion of 80 credits in an approved program of study.

Course requirements

a. Core requirements (16 credits)

Analytical chemistry course (3 credits)

Students must select one course from the following:

* CHM 5210 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry (3 credits)

* CHM 5900 - Topics in Analytical Chemistry (3 credits)

* CHM 5230 - Chemical Separations (3 credits)

* or other approved course

Biochemistry and Toxicology courses (3 6 credits)

Students must select one two courses from the following:

* CHM 5530 - Advanced Biochemistry (3 credits)

* CHM 5902 - Topics in Biochemistry (3 credits)

* CHM 5550 - Signal Transduction (3 credits)

* CHM 5810 – Biochemical Toxicology (3 credits)

* or other approved course

Toxicology course (3 credits)

CHM 5810 - Biochemical Toxicology (3 credits)

Environmental science course (3 credits)

Students must select one course from the following:

* ENV 5850 - Environmental Fate and Transport (3 credits)

* ENV 5860 - Toxic Substance Control (3 credits)

* ENV 5650 – Organic Geochemistry (3 credits)

* ENV 5520 – GIS and Spatial Statistics (3 credits)

* or other approved course

Doctoral seminar (2 credits)

CHM 6850 - Seminar in Health and Environmental Chemistry (1 credit)

Attendance at departmental seminars is required.

Ethics (2 credits)

SCI 5110 - Ethics and Practice of Science (2 credits)

b. Advanced coursework related to dissertation area (9 credits)

c. Exit (at least 20 credits)

CHM 6995 - Graduate Research (1 to 8 credits)

CHM 9999 - Doctoral Research in Chemistry

Master of Science in Chemistry

Application requirements

To be considered for graduate admission, applicants must submit all Graduate Application Requirements and additional department requirements by the published application deadlines:

1. Graduate Application Requirements

2. Additional department application requirements

• Applicants must have earned a bachelor’s degree with a strong academic background in chemistry. Relevant background in mathematics, physics, or biochemistry is desired.

• Applicants with degrees over five years old may also need to complete additional course work. Applicants with undergraduate prerequisite course deficiencies must complete the preparatory course work before being eligible for admission to the graduate program.

• Applicants should have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.

• GRE is waived by the Chemistry Department effective March 2019.

Applicants with an undergraduate GPA less than 3.0 with the appropriate academic background and strong letters of recommendation may be considered for admission with limited standing. Applicants who qualify for this admission status must complete a minimum of 16 credits of graduate-level work, with a GPA of 3.0 or above within the first year of their program, to be advanced to full admission.

Course requirements

a. Core requirements (12 credits)

All students must take at least one lecture course in each of four different areas chosen from…

Environmental science

• * ENV 4460 - Industrial and Environmental Toxicology (3 credits)

• * ENV 5850 - Environmental Fate and Transport (3 credits)

• * ENV 5860 - Toxic Substance Control (3 credits)

• * ENV 5650 - Organic Geochemistry (3 credits)

• * ENV 5520 - GIS and Spatial Statistics (3 credits)

• * or other approved course

Good academic standing

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All graduate students are expected to remain in good academic standing throughout the entire course of their graduate program. To be in good academic standing, a graduate student must make satisfactory progress toward fulfilling degree requirements, including the completion of critical degree milestones as set forth by the academic program. The student must also maintain a minimum semester and overall GPA of 3.0. Courses with a grade of C- or lower will not receive credit.

4. Committee approved the request from the Department of Psychology to make the following changes to catalog copy:

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

Program description

The Doctor of Philosophy in psychology program will provide graduate students with the knowledge, skills and experiences necessary to become successful producers of research, investigating the structures, processes and products of the mind. Psychology is a broad discipline that interfaces with the biological and social sciences and our program is organized around three concentrations that together encapsulate the breadth of psychological science: (1) Social-Personality Psychology; (2) Behavioral Health; and (3) Evolutionary, Comparative, and Cognitive Psychology. Psychology is a broad discipline that interfaces with the biological and social sciences. This graduate program is organized around two concentrations that together comprehensively cover psychological science: (1) biological and basic processes, and (2) social and behavioral sciences. These concentrations represent two broad areas that focus on psychological phenomena from different orientations in moderately overlapping but distinguishable content areas. Graduate students will have broad exposure to both concentrations that will be extended by an intensive inquiry specialized in one concentration. Although students will gain exposure to all three areas, an intensive inquiry into one will serve as the student’s area of concentration. Students will apply for admission in either the biological and basic processes concentration or the social and behavioral sciences concentration.

a. Core requirements (20 24 credits)

All students regardless of the chosen area of concentration must complete the following courses:

• PSY 5001 - Advanced Methods for Psychological & Behavioral Research I (4 credits)

• PSY 5002 - Advanced Methods for Psychological & Behavioral Research II (4 credits)

• PSY 5101 - Advanced Statistics for Psychological and Behavioral Research I (4 credits)

• PSY 5102 - Advanced Statistics for Psychological & Behavioral Research II (4 credits)

• PSY 6001 - Teaching Psychological Science (4 credits)

• PSY 6998 - Master of Science Thesis (1 TO 4 credits)

b. Concentration Distribution Requirement Elective Courses (28 40 credits)

Select at least ten (10) courses:

• PSY 5201 - Social Cognition and Interpersonal Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5202 - Self and Interpersonal Relationships (4 credits)

• PSY 5203 - Culture and Trauma (4 credits)

• PSY 5204 - Emotion and Motivation (4 credits)

• PSY 5205 - Individuals and Communities (4 credits)

• PSY 5206 - Proseminar in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5207 - Personality, Individual Differences, and Intelligence (4 credits)

• PSY 5301 - Animal Cognition (4 credits)

• PSY 5302 - Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5303 - Hormones and Human Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5304 - Psychology of Human Sexuality (4 credits)

• PSY 5305 - Current Directions in Evolutionary Psychology (4 credits)

• PSY 5401 - Biopsychosocial Factors of Health and Wellness (4 credits)

• PSY 5402 - Health Behavior Change (4 credits)

• PSY 5408 - Analysis of Psychopathology (4 credits)

• PSY 5501 - Life-span Development Theories and Research (4 credits)

• PSY 5502 - Seminar in Cognitive Development (4 credits)

• PSY 5601 - Cognitive Psychology: Theory and Application (4 credits)

• PSY 5602 - Conditioning, Learning, and Memory (4 credits)

• PSY 5603 - Biopsychosocial Mediation of Creativity (4 credits)

• PSY 5604 - Human Vision (4 credits)

• PSY 5605 - Neuroanatomy, Brain Development and Neural (4 credits)

• PSY 5606 - Proseminar in Biological and Basis Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5607 - Advanced Topics in Biological and Basic Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5990 - Advanced Topics in Methods of Psychological and Behavioral Research Design (4 credits)

• PSY 5991 - Advanced Topics in Statistics for Psychological and Behavioral Research (4 credits)

• PSY 5992 - Advanced Topics in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5993 - Special Topics in Behavioral Health (4 credits)

• PSY 6970 - Independent Study (4 credits)

• 1. Biological and Basic Processes Concentration

• ________________________________________

• Six (6) in-concentration courses (24 credits):

• PSY 5606 - Proseminar in Biological and Basis Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5206 - Proseminar in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5601 - Cognitive Psychology: Theory and Application (4 credits)

• PSY 5301 - Animal Cognition (4 credits)

• PSY 5604 - Human Vision (4 credits)

• PSY 5605 - Neuroanatomy, Brain Development and Neural (4 credits)

• PSY 5602 - Conditioning, Learning and Memory (4 credits)

• PSY 5401 - Biopsychosocial Factors of Health and Wellness (4 credits)

• PSY 5302 - Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5203 - Culture and Trauma (4 credits)

• PSY 5204 - Emotion and Motivation (4 credits)

• PSY 5207 - Personality, Individual Differences, and Intelligence (4 credits)

• PSY 5603 - Biopsychosocial Mediation of Creativity (4 credits)

• PSY 5303 - Hormones and Human Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5304 - Psychology of Human Sexuality (4 credits)

• PSY 5305 - Current Directions in Evolutionary Psychology (4 credits)

•

• One (1) out-concentration course (4 credits):

• PSY 5606 - Proseminar in Biological and Basis Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5206 - Proseminar in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5201 - Social Cognition and Interpersonal Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5202 - Self and Interpersonal Relationships (4 credits)

• PSY 5501 - Life-span Development Theories and Research (4 credits)

• PSY 5205 - Individuals and Communities (4 credits)

• PSY 5408 - Analysis of Psychopathology (4 credits)

• PSY 651 - Biopsychosocial Factors of Health and Wellness (4 Credits)

• PSY 652 - Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Behavior (4 Credits)

• PSY 653 - Culture and Trauma (4 Credits)

• PSY 654 - Emotion and Motivation (4 Credits)

• PSY 655 - Personality, Individual Differences, and Intelligence (4 Credits)

• PSY 656 - Biopsychosocial Mediation of Creativity (4 credits)

• PSY 657 - Hormones and Human Behavior (4 Credits)

• PSY 658 - Psychology of Human Sexuality (4 credits)

• PSY 659 - Current Directions in Evolutionary Psychology (4 credits)

•

• Note: Cross-cutting courses (i.e., PSY 651, PSY 652, PSY 653, PSY 654, PSY 655, PSY 656, PSY 657, PSY 658, PSY 659, PSY 660, PSY 661, PSY 662) may be used as either an in-concentration or an out-concentration course but not as both.

• 2. Social and Behavioral Processes Concentration

• ________________________________________

• Six (6) in-concentration courses (24 credits):

• PSY 5606 - Proseminar in Biological and Basis Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5206 - Proseminar in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5201 - Social Cognition and Interpersonal Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5202 - Self and Interpersonal Relationships (4 credits)

• PSY 5501 - Life-span Development Theories and Research (4 credits)

• PSY 5205 - Individuals and Communities (4 credits)

• PSY 5408 - Analysis of Psychopathology (4 credits)

• PSY 5401 - Biopsychosocial Factors of Health and Wellness (4 credits)

• PSY 5302 - Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5203 - Culture and Trauma (4 credits)

• PSY 5204 - Emotion and Motivation (4 credits)

• PSY 5207 - Personality, Individual Differences, and Intelligence (4 credits)

• PSY 5603 - Biopsychosocial Mediation of Creativity (4 credits)

• PSY 5303 - Hormones and Human Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5304 - Psychology of Human Sexuality (4 credits)

• PSY 5305 - Current Directions in Evolutionary Psychology (4 credits)

•

• One (1) out-concentration course (4 credits):

• PSY 5606 - Proseminar in Biological and Basis Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5206 - Proseminar in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5601 - Cognitive Psychology: Theory and Application (4 credits)

• PSY 5301 - Animal Cognition (4 credits)

• PSY 5604 - Human Vision (4 credits)

• PSY 5605 - Neuroanatomy, Brain Development and Neural (4 credits)

• PSY 5602 - Conditioning, Learning and Memory (4 credits)

• PSY 651 - Biopsychosocial Factors of Health and Wellness (4 Credits)

• PSY 652 - Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Behavior (4 Credits)

• PSY 653 - Culture and Trauma (4 Credits)

• PSY 654 - Emotion and Motivation (4 Credits)

• PSY 655 - Personality, Individual Differences, and Intelligence (4 Credits)

• PSY 656 - Biopsychosocial Mediation of Creativity (4 Credits)

• PSY 657 - Hormones and Human Behavior (4 Credits)

• PSY 658 - Psychology of Human Sexuality (4 credits)

• PSY 659 - Current Directions in Evolutionary Psychology (4 credits)

•

• Note: Cross-cutting courses (i.e., PSY 651, PSY 652, PSY 653, PSY 654, PSY 655, PSY 656, PSY 657, PSY 658, PSY 659, PSY 660, PSY 661, PSY 662) may be used as either an in-concentration or an out-concentration course but not as both.

• c. Electives (16 credits)

• ________________________________________

• Four (4) elective courses (16 credits):

• PSY 5606 - Proseminar in Biological and Basis Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5206 - Proseminar in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 6001 - Instruction in Psychological Science (4 credits)

• PSY 5601 - Cognitive Psychology: Theory and Application (4 credits)

• PSY 5301 - Animal Cognition (4 credits)

• PSY 5604 - Human Vision (4 credits)

• PSY 5605 - Neuroanatomy, Brain Development and Neural (4 credits)

• PSY 5602 - Conditioning, Learning and Memory (4 credits)

• PSY 5201 - Social Cognition and Interpersonal Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5202 - Self and Interpersonal Relationships (4 credits)

• PSY 5501 - Life-span Development Theories and Research (4 credits)

• PSY 5205 - Individuals and Communities (4 credits)

• PSY 5408 - Analysis of Psychopathology (4 credits)

• PSY 5401 - Biopsychosocial Factors of Health and Wellness (4 credits)

• PSY 5302 - Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5203 - Culture and Trauma (4 credits)

• PSY 5204 - Emotion and Motivation (4 credits)

• PSY 5207 - Personality, Individual Differences, and Intelligence (4 credits)

• PSY 5603 - Biopsychosocial Mediation of Creativity (4 credits)

• PSY 5303 - Hormones and Human Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5304 - Psychology of Human Sexuality (4 credits)

• PSY 5305 - Current Directions in Evolutionary Psychology (4 credits)

• PSY 5990 - Advanced Topics in Methods of Psychological and Behavioral Research Design (4 credits)

• PSY 5991 - Advanced Topics in Statistics for Psychological and Behavioral Research (4 credits)

• PSY 5607 - Advanced Topics in Biological and Basic Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5992 - Advanced Topics in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation Research (1 TO 12 credits) (up to 8 credits above the 16 credit minimum requirement)

Master of Science in Psychology

The Master of Science in Psychology program will provide graduate students with the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary to become successful producers of research, investigating the structures, processes, and products of the mind. Psychology is a broad discipline that interfaces with the biological and social sciences and our program is organized around three concentrations that together encapsulate the breadth of psychological science: (1) Social-Personality Psychology; (2) Behavioral Health; and (3) Evolutionary, Comparative, and Cognitive Psychology. These concentrations represent broad areas that focus on phenomena from different orientations in moderately overlapping but distinguishable content areas. Students will be broadly exposed to the content and methods in multiple concentrations. Psychology is a broad discipline that interfaces with the biological and social sciences. This graduate program is organized around two concentrations that together comprehensively cover psychological science: (1) biological and basic processes, and (2) social and behavioral sciences. These concentrations represent two broad areas that focus on psychological phenomena from different orientations in moderately overlapping but distinguishable content areas. Graduate students will have broad exposure to both concentrations.

Degree requirements

The Master of Science (M.S.) in psychology degree is awarded upon satisfactory completion of 36 credits in an approved program of study, and successful completion and oral defense of an M.S. project as determined by the student’s advisory committee. The M.S. project must result in a written product (e.g., literature review, publication submitted to a professional journal, grant proposal). With the permission of the student’s advisory committee, a student may complete an M.S. thesis (PSY 6998) rather than an M.S. project (PSY 6996). Acceptance of the M.S. thesis by Graduate Study and Lifelong Learning requires a favorable recommendation by the advisory committee. All theses must conform to university standards (see Thesis and Dissertation). Courses in which a student receives a grade below 3.0 cannot be used to meet degree requirements. One course grade below 3.0 will result in the student being placed on academic probation. A student with two course grades below 3.0 is subject to dismissal from the program.

Course requirements

The total credits required to obtain a Master of Science in psychology degree is 36. Students may also take graduate courses from other departments with the approval of their advisory committee.

a. Core requirements (16 12 credits)

• PSY 5001 - Advanced Methods for Psychological & Behavioral Research I (4 credits)

• PSY 5002 - Advanced Methods for Psychological & Behavioral Research II (4 credits)

• PSY 5101 - Advanced Statistics for Psychological and Behavioral Research I (4 credits)

• PSY 5102 - Advanced Statistics for Psychological & Behavioral Research II (4 credits)

b. Concentration distribution requirement Elective Courses (16 20 credits)

Select at least four five (4 5) seminar courses:

• PSY 5002 - Advanced Methods for Psychological & Behavioral Research II (4 credits)

• PSY 5201 - Social Cognition and Interpersonal Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5202 - Self and Interpersonal Relationships (4 credits)

• PSY 5203 - Culture and Trauma (4 credits)

• PSY 5204 - Emotion and Motivation (4 credits)

• PSY 5205 - Individuals and Communities (4 credits)

• PSY 5206 - Proseminar in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5207 - Personality, Individual Differences, and Intelligence (4 credits)

• PSY 5301 - Animal Cognition (4 credits)

• PSY 5302 - Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5303 - Hormones and Human Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5304 - Psychology of Human Sexuality (4 credits)

• PSY 5305 - Current Directions in Evolutionary Psychology (4 credits)

• PSY 5401 - Biopsychosocial Factors of Health and Wellness (4 credits)

• PSY 5402 - Health Behavior Change (4 credits)

• PSY 5408 - Analysis of Psychopathology (4 credits)

• PSY 5501 - Life-span Development Theories and Research (4 credits)

• PSY 5502 - Seminar in Cognitive Development (4 credits)

• PSY 5601 - Cognitive Psychology: Theory and Application (4 credits)

• PSY 5602 - Conditioning, Learning, and Memory (4 credits)

• PSY 5603 - Biopsychosocial Mediation of Creativity (4 credits)

• PSY 5604 - Human Vision (4 credits)

• PSY 5605 - Neuroanatomy, Brain Development and Neural (4 credits)

• PSY 5606 - Proseminar in Biological and Basis Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5607 - Advanced Topics in Biological and Basic Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5990 - Advanced Topics in Methods of Psychological and Behavioral Research Design (4 credits)

• PSY 5991 - Advanced Topics in Statistics for Psychological and Behavioral Research (4 credits)

• PSY 5992 - Advanced Topics in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5993 - Special Topics in Behavioral Health (4 credits)

• PSY 6001 - Teaching Psychological Science (4 credits)

• PSY 5206 - Proseminar in Social and Behavioral Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5601 - Cognitive Psychology: Theory and Application (4 credits)

• PSY 5301 - Animal Cognition (4 credits)

• PSY 5604 - Human Vision (4 credits)

• PSY 5605 - Neuroanatomy, Brain Development and Neural (4 credits)

• PSY 5201 - Social Cognition and Interpersonal Processes (4 credits)

• PSY 5202 - Self and Interpersonal Relationships (4 credits)

• PSY 5501 - Life-span Development Theories and Research (4 credits)

• PSY 5205 - Individuals and Communities (4 credits)

• PSY 5401 - Biopsychosocial Factors of Health and Wellness (4 credits)

• PSY 5302 - Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5203 - Culture and Trauma (4 credits)

• PSY 5204 - Emotion and Motivation (4 credits)

• PSY 5207 - Personality, Individual Differences, and Intelligence (4 credits)

• PSY 5603 - Biopsychosocial Mediation of Creativity (4 credits)

• PSY 5303 - Hormones and Human Behavior (4 credits)

• PSY 5304 - Psychology of Human Sexuality (4 credits)

• PSY 5305 - Current Directions in Evolutionary Psychology (4 credits)

• PSY 5993 - Special Topics in Behavioral Health (4 credits)

• PSY 5402 - Health Behavior Change (4 credits)

• PSY 5502 - Seminar in Cognitive Development (4 credits)

c. Master of Science Project/Thesis (4 credits)

• PSY 6996 - Master of Science Project (1 TO 4 credits) (4 credits)

or

• PSY 6998 - Master of Science Thesis (1 TO 4 credits) (4 credits)

• The successful completion of original research--demonstrating competence in design, conduct and analysis, the creation of an M.S. thesis--effectively and accurately characterizing the research, communicating the findings and placing the research in context, and the oral defense of the thesis are major features of the M.S. degree. The advisory committee will approve and grade (P or F) the student's M.S. thesis and will be responsible for guiding this process and approving the products (i.e., the research, the thesis, and the defense of the thesis). Acceptance of the thesis by Graduate Study and Lifelong Learning requires favorable recommendations by the advisory committee. All theses must conform to university standards (see Thesis and Dissertation).

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