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Contacts

Website: http://www.yorku.ca/gradpsyc/index.html
Phone: (416) 736-5290
Admissions e-mail: gradpsyc@yorku.ca

Program Information

• 7 areas of specialization
  • Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science; Clinical Psychology; Clinical-Developmental Psychology; Developmental and Cognitive

Processes; History and Theory of Psychology; Social and Personality Psychology

• 40 students admitted annually

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Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Masters of Arts Program: Honours degree in Psychology (or its equivalent, with at least 8 full courses in psychology)
• Honours degree equivalent for students not applying to the Clinical Area should include:
  • One full-course in Introductory Psychology
  • One full or two half-courses from the following: Child Psychology, Social Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Personality Theory

and Behaviour Disorders, Theories of Personality

• • One full-course in Research Design and Statistical Analysis
  • One full or two half-courses in Experimental Psychology: Cognitive Processes, Learning, Motivation, Perception, Physiological

Psychology

• • Four other full psychology courses or the equivalent
• Honours degree equivalent for students applying to the Clinical Area should include:
  • One full-course in Introductory Psychology
  • One full-course in Research Design and Statistical Analysis
  • Equivalent of six other full-courses in psychology (one full-course or two half-courses in each of the following core content

areas are acceptable: biological basis of behaviour, cognitive-affective bases of behaviour, social bases of behaviour and

individual behaviour)

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GPA

• Minimum B+ grade point average based on last two years of study

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Language Proficiency

• TOEFL
  • Paper-based: 600
  • Computer-based: 250
  • iBT: 100

• IELTS
  • Overall Band Score: 7.5

• YELT (York English Language Test)
  • Band: 1

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Supporting Documents

• Two recommendations
• Test results (TOEFL, IELTS, GREetc)
• Two copies of all official transcripts
• Statement of Interest
• CV

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Deadline

Application: December 11

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Tuition 2010/2011

• Domestic student annual tuition fee: $3,696.46
• International student annual tuition fee: $8,021.64

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