The course requirements for the Ph.D. degree are Core Courses (30 credits)

Basic Methods Courses

PSYC 709	Basic Quantitative Methods I	(3 credits)
PSYC 710	Basic Quantitative Methods II	(3 credits)

Proseminar Foundational Courses

PSYC 702	Proseminar I	(6 credits)
PSYC 703	Proseminar II	(6 credits)

Advanced Methods Courses

PSYC 821	Psychological Measurement	3 credits
PSYC 823	Multivariate Analysis	(3 credits)
PSYC 824	Seminar in Quantitative Methods	(3 credits)

Ethics Courses

PSYC 841a	Advanced Study of Selected Topics	(1 credit)
PSYC 841b	Advanced Study of Selected Topics	(1 credit)

Elective Courses (13 credits)

No fewer than thirteen credit hours of elective courses must be taken. These courses may be taught by any graduate program or professional school at the University of South Carolina, although typically a student will take at least some of his or her elective courses within the program. Seminar courses are strongly recommended as elective courses. All elective courses must be approved by your advising committee (see Experiment Program Forms).

Complementary Course or Lab Work (12 credits)

Students are required to complete additional 12 credit hours of course work. This additional training can include graduate courses, laboratory work done as individual research credit hours (PSYC 889), and research and writing projects in any combination. The equivalent of 6 of these credit hours must be done under the direction of a graduate faculty member other than the major professor. The content of this additional training must be approved by the student and her or his advising committee (see Experiment Program Forms). Note that the 12 credit hours must be documented as course hours (e.g. PSYC 889 for research and PSYC 888 for projects).

Dissertation Research Credits (12 credits)

The Graduate School requires that you take a minimum of 12 credit hours of Dissertation Hours (PSYC 899).