Department of Psychology

Graduate Program Application Information

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Application Information

Check-off Form
Prerequisites 
GRE 
Application due date 
Assistantships

We appreciate your interest in our excellent  graduate programs in Psychology at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Our graduate programs are full-time programs. We do not have any evening-only or part-time programs.

A complete psychology graduate application file contains the following:

1.   Psychology Application Form (Application Form in pdf)
2.   Goal Statement/Statement of Purpose (500 words maximum) Following your goal statement, please attach your resume.
3.  Three letters of recommendation (Letter of Recommendation in pdf format)
It is preferable that your letters come from professors who can discuss your academic performance.
4.  Assistantship Application (if desired) (Assistantship Application Form in pdf)
5.  Official GRE scores
The General Test is required and the Psychology Subject Test is recommended. Your GRE score is only one of several pieces of information we use to evaluate you for admission to our selective graduate programs. We do not use a minimum cut off score, but over the last several years, the average Verbal + Quantiative score of our accepted applicants has been in the range of 950 to 1100.
6.  Graduate School Application (Graduate School Application Form) 
This is separate from the Psychology Application Form. A copy of the Graduate School Application is sent from Graduate Admissions to the Psychology Department after processing.
7.  Official Transcripts
A copy of the Official Transcripts is sent from Graduate Admissions to Psychology after processing. Your grades are only one of several pieces of information we use to evaluate you for admission to our  graduate programs. We do not use a minimum cut off score for grade point averages, but over the last several years, the average grade point average of our accepted applicants has been in the range of 3.3 to 3.6 (out of 4.0).

Psychology application materials should be mailed to:

ATTENTION:  Graduate Secretary
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Department of Psychology, Box 1121
Edwardsville, IL  62026-1121

A check-off form is included to assist you in the completion of your application. The committee gives careful consideration to each carefully completed application and considers a number of factors along with your grade point average and test scores.

Program Course Prerequisites

All Graduate Programs' Course Prerequisites:

Introductory Psychology
Statistics (psychology statistics)
Experimental Psychology/Research Methods (a course about data collection, analysis, and reporting)
Psychological Tests and Measurements

Additional prerequisites for each program:

CLINICAL-ADULT PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM
Theories of Personality
Abnormal Psychology
Physiological Psychology

CLINICAL CHILD AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM
Child Psychology
Abnormal Psychology
Theories of Personality
Physiological Psychology

INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM
Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology

GRE Requirements
All applicants are required to take the General GRE. It is recommended that you also take the Psychology Subject Test of the GRE.  Information regarding the GRE can be obtained from their web site at www.gre.org.

Deadline
The deadline for application for Fall 2010 is February 1, 2010. New students are admitted exclusively in the Fall.  All application materials must be submitted prior to this deadline.

Early application is encouraged.  The first review of completed folders for admission will be done in January.  The Graduate Selection Committee will continue to review completed folders on a regular basis until available positions in each program concentration are filled.

The Fall semester in 2009 starts on August 24 with an orientation the week of August 17.

Graduate School Application Procedure
The Graduate School application is separate and is now available from the Graduate School. The Graduate School requires a $30 application fee.  Your completed Graduate School application, transcripts, and check for $30 should be mailed to:

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Graduate Admissions, Box 1047
Edwardsville, IL  62026-1047

The phone number of the graduate school is (618) 650-3010. The Graduate Catalog is available at http://www.siue.edu/graduate/.

Psychology Graduate Assistantships
Departmental graduate assistantships are available to some psychology students who are admitted. (Assistantships available to psychology students, but administered by other departments at SIUE, are listed here, along with information about applying for these assistantships.) Students who receive assistantships get a stipend and tuition remission. The application for assistantships administered by the Department of Psychology can be downloaded here.

Graduate Fellowships
The Graduate School provides fellowship awards that include tax free monthly stipends (usually for nine months) as well as a waiver of tuition for two semesters of graduate study at SIUE. The awards impose no work responsibility.  For more information and applications, please see the Graduate School web site.

Applicants wishing to be considered for graduate fellowships must have their application file completed by February 1, 2009.

Graduate Scholar Award
Minority students may apply for support through a number of programs. For more information and applications, please see the Graduate School web site.

Financial Aid
Additional information regarding financial aid for graduate students can be found on the Graduate School web site.

International Students
Please refer to the web site of International Student Services.

Housing
You can visit the University Housing web site at http://www.siue.edu/housing/.  This web site includes information for both on campus and off campus housing.

Additional Information
The Registrar's web site has information regarding tuition, class schedules, course descriptions, undergraduate catalog, graduate catalog, and admissions.

The department adheres to the University's Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action policy in its admission procedures.

If you need any additional information or clarification beyond the information provided here, please contact our part-time Graduate Secretary by email or call (618) 650-2203.