The
Ph.D. program in BCAN provides a rigorous and flexible graduate education. The
three major areas of focus are Behavior
, Cognition
, and Neuroscience.
Students can get in-depth training in one of these traditional areas in
a largely apprenticeship style. However, if they wish, they can also combine any
of these focus areas or even design their individually
tailored focus area with one or more faculty mentors. In all cases,
the objective is to achieve academic expertise in a specific content area through
research and core coursework while broadening the scope of knowledge and research
skills through electives and laboratory rotations.
The strengths of our program lie in our eclectic approach, affiliations with prestigious
area institutions such as NIH, Walter Reed, Georgetown Medical School, quality
teaching opportunities, and flexibility in training. BCAN members from other disciplines
besides Psychology enhance each of our focus areas by offering their expertise
and supervision in diverse research topics in Biology, Chemistry, Linguistics,
Computer Science, and Physics. Indeed , in addition to psychology majors, we welcome
students whose undergraduate or masters degrees are in other fields such as computer
science or biology, as well. Please feel free to contact the
director
for more general information or any of the BCAN
faculty for more specific information.
Department
of Psychology
American University
4400 Massachussetts Ave., N.W.
Washington
D.C., 20016
Tel:
(202) 885-1710
E-mail: psychology@american.edu
