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Psychological Sciences

Psychological Sciences
  2. Graduate Program
  3. Current Students
  4. Forms, Checklists and Milestones

Forms, Checklists and Milestones

Below is a partial list of forms and checklists for graduate students as they move through the program. More information to come.听

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Area Group Checklists

Some of the area groups have created checklists to help students keep track of program and area requirements.

Checklist for听Clinical Science

Sample Clinical Science Course Plan for A&S Students

Checklist for Cognitive and Cognitive Neuroscience

Checklist for Neuroscience

Developmental Science Program of Study Requirements

Developmental Science Annual Evaluation

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The First Year

  • International Teaching Assistant Orientation (ITA): All first-year international graduate students who will have TA duties while at Vanderbilt should attend , even if they are not beginning their TA duties in the fall of their first year. ITAO consists of an orientation to teaching in the American classroom (relevant to all international TAs, even if they are fluent in English) as well as English language evaluations. International graduate students whose first language is English or who completed a baccalaureate degree at an institution where English is the principle language of instruction need not participate in the language evaluations, but they should attend the orientation portion of ITAO. Students can register for ITAO at the
  • Teaching Assistant Orientation (TAO): All graduate students (both US and international)听must attend before they begin their TA duties. Any first-year graduate students with no TA duties (e.g., those on service-free fellowships or training grants) should attend TAO in the August before they actually begin their TA duties. Students can register for TAO at the
  • Human Subjects Training through the IRB: The Vanderbilt IRB requires all graduate students who are conducting human subjects research to complete using the online CITI course. In addition, all Investigators, Key Study Personnel, Students, and Faculty Advisors conducting human subjects research, must complete continuing education annually. Continuing education requirements may be met by attending an educational session approved by the IRB (e.g., IRB Essentials, Research Matters, News You Can Use, etc.), a national conference that addresses human subjects protections in research, or completion of one additional CITI module and quiz.
  • First Year Committee (Department of Psychology only): This form will allow you to declare the composition of your first-year research committee for your meeting by the end of April of your first year.

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The Second Year

  • Teaching Assistant Orientation (TAO): Graduate students must attendbefore they TA. Any first-year graduate students with no TA duties (e.g., those on service-free fellowships or training grants) should attend TAO in the August before they actually begin their TA duties. Students can register for TAO at the
  • Second Year Committee (Department of Psychology only): This form will allow you to declare the composition of your second-year research committee for your meeting by the end of April of your second year.

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Master's Thesis

The Master's Degree:听Our program is not designed for students with a primary interest in a terminal Master鈥檚 degree. Students can, however, receive a Master鈥檚 degree during their tenure at Vanderbilt. Students affiliated with the Department of Psychology can receive a Master鈥檚 of Arts degree while those affiliated with the Department of Psychology and Human Development can receive a Master鈥檚 of Science degree. Those who wish to receive a Master鈥檚 degree must fulfill the requirements as listed in the Graduate School Bulletin. To be eligible to receive a Master鈥檚 degree, the student must have completed a minimum of 24 hours of formal course work. The student must also complete a master鈥檚 thesis project. The written thesis must be approved by two faculty members in the program.

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Master's theses must follow the same rules as the doctoral theses.听See the听for details.听

Qualifying Examination / Major Area Paper (MAP)

Examples of Previous Major Area Papers (MAPs): Click here for example MAPs.

Dissertation Proposal

Examples of Previous Dissertation Proposals: Click here for example proposals.

Dissertation Stage

  • Scheduling a Final Dissertation: The final oral defense of the doctoral dissertation must be recorded in the Graduate School at least two weeks before the defense meeting.
  • When you need to schedule a final dissertation orals defense, here are the procedures that you need to follow:

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  1. 听Request to Schedule Final Defense, click here.
  2. This will pull up the form that will initiate the process. It needs to be filled out and signed by DGS for your department (Geoff Woodman听or Dan Levin) and then goes to听Angel Gaither听in听301C听Wilson听Hall or Ally Armstead, in 103 Jessup. NOTE: If the committee members are different than those on the qualifying committee, the committee list will need to be evaluated and approved by the graduate school; let your DGS know and he will contact Richard Hoover in the graduate school.
  3. Once the form is signed, it can be faxed to听Angel Gaither 3-0994 or Ally Armstead, 3-9494. This requires at least 2 weeks notice.
  4. After听Linda Harris听gets form and it is approved, she will generate letters for all committee members. She will send these letter to the DGS to distribute to the committee members. She will also put this information on the University calendar. Also included with the letters is the intent to graduate form
  5. It is the graduate student's responsibility to fill out the form and schedule a room and a time.
  • Preparing your Doctoral Thesis: Your final thesis must conform to dictated by the Graduate School. There are a series of rules and regulations that must be followed ranging from formatting requirements to the kind of paper that must be used.
  • Complete an Intent to Graduate Form:

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