Department of Psychology

General Experimental Master's Program

Welcome to the Indiana State University Department of Psychology M.A./M.S. Program web site!  Our master's program is designed to give students in-depth instruction and hands-on experience in the research process.  The program is aimed to provide students research experience they can take with them to doctoral programs in a variety fields or to a research-related career of their choice.

Students who have graduated from our program are engaged in a variety of activities. Some have gone on to doctoral programs in social psychology, quantitative psychology, and cognitive neurosciences. One graduate of our program went on to law school. Other graduates are working in positions where they can use the research skills they acquired in our program: marketing researcher, statistical and research consultants, research associate, and director of student assessment at a college. 

The experimental faculty members in our department come from a variety of backgrounds and are engaged in many different areas of research.  Read more about our faculty members here.   

Are you a student interested in learning more about our graduate program in Experimental Psychology?  Please take a moment and read an informational letter from our Department's chairperson, Dr. Virgil Sheets.