GRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (M.A./M.S.)
School of Graduate Studies

A graduate degree in interdisciplinary studies allows students to create programs of study in many fields, particularly those incorporating the work of different domains of knowledge. It provides a useful approach for those whose interests combine traditional areas or who wish to avoid the rigid perspective of a conventional graduate program. Students can integrate a variety of disciplines and incorporate fieldwork, directed research, mentored learning, and other nontraditional forms of study.

APPLICATION AND ADMISSION
General admission to the graduate program in interdisciplinary studies is open to those with a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university. There are no standardized test requirements, although upon admission a writing sample may be required for advising and assessment purposes. Individual concentrations and certificates may have further prerequisites for admission; see each listing for details.

To apply, submit a graduate application and arrange for official transcripts of all your undergraduate studies, as well as any graduate work you have completed elsewhere, to be sent directly to the School of Graduate Studies. You can apply, enroll, and begin your studies at any time during the academic year.

Because of the individualized nature of the program, it is recommended that you discuss your educational goals with a program representative either before you apply or as soon as possible after you are accepted.

THE GRADUATE EXPERIENCE
Your graduate experience can be of immense value to you in the future, not only because it advances specific career or educational goals, but also because it cultivates habits of mind and discipline that will be important throughout your life. It fosters independent critical thinking; the ability to plan and perform; and skills in communication, research, and presentation.

The Nature of Graduate Study
Graduate work makes use of strong academic skills. The program therefore offers a number of courses that reinforce such key competencies in graduate study as research, critical thinking, professional writing, and fluency in communication and evaluation. Taking advantage of these courses will assist you in furthering your abilities.

During graduate study, you should expect to improve and apply learning characteristics from your past undergraduate work. At the same time, your studies will emphasize higher-order attributes common in graduate education.

Psychologists of learning often use the framework known as Bloom’s hierarchy to describe the ascending complexity of learning: assimilation, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. One significant difference between undergraduate and graduate work is that graduate education assumes the first three elements as givens in your work and encourages analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, particularly as a result of independent research. Graduate study not only emphasizes independence but also cultivates higher order learning and presentation bolstered by graduate characteristics.

The Nature of Graduate Individualized Work
If a traditional graduate experience normally includes independent work, graduate individualized study depends on it. This work is directed by advisors but is also the product of self-direction and self-discipline, attributes expected in the culture of graduate education. In graduate individualized study you present your degree plan for faculty and program approval; execute the plan, which may include traditional classes, independent learning classes, and directed independent research; and present a culminating project to your committee. You also work independently to form the committee that will guide you and to ask prospective members to serve on your committee.

GRADUATE INDIVIDUALIZED STUDY COURSES
The interdisciplinary studies program provides a number of graduate individualized study (GIS) courses in different subject areas. GIS courses are available in an independent learning format through the School of Graduate Studies.

Registering for GIS Courses
Contact the School of Graduate Studies to begin the process of registering for courses and sections of independent work toward your degree in interdisciplinary studies.

Withdrawing from GIS Courses
There is no drop period (that is, a time in which you can cancel your registration and receive a refund) for GIS classes. You can withdraw from a GIS class at any time through the scheduled class completion date by completing a withdrawal form (available from the School of Graduate Studies or the Registrar’s Office section of the MSU website) or through Cougar Web. The course will remain on your transcript with a grade of WP (withdrew passing) or WF (withdrew failing), and you will remain responsible for all tuition and fees associated with the course. Withdrawal from a class may affect your financial aid status; check with a financial aid representative before withdrawing from any class.

GIS Syllabi, Books, and Materials
Shortly after you register for a GIS class, you will receive a syllabus (or the address of a website where the syllabus is located) and contact information for the professor. Syllabi are project-based and cumulative in nature, and generally include a schedule of deadlines for submitting work throughout the semester.

It is your responsibility to acquire any required textbooks and materials at the beginning of each GIS class. Required textbooks and materials are listed on each syllabus and are available through MSU’s online bookstore. Books listed as references
may also be available from the online bookstore or the library (either directly or through interlibrary loan).

Contacting Faculty Members
After registering for a graduate individualized study course, you begin coursework by e-mailing the professor. You are responsible for initiating contact with the professor at the beginning of the class; if you do not do so, you will be marked on attendance rosters as not attending and will be subject to administrative withdrawal. You are also responsible for contacting the professor in a timely manner if you have any questions about the syllabus or course material.

Submitting GIS Assignments
Unless instructed otherwise, you must submit all assignments directly to the e-mail address provided for the professor. You should make sure to keep a backup copy; MSU and the School of Graduate Studies will not be responsible for any loss of materials due to transmission. If you have difficulty reaching the professor or problems with interaction, contact the School of Graduate Studies immediately.

GIS Time Limits
The starting date for a GIS course is the date you register for the course as printed on your schedule. You have 20 weeks from the date of registration to complete each GIS course unless a different limit is stated in the course syllabus. The specific completion date for each course is listed on your schedule.

You may request an extension from the class professor. If your request is approved, the professor will notify the School of Graduate Studies, which will post the extension dates and new deadline. This process is the only way of obtaining an official extension.

Approved extensions should state the time frame within which the professor agrees to receive any remaining work. A grade of WIP (Work In Progress) will be assigned until the professor has received and graded the remaining work. If the coursework is not complete by the specified date, the professor will determine a grade for the course based on the work received by the deadline. Students who have exhausted their extensions are not eligible for administrative withdrawal.

GIS Completion
Unless you have received an official extension, you must complete each graduate individualized study course by the completion date posted on your schedule. If you do not finish the course by the assigned completion date and have not withdrawn or received an extension, you will receive a grade of F that will become part of your official transcript.

Re-enrollment
If you fail a GIS course but are in good standing in the School of Graduate Studies, you can request an opportunity to re-enroll in the course. Such requests must be made in writing to the dean of the School of Graduate Studies, who will consider the request and may or may not grant approval.

GENERAL PROGRAM POLICIES
This section includes policies that apply throughout the graduate interdisciplinary studies program. Additional policies that are relevant to a single phase of the program appear with the description of that phase under “Program Structure and Requirements” later in this chapter.

Graduate Advisors and Mentors
Your Methodology proposal must include the membership of a graduate committee that will guide and advise you throughout the program. Committee membership is voluntary, and it is your responsibility to ask advisors to serve on your committee.

Graduate committees typically include faculty members from MSU or other colleges or universities, as well as qualified individuals outside the academic sector. It is important that committee members have a terminal degree or equivalent credentials, although in some fields of study a committee may include a member who lacks a terminal degree but has unique and appropriate professional experience. Register for GIDS 580 Content to complete independent work under the guidance of an advisor.

If your degree plan includes the design of a special topics course (i.e., with regular graded assignments, an instructional syllabus, and continual teaching), the instructor for that course is designated a mentor. Register for GIDS 590 Mentored Content to complete a special topics course with a mentor. In some cases, a mentoring team can take the place of a graduate committee with the approval of the dean of the School of Graduate Studies.

The selection of committee members or mentors is your responsibility and is contingent on graduate program approval. Proposed members who are not MSU faculty members must provide documentation of appropriate credentials, and your student file must include a résumé or CV for each committee member (as submitted with your Methodology proposal).

If an illness or calamity affects one of your mentors or committee members in a way that alters the outcome of any degree work or deadlines, or if you are having difficulties with a mentor or committee member, you should immediately notify the School of Graduate Studies as well as the others involved.

Concurrent Program Enrollment
It is generally preferable for graduate students to pursue a single degree pathway, but there are exceptions. The following processes apply to concurrent enrollment in two individualized graduate programs.

After consulting with the academic officers for both programs, you can register for a second section of Methodology, in which you construct a concurrent enrollment plan for proposal to the dean of the School of Graduate Studies. This proposal should include any concepts of structure and content developed in discussion with the academic officers.

The dean will consider the proposal to ensure that degree requirements are properly fulfilled and that an appropriate amount of content is shared between degree programs. To maintain the integrity of each degree program, the sum of the credits for the two degrees should not diminish by more than 20 percent. Two 36-hour degree programs, for example, could share 14 hours of Content credit. Of course, pursuit of a second graduate individualized degree requires that both a new Methodology and a new Perspective project be submitted.

Copyright
An understanding of copyright regulations and the concept of fair use is critical in considering how to incorporate the citations of others in any graduate work intended for publication, such as a thesis, article, or book. It is recommended that you read Kenneth D. Crews’s booklet Copyright Law and Graduate Research: New Media, New Rights, and Your Dissertation, published by UMI (www.umi.com) or a similar guide to current copyright and permissions issues.

Institutional Review Board
Proposed projects involving human subjects, restricted populations, the necessity for secure storage of possibly identifying data, or similar issues must be approved by MSU’s Institutional Review Board, or IRB. The IRB may require a full review or an expedited review, or may determine that a project is exempt if it does not work with human subjects. The School of Graduate Studies can assist you in obtaining IRB forms.

When planning your Methodology proposal, you should consider the need for such review in constructing timelines for your work. If your project involves working with other sites or agencies that have their own IRB, you must also fulfill their requirements.

Degree Candidacy
You must have a cumulative graduate GPA of at least 3.0 to be granted degree candidacy (usually at the end of Methodology), to maintain degree candidacy, and to progress in the program. See “Qualifying for Degree Candidacy” in the Methodology description later in this chapter for additional information.

Program Standing
While enrolled in Content or Perspective, you must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4-point scale. If you are carrying 12 hours of graduate courses from previous semesters, you will not be permitted to register for new courses until the prior work is completed. This restriction does not apply to GIDS 580 or GIDS 590 projects that are designed to extend through more than one semester as stated in your approved degree plan.

Program Withdrawal and Reinstatement
To withdraw from the program, you must provide written notice to the School of Graduate Studies. Your committee or mentoring team then disbands and you are no longer a degree candidate (if you have reached that point in your studies).

To be reinstated in the degree program, you will be required to retake Methodology, obtain approval of a new proposal, and form a new committee or mentoring team.

Removal from the Program
The following nonexclusive list of events constitutes or causes immediate removal from the program:

• Failure to complete the program within five years without an extension granted by an accepted petition to the dean of the School of Graduate Studies.
• A cumulative GPA that falls below 3.0 while you are in any aspect of Content or Perspective.
• A grade below C on a Methodology proposal.
• Failure to register within two regular semesters of degree plan approval (in which case you must retake Methodology).
• Failure to register in the approved sequence within two semesters in the absence of correspondence.
• A letter or e-mail to the School of Graduate Studies stating that you are no longer in the program.
• A change of major form signifying your exit from the program.
• Academic or behavioral violations, in accordance with University policy.

See “Student Code of Conduct” and“Academic Appeals” in the Graduate Study at MSU chapter.

Program Time Limit
The time limit for completion of the graduate interdisciplinary studies program is five years from the date of your first enrollment. If you transfer credit hours from another program, you have five years from the date of your earliest enrollment in a course that you are transferring. Exceptions to this policy may be granted with the approval of the dean of the School of Graduate Studies.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND REQUIREMENTS
The graduate interdisciplinary studies program has a three-part structure in which you first enroll in Methodology as the point of entry, then take courses and guided independent work according to your degree plan (developed in Methodology), and validate your knowledge in a Perspective project as the final step.

Phase I: Methodology (3 credit hours)
Methodology is not a course in the conventional sense; it comprises the creation and approval of your degree plan. During the Methodology phase, you are expected to discuss your plans with an assigned faculty member and to conduct independent research in your chosen field in support of your proposal. The process often includes a number of preliminary drafts as well as formal submission of a single final Methodology proposal. Each document submitted must include a cover sheet designating whether it is a draft for review or a final proposal.

Once your proposed plan has been fully approved, you are ready to begin carrying out your degree plan in Content. Any later modifications to the approved degree plan, including the timeline, will require the approval of the program administrator.

Retaking Methodology
If you do not pass Methodology, the dean of the School of Graduate Studies may grant approval to register and retake Methodology under the following stipulations:

• You must request permission to retake Methodology formally and in writing, providing written evidence of your commitment to graduate studies.
• Your rewritten Methodology proposal will be read and assessed by a faculty member chosen by the dean of the School of Graduate Studies, and the decision will be binding without appeal.
• Your rewritten proposal will receive an automatic failing grade if it contains plagiarism or serious errors in grammar, organization, or coherence.
• You may submit only one draft for review and comment by the evaluator before submitting your final proposal. Review of this draft will be concerned only with the concepts presented in the proposal; the evaluator will not rewrite the draft or annotate it for stylistic and grammatical correction. Proposals must include a cover sheet designating whether it is a draft or final proposal.
• You may submit only one final Methodology proposal for consideration. This proposal must be received in the School of Graduate Studies office before the 20-week course deadline. No extensions are granted, and a proposal received after the deadline is graded F with no chance to resubmit.

Qualifying for Degree Candidacy
You must receive a grade of B or higher in Methodology to become a degree candidate and continue in good standing in the program. A grade of C in Methodology is the lowest passing grade and indicates that the degree proposal, although executable, has serious weaknesses that must be addressed. A proposal earning a grade of C for Methodology requires revision, although this revision will not affect the original grade.

If you receive a grade of C for Methodology, you will also be required to obtain the permission of the dean of the School of Graduate Studies or the program advisor to enroll in any further work. This permission may be granted when the Methodology proposal is evaluated or before you are to register for each subsequent component of your degree work. You can qualify for degree candidacy once further work in the Content phase brings your graduate cumulative GPA up to 3.0 or better. You must then maintain a cumulative GPA to maintain degree candidacy and remain in the program.

Phase II: Content (25 credit hours)
In Content, the second phase of your degree work, you carry out your learning goals as planned in Methodology. Although there are other possibilities, the Content phase often incorporates some of the following options:

• Traditional level course. A conventional class at the graduate level.
• Graduate individualized course. A graduate-level course offered individually; usually available in an independent learning format. These courses are identified in the Courses of Instruction section with the designation GIS at the end of the course description.
• Enveloped course. A course not usually applied at the graduate level that is incorporated into the foundation of a graduate-level project. For example, a section of Content might include a senior-level undergraduate course as a refresher, although the actual focus of the Content section is a large graduate research project. You do not register for the undergraduate course but for the segment of Content describing the project. You are responsible for arranging to work with the instructor of the undergraduate course, and for proposing and obtaining approval for the arrangement in your Methodology proposal.
• Transfer course. A graduate course from another college or university transferred into the program under your learning plan. For such credit to be considered for transfer, you must petition the program to accept it as transfer credit (generally 6 to 9 hours) as part of your Methodology proposal. Prospective transfer credit is subject to an evaluation fee.
• Portfolio. A vehicle for demonstrating mastery of a particular area, presented as the product of a segment of Content. The portfolio, which is submitted to appropriate faculty members for review, should be a summative document such as a master teacher portfolio.
• Directed study. Special study directed by an advisor as described in your learning plan.
• Field experience. On-site observation, application, and analysis under the supervision of a mentor or committee member; may include action research.
• Research. An advised independent project involving investigation, analysis, comparison, or synthesis as described in your Methodology plan.
• Major project. A project fulfilling part of your plan in Content (for example, a grant proposal or the execution of an accepted grant, an article, or an extended multimedia presentation).

Your approved Methodology proposal should account for every aspect of Content. Changes to any element of Content require an approved amendment to your Methodology proposal. Forms for proposing amendments are available from the School of Graduate Studies.

Since advisors and mentors are rarely able to immediately evaluate the work submitted to them, be careful to budget an appropriate amount of time for review of your work when planning your program.

Phase III: Perspective (8 credit hours)
The culminating element in the degree is the Perspective project. This project may be an extended written document, several documents, a robustly designed website resting on extensive research, an oral presentation or portfolio, or a traditional thesis.

As with the Content phase, be careful to budget an adequate amount of time for your advisors or mentors to review your work. This consideration is especially important if you are working toward a specific graduation date or another requirement.

Once your graduate committee or mentoring team has accepted and evaluated your Perspective project, it forwards a recommendation to the program. After a successful review, you are awarded the final 8 hours of credit (for a total of 36 hours) and receive your degree.

SAMPLE PROGRESSION
This example shows how the program might be structured by a student who has a bachelor’s degree in humanities and fine arts, works in a museum, and is interested in developing a career in museum administration.

Phase I: Methodology
The student registers through the School of Graduate Studies and consults with the program for permission to proceed with initial research. The student then conducts independent research as a foundation for the Methodology proposal and identifies members who agree to serve on an advisory committee.

After submitting a draft proposal to the program for review, the student then develops and submits a final proposal that includes the following details:

• Focus and rationale. The proposal gives the focus of the degree as a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in museum administration. It explains the importance of graduate study to advancement in the field.
• Details of learning to be done in Content. The proposal outlines specific competencies to be learned and groups them into sections: management of personnel and finances; grant writing and nonprofit agency operations; design, preparation, and context of exhibits; presentation strategies; and a field comparison of selected museums. It explains how each section will be carried out through a combination of traditional coursework, tutorials, projects, and practicum learning.
• Designation of advisors. The proposed graduate advisors include a curator and preparator at the student’s workplace as well as a member of MSU’s graduate faculty.
• Timeline. The proposed timeline specifies a year for completion of Content and eight months for completion of the Perspective project.
• Description of the Perspective project. The proposal includes an outline for a project designed to demonstrate learning across the designated content areas—in this case, the design and administration of a grant-funded exhibition.

The program reviews the Methodology proposal and awards 3 hours of credit upon its approval.

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Phase II: Content
The learning plan designed in the Methodology proposal is carried out, with credit awarded as each segment is completed for a total of 25 credit hours.

Phase III: Perspective
When the Perspective project is complete and has been presented to the graduate committee, the committee reviews the project. It forwards its written recommendations to the program, which award the final 8 hours of credit upon approval.

CONCENTRATIONS
While students have the freedom to structure their studies around different areas of specific interest, the standardized concentrations included here provide for those who wish to pursue graduate study in selected fields. These programs incorporate University coursework to fulfill the Content phase of the program.

Areas of recent strong student-designed concentrations have included literature, public administration, cultural studies, geology, history, psychology studies, adult education, and management of agencies or firms.

Adult Learning Facilitation (M.A.)
Designed for those seeking to increase their subject knowledge and educational skills in the teaching or training of adults. The Content phase incorporates advanced work in a specific discipline and field experience in directed applied educational settings. Content hours include GIDS 570; GIDS 549, 550, or 555; and administration courses as appropriate. The Perspective project is a detailed master teacher portfolio. Admission requires a bachelor’s degree or professional background in training or education.

Sample Progression
GIDS 501 Methodology 3
GIDS 560 Critical Inquiry or
GIDS 563 Research Methods 3
GIDS 549 Format and Focus in Graduate Writing or
GIDS 550 Professional Writing or
GIDS 555 Electronic Presentation 3
GIDS 570 Educational Strategies 3
GIDS 580 Directed Subj/Field Study 12
GIDS 580 Directed Subj/ Field Study or
Study in Educational Delivery 4
GIDS 680 Perspective 8
Total 36

Disability Studies (M.S.)
Designed for teachers, administrators, advocates, mediators, social services personnel, and human resources professionals dealing with compliance issues. Content may include directed work involving the history of disability issues; evolution of social attitudes; social responses through IDEA, ADA, and other regulations; and educational issues. Perspective projects may include a problem paper, extended major proposal, thesis, or presentation in an alternative medium. Admission requires a bachelor’s degree in a social sciences, health, or social services field.

Sample Progression
GIDS 501 Methodology 3
GIDS 560 Critical Inquiry or
GIDS 563 Research Methods 3
GIDS 549 Format and Focus in Graduate Writing or
GIDS 550 Professional Writing or
GIDS 551 Grant Writing for Professionals 3 GIDS 565 Interpreting Statistics in Research 3
GIDS 575 Public Policy 3
GIDS 572 Working Across Disabilities 3
GIDS 580 Directed work or courses in history, social attitudes, legislation, and education related to disability issues 10
GIDS 680 Perspective 8
Total 36

Liberal Studies (M.A.)
Includes directed study of important works in four areas of human thought: literature, history, theories of society, and philosophy. GIDS 549 or 550 is a required element of Content. The perspective project may be a creative work, set of articles, conventional thesis, or presentation in an alternative medium. Admission requires a bachelor’s degree in a humanities or social sciences discipline.

Sample Progression
GIDS 501 Methodology 3
GIDS 560 Critical Inquiry 3
GIDS 549 Format and Focus in Graduate Writing or
GIDS 550 Professional Writing 3
GIDS 545 Cultures and Social Concepts 3
GIDS 580 Readings in History 4
GIDS 580 Readings in Literature 4
GIDS 580 Readings in Social Theory 4
GIDS 580 Readings in Philosophy 4
GIDS 680 Perspective 8
Total 36

Psychology Studies (M.A.)
Provides an orientation in psychology and linkage with other interdisciplinary areas of interest; academic concentration that does not, and is not intended to, lead to licensure. Admission requires two letters of recommendation and approved undergraduate coursework in the following prerequisite areas: introductory psychology (3 credit hours), experimental psychology and/or research methods (3 credit hours); psychology electives at the 300 level or higher (6 credit hours).

Sample Progression
GIDS 501 Methodology 3
GIDS 563 Research Methods 3
GIDS 517 Adv Developmental Psych 3
GIDS 518 Psych of Psychopathology and Diagnosis 3
GIDS 519 Psych of Psychotherapy and Counseling 3
GIDS 520 Research in Physiological Psychology 3
Electives in psychology, statistics, and other interdisciplinary areas 10
GIDS 680 Perspective 8
Total 36

Social and Behavioral Studies (M.S.)
Provides teachers, counselors, and human resources or human services professionals with an interdisciplinary understanding of social and behavioral studies. Content includes GIDS 550 or 555 (or both), 565, and 575, as well as directed studies and projects. GIS courses in psychology may be substituted in Content as appropriate. The Perspective project may be a problem paper or similar product in an alternative medium. Admission requires a bachelor’s degree in a human services, human resources, or education area.

Sample Progression
GIDS 501 Methodology 3
GIDS 560 Critical Inquiry or
GIDS 563 Research Methods 3
GIDS 549 Format and Focus in Graduate Writing or
GIDS 550 Professional Writing or
GIDS 555 Electronic Presentation 3
GIDS 565 Interpreting Statistics in Research 3
GIDS 545 Cultures and Social Concepts 3
GIDS 575 Public Policy 3
GIDS 580 Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences 10
GIDS 680 Perspective 8
Total 36

GRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES CERTIFICATES
In addition to master’s degree options, the graduate interdisciplinary studies program offers graduate-level certificates in selected areas of study. Certificates are designed for those who wish to strengthen their workplace credentials or to pursue knowledge outside the structure of a degree program. Each certificate requires 15 to 18 hours of study and can either serve as a standalone certificate or be imported into the master’s degree program in criminal justice or interdisciplinary studies.

To pursue a graduate certificate, you must have a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university and be admitted to the School of Graduate Studies.

Cultures and Social Concepts
Interdisciplinary understanding of the relationship between cultural concepts and social movements.

GIDS 545 Cultures and Social Concepts 3
GIDS 547 Early Modern Images of Rulers 3
GIDS 560 Critical Inquiry 3
GIDS 572 Working Across Disabilities 3
GIDS 575 Public Policy 3
Total 15

Planning for Success
Context and strategies of management.

GIDS 504 Transforming Org Cultures 3
GIDS 510 Influencing Effectiveness of Systems 3
GIDS 547 Early Modern Images of Rulers 3
GIDS 601 Theories of Organizations 3
GIDS 610 Holistic Strategy 3
Total 15

Professional Communication
A blend of written and Web presentation, grant writing, teaching, and training, all underpinned by a study of great presenters.

GIDS 545 Cultures and Social Concepts 3
GIDS 550 Professional Writing 3
GIDS 551 Grant Writing for Professionals 3
GIDS 555 Electronic Presentation 3
GIDS 570 Educational Strategies 3
Total 15

Psychology Studies
Provides foundational knowledge in psychology that can serve as a basis for advanced graduate study or other professional goals; academic certificate that does not, and is not intended to, lead to licensure. Students completing the certificate may apply to the interdisciplinary studies degree program and can incorporate the certificate program into an emphasis in psychology studies with an approved Methodology proposal. Admission requirements are the same as for the psychology studies degree program.

GIDS 517 Adv Developmental Psych 3
GIDS 518 Psych of Psychopathology and Diagnosis 3
GIDS 519 Psych of Psychotherapy and Counseling 3
GIDS 520 Research in Physiological Psychology 3
GIDS 563 Research Methods 3
Elective 3
Total 18

Elective: Choose from GIDS 521 Advanced Educational Psychology, GIDS 522 Psychology of Spirituality and Religion, GIDS 523 Psychology Professional Ethics and Legal Issues, and GIDS 524 Teaching Intro to Psychology. Other electives in psychology may be used when available from MSU.