MASTER OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Course Title Number of Units

A. Prerequisite Requirements1
Psych 207 (Basic Course in Psychological Statistics) 3.0
Psych 208 (Introduction to Psychological Research
3.0
Methods)
Psych 209 (Psychological Measurement) 4.0
Other undergraduate psychology courses that may be
required

B. Concepts and Methods Core Courses (12.0 Units)

Psych 206 (Development of Psychological Thought) 3.0
Psych 210 (Experimental Design) 3.0
Psych 212 (Multivariate Statistical Methods) 3.0
3.0
Psych 220 (Research Methodology)

C. Areas of Interest2 (At least 18 units)

D. Master’s Thesis 6.0

36- 42 units (For IO and

Total Number of Units
Dev Psych Students)

1
These courses must be taken by entering graduate students who did not receive their
undergraduate training at the UP Department of Psychology-Diliman. Note that the total
number of units does not include these prerequisite requirements.

2 These courses may be taken in one area (i.e., Clinical, Developmental, Experimental,
Industrial-Organizational, Personality, Philippine Psychology, Social) and will be referred to as
one’s area of concentration. However, the student may also opt to follow a more general track
and select courses of interest from the different areas in Psychology. Selection of all courses in
this section must be discussed and decided upon with one’s program adviser.