2018~2019 KOREA UNIVERSITY Graduate School Bulletin

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Academic Goals

The graduate program in the Department of Psychology strives to prepare students with skills
for advanced research and expert knowledge in their areas of specialization, which will
contribute to the ultimate goal of psychology, to understand human mind and behavior.
Emphasis is placed on training professionals in both research and clinical application.
Laboratory-based education focuses on training of specialized theories and methodology
relevant to research and teaching. Project-based training is also implemented to develop
students’ competence in real-life problem solving and applied practice.

Fields of Study

Clinical and Counseling Psychology

Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Consumer and Advertising Psychology
Cultural and social Psychology

Degree Requirements

1. Master’s Program

1) A student in the master’s program must obtain a total of 24 credits in courses on research
methodology and in their chosen research area. Credits earned from other departments
can be used to fill this requirement, only under the discretion of the student’s advisor or
the graduate program director.
2) Students decide advisor designated courses in psychology with the academic advisor’s
discretion at the first semester. “Advisor designated courses” are mandatory extra credits
which are not included in the total credits required for the degree. Students must submit a
“Advisor designated courses” form by the discretion of the academic advisor. The courses
can be designated up to five courses and non-psychology majors should take at least two
undergraduate courses in psychology.
3) If any of these requirements should change during the course of the student’s term,
he/she can choose between the old and the revised requirements, when authorized by the
graduate program director.
4) Credits earned from other departments can be approved only under the discretion of the
student’s advisor.
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5) A student in the master’s program can take the doctoral courses only under the discretion
of the student’s advisor.
2. Doctoral Program

1) Students in the doctoral program must obtain a total of 36 credits. Among those 36
credits, 18 credits must come from their areas of specialization. Credits earned from other
departments can be used to fill this requirement, only under the discretion of the student’s
advisor or the graduate program director.
2) Students in the doctoral program must publish at least two research articles in professional
journals, as a first or corresponding author for at least one article, which should be approved
by the dissertation committee before submitting their doctoral dissertation.
3) The students with a master degree in non-psychology majors in the doctoral program
should meet the prerequisites of the master’s students with an undergraduate degree in
non-psychology majors.
4) If any of these requirements should change during the course of the student’s term,
he/she can choose between the old and the revised requirements, when authorized by the
graduate program director.
5) Credits earned from other departments can be approved only under the discretion of the
student’s advisor.
6) A doctoral student can take the master’s courses only under the discretion of the student’s
advisor.

3. The program for students admitted into the doctoral program without a master’s degree

1) Students admitted into the doctoral program without a master’s degree must take a total
of 54 credit hours. Credit hours earned from other departments must be approved by the
academic advisor or the graduate program director. to be considered as the partial
fulfillment of the requirements.
2) The graduation requirements for students admitted into the doctoral program without a
master’s degree are not different from those for the doctoral students. “Advisor designated
courses” for these students are not different from those of master’s students.
3) Students in the master’s program may transfer to the doctoral program without a master’s
degree if approved by the graduate program director.
4) Students accepted into the doctoral program without a master’s degree are not required to
submit a masters’ thesis prior to continuing work towards a doctoral degree. If students
decide not to pursue a doctoral degree, a master’s degree may be awarded only to those
students who have satisfied the requirements for the master’s program and have
successfully defended their master’s theses.
5) If any of these requirements should change during the course of the student’s term,
he/she can choose between the old and the revised requirements, when authorized by the
graduate program director.
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6) Credits earned from other departments can be approved only under the discretion of the
student’s advisor.

Comprehensive Examinations

1. Master’s Program: The comprehensive examination for the master’s students is composed of
two subjects in specialty areas below. (100 points each)

1) The subjects in each specialty area are listed below.

① Clinical and Counseling Psychology : Psychopathology, Psychotherapy and Advanced
Counseling Theory
② Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience : Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience, Advanced
Cognitive Psychology, Advanced Bio psychology, Advanced Learning Psychology
③ Industrial and Organizational Psychology : Industrial Psychology, Organizational
Psychology
④ Consumer and Advertising Psychology : Consumer Psychology, Advertising Psy-
chology, Method in Consumer Psychology
⑤ Cultural and Social Psychology : Cultural Psychology, Social Psychology

2. Doctoral Program : The formats of the comprehensive examination for the doctoral students
are as follows.

1) The student’s academic advisor can organize the evaluation committee (minimum of two
faculty members including the academic advisor) after four academic semesters since the
admission of the student. The comprehensive examinations must include a written test
and an oral test of which format may be decided by the evaluation committee. Upon
completion of the examination, the academic advisor must complete and an evaluation
form which contains the titles and dates of the oral and written test, summary of the
evaluation and the final grade. This policy is effective for students who are admitted in
the spring semester of 2014 or later. Students who have entered the program prior to the
spring semester of 2014 may choose between the current format and the format specified
in the graduate school bulletin effective at the time of their admission, after attaining
permission from the graduate program director
2) Doctoral students in Clinical and Counseling Psychology Program can choose between the
common format(rule 1)) and a paper-and-pencil test in the following subject areas:
Advanced Psychodiagnosis, Advanced Psychopathology, Advanced Psychotherapy,
Advanced Personality Psychology
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❚Courses❚
Credits
Code Title
(hour)

PSY 1001 Advanced Psychological Statistics 3(3)

Research Methodology PSY 1002 Advanced Experimental Design 3(3)
PSY 1004 Multivariate Analysis 3(3)
Core
Course PSY 1104 Professional Issues in Mind, Brain, and 3(3)
Psychological Science
Common Courses
PSY 1105 Field Studies in Psychology I 3(3)
PSY 1106 Field Studies in Psychology II 3(3)

PSY 2102 Applied Social Psychology 3(3)

PSY 2103 Cultural Psychology 3(3)
PSY 2104 Social Cognition 3(3)
PSY 2106 Cross-Cultural Psychology 3(3)
PSY 2017 Community Psychology 3(3)
Cultural and PSY 2111 Positive Psychology 3(3)
Social
Psychology PSY 2113 Social Psychology 3(3)
PSY 2116 Advanced Psychology of Development 3(3)
PSY 2118 Psychology of Crime 3(3)
PSY 2123 Self and Motivation 3(3)
PSY 2124 Personality and Social Behavior 3(3)
Major Master’s PSY 2125 Interpersonal Relationships 3(3)
Course Program
PSY 3101 Competency Modeling 3(3)
PSY 3102 Compensation 3(3)
PSY 3103 Career Development 3(3)
PSY 3104 Practicum in Industrial Field 3(3)
PSY 3105 Psychology Test and Personnel Selection 3(3)
Industrial
and PSY 3106 Advanced Organizational Psychology 3(3)
Organization
PSY 3107 Advanced Personnel Psychology 3(3)
Psychology
PSY 3108 Job Motivation 3(3)
PSY 3118 Work Stress 3(3)
PSY 3119 Organizational Behavior and Outcome 3(3)
PSY 3120 Advanced Psychometrics 3(3)
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PSY 3121 Team Performance 3(3)

PSY 3122 Method of Test Construction 3(3)

PSY 4115 Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience I 3(3)

PSY 4116 Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience II 3(3)
PSY 4117 Applied Cognitive Neuroscience 3(3)
PSY 4118 Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience 3(3)
PSY 4119 Advanced Biopsychology 3(3)
PSY 4120 Advanced Learning Theory 3(3)
PSY 4121 Psychopharmacology 3(3)
PSY 4122 Neuroanatomy 3(3)
PSY 4123 Methods in Behavioral Neuroscience 3(3)
PSY 4124 Assessment and Analysis of Animal Behavior 3(3)
PSY 4125 Behavioral Genetics 3(3)
PSY 4126 Clinical Neuroscience 3(3)
PSY 4128 Neuropsychology 3(3)
PSY 4129 Applied Electroencephalography 3(3)
Behavioral
PSY 4130 Language Acquisition 3(3)
and
Cognitive PSY 4131 Mental Processes of Foreign Language 3(3)
Neuro Comprehension and Production
science PSY 4132 Neuroimaging Analysis Technique 3(3)
PSY 4133 Advanced Cognitive Psychology 3(3)
PSY 4134 Sensation and Perception 3(3)
PSY 4135 Psychology of Movement Control 3(3)
PSY 4136 Spoken Language Processing 3(3)
PSY 4137 Psychology of Decision Making 3(3)
PSY 4138 Theories of Attention 3(3)
PSY 4139 Psychology of Language 3(3)
PSY 4140 Emotion and Cognition 3(3)
PSY 4141 Visual Neuroscience 3(3)
PSY 4142 Neuroeconomics 3(3)
PSY 4143 Social Neuroscience 3(3)
PSY 4144 Seminar in Perception 3(3)
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PSY 5101 Seminar in Consumer Psychology I 3(3)

PSY 5106 Leisure Consumption Theory 3(3)
PSY 5107 Consumer Psychology and Marketing 3(3)
PSY 5109 Seminar in Advertising Psychology I 3(3)

Consumer PSY 5110 Advertising and Persuasive Communication 3(3)

and PSY 5111 Neuro-Marketing and Consumer Psychology 3(3)
Advertising
Psychology PSY 5116 Practice in Consumer Trend Analysis 3(3)
PSY 5118 Method in Consumer Psychology I 3(3)
PSY 5120 Practice in Qualitative Research Methods for 3(3)
Consumer Psychology
PSY 5122 Theory and Practice in Measuring Advertising 3(3)
Effectiveness

PSY 7101 Research in Clinical and Counseling I 3(3)

PSY 7302 Psychological Assessment 3(3)
PSY 7310 Cognitive Therapy 3(3)
PSY 7314 Career Counseling 3(3)
PSY 7315 Psychodiagnosis 3(3)
PSY 7317 Neuropsychological Assessment 3(3)
PSY 7318 Projective Assessment 3(3)
Clinical and PSY 7319 Developmental Psychopathology 3(3)
Counseling
PSY 7320 Psychopathology 3(3)
Psychology
PSY 7321 Group Therapy 3(3)
PSY 7322 Psychotherapy and Advanced Counseling 3(3)
Theory
PSY 7323 Health Psychology 3(3)
PSY 7324 Advanced Personality Psychology 3(3)
PSY 7325 Practicum in Clinical Psychology I 3(3)
PSY 7326 Practicum in Clinical Psychology II 3(3)

PSY 2211 Social Perception and Judgement 3(3)

PSY 2212 Advanced Applied Social Psychology 3(3)
Cultural and PSY 2213 Seminar in Advanced Cultural Psychology 3(3)
Social
Psychology PSY 2214 Culture and Personality 3(3)
PSY 2215 Asian-Korean Psychology 3(3)
PSY 2216 Psychology of Religion 3(3)
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PSY 2217 Reunification and Psychology 3(3)

PSY 2218 Psychology and Law 3(3)

PSY 3201 Seminar in Managerial Psychology 3(3)

PSY 3202 Seminar in Personnel Psychology 3(3)
PSY 3203 Seminar in Organizational Psychology 3(3)
PSY 3205 Strategic Human Resources Management 3(3)
Industrial PSY 3206 Organizational Behavior Analysis 3(3)
and
PSY 3210 Organizational Communication 3(3)
Organization
Psychology PSY 3212 Assessment Center 3(3)
PSY 3215 Advanced Personnel Selection 3(3)
PSY 3216 Advanced Test Theory 3(3)
PSY 3217 Organizational Innovation 3(3)
PSY 3219 Psychology of Information Security 3(3)

PSY 4209 Instrumentation in Brain Research 3(3)

PSY 4210 Molecular Neurobiology 3(3)
PSY 4215 Language Learning and Brain Plasticity 3(3)
Doctoral
PSY 4216 Computational Cognitive Neuroscience 3(3)
Program Behavioral
and PSY 4217 Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience 3(3)
Cognitive
Neuro PSY 4218 Seminar in Behavioral Neuroscience 3(3)
science PSY 4219 Neuropsycholinguistics 3(3)
PSY 4220 Neural Mechanism of Attention 3(3)
PSY 4221 Neural Mechanism of Response Selection 3(3)
PSY 4222 Research Methods in Applied Psychology 3(3)

PSY 5201 Consumer Decision Making 3(3)

PSY 5203 Environment and Consumption Culture 3(3)
PSY 5208 Seminar in Advertising Psychology II 3(3)
PSY 5210 Seminar in Consumer Psychology II 3(3)
Consumer
and PSY 5211 Method in Consumer Psychology II 3(3)
Advertising PSY 5214 Design and Purchase Behavior 3(3)
Psychology
PSY 5215 Digital Media and Consumer Behavior 3(3)

PSY 7217 Seminars in Cognitive Disorders 3(3)

PSY 7218 Seminars in Affective Disorders 3(3)
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PSY 7219 Seminars in Development and Validation of 3(3)

Clinical Measures
PSY 7220 Seminars in Multidisciplinary Studies of Mind, 3(3)
Brain, an Behavior
PSY 7221 Seminars in Personality Disorders 3(3)
PSY 7222 Seminars in Supervision 3(3)
PSY 7223 Seminars in Group Therapy 3(3)
Clinical and
PSY 7224 Research in Clinical and Counseling Psychology II 3(3)
Counseling
Psychology PSY 7225 Methodology in Clinical Psychology 3(3)
PSY 7226 Special Topics in Psychotherapy 3(3)
PSY 7227 Special Topics in Counseling Psychology 3(3)
PSY 7228 Advanced Clinical and Counseling Practicum I 3(3)
PSY 7229 Advanced Clinical and Counseling Practicum I 3(3)
PSY 7230 Advanced Field Practicum I 3(3)
PSY 7231 Advanced Field Practicum I 3(3)
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[Courses in Psychology]

Specialization

1. Research Methodology PSY1001~1004

2. Common Courses PSY1101~PSY1106

3. Cultural and Social Psychology

① Master’s Program : PSY2101~2125

② Doctor’s Program : PSY2211~2219

4. Industrial and Organization Psychology

① Master’s Program : PSY3101~3123

② Doctor’s Program : PSY3201~3219

5. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience

① Master’s Program : PSY4115~4144

② Doctor’s Program : PSY4201~4222

6. Consumer and Advertising Psychology

① Master’s Program : PSY5101~5122

② Doctor’s Program : PSY5201~5215

7. Clinical and Counseling Psychology

① Master’s Program : PSY7101, PSY7302~7326

② Doctor’s Program : PSY7217~7231
③ Subjects for Clinical Psychology Expert, Mental and Public Health
by Ministry of Health and Welfare
: PSY1001, PSY1002, PSY1004, PSY2118, PSY3120,
PSY4115, PSY4116, PSY4119, PSY4120, PSY4128,
PSY4133, PSY7302, PSY7310, PSY7315~PSY7326