Arizona State University is a public flagship metropolitan research university located on five campuses across the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona. ASU is the largest public university by enrollment in the U.S. The University was established in 1885.

Department of Psychology

Doctoral programs:

Behavioral Neuroscience-

Their program consists of faculty with diverse research interests including:

learning and memory (Bimonte-Nelson, Conrad; Sanabria); mathematical modeling of behavior (Sanabria); aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and hormone modulation (Bimonte-Nelson); behavioral and neurobiological consequences of drug abuse and stress (Olive, Conrad, Gipson-Reichardt); feeding behavior (Phillips); stress and brain plasticity (Conrad); timing and time perception (Sanabria); ADHD and impulsivity (Sanabria); and canine cognition and behavior (Wynne).

Clinical Psychology-

Areas of Specialization: Clinical

The Health Psychology Area of Emphasis
The Child Clinical Area of Emphasis
The Community/Prevention Area of Emphasis

Cognitive Science-

Psychology's Cognitive Science area investigates core cognitive processes such as cognition, action, perception, and language, while applying multiple theoretical perspectives such as information processing, dynamics, and embodied cognition.

Developmental Psychology-

The Developmental Psychology Program extends beyond traditional boundaries with areas of emphasis on Bio-behavioral Markers and Genetics; Developmental Psychopathology, Risk, and Resilience; Quantitative Developmental Psychology; and Translational Prevention and Intervention.

Quantitative Psychology-

The quantitative concentration focuses on the broad class of quantitative and methodological issues that arise in the conduct of both basic and applied psychological research.
There are seven core faculty members in the Quantitative Concentration, some of whom are also affiliated with a substantive area.

Social Psychology-

YEAR 1
Fall Semester:
PSY 551 Advanced Social Psychology
PSY 530 ANOVA Statistics
PSY 591a Current Topics in Social
PSY 592 Research
Spring Semester:
PSY 531 Mult. Corr & Regr. Statistics
PSY 600 Experimental Design Research
Social Psychology Recommended Elective
PSY 592 Research

YEAR 2
Fall Semester:
PSY 550 Advanced Social Psychology
PSY 532 Multivariate Statistics
PSY 599 Thesis Research (3–6 hrs)
Spring Semester:
Psychology Core Required Elective
Q & M Required Elective
PSY 599 Thesis Research (3–6 hours)
Master’s Degree awarded

YEAR 3
Fall Semester:
Social Psychology Required Elective
Q&M Required Elective
PSY 792 Research (3–6 hrs)
Spring Semester:
Psychology Core Required Elective
PSY 792 Research (3–9 hours)
Comprehensive Examination

YEAR 4 (& 5)
Fall Semester:
Elective PSY 792 Research (9 hours)
Dissertation Prospectus
Spring Semester:
Elective PSY 799 Dissertation (9 hrs)
Ph.D. awarded

Law & Psychology (JD/PhD Program)

Contact address

Arizona State University
1711 S Rural Rd, Tempe, AZ 85281, United States