Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology
Harold Abel School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
General Psychology specialization
This online psychology PhD specialization offers you the opportunity to create an individualized, academic-track program designed to meet your professional goals and research interests. Choose an established area of psychological study such as health psychology, or design an interdisciplinary program that blends psychology with education, business, or human services courses. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing faculty or administrative training positions in higher education, business or the military, or careers in consulting, institutional research, or program evaluation or administration.
This specialization is not designed to meet licensure requirements for the counseling professions. If you are seeking information on professional licensure, please visit our Licensure Resource site.
Residency Requirements: Three four-day colloquia (PSY-R8921, PSY-R8922, PSY-R8923).
- Learn about the residential colloquia experience.
- As a PhD learner, you will attend three three-day residential colloquia at specific stages in your program, in addition to your online courses. These energizing residencies provide you with insights and knowledge that will be valuable during your PhD studies and beyond. Learn more about residential colloquia:
Residency requirements: Three 4-day weekend experiences
- Learn about the residential colloquia experience.
- In addition to your online courses, you will complete 3 residential colloquia, each of which includes a 4-day weekend experience, at specific stages in your program. These energizing residencies provide you with insights and knowledge that will be valuable during your PhD studies and beyond.
Doctoral colloquia each have 3 steps:
Step 1: Colloquium Courseroom (opens approximately 2 weeks prior to Weekend Experience)
Step 2: Weekend Experience (4-day residency)
Step 3: Colloquium Courseroom—Assessment and evaluation (completed the week after the Weekend Experience)
What is the cost to attend?
The price for each colloquium is $1,495 (pricing is subject to periodic adjustment), but doesn’t include costs for evening meals or travel. You’ll be responsible for making your hotel reservations and travel arrangements.
- Learn more about residency requirements.
- Get more detailed information and learn how the residency experiences will enrich your learning at Capella University. Speak with an enrollment counselor at 1.888.227.3552.
Core Courses (each course 5 quarter credits unless noted)
- PSY8002 - Orientation to Doctoral Learning in Psychology
- PSY7110 - History and Systems of Psychology
- PSY7210 - Lifespan Development
- PSY7615 - Data Analysis with SPSS
- PSY7520 - Social Psychology
- PSY7543 - Ethics and Multicultural Issues in Psychology*
- PSY7610 - Tests and Measurements
- PSY7625 - Advanced Inferential Statistics**
- PSY7630 - Qualitative Analysis
- PSY7658 - Quantitative Research Methods in Psychology**
Specialization Courses (each course 5 quarter credits unless noted)
- PSY7635 - Advanced Qualitative Analysis*
- PSY7626 - Multivariate Statistics: Theory and Application*
- PSY9919 - Doctoral Comprehensive Examination*
- PSY9920 - Dissertation Courseroom* - non-credit
- PSY9921 - Dissertation Research 1*
- PSY9922 - Dissertation Research 2*
- PSY9923 - Dissertation Research 3*
- PSY9924 - Dissertation Research 4*
Seven Elective Courses (each course 5 quarter credits unless noted)
- Choose any graduate courses, excluding introductory and special topics courses, lectures, seminars, practica, internships, and any Capella-designated first course
- OR
- For a health psychology focus, choose seven courses from these recommended electives:
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- PSY7320 - Advanced Biological Psychology*
- PSY7330 - Psychopharmacology*
- PSY8610 - Principles of Health Psychology
- PSY8630 - Health Care Delivery
- PSY8640 - Community Psychology
- PSY8650 - Innovative Health Care Practices
- PSY8660 - Coping with Chronic Physical Illness
- PSY8670 - Cognitive/Affective Basis of Physical Illness
Courses without a PSY designation may be worth fewer than five quarter credits. Learners must carefully plan their elective courses to ensure that total credit requirements for the degree are met. Special topics courses in the Harold Abel School of Social and Behaviorial Sciences can be used as an option to complete the total required credits needed for graduation.
** This course has a prerequisite that is not listed as a required course, which may increase the total number of courses needed to complete this specialization. See course descriptions for additional course prerequisites.
* This course has a prerequisite. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.
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