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Students can apply to a degree combined that combines the master’s and doctoral degrees. The combined MA/PhD program is research intensive, with anticipation that students will work closely with an advisor on research. Students should expect research involvement and appropriate authorship throughout their graduate training. The combined MA/PhD training follows an apprenticeship model where students learn the process of conducting research through collaboration with their advisor and affiliated researchers in a productive research environment.

Given the research demands of the program, we strongly encourage MA/PhD applicants to enroll as full-time students. To encourage full-time study, we will typically offer support in the form of teaching assistantships or graduate assistantships for the 4-5 years that it will take to complete the PhD. Assistantships include tuition remission, health benefits, and a stipend.

The Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at University of New Mexico requires a minimum of 90 credit hours. The combined MA/PhD program follows all PhD program requirements. Students in the combined program would typically be expected to take the options for a written master’s thesis and comprehensive paper.

The program in Educational Psychology provides:

• A research-based curriculum covering basic concepts and theories in psychology as they relate to learning and instruction. Included are cognition, human development, learning, motivation, measurement, assessment, evaluation, and applications to education policy and practice.
• An integrated sequence of courses and other learning experiences that will insure the development of a clear basis for understanding the links among teaching, learning, and assessment, including the role of various individual difference and group factors on these processes.
• A rigorous training sequence in educational statistics and research methodologies that will allow graduates to evaluate and conduct educational research in a variety of contexts.
• A variety of opportunities, such as teaching assistantships and internships, that will prepare doctoral students for their future professional endeavors.