Course Overview
Although the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto consists of three campuses ( St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough) and several affiliated institutions and hospitals, a single graduate program provides the common bond across the various research locations. The focus of the program is scientific and experimental. In keeping with the academic tradition of the University of Toronto (which recently ranked 18th in a global ranking of the top 100 research universities - the only Canadian university in the top 30) , the goal of the Department of Psychology is primarily to educate scientific researchers. To accomplish this, the course load is kept light and the emphasis of the graduate program is on research. Graduate training in psychology stresses training in general experimental psychology, leading to the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Areas of specialization include the following: Biology and behavior, Perception, cognition, and cognitive neuroscience, Development, Social, personality, and abnormal psychology