University of Michigan

Program Information

Degree Offered

Ph.D.

Program Description:

Students typically pursue studies involving the investigation of "Brain and Behavior Relationships" (e.g., Physiological Psychology or Behavioral Neuroscience) or the "Evolution of Behavior" (e.g., Sociogiology or Comparative Animal Behavior), although students a re encouraged to sample both of these approaches during their graduate a career. Research activities of the staff range from field observations of animal social behavior to recording the activity of single brain cells, and the main research interests of the faculty are in one or more of the following sub-areas: behavioral neuroscience, sensory processes, evolutionary basis and the adaptive significance of behavior, motivation and emotion, hormones and behavior, biological rhythms, learning and memory, stress reactions, psycho-pharmacology, neural plasticity/recovery of function, and neuropsychology.

Eligibility Requirements:

The PhD Program in Biopsychology is strongly research-oriented, and students are required to initiate a research project in collaboration with a faculty member early in their first year of graduate study. They are also required to write a report and to give an oral presentation based on this project by the Fall term of their second year. Students continue research during their second year, along with course work, and take their Preliminary Examination at the end of the second semester.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No

Format: Campus

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Extensive

Institution Sector: Public

Locale: Midsize City

Size & Settings: 20,000 and above