University of Oregon

Program Information

Degree Offered

M.A. or M.S., Ph.D.

Format: Campus

Program Description:

The Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon offers graduate training in both basic and applied domains of social and personality psychology. Research interests of faculty include structure, development, and change dynamics of personality attributes and belief systems; attitudes, values, and moral sentiments; self and identity processes; interpersonal perception; social interaction, relationships, and group dynamics; attribution, perspective taking and related social cognitive processes; decision making, emotion, and risk perception; emotion regulation; and psychology and the law.

Under the guidance of faculty advisors, each student can flexibly tailor his or her own graduate program, making the social and personality psychology program a distinctive training experience for each graduate student. Although students are required to take a small core of formal classes, most graduate training occurs in close, informal interactions with one or more faculty members. Students and faculty in the program also gather as a group on a regular basis (sometimes in the evening at a faculty member’s house) to discuss their research.

Students are encouraged to take advantage of departmental, university, and other institutional resources outside the social/personality area. Students regularly work with faculty in other areas of psychology, and many members of the area (faculty and students) participate in the Institute for Cognitive & Decision Sciences – an interdisciplinary institute that brings together scholars from diverse fields. Students have also been involved in Eugene-area research institutes such as Decision Research, Oregon Research Institute, and the Oregon Social Learning Center.

Graduates of the social and personality Ph.D. program have gone on to become post-doctoral fellows, tenure-track academic faculty, or independent scientists at research institutes and private-sector organizations.

Accreditation:

The University of Oregon is a member of the Association of American Universities and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and the Western Interstate Commission for HIgher Education.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: Yes

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Extensive

Institution Sector: Public

Locale: Midsize City

Size & Settings: 20,000 and above