Admission: Students enrolled in an undergraduate degree program within the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Health. Students in other programs within the Faculty of Health, or in the Psychology program at Glendon, are also permitted to complete the Certificate should they be permitted to do so by their program. Students can begin working on the requirements for the Certificate at any time, with an application to receive the Certificate submitted after successful completion of all the requirements (see below). It will be the responsibility of students to ensure they complete all Certificate requirements, including pre-requisites where needed.
University-Wide Residency Requirement
A minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.
Graduating with a Certificate: An average grade point average of 5.00 (C+) or greater is necessary across the courses taken to satisfy the requirements of the Certificate. Students must submit an application to graduate with the Certificate. Applications are submitted to the Department of Psychology via email. Transcript notation that the requirements for the Certificate have been completed will be made once the Registrar's Office has received notice from the Department of Psychology of successful completion of the Certificate requirements. Certificates will not be conferred until candidates have successfully completed an undergraduate degree program.
Application to Graduate with a Certificate
Course Requirements for the Certificate in Psychological Methods and Data Analysis:
The following courses are required:
- PSYC 2020 (6.00) Statistical Methods I and II OR
PSYC 2021 (3.00) Statistical Methods I & PSYC 2022 (3.00) Statistical Methods II - PSYC 2030 (3.00) Introduction to Research Methods
- PSYC 3031 (3.00) Intermediate Statistics I
- PSYC 3032 (3.00) Intermediate Statistics II
- PSYC 3090 (3.00) Psychological Measurement
In addition, six credits are required from the following options:
- PSYC 3010 (3.00) Intermediate Research Methods
- PSYC 3015 (3.00) Introduction to Program Evaluation
- PSYC 4330 (3.00) Seminar in Statistics
- PSYC 390x/490x (3.00/6.00) Independent Research Project (on a topic directly related to Psychological Methods and Data Analysis, and approved by the Certificate in Psychological Methods and Data Analysis Coordinator
Note 1: A minimum C+ average is required across all courses counting towards the completion of the Certificate in Psychological Methods and Data Analysis
Note 2: Students in the Specialized Honours Program are required to take PSYC 2020 6.00 (or PSYC 2021 3.00/PSYC 2022 3.00), PSYC 2030 3.00, PSYC 3031 3.00, and PSYC 3010 3.00 as part of their degree requirements. Thus, to ensure that they have taken at least 12 credits beyond what is required by their program, they cannot use PSYC 3010 3.00 to satisfy the six credits required from the course options available. However, they can take any two of PSYC 3015 3.00, PSYC 4330, 3.00 PSYC 390x 3.00, and PSYC 490x 3.00 OR PSYC 390x/490x 6.00 to satisfy this requirement.
Note 3: In order to have the Certificate in Psychological Methods and Data Analysis show up on student transcripts, students must submit an application to graduate with the Certificate. This application form can be retrieved from, and submitted to, the Undergraduate Office of the Department of Psychology.