This course is required for all entering doctoral students in Educational Psychology, School Psychology, Counseling Psychology, and Quantitative and Psychometric Methods. The fall seminar serves as an orientation to the doctoral programs and as a support for graduate student success. Specifically, this course introduces some general expectations, guidelines, and strategies for successfully completing the PhD at a research institution and provides support for self-reflection and initial engagement with a research topic of interest.

This course is required for all entering doctoral students in Educational Psychology, School Psychology, Counseling Psychology, and Quantitative and Psychometric Methods. The fall seminar serves as an orientation to the doctoral programs and as a support for graduate student success. Specifically, this course introduces some general expectations, guidelines, and strategies for successfully completing the PhD at a research institution and provides support for self-reflection and initial engagement with a research topic of interest.