Health Psychology

Diploma Requirements

Graduate Diploma in Health Psychology students must successfully complete the following requirements:

1. Dissertation Topic
   Completion of a PhD dissertation in a health psychology topic.

2. Research Projects
   Two major health psychology research projects in addition to the PhD dissertation.

3. Coursework
   a) At least two graduate level health psychology half courses or one full year course
   b) At least one biomedical half course relevant to the student’s research (e.g., anatomy, physiology, neuroscience)

4. Graduate Diploma in Health Psychology - Seminars
   Successful completion of two 1.5 credit courses: Psychology 6456 1.5: Graduate Diploma in Health Psychology - Seminar 1 and
   Psychology 6457 1.5: Graduate Diploma in Health Psychology - Seminar 2. The seminars combine a ‘brown-bag’ format with support for graduate diploma program students both academically and professionally. The seminars must be attended for any two years over the course of the student’s program of study.

For more information, contact the Graduate Program in Psychology, (416) 736-5290, gradpsyc@yorku.ca ; or the Graduate Program in Kinesiology & Health Science, (416) 736-5728, kahs@yorku.ca.