Doctor of Philosophy [Ph.D] [Behavioral Science] From University of North Texas

The Behavioral Science program at the University of North Texas is unique.

While most programs are highly focused and concentrated, we expose you to a variety of content areas, including cognition, social, developmental, motivation, health and neuroscience. This approach allows you to pursue a focus with a fully informed background and better prepares you to work in collaborative research environments.

A Doctor of Philosophy degree in Behavioral Science will help you move into prominent roles as a researcher or professor at a university or as a research consultant with a counseling center, hospital, mental health center, medical school or rehabilitation services agency.

While pursuing your degree, you will gain competence in research through course work, individual work with faculty members, vertical research teams led by faculty members and informal research experiences. The individual work is conducted simultaneously with projects leading to publications or grant applications. You’re expected to participate in research with faculty members throughout your time in the program.

Key research areas for our faculty members include:

• Adult development
• Health psychology
• Neuropsychology
• Personality disorders
• Physiological psychology
• Traumatology
• Memory and Cognition