General Requirements

MS Degrees

• MS thesis option students must include a minimum of 24 credits of regular coursework plus a minimum of 6 credits of thesis research (HK 698).

• All MS students must have at least 9 credits of research tools courses; however, more are preferred and suggested.

PhD Degrees

• The usual completed PhD program includes at least 34 credit hours in graduate level courses beyond the Master's degree or 52 (18 additional) hours beyond the baccalaureate degree. The remainder of the credit hours will be spent in research (HK 699). The Graduate School requires 90 total credits for graduation with up to 30 credits coming from the Master’s degree.

• PhD students must include at least 9 credit hours of research tools courses; however, more are preferred and suggested.

Additional requirements can be found in the Graduate Student Handbook.

opportunities

Our research includes observational/repeated measures survey and systematic review methods. Specifically, the Physical Activity Psychology Lab conducts community-engaged research that focuses on the maintenance of physical activity. We are currently examining these lines of research in older adults and rural communities. Our team has established strong collaborations across the fields of gerontology, kinesiology, public health, statistics, and leveraged three years of community-engaged research that entails collaboration with Purdue Extension educators (i.e., our community partners).

If this research area is of interest and clinical training is not a high priority, please contact contact Dr. Amireault for admission inquiry at: samireau@purdue.edu.

More details about the application process can be found here.