MA Psychology – Human Factors/Applied Cognition
This Psychology – Human Factors/Applied Cognition specialization at George Mason University trains students to apply basic research skills in the cognitive sciences to “real-world” problems. Faculty help place students who do not have real-world experience in a part- or full-time practicum before completing their degree.
Duration
1 year
Starting Date
August
Tuition Fee
$ 1,431 per credit
Location
Fairfax, United States
About the programme
Students in our Psychology – Human Factors/Applied Cognition specialization at George Mason University can elect to focus on either professional training or preparation for a doctoral program.
Both tracks stress the analytic and empirical methodologies that are used in all phases of interactive systems design (where this is broadly defined to include any human-machine system).
The power and interpretation of these techniques reside in their close ties to cognitive theory.
Job Prospects
- Job prospects for our MA graduates are very rosy. All of our graduates have been employed within 2 months of graduation.
- Some of our students’ internships have turned into job offers so that they were employed prior to leaving the program.
Courses include:
- Cognitive Bases of Behavior
- Advanced Topics in Cognitive Science
- Advanced Statistics
- Quantitative Methods: Analysis of Variance
- Multiple Regression
- Quantitative Methods: Multivariate Techniques in Psychology
- Cognitive Engineering: Cognitive Science Applied to Human Factors
- Research Methods in Human Factors and Applied Cognition