Application Procedures

If you do decide to apply to our program, you will need to provide us with certain
information and Graduate Admissions with other information (necessary link and address
listed below).

 

Psychology Application Procedures:

  1. A letter of application. The letter of application should include: (a) your interest
    in an assistantship, (b) a brief description of your ultimate career goals, and (c)
    a brief summary of your credentials, (e.g., GPA in Psych, GRE scores, research experience,
    publications/presentations, practical experience, etc.). The three letters of reference
    should be from individuals who can assess your potential as a graduate student in
    psychology.

  2. A vita

  3. 3 letters of reference.

 

Submit these material using this site (Click on “Apply Today”) 

 

Graduate Admissions:

  1. Official transcripts from all the universities that you have attended,

  2. Official GRE score reports

These items should be sent directly to the Office of Admissions. This information
should be sent to:

Enrollment Services
Graduate Admissions
SLU 10752
Hammond, Louisiana 70402-0752 

 

Application Deadlines:

To be assured of consideration your application must be completed (this includes all
reports of GRE scores, transcripts, letters of recommendation, etc.) by March 15 for
entry in the fall semester and October 15 for entry in the spring semester. Applications after the departmental dates will be considered; however, since the
department does limit the number of students admitted, there is a danger that all
of the openings will have been filled. 

 

Admissions Requirements:

Our admission requirements include the following minimum standards for consideration
for admission to the program:

  1. have an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (2.5 for conditional admission) on
    all psychology courses taken

  2. complete a minimum of 18 hours of undergraduate work in Psychology (or Educational
    Psychology) which must include a statistics course and a general experimental (research
    design) course

  3. Submit a GRE score for the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE. A GRE score
    for the psychology subject test is not required but may offset a low combined verbal
    and quantitative score. ETS has changed the GRE scoring methodology, please check
    with your graduate advisor for details regarding GRE score minimums required for admission.
    In order to insure the highest level of instruction, we cap the program at a total
    of 20 graduate students; thus, we cannot necessarily accept all of the students who
    apply even though they meet the minimum requirements.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact the graduate coordinator at 985/549-3570 or by email at [email protected].