PSYC 6501 Graduate Programming Lab
The course provides an introduction to MATLAB. Students will learn how to program in MATLAB, and how to use MATLAB for research in psychology. Students will develop a programming mindset by learning and exercising programming tasks, e.g., manage the data, manipulate the variables, plot the data, make graphs and tables, and conduct statistical analysis.
Course overview
- Department
- Psychology and Neuroscience
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 1
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Annually
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- Permission of Department
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.30 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.60 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | Molly Byrne | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 8 of 10 |
| Fall 2023 | Molly Byrne | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 of 6 |
| Fall 2022 | Scott Slotnick | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 4 of 5 |
| Fall 2021 | Haley Fritch | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 2 of 3 |