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BACKGROUND:
Title: Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Sciences (MA, PhD). Contact: Paul Stager, Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3; 416/736-2100, ext. 66110; pstager@yorku.ca, http://cvr.yorku.ca/webpages/stager.htm. Est: n/a. Semester. Granted last 3 years: n/a. Part-time: yes. Program: Human factors is not offered as an independent program but as an area of specialization within Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Sciences. Research is being conducted at a fundamental level and in relation to human performance in aviation and space within the Human Performance in Space Laboratory and in individual laboratories. The program provides training in the application of behavioral and psychophysical techniques in space and aerospace environments. HFES student chapter: no. Catalog: (free) Graduate Admissions Office, 150 Atkinson College, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3.

APPLICATION:
Deadlines: 1/15. Fee: $60 (Cdn).

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
GPA: 3.0. GRE: both general and subject test. Other: TOEFL 250, Michigan English Language Test 92. Honors degree in psychology or equivalent with at least eight two-semester courses in psychology, including two semesters in research design and statistical analysis and two semesters in experimental psychology.

ADMISSIONS:
Students applying this year: 20. Accepted: pending. Openings/year: 9.

TUITION AND FEES:
Resident: $1563.73/term Cdn (3 terms/ year) plus one payment of $229 for health and dental insurance. Nonresident: $3612/term Cdn plus one payment of $702.78 for health and dental insurance. (Fees subject to change.)

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:
% receiving: 100. Amount: GA: $8000, TA: $10179 (Cdn). Some faculty can provide additional assistance of $3000 to $7000 per year. Available: fellowship, TA, RA, scholarship, none exempt. Apply: offers made to selected applicants.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:
MA: no units, no exams, no languages, 1 practicum, practical experience required, 2 years. Nonthesis option: no. PhD: no units, no exams, 2 practica required, 1 PhD paper, 5 1/2 years.

CURRICULUM:
Elective courses: Spatially Coordinated Behavior, Seminar in Vision Research, Seminar in Perception, Analysis of Skilled Performance. Required courses outside department: 0. Recommended courses outside department: 0. Class size: 6-8.

RESEARCH/TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES:
Research facilities: The Human Performance Laboratory has more than 7000 square feet of well-equipped research space with well-staffed mechanical and electronics workshops and good computer and computer-graphic systems. There are specialized devices for recording eye movements and stimulating the human visual-vestibular system. New facilities for an integrated Centre for Vision Research (http://cvr.yorku.ca/) are to be built. Those in the program work closely with the Defense and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, which supports ongoing research and development activities in human engineering and aerospace medicine. Additional information is available at the Web site for the Human Performance Lab (http://www.hpl.crestech.ca/). Teaching: Students are able to assist in the teaching of lecture and laboratory courses within different specialized areas.

STUDENT STATISTICS:
Active: 11 men, 20 women. First-year students: 4. Mean scores: n/a.

FACULTY:
Barry Fowler, PhD 1970, York U; skilled performance, effects of environmental stressors and drugs on performance, electrophysical correlates of mental workload. David Regan, DSc 1974, London; perception, algorithms of audition, spatial vision. Paul Stager, PhD 1966, Princeton U; human factors in aviation, human performance in operational environments.