Become a Member

COGDOP Membership Application

Thanks for your interest in becoming a member (or renewing membership) in the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP).

• If you would like to become a member for the first time, please review COGDOP’s requirements for members (described below). If you have read COGDOP’s membership requirements and believe to qualify as a member, please fill out the form below to begin the membership application process.
• If you are already a member and want to renew before your current membership has expired, please login with your username and password (reset password if necessary), then go to “profile” in the upper right corner of the screen to “change” your membership by selecting one of the renewal options. Important: it will look like PayPal is the only payment option, but if you proceed, you will have the option to pay by credit/debit card as well as PayPal.
• If you were a member but your membership has expired, you will need to re-register as a new member. Unfortunately our new website does not have a grace period for recently expired memberships.
• If your department is a member and is changing chairs, please go here to find information on the process for changing chairs
• If you are a new chair and are not sure if your department may have an active membership already, please email memberservices@cogdop.org to check.

Requirements for Membership in Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP)

Full membership will be granted to departments that meet one or all of the following criteria: A or B.

A. Departments of Psychology with graduate degree programs 

B. Other departments having programs that meet ALL the following seven criteria:

1. The program must be clearly labeled and defined as a psychology/degree-granting program.
2. The psychology program must stand as a recognizable, coherent organizational entity within the institution, and be within a regionally accredited program.
3. The psychology program must be an integrated, organized sequence of study.
4. There must be an identifiable psychology faculty and psychologist responsible for the program.
5. The program must have an identifiable body of students who are matriculated in the program for a degree.
6. Masters programs should be the equivalent of one post-baccalaureate year—3 quarters or 2 semesters—full time study at a minimum. Doctoral programs should be three post-baccalaureate years of full-time study at a minimum.
7. A core program appropriate to the degree and the science of psychology must be identified, and the source of instruction (i.e., where the material is taught in the institution), should be identified.

When signing up please do the following:

• The USERNAME should be your INSTITUTION – DEPARTMENT (e.g., City College CUNY – Psychology).
• You should put in the chair/head email and name below that.
• You will be able to sign in EITHER with the USERNAME or with your EMAIL.