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MA Clinical Psychology at Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University, United States

Programme overview

The Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology program helps students prepare to work as mental health professionals in a variety of settings and is intended to provide a broad training program in empirically validated clinical psychology. The program can provide the academic training necessary for graduates to apply for master's level licensing as a professional counselor in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is flexible enough to prepare graduates for licensure in many other U.S. states. The M.A. program requires 60 credits of course work.

Faculty: The Graduate School  |  Duration: 60 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: University Park, PA, United States

What you will study

in Clinical Psychology requires 60 credits of course work. Courses include Ethics and Professional Practice in Psychology and Counseling, Cultural Competency in Psychology, Applied Social Psychology, Statistics, Biological Basis of Behavior.

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Entry requirements

Applicants apply for admission to the program via the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School application for admission . Students will be admitted on a competitive basis and must submit the following: completed Graduate School application form with the application fee official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended three professional letters of recommendation, two of which need to be from academic letter writers a brief (two-page) interest statement GRE scores are not required for admission, but students who do not submit GRE scores will not be eligible for most graduate assistantships and/or scholarships.

Duration: 60 credits

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