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MS Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University, United States

Programme overview

Dual-Title Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies and Clinical and Translational Sciences Dual-Title Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies and Social and Behavioral Neuroscience

Faculty: The Graduate School  |  Duration: 31 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: University Park, PA, United States

What you will study

For the Master of Science degree, a minimum of 31 credits at the 400, 500, 600, or 800 level is required, with at least 18 credits in the 500 and 600 series combined. Courses include Human Development Across the Lifespan, Human Development Intervention: Analysis of Theories and Approaches, Introduction to Family Studies, Methods of Statistical Analysis in Human Development, Applied Statistics Laboratory.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants apply for admission to the program via the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School application for admission . Entering students should have some course work in social sciences, such as developmental and family science courses from psychology or sociology programs; and foundational courses in research methods and statistics. At the discretion of the program, students not meeting these requirements may be provisionally admitted with limited deficiencies to be made up concurrently with their graduate work. GRE scores will not be accepted Students with appropriate backgrounds will be considered for admission for fall semester only. The best-qualified applicants will be accepted up to the number of spaces that are available for new students.

Duration: 31 credits

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