MS Sport and Performance Psychology at West Virginia University

Programme overview

The online Master’s in Sport and Performance Psychology, offered by the WVU College of Applied Human Sciences, is a flexible graduate program designed to prepare you to optimize performance, well-being, and human potential across a breadth of performance-driven settings such as sports, military, performing arts, and more. This program explores ethical and legal foundations, psychological theory, and evidence-based performance enhancement techniques, with an emphasis on building effective helping relationships, multicultural competence, and understanding human development and individual differences to support performers in reaching their potential.

Faculty: College of Applied Human Sciences | Duration: 30 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Morgantown, WV, United States

What you will study

Required coursework includes Research Methods and Statistics, Helping Relationships in Performance Domains, Basic Techniques for Performance Enhancement, Advanced Techniques for Performance Enhancement, Psychopathology and Performance, Understanding the Psychological Bases of Individual Differences, Cultural Competencies in Sport and Performance Psychology. Programme/major requirements total 30 credit hours.

Career pathways

This degree is ideal for both working professionals seeking to advance their career, in addition to providing a strong foundation for those just entering the field.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applications are reviewed three times per year in advance of each term. Priority deadlines are Apil 1 for fall admission, October 1 for spring admission, and February 1 for summer admission. Applications received after these dates may be considered on a space-available basis. Major Code: 5553

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications are made through the WVU online graduate application with a $75 application fee (waivers for WVU and WVU Medicine employees, active military and veterans, AmeriCorps and Peace Corps members); minimum cumulative GPA 2.75 on a 4.0 scale for regular admission, and some programmes require higher. International graduate applicants also pay the non-refundable $75 fee.

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