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The Degree
Course
Offerings
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Source:
2003-2004 Catalog
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The Psychology Department offers a Master of Arts Degree in Psychology
with an emphasis in Clinical Skills. Program goals include:
- Qualify graduates to meet Kansas statutory requirements for employment
in community mental health centers, clinics and other agencies where
a person with a master of arts degree can provide psychological services.
- Provide an opportunity for professionals who are currently employed
to upgrade their knowledge and skills.
- Provide an alternate career path for students whose long-term objective
is to earn a doctoral degree in clinical psychology, but currently find
they are not eligible for admission into a doctoral level graduate degree
program.
ADMISSION POLICY
In order to be admitted to the graduate program, the candidate must have
a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, and
a minimum of 15 hours of undergraduate Psychology courses including a
statistics course, an experimental laboratory course, and a course in
Abnormal Psychology. Students lacking required courses may be admitted
on a provisional basis with the understanding that they make up any deficiencies
before they are fully admitted into the program. Students are required
to submit to the Psychology Department Admissions Committee a copy of
all undergraduate transcripts, three letters of recommendation, scores
on the Graduate Record Exam (general test), and completed admission forms.
Deadline for submission of all application materials for fall admission
is March 15. Late admission requests will be considered on a space- available
basis. Further information concerning the program, including admission
forms and application procedures, may be obtained by contacting the department
chairperson.
Official transcripts of all college work should be on file with the
Office of Admissions before the student enrolls in his or her first graduate
class. It is the student’s responsibility to see that transcripts
are transferred, and the University may drop a student whose transcripts
are not on file within six weeks from the date of initial enrollment.
ACADEMIC STATUS: FULL-TIME GRADUATE STUDENT
Graduate students enrolled for 9 or more semester hours are considered
to be full-time students.
SPECIAL STUDENT ADMISSION
Several graduate courses are available to social workers, nurses, teachers
and other professional groups eligible for continuing education credit.
In addition, the department accepts students as part-time, non-degree
candidates or students presently enrolled in other graduate programs who
need graduate courses in Psychology. Students who wish to enroll with
special student status need to acquire the short application form from
the Psychology Department. Students may enroll for a total of only six
credit hours as special students.
ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY
After completion of all required 500 level courses and the comprehensive
exam, the student’s work will be evaluated by the faculty. If the
student is considered to be a mature, emotionally stable, and potentially
competent master’s level professional in Psychology, he or she will
be admitted to candidacy status and will be permitted to begin internship
training.
POST-CANDIDACY ENROLLMENT
Subsequent to admission to candidacy, the candidate must be continuously
enrolled until all requirements for the degree are completed. Candidates
who have completed all requirements, including enrolling in six hours
of PY 699, but who still need to complete their thesis must enroll in
PY 695 each semester, including summer sessions. The number of hours of
enrollment each semester will be determined by the candidate’s advisor
and must reflect as accurately as possible the candidate’s demand
on a faculty member’s time and university facilities.
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