Master in Psychology

Henderson Learning Center
Room 211
(785) 231-1010 ext.1564
www.washburn.edu/cas/psychology/ma_program.html

The Degree
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Source: 2004-2005 Catalog

The Psychology Department offers a Master of Arts Degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Clinical Skills. Program goals include:

1. 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.
   
   
2. Provide an opportunity for professionals who are currently employed to upgrade their knowledge and skills.
   
   
3. 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 members of 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.