School Psychology, MS Ed

This M.S. Ed. degree program in School Psychology trains students to provide psycho-educational services in the school setting.  Students receive course and field work in assessment, consultation, and intervention and are trained to provide assessment and diagnostic services for individual children and adolescents, design and implement school research and evaluation projects, and offer assistance to teachers and other educational professionals.

Course work is offered in psychological foundation areas as well as in the professional practice of psychology.  Courses are taken on Pace University’s New York City campus in lower Manhattan, and practicum work occurs on campus in the Thomas J. McShane Center for Psychological Services as well as in school districts throughout the New York City metropolitan area.  Field work begins with experiential activities and extends to formal training opportunities in the McShane Center and metropolitan area school districts.  This program includes a final school psychology internship, typically in a school district in the metropolitan area.

Details about specific deadlines and  the distributed internship are in the department’s Graduate Catalog.

Graduate Program Curriculum (69 credits)

M.S. Ed. Program Requirements

This three-year program requires the completion of 69 credit hours of coursework, a practicum and an internship. All M.S. Ed. students are required to complete a minimum of 1,200 clock hours of supervised school psychology internship field work (as approved by the director of field training); at least 600 clock hours must be completed in a school setting. Changes are anticipated in this program, primarily regarding field work requirements, so for updated information applicants should consult the program director. Additional information about the program appears in the New York City Psychology Department’s Graduate Catalog.