School Psychology, MS Ed

Campus: NYC

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. This program includes a final school psychology internship, typically in a school district in the metropolitan area.

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

Graduate Program Curriculum (75 credits)

M.S.Ed. Program Requirements

Plan of Study Grid
Year 1
Fall		Credits
PSY 501	Introduction to School-Clinical Child Psychology I: Professional Attitudes and Behavior	0
PSY 509A	Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy	0
PSY 704	Advanced Developmental Psychology	3
PSY 717	Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior	3
PSY 721	Tests and Measurements	3
PSY 725	Advanced Personality Theories	3
PSY 839	Psychoanalytic Theory	3
	Credits	15
Spring
PSY 502	Introduction to School-Clinical Child Psychology II: Communication and Interpersonal Skills	0
PSY 509A	Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy	0
PSY 703	Psychological Assessment I	4
PSY 703B	Psychological Assessment I: Lab	0
PSY 710	Psychopathology in Childhood and Adolescence	3
PSY 722	Intervention Tech II: Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives	3
PSY 727	Learning Disabilities-Diagnosis/Remediation: Theories and Practice	3
	Credits	13
Summer
PSY 509A	Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy	0
PSY 876	Multicultural and Gender Intervention Issues	3
At the end of the first year students are required to take a Qualifying Examination which they must pass in order to proceed to the second year of study. Students are permitted to take this examination a maximum of two times. Students who have received transfer credit for first-year courses are required to pass the Qualifying Examination for corresponding courses.
	Credits	3
Year 2
Fall
PSY 509A	Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy	0
PSY 707	Psychological Assessment II	4
PSY 707A	Psychological Assessment II	0
PSY 715	Statistics and Research Design I	4
PSY 737	Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy	3
PSY 738	School Field Experience and Seminar	3
	Credits	14
Spring
PSY 509A	Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy	0
PSY 712	Advanced Biological Bases of Behavior	3
PSY 713	Psychological Assessment III	4
PSY 713A	Personal Assessment	0
PSY 723	Advanced Social Psychology	3
PSY 739	The Exceptional Child: Field Experience and Seminar	3
	Credits	13
Summer
PSY 509A	Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy	0
PSY 720	Integrating Seminar	3
	Credits	3
Year 3
Fall
PSY 734	Consultation	3
PSY 750	School-Clinical Child Psychology I: Internship, Ethics and Seminar	4
PSY 759	Early Childhood and Infant Assessment	3
PSY 759A	Infant and Child Assessment	0
	Credits	10
Spring
PSY 751	School-Clinical Child Psychology II: Internship, Ethics, and Seminar	4
	Credits	4
	Total Credits	75