General Psychology (MA)
New York, USA
MA
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The MA in General Psychology at The New School in New York City is a 30-credit program that gives foundational training across cognitive, social, developmental, and abnormal psychology, plus neuroscience, research methods, and statistics. It emphasizes research sensitive to social, cultural, and political concerns. A Substance Abuse Counseling concentration meets academic requirements toward licensure. After 30 credits, MA students may apply to PhD programs in Clinical or Cognitive, Social, and Developmental Psychology.
Career Outcomes:
Potential careers: research assistant, substance-abuse or clinical counselor (with licensure), behavioral health technician, research associate, program coordinator, data analyst, policy analyst, educator, or PhD candidate.
The New School is a progressive university in New York City where scholars, artists, and designers come together to challenge convention and create positive change. Founded in 1919, the university consists of Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, the College of Performing Arts, The New School for Social Research, and numerous renowned graduate programs. The New School’s rigorous, multidimensional approach to education gives students the academic freedom to shape their unique, individual paths of study for a complex and rapidly changing world.
About
The MA in General Psychology is a 30-credit program that provides students with a basic education in psychology and is a prerequisite for more specialized work leading to the Ph.D. degree.
Students take courses covering a wide range of the literature, including cognitive, social, developmental, and abnormal psychology, neuroscience, research methods, and statistics.
Program highlights
- Study all the major fields of modern psychology, with an emphasis on research sensitive to social, cultural, and political concerns.
- Specialized options include an MA concentration in Substance Abuse Counseling, which satisfies the academic requirements for later qualifying as a licensed substance abuse counselor.
- MA students may apply to continue toward the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology or the Ph.D. in Cognitive, Social, and Developmental Psychology as soon as they have registered for 30 credits.
Curriculum
Entering students work with an individual faculty advisor. This advisor, together with the departmental student advisor, introduces them to the curriculum as a whole and helps them to formulate the program that best suits their interests and needs. Students have access to a wide range of courses across The New School for Social Research to satisfy the elective requirements beyond the core required courses in general psychology.
Students in the MA program have the option to pursue a concentration in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling, which satisfies the academic requirements to later qualify as a licensed substance abuse counselor.
