Obtaining Your Master's Degree

Admissions Criteria for M.A. Clinical Curriculum with Specializations

All potential students must apply to the clinical program and will be evaluated on the current criteria as delineated in the graduate catalog (i.e., GRE, GPA, transcript, three letters of reference, and the supplemental clinical application).
If a student already has an M.A. degree from either the Clinical or School Psychology programs at MTSU and wants to return to take specific courses to prepare for either the psychological assistant or the applied behavior analysis specialization, he/she may be considered in the applicant pool. If admitted, however, no new degree would be obtained; the student would be a non-degree-seeking student, but would be admitted to take specific clinical courses.

If a student has a master's in or graduate coursework from other MTSU programs or from another university, they also may be considered in the applicant pool. If accepted, credit for previous coursework would be done on an individual basis and would be consistent with the following MTSU policies:

1. If no previous graduate degree was obtained, up to 12 graduate credit hours may be applied to the Clinical master's.
2. If a previous master's degree was obtained, no credit that applied to that master's can be applied to the Clinical master's at MTSU. Additional coursework would be necessary to meet the 46-hour program requirement.

Electives
In addition to the required courses in the core area and the research area, students in the clinical concentration must take 12 elective credits to form a specialization. Students must choose a specialization from within the clinical concentration.

Psychological Assistant: General Clinical Specialization

Choose four courses (12 hours) from the following list. At least one of these courses must be marked with an asterisk (*).
PSY 5480 Learning Theories*
PSY 5610 Adult Psychology and Aging
PSY 5720 Multicultural Perspectives in Psychology and Education
PSY 5780 Human Neuropsychology*
PSY 5820 Psychology of Language
PSY 6120 Developmental Psychology: Child
PSY 6130 Developmental Psychology: Adolescent
PSY 6190 Advanced Cognitive Psychology*
PSY 6340 Behavioral Medicine: Theory and Application
PSY 6390 Independent Research in Psychology: Clinical
PSY 6400 Psychological Disorders of Children
PSY 6440 Advanced Applied Behavioral Analysis
PSY 6500 Behavioral Methodology
PSY 6520 Psychopharmacology*
PSY 6530 The Psychology of Reading and Reading Development
PSY 6580 Multivariate Data Analysis
PSY 6750 Psychology and Assessment of Learning Disabilities
PSY 6770 Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions for
Children's Emotional Problems
PSY 6780 Clinical Neuropsychology*
PSY 6820 Family Therapy: Evaluation and Treatment Planning
PSY 6890 Consultation
PSY 7100 Multicultural and Social Bases for Assessment and
Intervention Practices
PSY 7520 Assessment and Treatment of Addictions

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