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Psychology
Graduate Information
The mission of the
graduate program in psychology at CSU San Marcos is to provide graduate
education of the highest caliber to qualified students from the local community
and beyond, leading to the Master of Arts (MA) degree. Our objective is to
prepare students for the following: continued study at the doctoral level; a
variety of positions in business, industry, and the public sector; and/or
academic careers at the two-year college level. It is our belief that excellent
graduate education is best accomplished in an atmosphere in which graduate
students are treated collegially, and are closely mentored by the faculty. We
are committed to the study of psychology as a scientific enterprise, and our
program will encourage the development of skills that are consonant with the
scientific spirit of inquiry and the critical thinking, articulate verbal
expression, quantitative reasoning, and healthy skepticism of graduate-level
study. In keeping with the mission of CSU San Marcos, we offer our students a
curriculum that includes opportunities to enhance professional development and
to contribute to the community at large. In addition, our program seeks to
recognize the value of multicultural perspectives and to be sensitive to
diversity concerns.
Our Master of Arts degree
is designed to accommodate students with a wide range of goals. The active
research programs of our faculty, and our recognition of psychology as a
scientific enterprise, provide graduate students with the intensive research
training and course work in primary content areas that are central to
preparation for more advanced graduate work. Likewise, students who have
aspirations for careers in community college teaching, community service, or
business and industry, benefit from our program's emphasis on critical thinking,
research methods, and advanced course work. Individual career goals are served
by allowing choice in the content of the thesis research and by providing a
curriculum that provides options in course content areas.
Many students undertake
graduate work in psychology in order to pursue careers in clinical psychology or
psychological counseling. Training specifically geared to those seeking
licensure in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) is not currently available within
the CSU San Marcos program. However, the program will prepare students
to better compete for admission to doctoral programs in clinical or counseling
psychology. Students with interests in clinical or counseling psychology
will find opportunities to pursue course work and thesis topics at CSU San
Marcos that are related to their interests.
Deadline
for Applications: February 1, 2008
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