School Psychology

Upon completion of this School Psychology program from Pace University, you will be ready to provide psychoeducational services at schools assisting students, educators, and parents. Graduates typically provide assessment, consultation, and intervention services in school settings.

Key Features

• Develop the skills to provide assessment and intervention services for individual children and adolescents.
• Learn to design and implement school research and evaluation projects, and to assist teachers and other educational professionals.

• Bilingual specialization available to qualifying students.

Fieldwork is a core piece of your experience in the MSEd in School Psychology program. It begins with experiential activities through Pace University ’s Thomas J. McShane Center for Psychological Services and extends to training opportunities in New York metropolitan area school districts. The program also includes a final school psychology internship, typically in a school district in the metropolitan area.

Admission to the School Psychology program from Pace University is open to qualified holders of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Students may undertake the program on a full- or part-time basis. Full-time students must complete the requirements within five years and part-time students within seven years. Candidates must fulfill the residency requirements of 30 credits at Pace University, including at least one year of full-time study.

Courses include:

• School Clinical Child Psychology

• Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy

• Advanced Developmental Psychology

• Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior

• Tests and Measurements

• Advanced Personality Theories