Our program prides itself on offering our students access to faculty members with a diverse set of skills and research interests. Through this diversity, you will develop a broad knowledge base of school-based assessment, consultation, and intervention work. You will also develop expertise within a certain area through involvement on a research team, completion of a thesis and dissertation, and course work associated with your minor concentration.
Our School Psychology faculty dedicate a substantial amount of time and effort to our graduate students. When selecting students, we are not simply selecting individuals who we will provide didactic instruction in the classroom, but students with whom we will spend many hours in and outside of the classroom perfecting their clinical and research skills in order to enhance the lives of children and the practice of school psychology.
Note that most of our students do not have a master's degree when they enter the program. You will complete a master's degree as part of our doctoral program (but we are not a terminal master's program). We do accept students who have completed a master's degree in related areas, and in these cases it may be possible to complete the program in four rather than five years.