Accelerated School Psychology Program

Application Deadline: November 1st (priority deadline), & February 1st

Why should you do this program?

The Accelerated MS Program in School Psychology is designed to allow high-achieving undergraduate students at FHSU to begin graduate coursework early. One benefit of this program is students are allowed to use 9 credit hours of graduate work to count both toward the graduate degree and the undergraduate degree. At this time, only undergraduates who are on-campus students are eligible for the accelerated school psychology program.

Which courses will you take?

Semester	Courses & Experiences
Fall of Senior Year	PSY 685: Behavior Therapy PSY 810: Developmental Psychology
Spring of Senior Year	PSY 830: Professional Ethics in Psychology
Fall of 1st Year in MS Program	PSY 840: Appraisal of Children PSY 845: Experimental Methods PSY 880: Methods in School Psychology PSY 895: Pro-Seminar in Curriculum Based Measurement
Spring of 1st Year in MS Program	PSY 812: Advanced Child Psychopathology PSY 820: Advanced Learning and Motivation PSY 850: Inferential Statistics PSY 881: Observation in School Psychology

**Students will then apply to the EdS program in the spring of their first year in the graduate program.

Admission Requirements

Students must meet the following minimum criteria for admission into the accelerated program.

Domestic student
Junior standing
FHSU psychology major
At least one semester completed of full-time, degree-seeking coursework at FHSU
3.25 cumulative GPA
3.50 psychology GPA
Completed personal statement
2 letters of recommendation addressing interpersonal skills of the applicant
A passed background check

No GRE score is required for admission into the accelerated program, however faculty recommendation is highly encouraged. Applicants must apply to the accelerated program by March 15^th of their junior year of standing, prior to beginning the program in the fall semester of their senior year.

Terms of Admission

Students accepted into the accelerated program will be admitted to the graduate program, pending successful completion of all of the coursework for their undergraduate degree, and earned grades of B or better in all accelerated courses.

Program Handbook

For more in-depth information, please refer to our program handbook.

Interested in the Program?

Contact our Graduate Student Coordinator

Hannah Harris
Graduate Student Coordinator
Martin Hall 222
785-628-4336
schoolpsych@fhsu.edu