Master of Science in Education: School Psychology
The 69-credit hour Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.) program in School Psychology trains students to provide psychoeducational services in the school setting. Students receive course and field work in assessment, consultation, and intervention. Students are trained to provide assessment and diagnostic services for individual children and adolescents, design and implement school research and evaluation projects, and offer assistance to students, teachers, other educational professionals, and parents.

Students in this program receive psychological service training in a variety of university and field settings. Course work is offered in psychological foundation areas, as well as in the professional practice of psychology. Course work is taken on Pace University’s New York City campus in lower Manhattan; practicum work occurs on campus in the Thomas J. McShane Center for Psychological Services, as well as in school districts throughout the New York metropolitan area. Field work begins with experiential activities and extends to formal training opportunities in the McShane Center and metropolitan area school districts. (A listing of many participating school districts is found in this catalog.) The M.S.Ed. includes a final school psychology internship, typically in a school district in the New York City metropolitan area.

Program Prerequisites
Students must have background preparation in abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, experimental psychology, general psychology, learning, personality theory, and statistics. In addition, students must have courses or show competencies in principles and problems in education and curriculum development or methods of teaching and instructing. Students must have all psychology pre-requisite preparation before entering the program; students may complete the two education program prerequisites after admission.

Curriculum – Master’s Program
The master’s degree program in school psychology coincides with much of the first three years of study in the Psy.D. in School-Clinical Child Psychology program. Candidates must fulfill the residency requirements of 30 credits at Pace University, including at least one year of full time study.

Conferral of the M.S.Ed. in School Psychology
Students who successfully complete all of the requirements for the master’s program in school psychology and pass the Proficiency Exam will receive the M.S.Ed. in School Psychology degree from Pace University and be recommended to New York State for Certification in School Psychology. Upon completion of the master’s program, students may apply to the Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) School-Clinical Child Psychology program. Completion of the M.S. Ed. program requires a minimum of 1200 clock hours of supervised field work approved by the Director of Field Training; at least 600-clock-hours must be completed in a school setting.