MS in Psychology - Child & Adolescent
Development Psychology

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Focus on Research, Child Development and
Essential Skills

Extend your expertise and prepare to apply your skills in a variety of professions working with children with SNHU’s online master’s degree in child and adolescent psychology. Deepen your understanding in such critical areas as research methods, cognitive psychology, social psychology, personality, learning theory and ethical practice while focusing on the real-world application of psychological research.

Our 36-credit, online Master of Science in Psychology with a Child and Adolescent Development Psychology concentration features seven core courses in psychology research, measurement and ethics. Core courses are designed to build on your existing psychology knowledge base and help you develop essential skills needed to understand psychology theories and their application through research-based measurement and analysis. Five child psychology specialty courses provide in-depth study of advanced developmental psychology, cognitive neuropsychology and intervention strategies, all required competencies for a quality master’s degree in child psychology.

The online child psychology master’s degree program includes a capstone and seminar course in which you will integrate all you have learned into a faculty- and peer-reviewed project that focuses on a contemporary issue in child psychology, enabling you to dive even deeper into your specialty area.

Use Psychology Principles to Help
Children and Families

The online child psychology master’s degree program is grounded in the perspective that psychology has direct applications in the day-to-day realities of individuals, communities and organizations. Become empowered to serve as a change agent in your profession as you work with children and their families.

The program was built on the following American Board of Professional Psychology – Child & Adolescent Psychology Core Competencies:

• Science Base and Application
• Assessment
• Intervention
• Consultation
• Supervision/Teaching/Management
• Interpersonal Interactions
• Individual and Cultural Diversity
• Ethical and Legal Foundations
• Professional Identification

While the online master’s in child psychology degree program does not lead to licensure or certification, courses are aligned with industry standards and expectations to provide the skills you need to apply psychology principles in businesses and organizations or pursue doctoral-level course work.

Advantages of the Online MS in Psychology: Child and Adolescent Development Psychology Concentration

• One of the most affordable online psychology graduate degrees available.
• Developed by doctoral-prepared experts in the field of psychology.
• Offered by a respected, private, not-for-profit, fully accredited university.
• An 80-year history of graduating successful professionals.
• No GMAT or GRE required for admission.
• No upfront tuition with employer tuition reimbursement.
• Classes taught by practiced faculty with professional experience.
• Earn your master's degree in child psychology online in as few as 18 months, with two courses per 11-week term.
• The only university on Fast Company’s 2012 World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies list.

Founded in 1932, Southern New Hampshire University is based in Manchester, N.H., with satellite campuses in Portsmouth, Salem and Nashua, N.H., and Brunswick, Maine. Our online degree programs, offered since 1996, have won several awards, including Best of Business and Best Buy. SNHU is a GI Jobs Military Friendly School, an honor extended for our commitment to providing a supportive environment for military students.

Admission Requirements

The online master’s degree in Psychology with a concentration in Child and Adolescent Development Psychology requires that individuals have earned a BA/BS in psychology or another discipline and have completed undergraduate course work in the following two areas:

• Social science statistics
• Research methods in a social science

Students who do not meet this criteria may be provisionally accepted and complete the recommended course work before beginning their graduate classes.