In earning this 36-credit Master of Arts degree in Psychology you will strengthen your research, writing and critical-thinking skills while broadening and deepening your knowledge of behavior. The core curriculum provides a foundation in the basic topics of statistics, experimental methods, behavior analysis and learning, perception and cognition, and the neuropsychological bases of behavior. You will have unique opportunities to conduct original hands-on research. In addition to paving the way for further study on the graduate level, the M.A. in Psychology will prepare you for a wide range of positions in research, education, industrial organization, management training and human resources. Recent graduates of the program have gone on to doctoral study in areas such as Cognitive Psychology, Educational Psychology, Behavior Analysis, and Clinical Psychology and to employment in fields like mental healthcare research.