Guided by faculty, students learn to understand, critically analyze, and conduct psychological research and apply their findings to a variety of fields. With a M.A. in Psychology from Saybrook, you may choose to declare from the following specializations:
- Consciousness, Spirituality, and Integrative Health
- Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership Studies
- Existential and Humanistic Psychology
With a strong foundation in psychology, the M.A. in Psychology program prepares graduates for work as:
- Researchers
- Consultants
- Mediators
- and many others!
Saybrook’s Master’s in Psychology program can help you develop the professional skills necessary to promote life-enhancing transformative change in individuals and communities. Graduates will be positioned to advance their careers, begin a new career path, or to continue their education in a Ph.D. in Psychology program.
Through its pedagogy grounded in humanistic thought, the Saybrook M.A. in Psychology program has the following program goals and program learning outcomes and competencies:
- Goal 1: Engage self and others in collaborative efforts to promote life-enhancing change, conscious awareness, and authentic and responsible living, individually and collectively.
- Goal 2: Develop scholars-practitioners who (a) use the depth and the breadth of scientific psychology, its history of thought and development, and its methodology in scholarship, practice, and education; (b) are engaged in reflective self-assessment and in reflective practice; and (c) use ethical reasoning, analytical skills, and quality assurance to contribute to the profession through scholarship, research, practice, and responsible action.
- Goal 3: Develop the attitudes and abilities essential for critical and creative thinking, for innovation, and for using scholarship to inform practice and practice to inform scholarship.
- Goal 4: Develop the ability to recognize, respect, and accommodate various individual and cultural differences in all aspects of professional work.
- Goal 5: Display self-awareness in relationships and a commitment to an empathic, compassionate dialogue that is constructivist, collaborative, authentic, and caring.
