Psychology (BA) and Rehabilitation Counseling (MSEd), Dual-degree Program

Achieve an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of 3.0 in Psychology courses at the time of entry into the MSEd program, or upon completion of 90 semester hours of course work toward their BA degree;

Four letters of reference;

Personal essay outlining professional goals and objectives;

Professional resume highlighting any experience (work or voluntary) with the disability population;

Interview with the graduate program director; and

Fulfillment of all the undergraduate degree requirements with the exception of the semester hour and major requirements.

A minimum of 97 s.h. of undergraduate courses (at least 96 s.h. in liberal arts courses with an overall GPA of 3.0, including a minimum of 12 s.h. in liberal arts electives outside the Department of Psychology );

All University requirements, including WSC 001 and 002 ;

All requirements for the BA , including distribution and language requirements; and

All requirements for the Psychology major as specified below, with a Psychology GPA of 3.0.

All BA requirements described in the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of the online Bulletin. In particular: Successful completion of a total of 124 s.h., including 106 s.h. of undergraduate course work (105 s.h. must be in liberal arts courses, including 21 s.h. in liberal arts electives outside the Department of Psychology ) and 18 s.h. of MSEd in rehabilitation counseling graduate course work;

The specific major requirements described in the BA major in psychology section of this Bulletin.

Completion of 36 s.h. of Rehabilitation Counseling course work;

Completion of 3 s.h. of Practicum;

Completion of 12 s.h. of Internship;

Completion of a Comprehensive Portfolio