OverviewThe Department of Psychology at East Carolina Univer-sity offers both an MA and a CAS (certificate of advancedstudy) in school psychology. Students are admitted withthe understanding that they will pursue both degreessimultaneously. The MA and the CAS allow students tobe certified as school psychologists in North Carolina, toqualify for licensure as psychological associates, and to becertified and licensed in many other states.The program has been designed to provide a strongcombined applied and theoretical background in assess-ment (intelligence, early childhood, and personality),intervention and consultation (group and individualtherapy), and professional studies (issues in schoolsychology, professional ethics, foundations of educa-tion). In addition, the department requires that allstudents demonstrate a basic knowledge of statistics,learning, and research design.Students who have an MA in school psychology or aclosely related field of psychology may be considered foradmission to the CAS program without completing theMA requirements at ECU. Students may also pursue theMA degree without obtaining the CAS, but they will belimited to working situations in which certification is notrequired.The school psychology program requires a minimum of60 semester hours of work (40 for the MA and 20 for theCAS) plus the language requirement, which typicallyadds another 3 semester hours of computer or statisticalwork. The 60 semester hours include a 1200-hour full-time internship, a thesis (6 semester hours), and approxi-mately 48 semester hours of course work. The program isNCATE approved and designed to meet the trainingguidelines established by the National Association ofSchool Psychologists.AdmissionAdmission to the program is contingent upon meeting allrequirements of the ECU Graduate School and beingrecommended by the graduate admissions committee ofthe Department of Psychology. A completed applicationwill include a Graduate School application; a Departmentof Psychology basic information sheet; GRE verbal,quantitative, and advanced test scores; complete collegetranscripts; and a minimum of two letters of recommen-dation (at least one from a psychologist). Applicationsshould be made by March 1 for admission for the fallsemester, but applications are accepted throughout theyear.A combination of GRE scores, grade-point average, andreferences is used in making admission decisions.Students accepted by the program typically havecombined GRE scores of 1000 and a cumulative GPAabove 3.0. Exceptionally high GRE scores or GPA maycompensate for lower performance on other criteria.All graduate students are required to have a common coreof undergraduate psychology courses in introductorysychology, psychological statistics, experimental psychol-ogy, learning, personality, physiologic | psychology, andtests and measurements. Stiidents may be admitted withdeficiencies, but these must be met by appropriate under-graduate courses that will not count toward the masterTsdegree.FacultyLarry M. Bolen, EdD (University of Georgia, 1975), NCSP,Associate Professor; psychometrics, creativity, locus of con-trol, attention deficit disorders, and learning disabilities.Cathy W. Hall, PhD (University of Georgia, 1982), NCSP,Assistant Professor; childhood depression, attention deficitdisorders, preschool assessment and intervention, imple-mentation of interventions for children in regular educationsettings, and cognitive characteristics of learning disabledstudents.Raymond E. Webster, PhD (University of Connecticut 1978),NCSP, Professor and Director of the School PsychologyTraining Program; human information processing, teacher-student interactions in the classroom, clinical neuropsychol-ogy, emotionally disturbed children, and assessment ofacademic and intellectual characteristics of atypical learners.Financial SupportResearch assistantships are generally available for appli-cants. A letter accompanying the application materials indi-cating the desire and basis for needing financial assistance isconsidered an application for an assistantship.Additional InformationAdditional information can be obtained by contacting:Raymond E. Webster, PhDSchool Psychology Program DirectorDepartment of PsychologyEast Carolina UniversityRaw] BuildingGreenville, NC 27858-4353Telephone: 919-757-6202East Carolina University is committed to equality of educational opportunity and doesnot discriminate against applicants, students, or employees based on race, color,national origin, religion, sex, age, or handicap. Moreover, East Carolina University isopen to people of all races and actively seeks to promote racial integration by recruitingand enrolling a larger number of minority students. An equal opportunity /affirmativeaction university, which accommodates the needs of individuals with disabilities.U.P. 93-105 2,000 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $178.98,or $.089 per copy.