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Masters of Science (MS) in Psychology

Harold Abel School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychology

Child and Adolescent Development specialization

Take advantage of this unique online opportunity to advance your skills and position yourself for leadership in organizations and professions serving children and adolescents. Capella offers the only master's specialization in Child and Adolescent Development available from an online, regionally accredited university. The curriculum is designed to provide you with the knowledge, theory, and best practices needed to promote and support the development of children and adolescents. Courses cover such topics as prenatal, child, and adolescent development; familial, societal, and cultural influences; psychological and educational measurement theory; and research methodology. People likely to be interested in this specialization include professionals working in social services, health care, government, and education who wish to pursue leadership positions in organizations that serve children and adolescents.

This specialization is not designed to meet licensure requirements for the counseling professions. If you are seeking information on professional licensure, please visit our Licensure Resource site.

Note: This specialization may be a good first step for those who wish to pursue a PsyD or PhD, which is generally required for licensure as a counseling psychologist.

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Total Program: 65 quarter credits
Up to 15 quarter credits may be transferred into this specialization

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Next Start Date: March 5, 2012

Credit: $423

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Expand your career options with additional specializations: Increase your knowledge and career options by earning multiple specializations as part of your bachelor's or master's degree program at Capella. If you have elective courses in your program, you may be able to use them toward earning another specialization. Completing additional specializations may extend your total credits beyond the requirements of your degree. The specializations in School Psychology and General Psychology cannot be included as additional specializations.

Core Courses (each course 5 quarter credits unless noted)

PSY5002 - Orientation to Graduate Learning in Psychology
PSY7210 - Lifespan Development
PSY7411 - Learning Theories in Psychology
PSY7543 - Ethics and Multicultural Issues in Psychology*
PSY7610 - Tests and Measurements
PSY7620 - Inferential Statistics
PSY7650 - Research Methods

Specialization Courses (each course 5 quarter credits unless noted)

PSY6010 - Human Prenatal Development
PSY6020 - Topics in Child and Adolescent Development*
PSY7220 - Child Psychology
PSY7230 - Adolescent Psychology
PSY5201 - Integrative Project for Master's Degree in Psychology*

One Elective Course

Choose any graduate course, excluding introductory and special topics courses, lectures, seminars, practica, internships, and any Capella-designated first course.

Courses without a PSY designation may be worth fewer than five quarter credits. Learners must carefully plan their elective courses to ensure that total credit requirements for the degree are met. Special topics courses in the Harold Abel School of Social and Behavioral Sciences can be used as an option to complete the total required credits needed for graduation.

* This course has a prerequisite. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.

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Child and Adolescent Development	December 3, 2010	Jacqueline	This program is very helpful as a career professional, as a parent, and as an effective individual in one's community! I possess a continual excitement every quarter in anticipation of each discussion. This program equips one to be an effective supporter of programs geared towards youth and several other child and support programs geared towards the development of children. Additionally, one can become, even, become a director of youth program and so forth.
Where this takes you	March 6, 2011	Brittani	I am looking into this program to obtain my Master's, but I was wondering what people do with this as their degree? Like what types of jobs...
Will the minor be stated on our dipolmas?	January 26, 2011	Harris	Hello. I was wondering from those who have taken this program if the minor Child and Adolescent Development was stated on the diploma.
Child and Adolescent Development	January 9, 2011	Lyndsey	After completing this degree..is there any way to become licensed in any way?
attending Capella now	March 5, 2011	Cassandra	I'm currently enrolled in general psychology. I found this and this is my Master Program I'm taking later! this school is designed for the professional who wants to pursue something extra!
This is NOT a minor	August 29, 2011	Natalie	This is a SPECIALIZATION within the Master of Science degree. You cannot do a minor with a masters. You can do dual specializations (I am)but you cannot do a minor. And a specialization is VERY different from a minor. As I said, this is a MS in Child and Adolescent Development. That is the specialization. NOT the minor.
Enquiry about the requirement for admission to masters programmes in psychology	November 2, 2011	Jismi	I wish to know the entry qualification required to pursue the masters degree in psychology. Is a graduation in psychology mandatory or anyother graduation is enough?
Capella online exeperience	July 18, 2011	heidi	I am looking into the child development degree..and wondering, what is the online learning experience like? Do you feel connected to your class and instructors.? What is it like for you. I have taken online classes before and there was this dscussion thread, and that was about it. I found it somewhat confusing. (to keep up with the thread) However I like online studies and am independent minded.
MS Child and Adolescent Development	December 14, 2011	Chad	I am thinking of receiving my second master's degree in child and adolescent development as preparation to becoming a physician specializing in family medicine or pediatrics. Would this specialization be a good "match"?

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Masters of Science (MS) in Psychology

Harold Abel School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychology