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Master of Science (MS) in Psychology

Harold Abel School of Psychology

Leadership Coaching Psychology specialization

Sharpen your skills and establish your credentials in the fast-growing field of executive coaching. This specialization offers a rare opportunity to develop coaching expertise within an MS in Psychology degree program. The curriculum, based on competencies outlined by the International Coaching Federation and the Society for Industrial Psychology, prepares you to apply psychological theory and practices to help organizational leaders meet their professional and personal potential. People who choose this specialization are often organizational, clinical, or counseling psychologists who want to develop a coaching practice, or human resources professionals with internal responsibility for executive coaching and leadership development.


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Total Program: 65 quarter credits
Up to 15 quarter credits may be transferred into this program
Next Start Date: March 8, 2010
Credit: $390

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Core Courses (each course 5 quarter credits unless noted)

  • PSY5002 - Orientation to Graduate Learning in Psychology
  • PSY7210 - Lifespan Development
  • 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)

  • PSY7510 - Psychology of Personality
  • PSY7530 - Psychology of Group Dynamics
  • PSY8720 - Psychology of Leadership
  • PSY8721 - Introduction to Business Practices for Psychologists*
  • PSY8765 - Testing and Assessment in Workplace Psychology*
  • PSY8768 - Theory and Practice of Psychological Coaching*
  • PSY5201 - Integrative Project for Master’s Degree in Psychology*
* This course has a prerequisite. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.
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