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Psychology - General

Overview

Official Name of Program

Psychology - General

Plan Code

PSYG-MPHIL

Department(s) Sponsoring Program

Psychology

Career

Graduate School Graduate

Degree Designation

MPHIL - Master of Philosophy

HEGIS Code

2001.00

NYSED Program Code

36654 - PSYG-MPHIL

CIP Code

42.0101

The Ph.D. Program in Psychology prepares students for research, teaching, and practice in the various fields of psychology, and is organized into ten different training areas. Three Training Areas (Clinical Forensic Psychology (Clinical Psychology at John Jay); Health Psychology and Clinical Science (HPCS);
Neuropsychology Clinical (Clinical Psychology at Queens College) lead to NYS licensing, whereas the remaining seven (Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP); Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience (BCN); Cognitive and Comparative Psychology (CCP); Critical Social/Personality and Environmental
Psychology (CS/PEP); Developmental Psychology; Industrial-Organizational Psychology; and Psychology and Law) are academically-oriented. For detailed information about the Ph.D. Program in Psychology and the specific training areas, please visit our website at http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Psychology/.