Admission Requirements

Students may enter the program with an undergraduate major either in Psychology or in another field. Acceptance is based on assessment of the student’s overall record and promise. The Graduate Record Examination is required; however, admission is based on flexible criteria. Special attention is given to the student’s performance in the undergraduate courses of statistics and experimental psychology; students who have earned less than a B in either of these courses, or who have not taken them, are advised to contact the Director of the Masters Program in General Psychology, Dr. Vivien Tartter, before applying. To apply to the graduate program in General Psychology, please visit the City College Admissions website.

Prospective students should note that it is not necessary to obtain a Masters degree before applying to a Ph.D. program, but is a way to improve your credentials if your psychology background, undergraduate transcript, or direction for graduate study needs buttressing. Students who do move to Ph.D. programs sometimes can transfer credits, but often cannot. Students may apply from the Masters in General Psychology to the Masters in Mental Health Counseling program. If accepted, the courses taken in the General program will transfer as elective credits.