Master of Educational Psychology (MEdPsych)

Entry requirements

Before enrolling candidates shall:

a.     have qualified for an approved undergraduate degree in Education, Educational Psychology, Psychology or Teaching with a minimum B average; and

b.     have been granted admission to postgraduate study as entitled to proceed to the degree of Master of Educational Psychology; and

c.     have satisfied the Academic Board that they have sufficient background of professional experience to be likely to benefit from the course; and

Candidates for the degree of Master of Educational Psychology shall normally be enrolled in the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Educational Psychology) in the first instance. Transfer into the Master of Educational Psychology will be based on academic performance in the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Educational Psychology). A minimum performance of B+ average or equivalent is required. 

Candidates intending to apply for selection and admission into the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Psychology (the internship) are required to have successfully completed 45 credits in approved undergraduate psychology papers with a minimum B average. 

Notes: 
Successful completion of the Master of Educational Psychology will not give automatic entry into the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Psychology. 

Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Psychology is by selection.

For general entry requirements see Massey University entry requirements.

Master of Educational Psychology structure

A candidate shall follow for not less than two calendar years a course of study of 240 credits comprising papers to the value of 150 credits and a research thesis to the value of 90 credits (256.892 or 256.893 and 256.894) in accordance with the Schedule below: 

(a) Five compulsory papers (150 credits): 
249.744 Understanding Learners with Behaviour Difficulties 
256.754 Assessment in Educational Psychology 
256.755 Professional Practice in Educational Psychology 
256.756 Applied Behaviour Analysis for Educators 
258.722 The Nature, Prevention and Remediation of Literacy Learning Difficulties 

(b) And 90 credits from: 
267.880 Education Thesis 

Or 

267.881 Education Thesis Part I And 
267.882 Education Thesis Part II 

Notes

1.     Entry to the thesis options is dependent on at least a B+ average performance being attained.

2.     Students will normally enrol in the Thesis Parts I and II in consecutive years. They may not enrol in 267.881 and 267.882concurrently.

3.     Progression to Part II is dependent on satisfactory progression in Part I as confirmed by the Supervisor.

4.     Those students intending on proceeding to the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Psychology (Internship) are required by the Psychologists Registration Board to have completed three full year or equivalent 200- or 300-level undergraduate psychology papers eg organisational/social psychology, abnormal/clinical psychology, neuropsychology, developmental psychology prior to enrolling in the PGDipEdPsych programme.

5.     Subject to the approval of the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Education, a student may select approved papers up to the value of 60 credits from those papers listed in the other Masterate Schedules. This option is not available for students who have been granted an exemption for some prescribed papers as outlined in the following Concessions.

Concessions 

Candidates who have completed the Massey University degree of Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Educational Psychology) or equivalent and who are eligible for admission to the Master of Educational Psychology degree shall follow an official course of study for not less than one year, consisting of at least 120 credits. For such a candidate the Course Regulations for the Master of Educational Psychology shall be deemed to apply from the date of enrolment for the postgraduate diploma. Such candidates who surrender the scroll awarded on completion of the qualifying course of study will be eligible for the award of honours in cases of sufficient merit. 

Candidates who have been awarded a Resource Teacher: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB), Resource Teacher: Literacy (RTLit) postgraduate diploma or an approved equivalent qualification from another institution and who are eligible for entry to the Master of Educational Psychology degree shall follow an approved course of study of at least 120 credits, which together with the qualifying course of study shall form a coherent programme of 240 credits, provided that a specified minimum standard of performance has been met (i.e. ‘B’ average). Candidates will not be eligible for Honours but the degree may be awarded with distinction in cases of sufficient merit.

Transition

Students who complete a Massey University PGDipEd (Special Education) prior to 2014 may gain entry to the MEdPsych programme under the 2008 eligibility regulations and complete the following papers: 267.780 Research in Education, 256.754 Assessment in Educational Psychology, 256.755 Professional Practice in Educational Psychology and 180.791 Research Report. Students who have already completed an approved research paper as part of the PGDipEd (SpEd) may choose one additional paper from the 2008 MEdPsych Schedule (b) as a replacement for 267.780. These transition arrangements remain in force until 2014. All new students enrolling after 2010 will need to complete the PGDipEd (EdPsych) prior to applying for admission to the MEdPsych programme.