{"id":2348,"date":"2020-10-09T17:22:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T17:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/academics\/?page_id=2348"},"modified":"2023-04-03T10:16:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:16:12","slug":"admissions-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/college-of-sciences-and-humanities\/school-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences\/graduate-programs\/forensic-legal-psychology-m-a\/program-requirements\/forensic-legal-psychology-counseling\/admissions-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Forensic and Legal Psychology M.A. Admissions Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"
In making decisions for admission, the Forensic and Legal Psychology faculty take a holistic approach to application review.<\/p>\n
Application Deadlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n Fall 2023 enrollment only – February 15th, 2024<\/p>\n Application Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n In addition to meeting the university wide requirements for graduate admission, applicants must submit:<\/p>\n Intelligence Studies Concentration Admission Requirements:<\/strong> Admitted forensic and legal psychology students, who are interested in completing the intelligence studies concentration, must meet the following requirements (after at least one semester in the program):<\/p>\n Once these criteria are met, students will meet with their academic advisor to complete a Change of Program form in order to formally enter the Intelligence Studies Concentration.<\/p>\n Forensic and Legal Psychology Dual Degree\/Counseling with Clinical Mental Health Specialization (M.A.\/M.A.) Admission Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n To be admitted to this program, students are admitted to one program and must meet the application requirements for each program\u2019s admissions requirements. Students who are admitted from the Forensic and Legal Psychology program can begin classes in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program only after completing 18 Forensic and Legal Psychology program credits and must plan to begin classes in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program in the fall semester immediately following being accepted into the program. Student who are admitted from the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program can begin classes in the Forensic and Legal Psychology program only after completing 40 Clinical Mental Health Counseling program credits.<\/p>\n Clinical Mental Health Counseling Admissions Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n Additional Requirements for International Students:<\/strong><\/p>\n For university coursework completed outside the U.S., an official course-by-course evaluation of your transcript is required from an evaluation agency with\u00a0NACES<\/a>\u00a0membership such as\u00a0World Education Services, Inc.<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Educational Credentials Evaluators<\/a>.<\/p>\n Students for whom English is a second language must submit a recent official score from the TOEFL of 96, IELTS of 6.5, or PTE Academic exam of 58, or documentation of program completion at one of Marymount University\u2019s language partners.<\/p>\n\n
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