Master of Arts in Community Social Psychology

Graduate Program Coordinator: Dr. Andrew Hostetler;
E-mail: Andrew Hostetler; Phone: 978-934-3979.

• Read the "Psyched for Social Justice" Blog.
  
• Read the "Community Connection" Newsletter (pdf).
  

Program Overview

The Community Social Psychology faculty and students share a commitment to social justice and the empowerment of all citizens. To those ends, our programs are designed to help students understand the complex relationships between individual, family and community well-being and the wider environment in which we live and work.

Our mission is to provide students with the analytic, creative, organizational and evaluative skills needed to design, implement and assess programs that will help to make the world a better place – where all people will be more able to reach their full potential and where social organizations, public and private, will be more responsive to human needs.

• What is Community Psychology? (pdf)
  
• Degree Overview: Community Psychology (pdf)

"Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead

Application and Course Information

All courses are designed to give students a broad variety of skills and practical experiences that will be helpful to their careers after graduation.

For information on admission requirements, application process, curriculum requirements and electives, go to:

• UMass Lowell Graduate Catalog and Application Requirements & Submission
  
• Information for International Applicants
  
• Fall 2011 Advising Brochure and Course Schedule (pdf)

We have rolling admissions, meaning that we accept applications throughout the year.  Students may apply for matriculation in the Fall or Spring Semester, although most of our students apply for matriculation in the Fall Semester. Applicants who graduated from UMass Lowell with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better will NOT need to submit GRE scores as part of their applications to our Master’s Program in Community Social Psychology.