Masters degree in psychology program

I currently hold a BA in Psychology and am looking to go to school for my masters. I'm hoping someone can recommend a good accredited online college. I'd be thrilled to hear from anyone who is currently getting their masters online or someone who has completed their masters program.

I'd love to work for the state (I live in North Carolina) and their website says, "Degrees much be from appropriately accredited colleges." Whatever that means????

I look forward in hearing some personal experiences.

Thanks.
~Hilary

 

I believe a key here is what you plan on doing, what type of job or career you are looking for. This field has many requirements based upon what you do in it, everything from certifications to state and national licenses, and all point in between..

 

To attempt to become a Licensed Psychological Associate, North Carolina requires a masters degree and 30 hours of the masters degree need to be done at the school (IE, not Distance Learning). I believe JBJunior had run into this in the past. He can give you a lot more info.

Honestly, before you even start looking for a degree program, I would advise researching every requirement as well as having a good idea of what you want to do in the field once you get your degree. Once you're aware of the requirements and results, then you're armed with what you need to know to choose the program that's right for you.

 

Yes, unfortunately. Go to the State Psychology Board website and look at the first question under the FAQs North Carolina Psychology Board Membership and you will see how they feel about distance learning degrees. Lets say for your MA you would need 36 hours, 30 of those must be butt in the seat at a college that has a full time faculty, students attending full time, etc. They go into detail about distance learning not meeting the criteria. It isn't their fault really, the law was written very specifically and should probably be updated.

As far as accreditation, APA only accredits doctorate level programs not masters. If you hadn't considered licensure, then follow the above advice to see what kind of jobs you think would be a good fit.

 

Within your own state, East Carolina University has a Masters degree program in Psychology. I do not know if it satisfies the requirements for licensure in North Carolina but it should be easy for you to figure that out.

 

It does meet the requirements if she attends there for at least 30 hours in person.

 

Would a masters even be worth it if I didn't become licensed after I went through a masters program?

My thought was that since I have a BA in Psych that I would just get a masters because that's the logical "next step". Obviously that isn't the case. I'm not looking to be a licensed psychologist. That isn't my goal but maybe I don't really know what my goal is. I'm more interested in social work I think, but I was unable to find out on the NC Social Work website if they have an issue with online programs like the NC Psychology Board does.

I didn't think this would end up being so complicated. Jokes on me. (Today IS Friday the 13.....)