Online college accepting most graduate credit in psychology

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  1. fdfsd

    fdfsd New Member

    I have about 39 credit hours in psychology coursework completed at an accredited online school of psychology. However, I am bracing for the possibility that I may have to transfer some of it to another school. The reason is because I am worried about passing the comprehensive exam process. I only get a couple tries and I failed one of them because I submitted it late thinking it was due at midnight instead of noon. I believe I will pass the next time around, but people do fail out this process. I just got an email from a student that failed all attempts.

    Anyway, my question is this. Is there any online program that will take in the maximum (I think it is 50% if I am not mistaken) for graduate credits?
    I am open to any discipline as long as it accepts the credit.
    I am open to any school as long as it has some sort of accreditation and not a diploma mill. My only goal is to make sure that all this time and money is not wasted.
     
  2. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef


    50% seriously? The question of graduate credit transfer has been tossed around here from time to time, you should do an archive search, but I thought the leader in grad transfer credit was American Public University System - Official Site They cap out at 15 credits perfectly aligned credits. They will also require either a thesis, comps, or capstone.

    APUS has both national and regional accreditation, but I don't think they have the industry's psychology accreditation (sorry, drawing a blank on which one that is). FWIW, neither does Harvard lol.

    I don't see an easy way to make this happen. If you don't pass your comps, it's going to be time and money wasted. Fingers crossed for you.
     
  3. AdjunctInstructor

    AdjunctInstructor New Member

    Aspen University will consider 18 credits for the M.A. and M.Ed. They are DETC (nationally accredited).
     
  4. japhy4529

    japhy4529 House Bassist

    The American Psychological Association (APA) accredits "Doctoral graduate programs in clinical, counseling, and school psychology, and programs offering combinations of two or more of these areas." About APA Accreditation They do not accredit Masters level programs. So, for Masters programs in psychology, regional/national accreditation is the key criteria in determining legitimacy.

    As Jennifer mentioned, APU/AMU will allow one to transfer up to 15 graduate credits. As it happens, they recently began offering an online MA in Psychology. The program is 39 credits and a capstone is required (although, I don't believe that they require a comprehensive exam).
     
  5. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    American Psychological Association?
     
  6. fdfsd

    fdfsd New Member

    I don't really care if it is APA supported, I will never be a psychologist, MFT, or counselor of any type. Just concerned about credits really. Even if they are for a minor, specialization, liberal arts, or self-designed that is ok.

    Fields that I am interested in are management, MBA, psychology, I/O psychology, organizational management, leadership, and development. So if there is a like program that I can transfer 12-15 credits of psychology into, that would be the prize.

    I am looking into some of the programs you listed so far, thanks.
     
  7. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    What school are you currently attending?

    Excelsior College is among the most liberal in accepting transfer credits and probably has a program that might interest you. I'm not sure if even they would accept that much credit, but they might. You would have to contact them.
     
  8. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    I guess it's just me, but I'm blown away that this is not a more serious situation for the OP. OP is at an online school, so can we say she/he is paying $500ish? So at 39 credits plus fees she/he is about 20 grand in, maybe closer to 35 grand if we are talking about one of the big for-profits like UoP. Factor in starting back at 15 credits and finishing up another 24 at APUS is at least another ten grand and 8-10 more classes?!? The tone of the post floors me, I'm not 100% sure this is the whole truth and nuthin' but the truth.
     
  9. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    That's what I was thinking.
    :hmmm:

    Abner
     
  10. fdfsd

    fdfsd New Member

    If the OP was not serious this thread would not be here. Besides, I still have a shot at passing this exam. The information from this thread helps in the event that I don't.
     
  11. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    Glad it helps, good luck on your comps.
     
  12. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    It would sure be easier if you could pass. It would be worth finding others who have passed and asking them to help you study, going to teachers and asking for help and anything else you could do. Transferring everything to another school, if it's even possible, would be a huge undertaking.
     

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