Robert W. Colman, Program Coordinator
(717) 948-6036 phone
rwc@psu.edu e-mail
(717) 948-6519 fax

For application materials contact:
Enrollment Services
(717) 948-6250 phone
rrll@psu.edu e-mail
(717) 948-6325 fax

The graduate program in Community Psychology leads to a Master of Arts degree in Community Psychology and Social Change with concentrations in Children, Youth and Family; Environmental Issues; and in Individualized Studies. The nontraditional program emphasizes planned social change, and is based on both sociology and psychology. The program equips students with skills useful in coping with the multifaceted problems facing communities. Students learn (a) to assess problems at the level of communities or organizations, (b) to plan and implement possible solutions to these problems, and (c) to evaluate the effectiveness of the solutions. Learning takes place both in courses and in a Master’s Project that entails fieldwork and the writing of a Master’s paper.