Program Overview

MA Degree in Professional Educational Psychology

Programme Description

The MA Degree in Professional Educational Psychology is a two-year full-time programme that offers professional training in educational psychology through a scientist-practitioner model. The curriculum consists of an array of coursework in assessment, consultation, and evidence-based interventions relevant to the local context. Students must complete a specific number of hours of supervised practice in assessment and intervention before graduation, supervised by qualified educational/clinical psychologists in the field.

Graduates of this programme are expected to meet the professional competence and ethical standards for registration as Educational Psychologists in Hong Kong. Services provided by educational psychologists include psychoeducational assessment, intervention with children, adolescents, and their families, in-service training for teachers, consultation with parents, teachers, principals, and education-related administrators in both government-funded and private sectors.

Target Participants

The target participants of the MA in Professional Educational Psychology are individuals who already have a Bachelor's degree in Psychology (or its equivalent) and aspire to receive training that, upon completion, will qualify them to serve as professional Educational Psychologists in Hong Kong.

Study Scheme

• Coursework Requirement: Students are required to complete a total of 60 units for graduation, spread under 5 clusters:
  • Professional and Foundation Knowledge:
    • Core Courses: EPSY (12 units)
    • Elective Course: 1 elective course from PEDU (3 units)
  • Psychological Assessment:
    • Core Courses: EPSY (9 units)
  • Intervention Skills and Strategies:
    • Core Courses: EPSY (15 units)
  • Research in Educational Psychology:
    • Core Courses: EPSY (9 units)
    • Elective Course: 2 elective courses from PEDU (3 units)
  • Practicum:
    • Core Course: EPSY (9 units)
• Other Requirements:
  • A student must achieve a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0 to fulfill the graduation requirement.
  • Except for courses EPSY 6402 – 6403 Dissertation Research and EPSY 6501 – 6503 Practicum, students are required to achieve a minimum grade of “D” in the courses taken during the study to fulfill the coursework and graduation requirements.
  • For courses EPSY 6402 – 6403 Dissertation Research, students must achieve grade “C-” or above, unless special approval is granted by the Faculty Board of Education.
  • For courses EPSY 6501 – 6503 Practicum, students must achieve grade “C-” or above, unless special approval is granted by the Faculty Board of Education.
  • Students must fulfill the Term Assessment Requirement of the Graduate School. A student who obtains a cumulative grade point average (GPA) below 2.0 in the preceding term will be put on academic probation.

Medium of Instruction

Core courses will be mainly taught in Cantonese supplemented with English, while elective courses will be taught in English. The medium of instruction will be subject to the availability of teachers. The Programme reserves the right of final decision on the medium of instruction. Students should observe the medium of instruction of each course in the system for course selection and registration.