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The Master's in Psychology with a major in Applied Behavior Analysis was designed to meet a pressing need for more behaviorally trained professionals in this new and exciting field. Our goal is to prepare you to work with a wide range of individuals in many different settings who present with a variety of behavior excesses and deficits.
Upon completion of this program you should be able to represent our field in many ways: advocating for clients, performing state-of-the-art functional assessments, leading and collaborating with colleagues in other related fields to develop treatments and interventions that are effective and ethically implemented, and designing environments that enhance human performance and productivity.
The program is a non-thesis degree in which you will be prepared to sit for the Behavior Analyst Certification Board examination. We specifically designed the program to be "non-thesis" to allow students to complete the program in a defined two-year period (for most students this is actually five semesters). While you will not be conducting a thesis, you will be learning a great deal about the research in the field and how to use it to develop effective interventions. Students interested in conducting research are able to do so under the supervision and mentorship of a faculty member. While we encourage and support student involvement in research we caution students not to place their research interests ahead of their class work.
While we will make every effort to inform you of any changes made to the program and how those changes might affect you, it is your responsibility to know the requirements and adhere to them. The FSU Graduate Bulletin, available at http://registrar.fsu.edu/bulletin/graduate/ is another helpful resource. If you have any questions…just ask ... that’s what we’re here for.