Program focus is to prepare graduates to contribute to solutions of both theoretical and applied problems.
The program offers opportunities for research and professional training.
The 77 professors include several who are cross-appointed to other graduate programs such as Biology, Kinesiology & Health Science, Philosophy and Women’s Studies.
Sixty-one applied practicum supervisors are affiliated with the program along with 39 adjunct professors.
The program is associated with many research units at York, including: Institute for Social Research; LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution; Centre for Vision Research; Centre for Research in Earth & Space Science; and the Centre for Feminist Research.
Degrees Offered
Degrees Offered:
Full time
Part time
MA X N/A PhD X N/A
Deadlines and Dates
Deadlines and Dates:
Dates & Deadlines Start Date September Deadlines December 15
Deadline date means : Date a completed application package is received by York. Completed Application Package means: Use York University's graduate studies online application . Send all required and supplementary documents and materials in a single package. (Exception: official transcripts sent to York directly from previous educational institutions. Official transcripts must come directly from, and bear the unbroken seal of, the issuing institution.) See checklist (PDF). Mail or Courier Completed Application Package to: Mail
Courier
Streams & Specializations
Streams and Specializations:
Brain, behaviour and cognitive science Clinical psychology* Clinical-developmental psychology* Developmental and cognitive processes History and theory of psychology Social and personality psychology *The Canadian and American Psychological Associations accredit both.
Choose York
Choose York:
Canada’s largest program and one of the most diverse with six areas of study including the country’s only History & Theory of Psychology program.
What you need to apply to this program
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Type Requirements Academic (GPA) B+international credentials information for your country. Language Proficiency Do you need? TOEFL Paper-based: 600 Computer-based: 250 iBT: 100 IELTS YELT Recommendations 2 Other MA : Applicants to the Clinical and Clinical Developmental Areas must submit official scores from the Graduate Record Examination (both General and Subject Tests required).Applicants to the other four areas must submit
MA & PhD : Statement of interest required. Applicants are expected to specify the areas that are of primary and secondary interest to them. Once admitted, shifting from one area to another is not normally permitted.
Preference is given to applicants with strong academic backgrounds who appear promising as researchers and, for the Clinical Psychology and Clinical-Developmental areas, those who also appear promising as clinical practitioners.
Because the number of applicants greatly exceeds the number of positions available, meeting our minimum admission requirements is not a guarantee of admission.
Prefer to receive an information package in the mail? (Package does not contain a paper application form — you must apply electronically .)
