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Accelerated ABA Admissions
With a letter of recommendation from an ABA faculty member, declared undergraduate Psychology majors may apply for the Accelerated Program. Applications should include a personal statement describing the student’s interest in pursuing graduate training in behavior analysis.
Applicants must have at least a 3.5 GPA and have taken the three courses below receiving a B or better:
- PSYCH 311 Advanced Experimental: Learning OR 317 Advanced Experimental: ABA
- PSYCH 251 Intro to Learning and Behavior Analysis
- PSYCH 372 Autism Practicum OR 374 Culturally Responsive Family Support Practicum
Accepted students may take the following 12 GRADUATE CREDITS as part of the BA degree in Psychology. These courses will replace the 2 required higher elective courses and 2 of the 5 lower elective courses. Registration is with permission of the Graduate Advisor.
- PSYCH 7713 Ethical Issues in Psychology (offered in Fall)
- PSYCH 705 Statistics (offered in Spring)
- PSYCH 730 Psychology of Learning (offered in Fall)
- PSYCH (choice of graduate elective)
Accelerated students are strongly encouraged to pursue a thesis track during their graduate training.
FELLOWSHIP: Accelerated undergraduate students may also apply to work professionally at Queens College Autism Center for Evidence-Based Services (QC-ACES) or one of our off-campus fellowship sites to accrue supervised experience in Behavior Analysis.
To Apply: Log into the Accelerated Degrees Online Application System using your QC username and password (CAMS account credentials, not CUNYfirst) to submit an application. Please remember to upload your letter of recommendation and personal statement. To learn more about the Master’s in Applied Behavior Analysis, see the department’s website or email sally.izquierdo@qc.cuny.edu.