Psychology Program Positions Students to Achieve Ph.D

With jobs in psychology usually necessitating a graduate and even doctoral degree, it is ideal that students interested in a career in psychology seek out undergraduate programs that put them on the right pathway to obtaining these advanced studies.

Mercy’s psychology program positions students on just that pathway. It steers them toward faculty support, mentorship and research programs that give them a competitive advantage when applying for master’s or Ph.D. programs, ultimately helping them realize their dreams of working in psychology.

When Associate Professor and Director of Mercy’s Master’s in Psychology Program Rebecca Trenz, Ph.D., came to Mercy in the fall of 2011 one of her primary goals was to develop research opportunities for students to boost their chances of acceptance into Ph.D. programs and foster their development of practical skills. “The experience of research sets students’ applications apart when they apply for limited spots in Ph.D. programs, which are often selected from a pool of highly competitive applicants. Students can be chosen for an interview for a Ph.D. program because the research they conducted as an undergraduate and/or graduate student in is line with the research of faculty at their prospective school,” Trenz explained.

To read more of this article from the Spring 2021 Maverick Magazine click here.