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College of Graduate and Professional StudiesCollege of Graduate andProfessional Studies• Bachelor’s degree with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3. 0 orabove from an institution whose accreditation is recognized bythe Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA);• Personal statement: a double-spaced, three-page (typed) essay,carefully edited for content, grammar, and style that answers thefollowing question: Describe your museum experience (paid,volunteer, internships), including skills learned, duration(full-time/part-time), and special projects. Using specificexamples, explain how this experience, along with youreducational background, has influenced your understanding ofthe role of the museum in today’s world. How has yourexperience shaped your goals in the museum field?• ree letters of recommendation;• A resume;• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended;and• Applicants must also interview with a program faculty member.Museum Studies will contact applicants to arrange for aninterview after the application file is complete. Telephoneinterviews will be arranged for applicants who live outside theBay Area.International applicants must have a minimum TOEFL score of 600on the paper-based test, 250 on the computer-based test, or 100 onthe Internet-based test with a minimum score of 4.5 in the writingsection.On occasion, the department will admit a student with a GPA below3.0 on probation. Students admitted with a GPA below 3.0 mustachieve a B or higher during their first quarter in order to continuein the program.Certificate requirementsAll courses are 4.5 quarter units unless otherwise indicated.CurriculumMUS 5003 Issues in Museums I: History and eoryMUS 5004 Issues in Museums II: Finance and AdministrationMUS5321 Museums and CommunitiesAll museum studies students are required to complete one or moremuseum internship(s) in the area of specialization. Internshipsallow students to assume professional responsibilities and gain anunderstanding of a museum’s operations and relationship to themuseum field under the guidance of professionals. Students in theprogram have interned in local, national and international museumsand museum-related institutions.MUS 5975 Internship (7.5)Select ONE of the following specializations:Collections Management (9)MUS 5501 Documentation and CollectionsMUS 5502 Preventive ConservationEducation and Interpretation (9)MUS 5610 e visitor Experience: Learning eories andUnderstanding AudiencesMUS 5612 The visitor Experience: Interpretative Methods andApplicationsTotal units required: 30Sport Psychologye Sport Psychology program provides academically rigoroustraining to help students become effective sport psychologypractitioners. Experiential training is guided by theoretical models,research, ethical principles and how diversity impacts the field ofsport psychology. Students who successfully complete theinnovative program are able to integrate the core elements ofcounseling skills and performance enhancement skills within theirpractice.Program Learning Outcomes• Performance Enhancement Skills. e students will be able todescribe, explain, synthesize and apply performanceenhancement techniques with individual performers and teams;• eory. e students will be able to describe, explain, synthesizeand apply theoretical perspectives from Sport Psychology andrelated fields;• Assessment. Students will be able to describe, explain,synthesize and apply various assessment tools in a continuousand evolving process to create effective action plans. Studentswill be able to screen clinical issues;• Counseling Psychology Skills. e students will be able toidentify, describe and explain how to use counseling psychologyskills to develop a working relationship with the client. Studentswill be able to identify, describe, explain and apply how the selfimpacts the client-consultant relationship;• Ethics and Professionalism. e students will be able toidentify, explain, synthesize and critically analyze ethicalprinciples in a professional and culturally appropriate manner.Students will be able to utilize decision making principles andexplain choices made relating to ethical situations;• Multicultural Competence. e students will be able toidentify sources of bias within themselves, integrate conceptsand adapt their skills to work with a diverse range ofpopulations; and• Research. e students will be able to summarize, critique andconduct research in the field of Sport Psychology. Students willassess and apply both established and current research findingsin their scope of practice.Master of arts in Sport Psychologye Master of Arts (MA) Sport Psychology program curriculum isdesigned to expose students to an integrated model of sportpsychology education that includes counseling skills andperformance enhancement techniques, counseling skills as coreelements. e program consists of 77 units which students cancomplete within approximately a two-year process of full-timestudy. Emphasis is placed on training students to understand thetheories that support sport psychology work and be able to applyperformance enhancement techniques in diverse settings. eprogram is offered fully onsite at the University’s Pleasant Hillcampus, fully online, and in a hybrid format, through whichstudents can take a combination of onsite and online courses.e JFK University MA Sport Psychology Program is one of the fewin the United States specifically designed to integrate counselingskills and performance enhancement techniques within the field ofsport psychology. e sport psychology coursework coversresearch, theory, and the application of psychology to such areas as112 College of Graduate and Professional Studies JOHN F. KENNEDy UNIvERSITy