The Office of Commuter Affairs maintains lists of off-campus housing. While policies differ from program to program, most will accept up to six credits of course work taken outside of the program. Psychology accepts, at most, three external credits. Because of its special nature, the Psychology M.A. Program requires students to take 12 credits per semester and six in the summer. Yes, most programs accept part- time graduate students and make every effort to assist them in completing their graduate studies.
Psychology is solely a full-time program, however.
Many programs in the McAnulty Graduate School schedule their graduate courses either fully or mostly at night. The Departments of Communication, History, Theology, Computational Mathematics, and the Policy Center and MALS Program are all evening programs. The Departments of English, Psychology and Philosophy offer some courses in the evenings. Graduate courses are mostly small, rarely exceeding 20 students in size. The courses are generally designed to insure active participation on the part of the students.