The Sage Colleges is accredited by the Middle States Association Commission on Higher Education and the Master of Science Degree Program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and the New York State Education Department. Treatment includes counseling, psychotherapy, and prescribing drugs. A sound theoretical base of neurobiology, physiology, pharmacology, and human behavior theories provide the underpinnings for courses and practica related to comprehensive mental health assessment, diagnostic formulations, and therapeutic interventions. Psychotherapeutic processes include individual, group, and family therapy. Further, graduates would be qualified to provide case management, conduct and develop education programs, supervise support service staff, and provide consultation in non-psychiatric settings.
Some federal traineeships are available for full-time matriculated students.
Full-time graduate study is defined as nine hours of graduate course work per semester. This program is 49 credits in total. Working students, full-time students, and those commuting long distances will find courses conveniently scheduled. Courses are offered during the daytime and evenings on a weekly or every other week basis. It sometimes is possible to take two or three courses on one particular day.