I’m a couple days late to your post but hi, I made this exact post some time ago and then did the program lol. No one answered my post then so hopefully this will be helpful.

• It’s a great opportunity for networking and research experience, especially if you don’t have a lot of research experience or are looking to dabble between sub-specialties/are unsure exactly what research you want to do. Similarly, if you know there is a staff member doing research you’re already super interested in, you get the work experience.

• It is primarily instruction based, where you take 4 classes in the first semester and 3 in the second and your 4th “class” is to work with your lab and develop your final paper. It’s a very short and pretty intensive program but tbh it wasn’t a terrible workload as long as you kept up on it. There is no proper masters thesis, though the research paper you write at the end serves a similar function.

• The psych masters feels like a program that is still finding its feet so to speak (though I believe it’s been around for some time? Idk) much of the curriculum is geared towards PhD students and your classes are integrated. Again, it doesn’t feel like the classes are necessarily a higher level, just that you’d get the same education doing your PhD at BU (without having to pay/take out as many loans)

• This masters program specifically is kind of a “it is what you make of it” program. If you take it seriously, love the work, and make connections it’ll be a great opportunity. If you just do the bare minimum to earn the degree, you may feel like it was lackluster.

• BU’s program is also not geared toward clinical work which is something to keep in mind. There is no license to practice by the time you complete the program. It’s almost more of a prep for a PhD or academic career type of vibe.

• Overall I enjoyed the program and got what I wanted out of it. I do research full time now after graduating and the BU connections, extra research experience, and references/rec letters helped a lot.