The graduate program in Community Psychology and Social Change leads to a master of arts degree with concentrations in Children, Youth and Family; Environmental Issues; and Individualized Studies. The nontraditional program emphasizes planned social change, and is based on both sociology and psychology. The program equips students with skills useful in coping with the multifaceted problems facing communities. Students learn to assess problems at the level of communities or organizations, to plan and implement possible solutions to these problems, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the solutions. Learning takes place both in courses and in a master's project that entails fieldwork and the writing of a master's paper.