该系还提供心理学理学硕士学位，集中于临床心理学，产业/组织心理学和学校心理学。拥有心理学硕士学位的学生可以在社区大学任教，也可以在四年制大学中任讲师。临床心理学集中旨在使学生有资格在社区心理健康中心，学校，医院，私人诊所，管理式照护和类似职业中提供心理健康服务。该计划提供加利福尼亚州婚姻与家庭疗法执照所需的学术准备和硕士预科辅导时间。心理学硕士课程集中于临床心理学课程，为学生提供一定程度的学位，使其在完成3,000个核准小时后即可获得加利福尼亚州婚姻与家庭疗法执照，其中有1,700个小时必须在硕士后获得。
The Clinical Psychology Master's Program at SF State was founded in 1952 and has been running continually ever since. The program emphasizes theoretical and applied training from psychodynamic, family systems, multicultural and community psychology perspectives. The program provides two years of full-time training, leading to the Master of Science degree in Psychology with a concentration in Clinical Psychology, as well as the academic preparations and pre-master's supervised hours for the State of California Marriage and Family Therapy (M.F.T.) license. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences also requires post-master's hours for licensure as an M.F.T., and most students complete this roughly within two years after graduation. Given the course and practicum requirements of the program, full-time employment while enrolled is usually not possible.<br><br>The department also offers a Master of Science in Psychology with concentrations in Clinical Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and School Psychology. Students with master's degrees in psychology may teach at a community college and may teach as lecturers at four-year colleges and universities. The Clinical Psychology concentration is intended to qualify students to provide mental health services in community mental health centers, schools, hospitals, private practice, managed care, and similar careers. The program provides the academic preparations and pre-master's supervised hours required for the State of California Marriage and Family Therapy license. The M.S. in Psychology with a concentration in Clinical Psychology provides students with a degree that confers eligibility to sit for the State of California Marriage and Family Therapy license after completing 3,000 approved hours, 1,700 hours of which must be acquired post masters.