Psychology Major
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The Psychology major is a foundational degree for students who desire a career in any number of fields that require an empirical understanding of people and how they relate interpersonally. By studying psychology, students gain a greater understanding of the emotions, thoughts, and actions of others. This, in turn, provides a helpful perspective on the challenges and problems that complicate life and relationships.
The Psychology major provides opportunities to study the development and functioning of children, adolescents, and adults from a distinctly Christian worldview. Course offerings include Interpersonal Skills Training, Personality Theories, Abnormal Psychology, Psychology of Learning, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Psychology of Addiction, Human Sexuality, Life Assessment, and Integration of Psychology and the Christian Faith.
A unique feature of this program is its integration of biblical and faith perspectives with an examination of scientific findings and theories of psychology. This approach equips students for professions that expect graduates to have an undergraduate education in psychology, while simultaneously allowing students to explore a faith-based approach to the field.
Benefits
The graduate of this program gains insight not only into the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects of human personality, but also into the significance of people's moral and spiritual lives as well. The Psychology Department includes the graduate program faculty who are highly trained and experienced in their profession and who can advise students on graduate degree programs in the field.
Career Path
Students with undergraduate degrees in Psychology are prepared for a wide range of entry-level careers, or for advanced degree study for professions such as those noted below by an asterisk.
- Behavioral Specialist
- Child Development Worker
- Parent Educator
- Sex Educator
- Probation Officer
- Corrections Officer
- Youth Offender Officer
- Public Safety Officer
- Child Care Center Supervisor
- Counselor
- Industrial Relations Manager
- Medical Social Worker*
- Occupational Therapist*
- Psychotherapist*
- Social Worker*
- Professor or Teacher*
- Clinical Psychologist*
- Mental Health Counselor*
- School Guidance Counselor*
- Industrial/Organizational Psychologist*
- Seminary-trained Pastor or Missionary*
- University or College Administrator*
Course Descriptions
For a detailed listing of courses required to complete the psychology core, click here.
Course Schedules
Class schedules may be obtained here.
Faculty
For a complete listing of various faculty and instructors teaching in the psychology program, click here.
General Education Requirements
All students completed a Bachelor's degree with the university are required to complete a minimum number of credits, 126 semester hours to be exact. Included in the 126 semester hours, each person must have completed all general education requirements (i.e., college composition, humanities, psychology, etc.). Specifics on required general college education may be obtained here.