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Apr 20, 2024
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Undergraduate Studies 2023-2024
Psychology (B.A.)
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The Psychology Program seeks to graduate individuals with intellectual maturity and Christian character, who show a deep understanding of the actions, feelings and thoughts that relate persons to their physical, social and spiritual contexts, prepared for a life of service and leadership.
Concentrations are offered in the department to help students clarify their interests and discern their calling. They allow students to gain greater depth in their education in those aspects to which they feel most called. Callings can change of course, and it is for this reason that we emphasize that one can do any career from any concentration.
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Required courses
Thirty-eight credits are required for a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology degree. These credits must include the following courses, plus one of the concentrations below.
Concentrations
A concentration is required with a maxium of two concentrations allowed. Concentrations are designed for students with particular interests.
- This concentration is designed for those interested in counseling, clinical, and social service careers.
- This concentration is designed for those interested in a broad range of careers including research, biotech, artificial intelligence, and user interface consulting.
- This concentration is designed for those interested in a broad range of careers including education and child-focused clinical service, human resources, counseling, and school psychology, with focus on human development within a social context.
- This concentration is designed to develop a broad understanding of the human person in all their dimensions and to produce graduates who can work in any of a broad range of settings.
Notes
Students considering graduate work or specific vocational objectives should consult with department faculty, especially their advisors, in choosing their concentration and electives. The department encourages students to take courses outside the department in areas that extend their understanding of human experience and nonhuman behavior or improve their ability to use and apply psychological knowledge.
The department offers an extensive internship program in which students work under supervision in an off-campus setting (e.g., school setting, crisis center, district court). The purpose of the program is to help students learn to apply their academic knowledge in a practical setting. This program is an elective option which upper division majors are encouraged to take, even it it does not meet major elective credit. See course descriptions for PSY 425 and PSY 426 .
Minors for Psychology Majors
Psychology majors may choose a departmental minor in any other major in the College (e.g., computer science) or in an interdisciplinary area (e.g., peace and conflict studies, prelaw, environmental studies). Requirements for departmental minors are listed under the appropriate major; other minors are listed under Interdisciplinary Minors.
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