Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
    Oct 10, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Psychology, B.S.


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Honoring our roots in Humanistic Psychology, our mission is to provide an undergraduate educational experience that allows our students to gain a working understanding of the field of psychology generally and of human-science approaches to psychology more specifically. This mission includes working closely with students to help them (a) develop a deep understanding of the dominant themes, conflicts, and perspectives within the discipline, as well as the ability to employ, critically evaluate, and shift among various perspectives when required; (b) apply psychological concepts and perspectives to the major domains of life outside the classroom; (c) develop a keen awareness of the ways that culture and history have shaped the discipline and affect its practitioners; (d) gain clarity about their identity, values, aspirations, emotions, strengths, and weaknesses; (e) understand the major career areas in psychology and gain an intimate knowledge of their own inclinations and vocations toward a particular area of work in service of the common good, and (f) strengthen their capacity to read, write, and speak effectively, especially with regard to psychological ideas. 
 

Learning Outcomes

The Undergraduate Program seeks to achieve the following outcomes for all majors:

1. Identify the major perspectives of psychology including biological/neuroscientific, behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic, humanistic, transpersonal, and critical.

2. Employ the major perspectives of psychology including biological/neuroscientific, behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic, humanistic, transpersonal, and critical.

3. Critically evaluate the major perspectives (biological/neuroscientific, behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic, humanistic, transpersonal, and critical).

 

 

 

Requirement


Core IMPACTS General Education Requirements: (42 Hours)


Core IMPACTS General Education Requirements  

Field of Study: 18 Hours


(Major Specific Courses)

Two Courses: 6 Hours


From the following list:

Two Courses: 6 Hours


From the following list:

Major Courses: 31 Hours


(PSYC 1101  and PSYC 2010  are also required for the major and are listed in Field of Study.)

Select a minimum of 2 (Two) courses from among the following: 8 Hours


(please note that you may take MORE than 2 of these):

Advanced Topics: 19 Hours


  • 19 hours of PSYC course at or above 3000

Capstone: 4 Hours


Minor: 15-18 Hours


Electives: 11-14 Hours


Total: 120 Hours


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