Mission

The Psychology Department prepares its majors to be well educated in the liberal arts tradition, to exhibit enthusiasm for learning, and to be responsive to community needs. Students develop an awareness of ways of viewing, analyzing, measuring, and changing human behavior.

Within that context, students learn to:

Students who minor in psychology get a somewhat less comprehensive exposure to the methods and current state of knowledge in psychology. There is considerably less emphasis on research methodology and statistics for the minor as opposed to the major. Many students majoring in sociology, criminal justice, management, and marketing find psychology a useful minor.

The skills obtained by the psychology major, and to a lesser extent by the psychology minor, prepare the student for careers in human services, teaching, research, business, and personnel. In addition, the psychology major provides preparation for the successful pursuit of graduate studies leading to careers in professional psychology.

The psychology department also offers specialty courses that are required or of interest to students in other departments. For example, students from sociology, education, criminal justice, and nursing take statistics from the psychology department, whereas occupational therapy students take abnormal psychology and developmental psychology. Business students take courses such as psychological testing, the psychology of advertising, and consumer behavior, among others.

These skills help prepare the psychology major for careers in human services, teaching, research, business, and personnel.

In addition, the psychology major provides preparation for successful pursuit of graduate studies leading to careers in professional psychology.



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