The Department of Psychology offers a four-year program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.  Students study principles of human growth and development and the processes of learning, cognition, and emotion.  Particular attention is given to knowledge related to personality development, maladaptive behavior, social diversity and group interactions, and the biological bases of behavior.  The major provides the foundation for careers in human services and counseling, in business and industry, and in working with children, adolescents, and adults in schools or clinical settings.  The major program also prepares students for graduate study in all areas of psychology, social work, business, education, and other related professions.

Students graduating with a degree in psychology will be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge of the following areas of psychology:  developmental, abnormal, social and research and statistical methodology

• demonstrate competence in using a statistical package to analyze data and to present those results in APA manuscript style;

• communicate proficiently, both orally and in writing.

Teacher Certification Programs

Students majoring in psychology may opt to pursue provisional teacher certification as an early childhood teacher.  These students will complete the psychology major and a certification program in education in early childhood education.

Required Courses

Here is the flow sheet for the Psychology major which you can view to learn about all the required courses for the Psychology major or you can print it out for your own records.

Here is the flow sheet for the Core Curriculum which identifies the core requirements for all MCLA students, tailored to Psychology majors. You can also print out this flow sheet.

The Psychology minor enables students to acquire a fundamental understanding of complex human behaviors.

Students will complete the following requirements: