Skill sets
- writing and communication
- problem-solving
- data analysis
- leadership and mentoring
- teamwork
Undergraduate Studies
The department offers a BA in Psychology, a co-major and minor in Neuroscience, and a co-major and minor in Art Therapy.
Psychology Major
The Psychology undergraduate curriculum is structured to provide students with four key elements:
- An overview of the range of topics that make up the discipline of psychology
- Skills in constructing evidence-based arguments using critical and quantitative reasoning
- Concentration in an area of focus within the discipline
- A capstone experience
Why Psychology?
Psychology is a versatile major.
Our discipline encompasses all of the many different factors that affect human thoughts, feelings, behavior, and development. We study changes in the brain, how families affect children, how people form impressions of other people, how people make decisions, and how communities and cultures affect people’s lives. The breadth of coverage in our discipline provides you with the background to face many different challenges in the world today that require an understanding of human behavior. It also gives you a perspective on why you are who you are and helps you discover who you want to become.
Introduction to the Psychology Major
What career options are available?
You will gain multiple skill sets that are valuable to employers through your training in psychology. For these reasons, psychology majors have many career options, including in public affairs, education, business, sales, service industries, health fields, biological sciences, computer programming, human resources, and writing.
The Psychology Department expects that graduating students in the major will reach the following 5 goals:
- Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
- Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
- Describe applications of psychology
- Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena
- Demonstrate psychology information literacy
- Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
- Interpret, design, and conduct basic psychological research
- Incorporate sociocultural factors in scientific inquiry
- Evaluate psychological science and practice based on ethical and multiculturally informed standards
- Demonstrate understanding of the impact of culture on cognition, emotion, and behavior
- Apply ethical and multiculturally informed standards in psychology coursework and interactions
- Demonstrate effective writing for different purposes
- Exhibit effective presentation skills for different purposes
- Interact effectively with others
- Apply psychological content and skills to career goals
- Exhibit self-efficacy and self-regulation
- Refine project-management skills
- Enhance teamwork capacity
- Develop meaningful professional direction for life after graduation
For More Information on Psychology Programs
Department of Psychology
90 North Patterson Avenue
Oxford, OH 45056
