The Department of Psychology

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Mr. David McKemy, Dr. Mollie Wise, Coordinator of Psychology.

Psychology

The psychology program is designed to give students a strong foundation in understanding human behavior and mental processes in a liberal arts education with the primary focus of developing skills, knowledge, and abilities to pursue service to God and others. Students completing the requirements for a major in psychology will have instruction in the physiological functioning of the brain and its effects on the individual, research methodology, human development, history of psychology and major theories, and mental health illnesses and treatment. In addition, students will be exposed to basic skills and techniques in counseling and have opportunities for implementing these skills in a clinical setting. Students completing the major requirements in psychology will have an excellent knowledge base for application to graduate studies in the fields of psychology and counseling.

Programs

• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

• Psychology Minor

Courses

• PY 220 Introduction to Psychology
• PY 223 Social Problems
• PY 230 Developmental Psychology
• PY 315 Contemporary Challenges in a Changing World
• PY 320 Psychology of Religion
• PY 323 Psychology of Deterrence
• PY 340 Social Psychology
• PY 344 Learning and Cognition
• PY 345 Psychology of Personal Relationships
• PY 347 Tests and Measurements
• PY 348 Physiological Psychology
• PY 349 Theories of Personality
• PY 359 Applied Statistics for the Social Sciences
• PY 370 Interpersonal Relationship Skills
• PY 400 Special Topics in Psychology
• PY 409 Experimental Psychology: Methods of Research
• PY 410 The Meaning of Marriage
• PY 411 History of Modern Psychology
• PY 413 Abnormal Psychology
• PY 414 Helping Skills
• PY 416 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• PY 417 Independent Reading and Research in Psychology
• PY 422 Introduction to Research and Writing for Psychology
• PY 433 Death and Dying, Grief and Loss
• PY 499 Psychology Practicum

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