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Psychology Introduction
With a Bachelor of Science degree in general psychology, you will gain the foundational knowledge in many different areas of study including:
- Cognitive Psychology: The internal mental processes such as problem-solving, memory, and decision-making.
- Developmental Psychology: The process on how humans change and grow across the lifespan, focusing on physical, cognitive, and social development.
- Abnormal Psychology: The focus on psychopathology and abnormal behavior, often within a clinical context.
- Social Psychology: The process of how an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.
- Personality Theory: The study of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique.
- Neuroscience: The study of the nervous system, including the structure and function of the brain and spinal cord.
Highlighted Courses
Develop foundational knowledge of human behavior and mental processes through courses in cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, abnormal psychology, neuroscience, research methods, statistics, social psychology, personality theory, and more.
Graduate Career-Ready
Graduates with a degree in Psychology have a wide array of rewarding careers before them. Check out some of the top psychology careers students get with this degree or explore more career options in I-Plan.
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Advance Knowledge, Enhancing Learning, and Developing Workforce Readiness
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Related Majors
Apply psychology to workplaces to improve productivity and well-being.
Study how psychological factors affect physical health and illness behavior.
Use recreation and leisure activity to improve the health and well-being of patients.
Help individuals, families, and communities cope with challenges and thrive.
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