The department offers a major in Psychology with a variety of career and professional tracks available. Core requirements stress a student's need to master the basics of psychological theory, method and data analysis. Students are provided with a variety of electives in which they focus their attention on specific topics, methods or sub-disciplines in Psychology. The psychology major is designed to complement studies in many other areas and students are advised to pursue a true liberal arts curriculum of study with a firm grounding in reading, writing and quantitative reasoning.
Many courses offer field placements in local social service agencies and clinical settings.
Many students use their observations and experiences in their courses or field placements as the inspiration for the topics they choose. In the spring of their senior year, students are encouraged to present their results at regional and national Psychology conferences around the country. Each Spring, students are invited to submit their senior research for presentation at a wide variety of local, regional and national conferences. They also present the results to their peers in psychology. Professors, graduate students and other undergraduates all attend these conferences, and students are able to meet and listen to presentations by the best minds in the many subfields of Psychology.