Psychology is a science concerned with the study of behavior. These topics, however, only represent a small sample of the kinds of problems of interest to psychologists. To the student learning this discipline, psychology may not only satisfy an intellectual curiosity but may also provide insight into personal dispositions.
Opportunities also exist in government employment as well as in business.
Beyond these courses, the student has the opportunity to select from a broad range of courses dealing with various psychological processes and problems. Many undergraduates go on to carry out their investigations under the guidance of individual faculty. In addition, there is an active chapter of the national Psi Chi organization in which undergraduates may discuss topics of interest in psychology, career decisions, and participate in national research conferences and competitions. The Department of Psychology has 20 full-time faculty with expertise in a variety of areas of interest in psychology, including cognitive processes, perception, social psychology, developmental psychology, learning and conditioning, language, clinical psychology, neuropsychology, and psychobiology. With several hundred undergraduate majors, students majoring in psychology are introduced to basic processes and methods in psychology during the first two years in courses such as personality and clinical psychology, cognitive processes, developmental psychology, psychobiology, social psychology, experimental methods, and statistics.