To provide undergraduate psychology majors components of a liberal arts education. To prepare undergraduates for graduate school. To prepare undergraduates for employment in human service agencies. To prepare clinical track graduate students for employment and licensure as mental health counselors. As such, it is not surprising to find a diversity of needs within our undergraduate population.
Some students aspire to pursue graduate education.
Within this group, some students plan to pursue the professional side of psychology while others plan to pursue the more scientific or researched-based opportunities within the field. The department also has a large population of students whom, at least currently, view their undergraduate education as a terminal degree. Within that population, some students seek employment at the bachelor's level within the field of human services and other students study psychology for their own personal growth. The psychology department' s mission has been expanded to include two distinct graduate programs. The first graduate program is in clinical psychology.