Striking a balance between traditional and nontraditional approaches, between practical experience and classroom learning, Shepherd is the right choice for psychology. Shepherd College offers a program in psychology leading to the bachelor of Arts Degree. To encourage the student to pursue a traditionally-oriented liberal arts curriculum as a broad educational foundation. To expose the student to the nature of scientific explanation and scientific research within psychology as well as to provide a conceptual framework for understanding human behavior. To contribute to the preparation of the student for admission to graduate school and to schools offering advanced professional certification.
Some credit is given for foreign language courses taken in high school.
It is also possible to earn as much as 12 foreign language credit hours through the CLEP examination, which is administered by the Office Career Development Center.