Our Program The B.S. or B.A. in Psychology prepares recipients for a variety of jobs and careers in private and public human service agencies. One fairly recent study identified over three-hundred different job titles in which the qualifications included a baccalaureate degree in psychology, such as addiction counselor, behavior analyst, biofeedback therapist, counselor, child development worker, human relations director, personnel coordinator, residence counselor, and youth worker. Higher level positions applying psychology, such as for a counseling or clinical psychologist, however, and continued development of a career in psychology generally require at least a master's degree. In this concentration, students videotape simulated counseling sessions, learn how to administer psychological tests, and learn how to give professional presentations.
Students work up to one hundred hours in a semester at a local psychology site.
Past internships have involved human performance work at the Department of Social Services and counseling work at the Student Counseling Center of Methodist College. Another internship site available is the Cape Fear Valley Hospital Systems. The internship involves students in practicing their active listening skills, diagnostic acumen, testing ability, and ability to design psychoeducational programs in a real world setting. Students are supervised by licenced psychologists or licenced professional counselors. The Psychology Lab was created by Dr. Ted Jaeger, former chair of the Department of Psychology, in 1986 through a fund from the National Science Foundation.