Committed to the importance of teaching, the faculty have won several teaching awards and are readily accessible to students. Ten courses are required for the major, including the introductory course, courses in statistics and research methods, and a senior research course.
Various minors are available, each requiring five courses.
A student should not think of a major in Psychology as occupational training. Another twenty percent use their degree as a background for other graduate work, such as Law or Medicine. Thirty percent go into business settings, and the remainder pursue a variety of careers, often in social service areas. Students with a degree in Psychology find employment in mental health agencies, personnel departments, advertising agencies, financial institutions, management trainee programs, etc. While many Psychology majors will not enter a career in Psychology, we believe the department's curriculum has much to offer those students.