Psychology, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the program in Psychology will be able to:

1. Identify basic tenets of psychology.
2. Summarize and apply facets of “The Good Life” as conceptualized in contemporary positive-moral psychology.
3. Display an increase in personal growth and development (for the purpose of serving others).
4. Demonstrate care for others.
5. Understand careers in psychology.

Required Concentrations

Choose a concentration from the following:

Concentration A:   Character Morality and Culture
Concentration B:   General Psychology
Concentration C:   Therapeutic and Community Psychology 

Lower-Division Requirements

• PSY 1001 - Psychology of Personal Development - First Year Experience (GE) (3) (required of all students who graduated from high school the year prior to enrollment at PLNU)
• PSY 1003 - General Psychology (GE) (3)

Upper-Division Requirements

• PSY 3000 - Personality and Adult Development (4)
• PSY 3008 - Developmental Psychology - Birth Through Adolescence (4)
• PSY 3021 - Abnormal Psychology (3)
• PSY 3090 - Research Methods and Statistics I (4)
• PSY 3091 - Research Methods and Statistics II (4)
• PSY 4000 - History and Contemporary Issues in Psychology (2)
• PSY 4009 - Psychology of Cognition and Learning (4)
• PSY 4020 - Pursuing Goodness: The Science of Moral Change (Senior Capstone) (4)

Core Total: 35 Units

Required Concentrations