Psychology Concentration

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The Psychology area of concentration focuses on the needs of adult learners and is oriented to provide a range of academic and professional distance-learning based experiences to enhance careers and professional development in understanding human behavior. While the coursework is conducted entirely online, students are encouraged to apply their learning to real world experience during their Application courses.

Our Psychology faculty are qualified to support a broad range of fields of study, including:

• Psychology of Human Growth and Development
• Personality Theory and Development
• Adult Development
• Psychology of Learning
• Introduction to Learning Disabilities
• Professional Orientation & Ethics
• Social Bases of Behavior and Cultural Diversity
• Career and Lifestyle Development
• Foundations of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Organizational Change
• Enhancement and Motivation

Please not that the Psychology area of concentration is not designed to meet licensure requirements.  If you are interested in seeking licensure, please consider our Master of Arts with Concentrations in Psychology and Counseling.

The Psychology area of concentration can provide preparation for students who anticipate advanced study in psychology related programs. It also provides students a foundation of skills for working in areas such as:

• Health care - mental health, smoking, alcohol, obesity
• Employee Assistance - helping workers deal with personal issues
• Geropsychology - helping people deal with mental and physical changes associated with aging
• Industrial-Organizational - working to boost worker productivity and retention
• Marketing - assist in developing tools for evaluation and research