Psychology
What causes us to act the way we do?
Is it biology, genetics, social influences or a combination of these factors? The spectrum of applications are vast-you could be working with a child with attention deficit disorder (ADD); families coping with illness or tragedy, a person struggling with an addiction, or in the human resource department in a company. As a psychology major you'll explore and examine the relationship between the human mind and human behavior through focused study, methodologies and applied research practices, and internships.
Psychology is a field with vast potential. As a graduate, you could find yourself working with children with a specific disorder, assisting families coping with illness or tragedy, providing counseling in a wide variety of settings, or working in the human resource department in a company. Whatever your professional goals, psychology provides you with the foundation to appreciate the mind-body connection, and prepares you to be an articulate and understanding individual in the cycle of human dynamics.
At Bay Path College, the psychology program is designed to prepare you for further study at the graduate level or for employment in a given area. The curriculum integrates a selected number of liberal arts courses with a series of core psychology courses that reflect the traditional perspectives of the field. The program is also designed to prepare graduates to be well-rounded in many areas that complement and enhance this degree: interpersonal communication, problem solving, writing skills, research techniques, project management and decision making.
Psychology Majors Offered
Cooperative Education Program
The psychology department offers a unique cooperative education experience to you during your sophomore year. This special opportunity will allow you to experiment in and identify your own areas of interest both academically and professionally within the field. In place of one elective, a “co-op” student can work in the field at a job site appropriate to your major, while simultaneously taking the department’s Cooperative Education course.
You should apply for this special opportunity early in the spring semester of your freshmen year, and secure job site placements before the semester’s end. The cooperative job site work and class experience takes place during the fall of your sophomore year. Then, during your junior year, you will complete an internship as usual. Cooperative education offers you the opportunity to make critical connections between the knowledge you have learned in your academic classes with the real-world reality of work in the field, effectively linking theory with practice and better preparing you to succeed professionally beyond college.
