Psychology

Program Details
Clarke’s storied psychology department is dedicated to maintaining a rigorous academic curriculum designed to emphasize the development of analytic and emotional skills that are the basis of examination, evaluation, and communication in the field. Courses involve hands-on service fieldwork, such as volunteering to help those in need or internships with nonprofits across the nation. These unique features are what make Clarke one of the best psychology schools.

As a Psychology Major, You’ll Learn To:

• Amplify your critical thinking skills.
• Solve problems through analyzation and research.
• Understand the processes that motivate human thoughts and actions.
• Decipher cognition, motivation, and emotion.

Hands-on Learning

• You’ll have the opportunity to participate in Clarke’s “Into the Streets” community volunteer effort and in the Multicultural Center’s “Food for the World” experience.
• The Psychology Club takes part in a host of unique, exploratory activities.
• In Behavior Modification class, you will selects a self-control goal to work on during the semester to put principals into practice.
• In Psychology of Women, you can volunteer for a minimum of six hours at organizations that serve women in need.

What Can You Do with a Psychology Degree?
By earning your bachelor’s degree in psychology from Clarke University, you’ll prepare yourself for a wide range of careers. Our graduates are employed as:

• Case manager
• Career counselor
• Rehabilitation specialist
• Psychiatric technician
• Mental health clinician
• Health care facility administrator
• Police officer
• Psychiatric aide
• Human resources
• Disability case manager
• Childcare worker

Applicants are considered on an individual basis. Apply to Clarke today to begin your journey.

A Sampling of Classes a Psychology Major takes:
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION — Explore the elementary principles of behavior modification. You’ll study reinforcement, punishment, extinction, and generalization.

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY — This course studies the aspects of life that make people feel fulfilled. You’ll cover topics such as positive thinking, values to enhance emotions, and physical self-care.

PERSONALITY — This course places an emphasis on comparing and contrasting various paradigms such as psychoanalysis, sociocultural, trait, and existential humanistic.

What Can I Do with a Psychology Degree? With Clarke’s Psychology Degree, You Will:

• Lay the foundation for a successful human services career through psychology courses and general education classes.
• Understand the role psychology plays in everyday life through a captivating exploration of emotion, knowledge, identity, and other psychological paradigms.
• Build upon your existing knowledge as you dig deeper into the intricacies of human behavior.

Key Bachelor of Psychology Learning Outcomes — As a Psychology Major, You’ll be able to:

• Articulate major theories, concepts, and interpret historical trends in psychology.
• Explain behavior, cognition, and emotion from multiple schools of thought and multicultural perspectives.
• Identify a problem in psychology, examine available evidence, analyze assumptions, and apply research methods to solve the difficulty. This includes the ability to interpret numbers and apply basic statistical processes.
• Write papers in psychology using different literary formats, e.g., narrative, exposition, critical analysis, and APA format.