Psychology
Discover what makes you — and all humans — tick in Longwood's Psychology program. Guided by our expert faculty, you'll explore the biological bases of psychology, psychological disorders, the use of psychology in the workplace, how people interact with groups, cognition, psychology across cultures and what drives people's behavior.
Career Path
Prepare to compete with top candidates in a booming job market. These are some of the things our graduates are doing today.
- Clinical Counselor
- Clinical Social Worker
- Data Analyst
- Emergency Mental Health Consultant
- Guidance Counselor
- Intake Coordinator
- Juvenile Sex Offender Counselor
- Learning Disabilities Resource Provider
- Research Assistant
- School Counselor
- Student Services Coordinator
What You'll Study
Major
Psychology is the study of thoughts and behavior. You’ll learn about psychological disorders, how the body is related to psychology, how to improve worker productivity, how stereotypes and discrimination work, what children’s stages of development are, how our memory works.
You'll develop the skills to
- Collect, manage, analyze and interpret data
- Write professional quality reports and give oral presentations
- Think critically, creatively and ethically
- Behave ethically in the context of research and practice
- Interpret contemporary events using psychological principles
- Work effectively and responsibly with others
Minor
Students minoring in psychology must earn a grade of no less than C- in all psychology courses that are applied to the minor.
You'll learn how to:
- think and behave ethically in the context of research and practice
- the ability to interpret contemporary events using psychological principles
- and the ability to work effectively and responsibly with others
You'll take six courses to complete this minor. One of those courses will be Introduction to Psychology.
The minor must include:
- PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)
- 15 credits of PSYC electives, of which at least 6 credits must be at the 200-level and at least 6 credits must be at the 300-level
CIVITAE ADVANTAGE
Psychology minors may count Civitae Core courses satisfying minor requirements as also satisfying their respective Civitae Core requirements, up to two Pillar courses and one Perspectives course. The following are the courses in this minor that may be used in this way:
- PSYC 101 can satisfy the Scientific Reasoning Pillar requirement
- PSYC 230 can satisfy the Human Behavior and Social Institutions Pillar requirement
- PSYC 335, PSYC 337, and PSYC 340 can satisfy the Human Behavior and Social Institutions Perspectives requirement
Courses
Here, you can take classes in Sensation and Perception, Social Psychology, Abnormal Psychology and much more.
