BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology courses are often required within various undergraduate programs as the understanding of human behavior can be quite valuable. For example, management students learn about group processes, decision making, motivation, and individual differences. Criminal Justice students learn about diversity, development of the healthy vs. unhealthy personality, and the basis of abnormal behavior.

For the student who wishes to major in Psychology, the Psychology program at Hilbert College offers an opportunity to explore specialized interests within the classroom, through research, and through formal and informal contact with faculty and other experts. The small faculty student ratio affords the development of skills and knowledge of the field often not available on an undergraduate level.

Students graduate with the ability to think critically and analytically, to communicate their ideas effectively, to consider human behavior on a scientific level, and to appreciate the nature of human similarity and diversity. Such abilities are desired by employers from all areas – human resources, business, research, and mental health, to name a few.

For those interested in graduate school, the Psychology program prepares students for this next level in their academic training. Fundamental knowledge, basic techniques in research and individual interests are developed. Admission to graduate school generally requires a strong back- ground in Psychology and relevant experiences, high grades (B+ & above) and admission test scores, and letters of recommendation from faculty with whom the student has worked closely over an extended period of time. Numerous graduates from our program have furthered their training at the Master’s and Doctoral level in specialized areas of Psychology such as Rehabilitation Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Social/ Organizational Psychology.