As the United States shifts from a manufacturing economy to one of service and information, an increasing number of occupations will rely on successful human interaction. Psychology provides students with an in-depth understanding of human behavior and challenges students to apply this knowledge in their everyday life. This helps motivate, manage, predict, modify and focus their own behavior and that of others.
The degree is well-suited for anybody who supervises or leads others or whose work involves a significant amount of interaction with people: banking and finance, education, health care, hospitality, law, sales, and social services.
The degree combines a liberal arts core with a comprehensive study of human behaviors, feelings and thoughts associated with failures and successes in human life. Students become better-prepared to anticipate and manage people in various situations and produce predictable outcomes. Many psychology majors pursue graduate-level study for careers in counseling, and others work in human resources, consulting and marketing.
Account executive; admissions counselor; athletic trainer; case worker; corrections officer; customer service representative; director of social services; human resources manager; mental health care provider; personal banker; program manager; research and development executive; resident counselor; sales representative; social worker; teacher.
All students are required to take the following courses:
| PSYC 1001 | General Psychology | 3 credit hours |
| PSYC 2001 | Psychological Measurements and Statistics | 4 credit hours |
| PSYC 2050 | Research Methods and Designs in Psychology | 4 credit hours |
| Total mandatory credit hours | 11 credit hours |
Students must complete an additional 24 credits by taking at least one course from at least five of the eight content areas:
| PSYC 3101 | Developmental Psychology: Conception through Adolescence | 3 credit hours | |
| PSYC 3120 | Developmental Psychology: Adulthood and Aging | 3 credit hours |
| PSYC 3201 | Introduction to Social Psychology | 3 credit hours |
| PSYC 3301 | Learning and Behavior | 3 credit hours | |
| PSYC 3320 | Cognition | 3 credit hours |
| PSYC 3701 | Principles of Psychological Testing | 3 credit hours |
| PSYC 4801 | History and Systems of Psychology | 3 credit hours |
| PSYC 3501 | Theories of Personality | 3 credit hours |
| PSYC 3601 | Biopsychology | 3 credit hours |
| PSYC 3401 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 credit hours | |
| Total credits required for the major | 35
credit hours |
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Students must complete PSYC 1001 and five additional courses in psychology for 18 credit hours.
Psychology '06
"My education from Marquette University's College of Professional Studies enriched my knowledge base and my critical thinking abilities. This has given me the power of choice in my career and educational options. I am continuing my education as a graduate student in a clinical psychology program at the Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology."
