Welcome to the WSU Vancouver Psychology Department! The Psychology degree is designed to help you obtain both a broad overview of psychology and build depth in an area especially interesting to you. To this end, the requirements for a psychology major provide a great deal of choice in designing an appropriate curriculum to meet your needs.
A degree in psychology represents a strong scientific background in understanding human behavior that is respected by a wide range of potential employers and graduate degree programs. Our department offers you the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a clinical setting or research experience in experimental laboratories. Further, because our courses cover a variety of approaches to investigate behavior, a psychology degree retains many of the advantages of a liberal arts degree. As a result, a bachelor's degree in psychology is quite flexible, and serves as a good preparation for a wide range of careers.
Popular themes/interests around which past students have organized their coursework are (see link below for course planning for Psychology major):
- Clinical, Counseling & Social Work
- Criminal Justice, Forensic Psychology & Law
- Education
- Human Resource Management, Industrial/Organizational & Business
- Neuroscience, Medicine & Health
Every year the psychology department
awards current and new students scholarship awards.
Additionally, these students may also be eligible to receive WSU Vancouver
scholarship awards.