BA Psychology

The psychology major offers three types of classes. One block of courses covers the classic areas of psychology in which both normal and abnormal behavior and their causes are studied. The second block of courses focuses on research skills, and the third block of courses covers a wide variety of elective classes in psychology. The psychology student might choose electives in personality, industrial/organizational psychology, the psychology of language, law and psychology, child psychology, or sport psychology. Many additional electives are also offered. In addition to regular classes, students have opportunities to earn credit while working individually one research with faculty members.