Department of Behavioral Sciences

 

Certificate of Proficiency in Psychology

The Certificate of Proficiency in Psychology enhances students' employment opportunity in a wide-range of areas from nursing to social work to criminal justice to human resources and integrates well with many majors and employment fields. 

 

The certificate of proficiency in Psychology requires the following 18 semester credit hours: 

• PSY 2003 General Psychology
• PSY 2053 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences or PSY 2063 Research Design for the Behavioral Sciences, or, with approval, Research/Statistics substitutes from other majors.

And 12 hours from the following:

• PSY 3003 Abnormal Psychology
• PSY 3053 Physiological Psychology
• PSY 3063 Developmental Psychology or PSY 3813 Lifespan Developmental
• PSY 3073 Psychology of Learning
• PSY 3093 Industrial Psychology
• PSY 3153 Theories of Personality
• PSY 4013 History of Psychology
• PSY 4033 Psychological Tests and Measurements
• PSY 4043 Social Psychology
• PSY 4053 Psychology of Perception
• PSY 4073 Cognitive Psychology
• PSY 4133 Psychopharmacology