Mission Statement

Our mission is to offer broad, fundamental training in the science of psychology to our majors so that they can successfully complete advanced training in major, competitive graduate and professional schools in all areas of psychology and related fields. A career as a psychologist requires a doctoral degree; therefore our primary goal is preparation of our majors for graduate training. We accomplish this through a wide array of courses demonstrating the challenging complexities of psychology ranging from philosophical/deductive inquiries to laboratory/empirical investigations. The department also seeks to provide a sound behavioral science orientation for all students in the university in order to enhance their liberal arts education as undergraduate scholars and to service the several schools and divisions of the university so that they may fulfill specific vocational or professional accreditation/certification requirements for courses in psychology.