Our Bachelor of Science degree in psychology provides excellent training for the kinds of skills that employers and graduate schools seek, especially skills like critical thinking, understanding behavior, working effectively in diverse organizations, and using and interpreting data. The Psychological Science major requires a minimum of 37 credit hours and leads to a Bachelor of Science degree. A minor or second major is required. Students may choose from one of six thematic concentrations or they may design an individualized concentration that best fits their interests (subject to approval by their advisor). * Applied Psychological Science: Applies principles of psychological science to increase performance effectiveness and solve problems in business, sports, or human engineering domains. * Biobehavioral Psychology: Emphasizes the scientific study of the neural and brain mechanisms that enable mind, consciousness, and behavior. * Clinical Psychological Science: Focuses on mechanisms and etiologies of psychological health and dysfunction. * Cognitive Psychology: Emphasizes the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, perception, memory, problem-solving, thinking, and language use. * Developmental Science: Addresses the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, perceptual, and personality growth of humans throughout the lifespan. * Social Psychology: Emphasizes the study of how social situations affect behavior. * Design own concentration: This concentration is an individualized concentration that best fits a student's interests (subject to approval by their advisor).

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