斯蒂芬奧斯汀州立大學(xué)

A psychology degree provides you with a strong foundation for your professional life. Your degree from SFA will prepare you for a wide variety of careers. Help clients work through their thoughts and emotions as a counselor, draw on your knowledge of human motivation at a marketing firm or analyze research data for community assistance organizations.

Prepare for a career researching and analyzing data, counseling or working in diverse corporate and government roles with a psychology degree. Students will complete coursework covering topics such as scientific literacy in psychology and research design. Nine hours of psychology sub-disciplines and nine hours of psychology electives also are required.

The psychology major curriculum will provide the student with a general background in psychology preparatory for graduate work in the main areas of psychology or for employment. At least 18 of the 26 advanced hours (300-499) must be taken at SFA.

Studying psychology provides a broad basis to build wide-ranging career paths, united by a common goal: helping others and analyzing and interpreting data.

As an SFA graduate with a psychology degree, you’ll put your knowledge and skills to work and help people in a variety of ways:

Become a big data analysist.

Work in a research center.

Diagnose and treat psychological disorders as a psychologist.

Help people work through their emotions as a counselor.

Analyze and anticipate future marketing trends in society.

Become a career counselor.

Become a professional communicator.

Promote job satisfaction in a human relations department.

Work effectively with others in the business world.

Analyze data for community assistance programs.

Help people resolve conflict as a mediator.

Help children gain skills, knowledge and self-confidence as a teacher.

Why study psychology?

Psychology majors have knowledge and understanding of human thought and interaction, which is useful in almost any career. As a foundation for further study in helping professions, psychology majors can go on to get licensure as psychologists, counselors or social workers. Or they can jump right into the job market, putting their insight, research and other marketable skills to use in the business world.