Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of behavior, thought and emotion. Psychology is an extremely broad discipline, involving areas as diverse as biology and philosophy. The field includes areas such as social (the influence of groups on individuals), developmental (issues related to childhood and the aging process), abnormal (unusual or maladaptive behavior) and cognitive (thought, language and perception) psychology.

The Psychology program is designed to provide students with exposure to the many different fields of psychology. They will learn problem-solving techniques through the program’s focus on research and analysis of human behavior in experimental research and statistics courses.

A liberal arts emphasis provides students with the opportunity to study psychology and its relationships with other fields such as sociology, philosophy and biology. At the same time, the student-faculty ratio and the focus on experimental methods allow students to formulate and test ideas about human behavior. In addition, Lees-McRae College provides them with unique internship opportunities in a rural, Appalachian setting.