College Crunch

A degree program in psychology will help you to develop your critical thinking and writing skills. You will need to complete a program at the graduate level to become a practicing psychologist. Other career options available to grads from a psychology program are:

• Administrator
• Human Resources Manager
• Insurance Agent
• Labor Relations Specialist
• Manager
• Real Estate Agent
• Records Clerk
• Sales Representative
• Social Worker
• Telephone Operator
• Trainer

Concentrations in a psychology degree program include:

• Advanced Adlerian Psychotherapy
• Art Therapy
• Child and Adolescent Psychology
• Clinical Hypnosis
• Clinical Neuropsychology
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
• Counseling Psychology
• Forensic Psychology
• Group Psychotherapy
• Marriage and Family Therapy
• Organizational Development
• Primary Care Psychology
• Substance Abuse Counseling

Here are some examples of the courses you would be taking as a psychology major:

• Brief Counseling Strategies
• Career Counseling and Development: Transition from School to Work
• Counseling Topics in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Diversity
• Critical Multicultural Practice: Diversity Issues in Counseling
• Educational and Psychological Testing for Counseling
• Ethical Issues in Professional Practice in Psychology
• Feminist Issues in Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Group Work in Counseling
• Individual and Group Psychotherapy: Family and Marital Counseling
• Individual and Group Psychotherapy for Counseling
• Interventions in Counseling Psychology
• Personality Theories and Techniques in Counseling
• Use of Guided Imagery in Counseling and Psychotherapy