Career Planning

How we develop as individuals affects our values and attitudes, and, ultimately, our behaviors. One example is analyzing how Piaget, a major child development theorist, may have influenced one person's interest in his work, and, possibly, how this theory may in turn impact his choice to work in the child development field. Consider how your values may affect your professional career exploration process and, ultimately, your career choices and interests.

Since human behavior is so remarkable, psychologists get to choose to study from a wide range of specialties, for example, childhood development, adult development, learning, biological basis of behavior, social influences on behavior, criminal behavior, or abnormal behavior, among many others. This wide diversity of knowledge is both the joy and challenge of our field. There are so many possibilities that we need to be able to accept that we will probably never fully understand it all.

This undergraduate psychology program has addressed the broad spectrum of the science of psychology. Its content covered approaches to understanding the complexities of human behavior and thought through a framework of knowledge, skills, and values identified by the American Psychological Association as fundamental in the undergraduate study of psychology.

Your bachelor's program emphasized the development of the analytical, quantitative, and communication skills associated with the study of psychology. Graduates of the program are well prepared to work in a variety of settings, including the following:

· Mental health.

· Human development.

· Public service.

· Law enforcement and corrections.

· Business.

· Rehabilitation.

· Nonprofit organizations.

· Government.

This degree may also serve as the foundation for graduate study in a number of different fields, including the following:

· Psychology.

· Social work.

· Human services.

· Education and business.

As you can see, there are numerous options for graduates with a bachelor's degree in psychology.