TU’s Psychology Major Offers A Flexible, Practical Education For Your Real Success!

Psychology: The Profession Of Helping Others

Tiffin University’s Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree Program in Psychology is intended for students with an interest in the helping professions, and who wish to develop broad career flexibility and depth in the discipline of behavioral health. At Tiffin University, we believe in education for real life, and the Psychology major will prepare you to pursue your career of choice. 

While many careers in the field of behavioral health require graduate education for licensure and for significant advancement in the field, graduates of this program will be prepared for admission into a wide variety of graduate programs and will learn practical concepts and flexible skills that may be immediately applied in many occupational areas. 

The Outcomes You Can Expect As A Psychology Major

Students in this program will learn to develop not only specialized content expertise related to their particular chosen area of study, but will also learn the skills related to being an informed and productive citizen for the 21st century. These highly marketable skills include critical thinking, ethical decision-making, as well as the ability to communicate via written, oral, and technological formats.

Your Psychology Curriculum

Very broadly, psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The Psychology Major at Tiffin University provides instruction and experience across a broad range of concepts, issues, and theories emerging from the scientific study of behavior and experience. The program’s educational foundation increases student sensitivity to, and understanding of, biological, social, emotional, and cognitive processes underlying human thoughts and actions.

A Practical Education For The Real World

According to the American Psychological Association, psychology is a tremendously varied field. This degree is intended for students with an interest in the helping professions and who wish to develop broad career flexibility and depth in the discipline of psychology. Graduates of this program will be prepared for admission into a wide variety of graduate psychology and psychotherapy programs.

Students who complete the courses in the Major Core will also undertake an in-depth study in an area of concentration. You will have your choice of three concentrations: Experimental, Applied Human Services, or Addictions Counseling:

•           The Experimental Psychology Concentration provides an in-depth study of psychology as a science, including additional instruction in hypothesis testing, empirical methods, and the experimental areas of psychology.  Students in this concentration will complete and present an original psychological research project.

•           The Applied-Human Services Concentration offers an applied psychological and interdisciplinary understanding of personal and social problems often encountered in contemporary society, and it is designed primarily for students who intend to pursue careers in psychological and social service related fields. Through its combination of coursework, internship, and self-directed study, this program prepares students for immediate employment in a wide variety of helping professions, and serves as a foundation for admission to applied graduate study in the mental health and community service related fields.

•           The Addictions Counseling Concentration provides the clinical education in problems of substance use, abuse and dependence, as well as other related and co-occurring mental health addictive issues. The Addictions Counseling concentration is designed to meet the educational requirements for Chemical Dependency Counselor licensure status, as well as the international certification standards in Addiction Counseling.

A student can also take two concentrations -- or choose Forensic Psychology as an additional specialty (as a minor) utilizing electives.

The Psychology Major – Curriculum

The major offers students a choice of multiple orientations to the field of psychology and behavioral science. Students will be required to take courses that lay a solid foundation for research, as well as a choice of an applied area of study.

Psychology Core

Concentration: Addictions Counseling

Concentration: Experimental Psychology

Concentration: Applied-Human Services

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For more information about the BA in Psychology, or the School of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences, contact us at (419) 448-3292, or (800) 968-6446, ext 3292.