Psychology Major | Truman State University

Psychology Major (BA, BS)

As a psychology major, you can learn how to better understand human behavior. Employing the scientific method and statistical inference and analysis, you can develop techniques for gathering and accessing data to gain psychological insight. The flexibility of this major lets you build a learning experience tailored to your needs and interests. Faculty specializations in the Psychology Department include:

Depression
Biofeedback
Memory
Perception
Personality
Neuroscience
Well-being

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Career Paths

The psychology major prepares you for graduate programs in areas of psychology including clinical, cognitive, developmental, educational, experimental, industrial/organizational, and social and personality. It also prepares you for related career fields of counseling, social work, education, neuroscience, public health, and urban/regional planning.

Notable graduate schools include:

University of Missouri - Columbia
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Missouri - Kansas City
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Truman State University
Washington University

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Featured Courses

General Psychology

Survey behavioral principles and study topics that include human development, personality, learning and thinking, psychological testing, mental health, therapy, and social behavior.

Experimental Psychology

Explore the philosophy of science and the application of the scientific method in psychology, research ethics, nonexperimental and experimental designs, hypothesis development, between-subjects and within-subjects designs, small-sample studies, statistical analysis of research data, and drawing conclusions from research data.

Quantitative Research Design and Analysis in Psychology

Examine relations among hypotheses, research design, and statistical analyses in psychological research.

History and Systems of Psychology

Study major theoretical systems of psychology and methodological problems of theory construction and system-making.

Child Development

Examine human behavior and life-cycle changes from conception through adolescence.

Physiological Psychology

Learn about the philosophy of science and the application of the scientific method in physiological psychology, functional neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, the chemical bases of behavior, hormones and the brain, life-span development of the brain and behavior, regulation and behavior, emotions and psychological disorders, and cognitive neuroscience.

Research Opportunities

As a psychology major, you can explore research topics such as the effectiveness of study techniques, information storing habits of bilingual people, the effectiveness of antidepressants, social media happiness, and more.

Internships

Psychology interns often assist professionals in mental health, social service, business, research, government, and medical settings. Notable internship opportunities include:

American Red Cross
A.T. Still University
Department of Children & Family Services
Missouri Institute of Mental Health
Preferred Family Healthcare
Great Circle Behavioral Health Services

Student Organizations

At Truman, you can join organizations such as Psi Chi, a national honor organization, and Psych Club which provides an opportunity for students to exchange ideas in the field of psychology.

Student Organizations