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Welcome to the Undergraduate Psychology Program!
Program Chair: Dr. Arthur Gonchar
Department Chair: Dr. Glenn Gamst
Program Description
The undergraduate program offers a range of classes for those students seeking to fulfill general education requirements, to satisfy their curiosity about human behavior, or those who have selected psychology as a major or minor. The diversity of required and elective courses provides students with opportunities to study and have first-hand experience with a wide range of human behavior and problems. Adopting an applied focus, the Psychology program strives to prepare students for careers in and out of the field of psychology through its broad approach, which includes principles and theories in psychology, methodology, laboratory, and applied courses.
In addition to the traditional in-classroom instruction, the internship class encourages students to be active in the community by providing opportunity for direct work with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of community-level agencies. The research classes in the program encourage students to design, conduct, evaluate and present their own research studies, while lab courses provide hands-on experience.
As an integral part of the on-campus traditional undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, the psychology major is also offered both at the off-campus center at Point Magu in Ventura county as well as through the Campus Accelerated Program for Adults (CAPA) which offers weekend, accelerated evening and online classes.