Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology is designed for students who wish to pursue psychology as part of a liberal arts education. It is primarily designed for students who wish to obtain graduate degrees in psychology or pursue professional training in medicine, law, dentistry or related fields. Beyond the minimum course requirements in psychology, the students take courses in the liberal arts and in foreign language.

A number of exciting career options are now available to graduates of the psychology programs at the bachelor's degree level. (Programs have been designed to fit the job market for the next decade and beyond.) Positions for which employers seek Pittsburg State University's graduates include: personnel director, human resource planner, labor negotiator, case manager, qualified mental retardation professional, attendant care worker, substance abuse counselor, human relations officer, and consumer behavior analyst. Many other options are also now open to bachelor's degree holders in psychology.