Students desiring a Bachelor of Arts degree in the field of psychology may complete a Major in Psychology or Psychological Services.

The Psychology Program offerings are designed to provide education and training for a variety of career goals including teaching and research, counseling, substance abuse treatment, criminal justice-related work, and other human service area employment.

The Psychology Major is designed with the flexibility to choose a curriculum that leads in one of three general career directions. These are:

-A competitive Psychology curriculum for those preparing for graduate education in any of the experimental branches of psychology.

-A Mental Health and Clinical curriculum for those desiring work in human service areas.

-A general curriculum in Psychology for a broadly skilled bachelors degree.

The Psychological Services Major integrates program work in mental health (clinical) areas in psychology, criminal justice and addictions counseling, to prepare the student to work on pursue graduate education in any number of human service fields.  The student may also choose to add classes to complete credentialing as an alcohol and drug abuse counselor in Kansas.  Those seeking associates degrees or other bachelor degrees can also become eligible for state credentialing as an alcohol and drug abuse counselor of taking the required program core of addition-related coursework offered in this major.