Degree Completion – Psychology
Program Overview
The ASPIRE Psychology degree is designed to accelerate your career path by delivering a basic understanding of the theories, methods and applications of modern psychology. You’ll increase your understanding of human nature, as well as gain a foundation for further study at the graduate level.
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Program Delivery
On-Campus
The ASPIRE Degree Completion program’s unique class structure is designed to accommodate busy adults. You’ll take two classes at a time — one online and one in-person for 7 weeks, with each class designed to build on the knowledge gained in the previous class. In this way, you’ll move through your degree program in a step-by-step, structured class schedule that allows you to focus your full attention on the material you need to know in your chosen field. It’s a process that optimizes learning, leading to greater assimilation and stronger retention of the knowledge and tools you need to compete in the marketplace.
Online
The online Psychology program allows you to pursue your education without changing your schedule. As a completely online program, you can complete your degree on time – your time. After taking a short online Orientation course, you will be prepared to participate in the online courses. The Psychology major consists of 12 online courses. Each course is 7 weeks long, running from Monday through Sunday and students take two courses at a time.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Knowledge Base: While recognizing the complexity of human behavior and brain processes, students will be able to identify and describe various psychological concepts, principles, and theories and explain how they have been and can be applied within the major subfields of psychology.
- Christian Integration: Students will demonstrate the ability to approach psychology from a Christian worldview and articulate their own perspectives regarding the relationship between Christianity and psychology.
- Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Students will demonstrate innovative and integrative thinking by reading, interpreting, and applying empirically established research findings to help explain psychological phenomena and human behavior.
- Communication: Students will demonstrate the ability to write in accordance with APA formatting and to present psychology-related information effectively in written and oral forms.
Required Courses
- Career and Professional Development
- Lifespan Development
- Marriage and Family
- Christianity and World Religions
- Statistics
- Abnormal Psychology
- Research Methods
- Social Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Theories of Personality
- Counseling Skills & Theories
Internship & Career Opportunities
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Forensic Psychology
- Alcohol and Drug Counseling
- Rehabilitation
- Human Resources Administration
- Community Relations Director
- Hospice Coordinator
- Employee Training/Recruitment
- Writing
- Marketing
- Research Analyst
- Crisis Intervention
- Career Counseling
- Clinical Psychology
- Guidance Counseling
- Operations Management
- Social Work
- Victim Advocacy
- Hotel Management
- Media Planning
- Technical Writing
- Advertising
