Graceland University

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

A psychology major from Graceland equips students to be proficient in not only the theoretical and experimental but also the applied and clinical aspects of the psychology field. Psychologists are employed in many fields including the military, government, education, and sports. Psychologists are everywhere and do almost everything.

Graceland's psychology department regularly integrates its offerings with other related departments across the university including biology and biochemistry, movement and sport science, sociology and human services, computer science and robotics, and art and music. We have many students who double major in these areas and go on to careers in the areas of psychological medicine, social work, and art and movement therapy, among others. Additionally, psychology is thoroughly integrated with the university’s counseling services, and members of those services are regularly involved in teaching and advising our students alongside our core faculty.

Why Graceland

• Psychology students at Graceland are encouraged to create their own unique niche in this diverse and fascinating field.
• Extensive research training is a hallmark of the program and it emphasizes individual student creativity in reaching learning goals.
• Through a two-course sequence in research methods, students design and carry out individual research projects which are reviewed by the Institutional Review Board. Through this process students collect, analyze, and interpret data, and they acquire skills useful in many evidence-based fields.
• Graceland’s service ethic is well represented in psychology course offerings. Our compact department offers a full suite of courses in applied areas that rivals the curricula of much larger departments.