Psychology Emphasis, Associate in Arts Direct Transfer Agreement
Port Angeles, USA
Associate of Arts
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Fast-track counseling
By contacting the school, you'll get access to free priority counselling for any study and application questions.
Key Summary
About: Complete your Associate in Arts Degree, Direct Transfer Agreement (AA-DTA) while studying psychology, the science of human behavior, at Peninsula College. The AA-DTA supports transfer to bachelor’s programmes and covers core liberal-arts requirements and psychology topics such as behavioral and cognitive science, decision-making, neuroscience, and information processing. The college offers small classes, athletics, clubs, and cultural events.
Career Outcomes: Graduates may pursue graduate study or work in mental health settings. Potential careers include clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist, school psychologist, cognitive scientist, human factors specialist and related roles in counseling, assessment, and UX; many pathways require graduate training or certification.
Complete your Associate in Arts Degree, Direct Transfer Agreement (AA-DTA) while exploring psychology, the science of human behavior. Psychology offers opportunities for students interested in counseling and clinical work as career paths, but also offers career pathways focused on studying the relationship between brain and behavior, how people make decisions and solve problems, and how people process information in their environments.
This Sample Schedule is provided as a guide for a full-time student starting in fall quarter whose goal is to earn the Associate in Arts Direct Transfer Agreement (AA-DTA). The courses are designed with the appropriate number of credits to meet degree requirements and are organized in a recommended sequence. Please consult an advisor to schedule courses and develop a personalized educational plan.
Your personal Educational Plan will vary based on many factors including:
- The quarter you begin
- How many classes/credits you plan to take in each quarter
- Your Math and English placement
- If you have credits you have already taken and plan to transfer them
- The college you are interested in transferring to
- If you start in our Transitional Studies program
First Quarter
Meet with your advisor to talk about your long-term schedule, taking into account your transfer plans.
Catalog #
Title
Credits
COLL 101
College Success
5
ENGL& 101
English Composition I
5
PSYC& 100
General Psychology
5
Second Quarter
It’s not too soon to explore transfer options. Make a transfer appointment.
Catalog #
Title
Credits
BIOL& 100 or BIOL& 160 +
Survey of Biology or
General Biology
5
ENGL& 102 or PSYC& 200 +
Composition II or
Lifespan Psychology
5
MATH& 146
Introduction to Stats
5
Third Quarter
Check your educational plan to make sure you're on track to graduate.
Catalog #
Title
Credits
CHEM& 110 or CHEM& 121 +
Chemical Concepts or
Introduction to Chemistry
5
PSYC 210 or PSYC 250 +
Cognitive or
Social Psychology
5
SOC& 101
Introduction to Sociology
5
Fourth Quarter
Meet with your educational and career planner to explore universities.
Catalog #
Title
Credits
CMST& 220
Public Speaking
5
Natural Sciences +
5
PSYC& 220
Abnormal Psychology
5
Natural Sciences + Take a course in a third subject area.
Fifth Quarter
Apply to graduate. You're just two quarters away...keep it up!
Catalog #
Title
Credits
Elective +
Take any course 100 level or above.
5
ENGL& 102 or PSYC& 200 +
Composition II or
Lifespan Psychology
5
PHIL& 101
Introduction to Philosophy
5
Sixth Quarter
You're almost done! Good luck on your final quarter!
Catalog #
Title
Credits
Humanities +
5
PSYC 210 or PSYC 250 +
Cognitive or
Social Psychology
5
Social Sciences +
5
Humanities + Take a course in a third subject area.
Social Sciences + Choose a course in a third subject area.
Communication Competencies
- Students in the Social Sciences will learn to use written, spoken, visual and symbolic methods of communication to explore and explain how social processes operate.
- The Social Sciences emphasize listening to understand as it is an essential element of the communication process
Quantitative Reasoning
- Use basic numeracy skills to manipulate both qualitative and quantitative data.
- Employ the tools of mathematics to study social processes.
- Recognize relationships—patterns, correlations and causal relationships—in social phenomena.
- Use the scientific method to investigate social phenomena.
Information Competencies
- Recognize and formulate an information need.
- Find, access and retrieve qualitative and quantitative information to understand the nature and outcomes of social processes.
- Evaluate the credibility of information and its source.
- Synthesize and apply qualitative and quantitative information.
Critical Thinking
- Use alternative perspectives—ideas, concepts, theories—to understand social processes.
- Evaluate the scope and limitations of alternative perspectives.
- Apply critical thinking to explore the limits and barriers to understanding.
- Recognize how individual perspectives and values influence critical thinking and the self-reflective process.
Personal and Interpersonal Competencies
- Recognize the importance of accepting ownership for one’s own learning.
- Work cooperatively and collaboratively with others.
- Function under conditions of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflict.
- Understand human interactions in the world using the concepts of inequality, diversity, culture, history, social cognition and political systems.
- Clinical psychologist
- Cognitive scientist
- Counseling psychologist
- Human factors specialist
- School psychologist
