Psychologists study the human mind, exploring a variety of interesting questions that explain human behavior and responses. Psychologists do research and conduct studies, make observations, and help others understand and improve or modify their behaviors. Students in the VState Online psychology program focus on areas including learning, cognition, intelligence, motivation, emotion, perception, personality, mental disorders, and the ways in which individual preferences are inherited or shaped by the environment.

 

Degree Requirements

Core IMPACTS Area Hours
Institutional Priority 4-5
Mathematics and Quantitative Skills 3
Political Science and U.S. History 6
Arts, Humanities, and Ethics 6
Communicating in Writing 6
Technology, Mathematics, and Sciences 10-11
Social Sciences 6
Core IMPACTS Total 42
Field of Study ** 18
Total Core Curriculum Hours 60

 

Hours
Introduction to General Psychology 3
Computer Technology for the Workplace 3
or  Introduction to Microcomputers and Applications
Fundamentals of Philosophy 3
or  Principles of Logic and Argumentation
One natural science course 3
One mathematics course 3
One natural science or math course 3
Total Field of Study 18

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Grand Total Credits: 120