Few things are as fascinating as human behavior. At Lawrence Tech, your interest in psychology can be transformed into a rewarding and fulfilling career. The occupational outlook for psychologists is bright, with a wide range of career tracks at all degree levels.

Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Lawrence Tech’s major in psychology can prepare you for immediate entry into a variety of careers based on understanding human motivation and interaction. The degree also can provide a solid foundation for advanced and professional degrees.

Students working toward a bachelor’s degree in psychology begin with a core of foundational course work and finish with interdisciplinary course work and electives in the individual concentrations. Each concentration requires students to participate in basic and applied behavioral research, including cutting-edge laboratory experience, and offers hands-on experience in the workplace through internships. The psychology program is one of the fastest growing programs at the University, with a diverse student body taking day, evening, and hybrid online courses.

Psychology is among the fastest growing professional areas, and Lawrence Tech offers you three pathways into this exciting field:

• Clinical Psychology
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Pre-med/Biobehavioral Psychology:

Clinical Psychology
This concentration offers a broad-based understanding of individual and group behavior. After building a foundation in human development, social psychology, and abnormal psychology, you will move to more specialized courses. You can explore, for example, learning and memory, the relation­ship between drugs and behavior, and how people function in organizations. You will study the old masters, such as Freud and Pavlov, as well as the most recent breakthroughs in neuropsychology and cognitive behavioral therapy.

Graduates with this concentration most often work in health-related fields and frequently work in schools with children and adolescents. Psychology graduates also are able to enter directly such fields as advertising, law enforcement, marketing, sales, business administration, journalism, and public relations. Further, the clinical psychology concentration is solid preparation for work toward advanced degrees.

At the master’s level, you will be eligible for the Limited License in Psychology, enabling you to enter the fields of psychological testing and applied social psychology as well as find a career in human services dealing with chemical dependency, public health, family counseling, labor relations, or social work. With a doctorate in clinical psychology, you can obtain full licensure to provide assessment and treatment working in academic settings, hospitals, community health centers, or private practice.

Industrial/Organizational Psychology
By choosing this option, you can prepare to work in industry and business immediately after graduation. You will explore leadership, decision-making, motivation, organizational behavior management, cultural diversity in the workplace, job performance, recruiting, testing, and training in both psychology and business administration courses. This concentration will give you a strong foundation for an exciting career in public health, human resources, and advertising.

Students in the industrial/organizational psychology program will be especially prepared for advanced degrees, such as the MBA, and to combine graduate study in psychology with further business training.

Pre-Medical/Biobehavioral Psychology
The focus in this concentration is to prepare you for medical school or for a career in the exciting field of biotechnology. Lawrence Tech’s psychology program provides you with not only a solid foundation in science, mathematics, computers and the humanities, but also an integrated academic and technical background in psychopharmacology and the behavioral sciences that will enhance your eligibility for employment in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or health-related industries.

This option fulfills the requirements for Lawrence Tech’s pre­medical program. Psychology is, in fact, one of the three most popular undergraduate majors, along with biology and chemistry, for students applying to medical school. A psychology degree will give you a distinct advantage, preparing you for the pre­professional entrance exams and allowing you to specialize later in neuroscience, psychiatry, and a variety of medical specialties.

Questions?

Contact Dr. Matthew Cole, Psychology Program Director, at 248-204-3541, or send e-mail to psych@ltu.edu.