Psychology

Postsecondary Teacher School Psychologist Organizational Psychologist

Teach courses in psychology, such as child, clinical, and developmental psychology, and psychological counseling. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Jobs available locally

10,447

Demand Locally

+2 %

Annual Wage Range

$50,894 – $213,199

Diagnose and implement individual or schoolwide interventions or strategies to address educational, behavioral, or developmental issues that adversely impact educational functioning in a school. May address student learning and behavioral problems and counsel students or families. May design and implement performance plans, and evaluate performance. May consult with other school-based personnel.

Jobs available locally

404

Demand Locally

+1 %

Annual Wage Range

$63,997 – $102,415

Apply principles of psychology to human resources, administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee testing and selection, training, and development; and organizational development and analysis. May work with management to organize the work setting to improve worker productivity.

Jobs available locally

Demand Locally

+0 %

Annual Wage Range

$42,735 – $335,301

Program Level:

Degrees, Pre-Majors/Transfer

Department:

Behavioral Sciences

Institute:

Public Service

College:

PAC

What is the psychology program?

Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes, and the field encompasses both research and practice. Through research, we learn fundamental things about human and animal behavior. By practicing, that knowledge is applied in helping to solve human problems. In each of the subfields there are psychologists who work primarily as researchers, others who work primarily as practitioners, and many who do both (scientist-practitioners).

Psychology Program Highlights

Common goals for an undergraduate student in psychology include:

A broad knowledge base of information in psychology that reflects an understanding of human behavior
Developing effective critical thinking skills in reading and writing
Increased information-gathering skills (such as library, computerized databases, the internet)
Developing quantitative and qualitative methods of data analysis in research
Learning ethical standards essential to maintaining academic and scientific integrity
Developing interpersonal skills
Gaining knowledge relative to the historical development of psychology