Augsburg College it was established in 1869, and is considered a liberal arts and sciences college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Augsburg College offers master’s degree programs in business, education, leadership, nursing, physician assistant studies, and social work, and a doctoral program in nursing practice.
The psychology program is an integral part of a liberal arts education. The psychology degree here is for those who have decided to dedicate their life to interesting and necessary, but also very difficult profession of psychologist. This is a profession for people with certain life experiences, with comprehensive knowledge, and most importantly, for those who can understand and feel the suffering and problems of another person.
The department of psychology is focused in training specialists wishing to contribute to the development of psychology as a science and practice, to achieve personal and professional self-determination and self-actualization.
The Augsburg College prepares students for graduate education and career in psychology, therefore the major psychology degree highlights the corresponding components of a strong basis in research and theoretical work with the application of knowledge and skills in coursework, research practices, and internships within the community.
Training in psychology degree includes the study of such disciplines as an introduction to psychology, basic physiology, psychology, statistics, research methods in psychology, introduction to computers, personality psychology, social psychology, an introduction to psychopathology and psychoanalysis, interpersonal relationships, the relationship between psychology and medicine, etc.
Graduates of the Faculty of Psychology are high demanded in many areas. They are engaged in research, practice and teaching, work as organizational psychologists in consulting centers and the departments of Human Resources, staffing agencies and other organizations. Graduates of the clinical areas serve as experts in the field of psycho-diagnostics, assessment, counseling and non-medical psychotherapy, psychological prophylaxis and rehabilitation.
Augsburg psychology program prepares scholars for occupations in various braches as well as business, law, government, church, education, social services, research, and medicine.
Augsburg Psychology Department website
Email: matz@augsburg.edu.
2211 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55454
(612) 330-1000
