Baylor University Psychology Degree

Baylor University is a private university located in Waco, Texas founded in 1945 and has religious affiliation to the Baptist General Convention of Texas. It counts over 14,700 students, the most part of them are undergraduates. The academic stuff is consisted of 859 members who have high degree education and great part of them possess Doctoral degrees in certain areas.

Baylor University includes a Psychology and Neuroscience Department. The Department offers to undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to enter the world of psychology and to discover the mysteries of human mind. Students work closely with professors in their labs, in community agencies, and on individual honors and research projects.

Choosing the undergraduate psychology program you will deal with courses such as:

• Introductory Psychology
• Introduction to Neuroscience
• Statistics
• Theories of Psychotherapy and Counseling
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Theories of Personality
• History of Psychology
• Psychology of Memory
• Social Psychology
• Lifespan Human Development
• Psychopathology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Clinical Neuroscience
• Sensation and Perception
• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Psychology of Gender
• Forensic Psychology
• Comparative Psychology
• Human Development
• Consciousness and Mind
• Psychology of Religion
• Comparative Psychology

By getting a psychology degree at Baylor University you have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of careers that includes: Behavioral Statistics, Medicine, Child Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Research Psychology, Business, Law, Clinical Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Work and Christian Counseling.

The psychology Department also offers two different graduate programs Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Psychology.

The Clinical Psychology Graduate Program includes the following courses, will list just a few of them:

• Ethics and Research
• Psychotherapy I: Cognitive Behavior Therapy
• Psychological Assessment, Personality
• Interpersonal Approaches to Psychotherapy
• Developmental Psychology
• Psychopathology
• Social-Organizational Psychology
• Biological Foundations of Behavior
• Administration and Supervision

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology program will include:

• Biological Foundations of Behavior
• Social-Organizational Psychology
• Introduction to Experimental Design
• Measurement in Psychology
• Multivariate Statistical Methods
• Neuropharmacology
• Advanced Personality Theory
• Social Psychology and Group Dynamics

Contacts:

Psychology and Neuroscience Department Website

Clifton Robinson Tower
700 S. University Parks Drive
Suite 480
Waco, TX 76706

Mailing Address:
One Bear Place #97056
Waco, TX 76798-7056

Phone:
1-800-BAYLOR-U option1, 1
(254) 710-3435