Quick Facts about Bluffton University
Bluffton University is situated on 234 wooden acres in Bluffton, a small village with a population of approximately 4,000, in Ohio, USA. It is an hour from Toledo and 90 minutes from Dayton.
Bluffton University was founded in1899 as Central Mennonite College and it is affiliated with Mennonite Church USA.
- School Type: private, Mennonite University
- The President of the University of Bluffton: James (Jim) Harder
- Enrolled Students: around 1,149
- Their Motto: The Truth Makes Free
About the Psychology Department
Being a psychology student at Bluffton University you will cultivate abilities in observation, conversation, conducting surveys and carrying out experiments. You will study computer-based techniques of handling and analyzing records, computer- and library-based methods of searching psychology literature and learn how to write and present the results of investigations and to be critical consumers of psychological data. Bluffton has small psychology classes so you have the chance to get more individual attention.
The Major in psychology involves 42 semester hours on various fields of psychology. These are the required courses:
- Introduction to Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Personality
- General Statistics
- Basics of Social Research
- Abnormal Psychology
- Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Psychology, Faith and Ethics
- Research Seminar in Psychology
- Psychology of Learning
- Tests & Measurements
And a few elective courses that include:
- Interviewing: Theoretical and Skill Based Approaches
- Biological Psychology
- Human Behavior & Social Environment
- Women in Society
- Welfare Services
- Race & Ethnicity in American Society
- Family Violence
- Conflict Transformation & Mediation
A minor in psychology contains 20 hours. Students who would like to combine a minor in psychology with a major in one of the other disciplines may do so by taking Introduction to Psychology course (3 hours) and 17 additional hours of elective psychology courses for a total of at least 20 hours.
Contacts:
Bluffton University 1 University Drive • Bluffton, Ohio 45817-2104 • 419-358-3000 / 800-488-3257
Psychology Department Website: http://www.bluffton.edu/psy/
