Our Mental Health & Psychology major studies human behavior and mental processes, including the mind, brain and social interactions. This major examines the science of human behavior and mental processes. Mental Health & Psychology includes the study of the mind, the brain, and social interactions.

As a student in the Mental Health & Psychology program, you will have countless opportunities to join forces with Promise students across many majors and clubs to gain the knowledge and skills skill base required to analyze and react to situations and environments. Students in this major may focus on various concentrations of Mental Health, Neurology, Psychology and related fields.

All psychology majors complete a set of foundation courses that teach the history and breadth of the field.

Example topics include:

• General Psychology

• Statistics and Experimental Methods I

• Fundamentals of Biopsychology and Behavior

• Statistics and Experimental Methods II

• Senior Capstone

For further exploration in a particular area, students can select one of six emphases: clinical, social, developmental, cognitive, biopsychology or organizational. Students can also select a more general curriculum of various courses from all six areas.