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Description:
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The Associate of Arts in Teaching (A.A.T.) consists of 66 quarter units of general education courses and 24 quarter units of undergraduate teacher education courses. The Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Psychology offers a comprehensive introduction to the contemporary discipline of psychology. Graduates of this program are well prepared to seek employment in personnel, vocational counseling, criminal justice, journalism, or entry-level counseling in the context of a county-funded agency or hospital. They are also prepared to seek admission to graduate programs at the master's or doctoral level.
The primary program outcomes and competencies are:
- Competency in classification and research of psychopathology.
- Knowledge and understanding of developmental psychology throughout the life span.
- Mastery of theory and research of personality and psychological characteristics of the individual.
- Knowledge of social influences on behavior.
- Ability to write a comprehensive paper that covers empirical and theoretical study of a specific topic related to the major.
- Understanding of the history of substance abuse, and individual social, cultural, and institutional values that underlie substance abuse and dependency.
- Knowledge of the social service structure for prevention and treatment of substance abuse and dependency.
- Knowledge of neurological, physiological, and biological bases of behavior.
- Knowledge of theory and principles of cognitive psychology and the cognitive approach to understanding the mind and behavior.
- Understanding of basic data analysis techniques in psychology and the ability to perform simple statistical calculations.
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