Psychology
Program Advisor(s)
Dr. Michael W. Firmin, Professor of Psychology, Department Chair
Dr. Robert Abbas, Adjunct Instructor of Psychology
Dr. Charles David Dolph, Professor of Psychology
Dr. Chi-en Hwang, Professor of Psychology
Dr. Luke Ming-Shui Tse, Associate Professor of Psychology
Program Description
The psychology major provides students with a general exposure to the field of psychology in preparation for graduate study in psychology or a number of human service positions. It entails completing forty (40) credits in core domains of psychology and includes forty-two (42) credits of free electives. Thus, the psychology major can be attractive for students who wish to earn a minor field of study (in addition to Bible) or complete a broad sequence of courses in addition to psychology.
Online Catalog
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Career Opportunities
The Cedarville psychology department has a strong track record in seeing alumni placed in quality graduate psychology and counseling programs. In addition, graduates of the applied psychology major find ready placements in human service agencies after graduation. Careers pursued by psychology majors include:
- Author
- Behavior specialist M/R populations
- Chaplaincy
- Child therapist
- College counselor
- College professor
- Correctional institution counselor
- Counselor in local church
- Crisis pregnancy counselor
- Dean of men/women
- Forensic psychologist
- Geriatric center counselor
- Guidance counselor
- Health psychologist in a hospital
- High school psychology teacher
- Industrial psychologist
- Marriage and family therapist
- Missions agency counselor
- Private practice
- Psychologist (clinical)
- School psychologist
- Social agency counselor
- State hospital counselor
- Substance abuse counselor
Other Information
Graduate School Admission
Cedarville faculty work closely
with psychology students, helping them clarify their vocational and
educational aspirations, set achievable goals, then take the necessary
steps to gain admission to the graduate programs of their choice.
The
Cedarville psychology curriculum is designed to offer the courses
typically found as prerequisites for admission to graduate school.
This, combined with GRE preparation, research and publication
opportunities, and individual mentoring from faculty, puts Cedarville
psychology majors on solid footing for graduate school admission.
Following is a partial list of graduate schools to which Cedarville psychology graduates have recently been accepted:
- Auburn University
- Baptist Bible College
- California School of Professional Psychology
- Dallas Theological Seminary
- Drake University
- Fuller Theological Seminary
- Georgia State University
- Grace Seminary
- Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary
- Indiana University
- Iowa State University
- Liberty University
- Nova Southern University
- The Ohio State University
- Purdue University
- Regent University
- University of Detroit
- University of Illinois
- University of Iowa
- University of Missouri
- University of Toledo
- Western Seminary
- Wheaton College
- Wright State University