If you have an interest in the helping professions and wish to develop broad career flexibility and depth in the discipline of behavioral health, Tiffin University?s Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree Program in Psychology is for you. At Tiffin University, we believe in education for real life, and the psychology major will prepare you to pursue your career of choice.

While many careers in the field of behavioral health require graduate education for licensure and for significant advancement in the field, graduates of this program will be prepared for admission into a wide variety of graduate programs and will learn practical concepts and flexible skills that may be immediately applied in many occupational areas.

Very broadly, psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The psychology program at Tiffin University provides instruction and experience across a broad range of concepts, issues and theories emerging from the scientific study of behavior and experience. The program?s educational foundation will increase your sensitivity to, and understanding of, biological, social, emotional and cognitive processes underlying human thoughts and actions.

What You Can Expect From Your TU Psychology Degree

• Graduates will be prepared for admission into a wide variety of non-practitioner, graduate psychology programs and paraprofessional roles.
• Graduates will understand practical concepts and skills that may be applied immediately in many occupational contexts.
• Graduates will demonstrate broadly based knowledge of psychological issues and concepts, psychological theories, therapeutic practices, research methods, ethical issues and practices, and multicultural awareness.
• Graduates choosing the addictions counseling concentration will have fulfilled a large part of the requirements for licensure by the state of Ohio as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor.
• Graduates choosing the human services concentration will be prepared for applied careers in social or psychological service-related fields and admission into a graduate counseling, clinical psychology, human services, social work, or other practitioner or behavioral health degree program.