Welcome to the Psychology and Communication Studies undergraduate program

Psychology Undergraduate | Communication Studies Undergraduate

The psychology program features a B.S. or B.A. in psychology as well as a minor. The degree has students take a wide variety of courses in areas such as developmental processes, social psychology, learning and memory, personality, clinical psychology, biological processes, and sensation/perception. Depending on their interests, students also select from more specialized subjects such as human factors, industrial/organizational psychology, aging, and the psychology of emotion. If you would like more information on being a psychology major or minor click here

The communication studies program features a B.A. or B.S. degree as well as a minor.   Communication is the process by which meanings are constructed through the use of verbal and nonverbal signals.  Communication studies is the discipline that investigates the relationships among the use of symbol systems, the creation of meanings, and social behavior.  Communication studies is a diverse field that impacts on all spheres of human activity—family and other personal relationships, education, commerce and business management, health care, technology development, religious communities, and civic life.  Some researchers have found that communication is the most critically needed knowledge base and skills area for building good interpersonal relationships and successful organizations. If you would like to learn more about being a communication studies major or minor click here

In this department we do not limit students to just one field of study. It is easy to major in either psychology or communication studies and minor in the other, or even double major. Why would you want to double major in psychology and communication studies? One reason is many of the classes overlap and count towards degree progress in both fields at the same time! You would also get to experience the excellence of our entire faculty here in the communication studies and psychology department.