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Students work with faculty advisors to devise self-designed majors. Coursework in the major builds upon students’ experiences in the general education curriculum while providing students with pathways to deepen their knowledge or further develop their passion in a particular area of study.

Why study psychology at Antioch?

Delaney Schlesinger-Devlin ’22 presenting her research poster titled, “Perceptions of No Child Left Behind in Newspapers in Texas between 2001 and 2006,” at the 111th Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology in March 2019.

Psychology investigates the historical and ongoing dynamics in individuals, families, groups, culture, context, interiority, transformation, dialogue, symptoms, pathology, and healing. It honors the full scope of lived experiences and the myriad ways in which we act, think, and feel. Psychology-in-practice aspires to increase mental well being and alleviate distress and suffering. Students of psychology have the opportunity to develop basic therapeutic skills, a critical understanding of contemporary Western psychology, and a deeper awareness of “self” as a citizen of the global community.

Recommended for students developing self-designed majors in psychology

Highly Recommended

PSYC 105 General Psychology
PSYC 110 Foundations of Social Psychology
PSYC 225 Developmental Psychology
PSYC 230 Personality Theories
PSYC 310 Biopsychology
PSYC 335 Abnormal Psychology
MATH 105 Introduction to Statistics
MATH 205 Intermediate Statistics

Required of all Students

Research Methods (at least one course)
CAP 394 Capstone Preparation
CAP 495 Capstone Project
CAP 490 Capstone Development

Additional Options

PSYC 200 Basic Therapeutic Skills
PSYC 205 Learning and Behavior
PSYC 220 Animal Behavior
PSYC 242 Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 330 Cross-Cultural Psychology
PSYC 420 Political and Ethical Issues in Psychology
PSYC 370/395 Special Topics in Social Psychology

Examples of Special Topics Courses

PSYC 370: The Social and Psychological Study of Autobiographical Documents
PSYC 395: A Critical History of Psychology
PSYC 395: : The Psychology of Empathy

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Cooperative Education Field Placements

Antioch College students complete periods of full-time, compensated work nationally and internationally as part of the Cooperative Education program. Here are a few examples:

Para-educator at Crotched Mountain, a school that empowers children who have disabilities.
Foreign service intern at the U.S. Department of State, the federal government’s executive department responsible for U.S. foreign policy and official diplomatic relations with other countries.
Shadowing physical therapists at Kettering Health Network
Legal intern at Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), a Houston-based non-profit that provides legal services to immigrants and refugees.

Faculty

Students with self-designed majors in psychology should also expect to take courses in ethics and statistics.

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