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Professor of Psychology
Bachelor of Arts
Psychology
Major | Minor
Top 5 reasons to study psychology at Goshen College
The Goshen College psychology program features small classes, enthusiastic faculty and a strong emphasis on scientific research methodology. Students complete their own research and present the research report at the Goshen College Academic Symposium.- You’ll find internships for hands-on learning. You could help lead groups for grieving children, counsel students at an elementary school, collect data for a nonprofit agency, work in a residential facility, learn Applied Behavioral Analysis at a local center, and more.
- At Goshen College, you will participate in regular psychology gatherings, where you’ll meet guest speakers, share research and build strong ties with the Goshen community.
- Goshen College is second in the state of Indiana for the per-capita doctoral degrees attained by alums.
- When you consider all the psychology alums who have applied to any graduate program — in psychology, social work, business or law — 100% have been accepted into graduate school.
Alumni Outcomes
Do you want to be a psychologist, counselor, or researcher? GC’s rigorous psychology program has an excellent track record of admission into psychology graduate programs. We rank in the upper 26 percent of all colleges and universities for the number of graduates who earn psychology doctoral degrees. And, considering all the psychology alums who have applied to any graduate program — in psychology, social work, business, or law — 100% have been accepted into graduate school!
Goshen College, as an institution, is ranked 2nd (per capita) in Indiana for the number of PhDs among ALL of our graduates. Alumni go on to complete graduate degrees in psychology, law, business, child specialist, medicine, and many other fields.
Our graduates have extremely high graduate school acceptance rates. Graduates have attended Notre Dame, University of Michigan, Miami University, Illinois University, Iowa University and Indiana University, to name just a few. PhDs include psychology degrees in cognitive, experimental, social, developmental, clinical, industrial/organizational, quantitative, school, etc. Graduates have also gone on to earn advanced degrees in business, social work, theology, law and public relations.
Program Overview
As a psychology major or minor at Goshen College, you’ll explore the complexities of human thought, emotion and behavior through a holistic lens. You’ll examine how personal experience, biology, environment and culture interact to shape individuals and communities. Whether you’re interested in counseling, education, mental health, social work or research, psychology at Goshen will give you the skills and perspective to thrive in any people-centered field.
Our small class sizes and hands-on learning approach ensure that you won’t just study psychology—you’ll apply it. You’ll have opportunities to conduct original research, present at conferences and complete internships that build your resume and connect classroom learning to real-world settings.
Career Paths
Psychology is a degree that can be applied broadly to t a variety of fields where the skills to understand and connect with others is a core component of the work.
Here are some examples of positions currently held by psychology department graduates:
- Agency caseworker
- Church service agency worker
- Clinical psychologist
- College professor
- Drug abuse, vocational rehabilitation Counselor
- High school, college administrator
- House parent for emotionally disturbed children
- Parole officer
- Pastor
- Human resource manager
- Lawyer
- Neuropsychologist
- Industrial-Organizational
- Psychologist
- Computer programmer
- Physician Assistant
Explore more about the program.
The psychology department offers a major and minor in psychology. Our flexible program of study allows you to select from a wide range of courses that fit your interests and goals.
You might explore learning, memory and intelligence in the Cognitive Psychology course; or human development and functioning in such courses as Developmental Psychology, Abnormal Psychology and Personality Theory.
For a full list of requirements and courses, refer to the course listing page.
Goshen College emphasizes learning through real-world experience. Experiential learning opportunities include:
- All psychology students design and implement a real research project, including a final research report that is presented at a large student conference
- A senior internship offers a field placement for students to explore career possibilities and practice working at issues in settings outside campus – from probation departments to working with the disabled to exploring youth ministry. A few of the many interesting sites available:
- Goshen City Behavioral Health: A day program working with children with autism, focusing on communication and adaptive skills. This setting exposes you to an area of psychology that is in growing demand, even with a bachelor’s degree.
- School Psychology: in local schools, shadow a school psychologist to witness testing and assessment, team meetings, and practice gathering data in educational settings.
- Ryan’s Place: Co-lead groups for children, teens, and families faced with grief from a variety of circumstances. Learn the complexities of grief and how to walk with people of all ages through the process of loss.
- Engaging with different cultures as part of our Study Service Term experience.
Learn more about our experiential learning opportunities.
Scholarships make up a large portion of our financial aid packages, which average almost $26,000 per student (not including work-study or loans). Please visit our financial aid page for more information on available scholarships and the application process.
Amanda Sensenig
Associate Professor of Psychology
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