Undergraduate Psychology Program

TEACHING/LEARNING GOALS

Duquesne’s undergraduate psychology program aspires to help students:

• Understand the fundamental concepts, issues, and interest areas of psychology, both as a human science and a natural science.

• Think critically and creatively about human psychology and life as a whole.

• Communicate ideas effectively.

• Be critically and socially engaged with the contemporary world, including being appreciative of its many forms of diversity.

• Work with and apply ethical principles, both personally and in service;

• Become prepared for careers and/or graduate study in psychology, social work, and counseling, and in related fields such as education, business, law, health care, and human services.

• Cultivate their potential as distinctive individuals and participants in society.