WELCOME BACK!!
Though summer has passed by rather quickly, its time to begin the 2008-2009 academic year at Bluffton University! Here in the Psychology Department, we are excited to get underway with the new year. To all incoming first-year students and prospective students, please take some time to browse the information located throughout this department Web page to help discern if the psychology major or minor is right for you! We have everything from a list courses you will need to take concerning each major/minor to examples of what some of our alumni are doing out in the "real world" with their own degrees in psychology! To all returning students, be sure to check back here reguarly for news and information from both Dr. Slater and Dr. Jacobs-Priebe! To all students, have a great fall semester!
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About Bluffton University's Psychology Program
The goal of psychology is to deepen our understanding of human behavior and experience. This can benefit students personally by increasing self-understanding and developing sensitivity and skill in interpersonal relationships. For many students the study of psychology also offers a way to satisfy intellectual curiosity about what it is to be human, in all our diversity. Additionally of course, psychological understanding is important to those who anticipate entering one of the psychology-based professions.
Students who major in psychology at Bluffton develop skills in observation, interviewing, conducting surveys, and performing experiments. They also learn computer-based methods of handling and analyzing data, and computer- and library-based methods of searching the literature of psychology to find information on specific topics. Additionally, they learn how to write and present the results of investigations in psychology, and how to be critical consumers of psychological information.
At Bluffton we have a low student-faculty ratio so classes are small and students receive considerable individual attention; we also have flexible arrangements for students to define independent studies in pursuit of interests not covered in courses. We have strong laboratory and field components in many of our courses, and our facilities include computer technology for biofeedback, for designing computer-based experiments on sensation, perception, and other cognitive and social processes, and for sophisticated statistical analysis of data. We also have facilities for interviewing and small-group work, and for audio and video recording in these contexts. For upper-level students, our practicum program provides additional field experience in a professional setting determined by the student’s career interests. Throughout our program, issues of faith, values, and ethics receive attention, and we make a special effort to integrate these concerns into the study of psychology.
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Bluffton University
Psychology Department
1 University Drive
Bluffton, Ohio 45817
