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Bachelor of Science - Social Psychology

For information on applying, call 1-877-505-1059 or email pssc@park.edu

Online courses are offered in 8-week terms 5 times a year to help you achieve your educational goals in a flexible and academically stimulating format.

Social Psychology blends the strengths of psychology and sociology.  It studies the "person in the situation," and integrates knowledge about individual, group, and organzational processes.  It is an adaptable major that trains students for a wide range of career options, and it is personally useful in every facet of your life beyond mere employment.  Social psychology trains you to see yourself, others, and the cultures and societies we live in more clearly, critically, and completely.  It equips you with a set of tools useful for a wide range of data analysis and interpretation, policy and program implementation, the helping and service professions, or continued graduate study in psychology or sociology.

The Park University Social Psychology degree combines a solid core in the field with a number of flexible, specialized concentrations that allow you to tailor the degree to your needs and interests.  Students may either take any 12 hours of PS and SO electives to complete their major or choose among courses in four program concentrations to best meet their needs: (1) Theories and Methodologies (for students intending advanced study); (2) Human Developmental (focuses on factors affecting each stage of human development over the life course); (3) Clinical and Abnormal (focuses on psychological abnormalities and social dysfunctions); or (4) Cultural, Organizational and Institutional (focuses on human in formal organizations and cross-cultural issues).  All students also leave the major with a set of technical and conceptual tools that will allow them to collect, analyze, and interpret social research data and apply those findings in a number of careers.

Requirements for Admission

To enter this online Social Psychology degree completion program, a student must meet the following conditions:

• Earned high school diploma, GED or equivalent
• a cumulative 2.0 GPA in all previous college study
• Completion of the Application for Admission and payment of the application fee.

See the Online Learning Admissions Process web page for detailed information about our application and admissions process.

Students will need to complete at least 30 semester hours through Park University, with 15 hours in their major in order to receive a degree from Park University.

A variety of credits may be transferred in from the following sources:

• Transferred courses with a 'C' or above grade from other regionally accredited colleges and universities
• CLEP/DANTES/ACE credits
• VLE - Validated Learning Experience

For more information on the transfer of credits, please visit the Undergraduate Catalog.

Core Curriculum

A total of 120 credit hours are required for degree completion. Fifty-one (51) credits are in the major field distributed as follows:

• PS101 Introduction to Psychology 3 cr.
• PS121 Human Growth and Development 3cr.
• PS315 Theories of Personality 3 cr.

• SO141 Introduction to Sociology 3 cr.
• SO208 Social Inequality 3 cr.
• SO210 Social Institutions 3 cr.

• PS301 Social Psychology 3 cr.
• SO304 Social Problems 3 cr.

• SO220 Ethical Issues in Social Sciences 3 cr.
• SO306 Writing for Social Science 3 cr.
• SO307 Statistics for Social Science 3 cr.
• SO308 Principles of Social Research 3 cr.

• PS398 Jr. Seminar In Psychology 1 cr.

• PS498 Sr. Capstone in Psychology 2 cr.

Electives:

Students must complete their degree with 12 hours of PS and SO electives at the 300 or 400 level.  For the basic degree in Social Psychology, they may choose any four electives listed in Concentrations 1 through 4 below.  They may also select their 12 elective hours from one of the following four sets to earn that designated concentration.

Concentration:

1.  Theories and Methodologies

At least 12 hours from the following:

• PS302 Tests and Measurements 3 cr.
• PS358 Applied Behavior Analysis 3 cr.
• PS388 Learning and Motivation 3 cr.
• PS404 History and Systems of Psychology 3 cr.
• PS406 Experimental Psychology 3 cr.
• PS408 Cognitive Psychology 3 cr.
• SO403 Social Theory 3 cr.
• SO451 Advanced Social Psychology 3 cr.
• SO455 Programs and Policy Evaluation 3 cr.
• SO459 Survey Methodology 3 cr.

2.  Human Developmental

At least 12 hours from the following:

• PS205 Child Psychology 3 cr.
• PS221 Adolescent Psychology 3 cr.
• PS222 Adult Development and Aging 3 cr.
• PS309 Human Sexuality 3 cr.
• PS317 Psychology of Language 3 cr.
• SO302 The Study of the Family 3 cr.
• SO329 Sociology of the Life Course 3 cr.
• SO330 Sociology of Youth and Youth Cultures 3 cr.
• SO332 Dying, Death and Bereavement 3 cr.

3.  Clinical and Abnormal

At least 12 hours from the following:

• PS206 Intro to Guidance and Counseling 3 cr.
• PS302 Tests and Measurements 3 cr.
• PS401 Abnormal Psychology 3 cr.
• PS402 Systems of Psychotherapy 3 cr.
• SO315 Minority Group Relations 3 cr.
• SO325 Social Deviance 3 cr.
• SO326 Sociology of Conflict, War and Terror 3 cr.
• SO327 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness 3 cr.

4.  Cultural, Organizational and Institutional

At least 12 hours from the following:

• PS361 Cross-Cultural Psychology 3 cr.
• PS424 Industrial and Organizational Psychology 3 cr.
• PS410 Social Influence and Persuasion 3 cr.
• SO303 Urban Sociology 3 cr.
• SO318 Military Sociology 3 cr.
• SO328 Sociology of Religion 3 cr.
• SO421 Organizational Sociology 3 cr.
• SO425 Sociology of Work and Professions 3 cr.

TOTAL: 51 credits

General Education Requirements

Park University’s Online Degree Programs are regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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