Psychology - B.A. Completion Program - Pleasant Hill
The B.A. in Psychology program engages students in a lively process of intellectual inquiry, self-discovery, critical thinking, creative synthesis, and interpersonal communication. We explore traditional and contemporary theories and methods that provide a strong foundation in the field of psychology. We also offer a uniquely expansive and integrative approach that explores emerging trends and innovative applications in psychology and allied fields. In a creative curriculum that includes lecture, dialogue, and experiential processes, our students investigate psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, somatic, humanistic, transpersonal, cross-cultural, and ecological approaches. We value the whole person-mind, body, heart, and spirit-and study human behavior, consciousness, and psychological development within various contexts.
Because we prize good relationships, we are devoted to supporting the growth and well-being of our students and to fostering a sense of community among students, faculty and staff. Personalized advising, coupled with a dynamic interdisciplinary curriculum, facilitates both academic development and personal transformation and so serves as a powerful pathway to professional or graduate work. Our graduates have developed vital ways of understanding, creating, relating, and being that have made them successful professionals in a variety of fields: counseling, psychotherapy, research, human resources, business, teaching, coaching, law, and many others.
Sample Courses:
Personality and Psychotherapy
Childhood and Adolescence
Emotions, Intelligence, and Awareness
Essentials of Addiction and Recovery
Transpersonal Psychology
Psychology of Organizations
Psychospirtual Approaches to Death
Adulthood
Cross-Cultural Psychology
The Psychology of Relationships
Track in Transpersonal Studies (optional) 12 Units
Courses investigate models of transpersonal development; the varieties, causes, and effects of spiritual experiences; pioneers in the field of transpersonal studies; the spiritual dimensions of relationship; and our connections to society, earth, and cosmos.
Sample Courses:
Transpersonal Psychology of Children
Creativity and Intuition
Culture, Language, and Consciousness
Sacred-Spiritual Aspects of Silence
Kabbalah and Psychology
Degree Requirements
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