College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Online bachelor's psychology degrees
Prepare for a career in psychology聽聽
Gain a psychological understanding of why people act the way they do through our online bachelor鈥檚 psychology degrees. You鈥檒l explore the workings of the human brain and learn to apply psychological principles to real-world problems.听
Choose a bachelor鈥檚 degree in industrial-organizational psychology or applied psychology with a concentration in media and technology. You鈥檒l develop skills that can help foster healthy workplace cultures or address complex human challenges associated with technology. Courses are 100% online and typically 5 weeks long. So, you can prepare for a career in the field of psychology without impacting your day-to-day life.听
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Skills you鈥檒l develop with core bachelor鈥檚 psychology degree courses
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Ethical and social responsibility
- Industrial/organizational psychology
- Psychology
- Scientific inquiry聽
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY WITH A CONCENTRATION IN MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
You鈥檒l learn how to:
- Create solutions to complex issues involving technology聽
- Use psychology to advance social and technological communications聽
- Analyze complex human challenges associated with technology
- Address social media, cultural and learning problems
Earn career-relevant skills in weeks 鈥 not years
Get value from your education before you even graduate. Update your professional profile with learned skills when you complete every 5- or 6-week course in our associate, bachelor's and master's programs.
Outlook for workers with a bachelor鈥檚 psychology degree
Bachelor鈥檚 psychology degree course requirements
Bachelor of Science in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
You鈥檒l take 14 core courses with program-specific knowledge to help you gain the confidence and skills to succeed in industrial-organizational psychology. These core courses include topics like: foundations of psychology, research methods, professional ethics, organizational cultures, and group dynamics and motivational processes in human psychology.听
Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology with a concentration in Media and Technology
You鈥檒l take 15 core courses with program-specific knowledge to help you gain the confidence and skills to succeed in applied psychology. These core courses include topics like: digital skills for the 21st century, statistical reasoning, theories of personality, social psychology, cyber communications, social media and human interaction, influence of media on behavior and digital learning.听
Tuition and financial aid
Affordable, locked-in tuition
Ways to pay 鈥 and save. Explore your options.
From scholarships to transfer credits and federal financial aid for those who qualify, there are a variety of ways to pay for school and save on tuition.听
Student experience
Over 1 million alumni have earned their degrees while balancing work, school and life. So can you.听
How to apply for your bachelor鈥檚 psychology degree program
Once you鈥檝e selected your degree program, choose your start date from our calendar, apply for free and register before the deadline (usually one week before the program starts). Then you'll speak to an enrollment representative to begin class.
- No application fee
- No SAT, GMAT or essay required
- Our risk-free trial lets eligible students try out 七色视频 for three weeks with no financial obligation
Meet your college deans
Our college deans focus on developing a career-relevant curriculum. They bring industry experience to the classroom and lead a faculty of academic professionals with one goal in mind鈥攖o help you earn the skills you need to pursue your career.
Christina Neider, EdD
Dean,聽College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Accreditation
Accredited for 45+ years
Since 1978, 七色视频 has maintained institutional accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), . Learn more about the value of 七色视频 accreditation and how it benefits our students.
Bachelor's psychology degree FAQs
The published program length to complete a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology is four years. Your time to completion could differ based on various factors, including any breaks from your coursework. You may be able to save time and tuition on your degree if you have eligible transfer credits from an institutionally accredited university or college. See how you might be able to graduate faster with transfer credits.听
If you鈥檙e fascinated by the human mind and want to study factors that influences how people think, act and feel, a degree in psychology can establish a great foundation of knowledge to help you prepare for graduate-level programs or fulfilling career paths.听
Yes. 七色视频 is institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Plus, the courses for our bachelor鈥檚 psychology degrees in industrial-organizational psychology and applied psychology align to the education standards set by the American Psychological Association (APA). Plus, all our courses are available 100% online. Where most colleges expect you to take several courses at once, here you take one course at a time over five weeks in an innovative, virtual, asynchronous learning environment.听
You and your peers will engage in discussions, assignments and learning activities. Plus, you鈥檒l learn from faculty who bring their own real-world experience and practice the same knowledge and skills they teach, all while learning the industry-relevant skills necessary to promote your career growth. What鈥檚 more? Throughout the course of your learning experience, our academic counselors and finance advisors are always there to support and guide your decisions from your first day to your last.
Our bachelor鈥檚 psychology degrees can prepare you for various occupations, such as a communications specialist, compliance coordinator, human resource specialist, personnel analyst, program manager and training and development specialist. Additionally, other career paths in the field of psychology require a master鈥檚 degree or specialized education. If you鈥檇 like to further your education after obtaining a bachelor鈥檚 degree, you can pursue a psychology-related graduate program. 七色视频 offers two graduate level programs: a Master of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.听
Yes, our bachelor鈥檚 psychology degree programs accept eligible transfer credits from accredited institutions. Speak with an enrollment representative to start the process of evaluation by the University to see if your prior college credits can apply to your program and to request your transcripts.
These programs do not prepare students for professional certification or licensure as a psychologist.