Students can expect to take courses ranging from human development to social and emotional disorders. Psychology students will learn the physiological and neurological reasons of human behavior and how it affects traits like sexuality and personality. These classes will allow students to assess the theories and reasons of individual human behavior and what are biological and what are learned traits.

Unfortunately, an AA alone in psychology does not qualify the graduate to enter the field as a certified psychologist. A doctorate is required to be a certified psychologist and a master degree is usually needed in order to do anything of significant importance in the field. However, an AA in the field will give the student a strong background that will benefit the student throughout their education.


This major will prepare you for:

Due to the extremely specialized nature of the psychology field, one must continue their education beyond an associate degree in order to work with directly with patients. However, the courses taken during the associate program will go far in providing a strong background in the field that will benefit the student in their future studies.