{"id":489,"date":"2022-04-29T16:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/programs-2\/psychology\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:54:18","slug":"psychology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/programs\/psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Why Study Psychology at K?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Small class sizes, hands-on research, and opportunities to apply your learning in real-world settings make K one of the best colleges to study psychology.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our courses explore the wide breadth of psychological research, including human growth and development; the neurological organization and components of the brain; the social-cultural influences on thought, behavior, and identity; as well as the study of abnormal behaviors and its treatment through psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In courses like cognitive science, theories of personalities, psychology of prejudice, and health psychology\u2014to name a few\u2014you will explore the relationship between individual human behavior, cultural influences, and neural anatomy through case studies and experimentation. Taking your learning outside of the classroom, psychology majors also get applied experience working in community settings near campus, including at a crisis \u201chot line,\u201d the county juvenile home, a school for autism-spectrum children, a domestic abuse shelter, and public elementary, middle, and high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With practical experiences, research methods, and the completion of your Senior Integrated Thesis built-in to your psychology degree, our graduates are well prepared to enter careers in social services, counseling, health, education, business, public administration, and academia. For those who want to continue their education beyond K, the psychology department ranks among the top 20 in the country for the percentage of majors who subsequently receive Ph.D.s in psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What can you do with a psychology degree?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below are some of the careers, employers, and graduate schools of our psychology alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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