Psychology

The broad and fascinating discipline of psychology is concerned with the scientific 对认知、情感和行为的研究. mg冰球突破豪华版的心理学学生学会了 employ the tools of psychological inquiry within a biblical framework to better understand 在不同的环境中关心自己和他人.

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Program Overview

The psychology department instills in students an admiration for studying the behavioral and mental processes of God’s creation in all its diverse beauty. Whether students major or minor in psychology, they can take courses regarding topics such as lifespan development, the science of learning, counseling methods, animal cognition, and psychology 游戏设计，举几个例子.

We deeply desire for our students to understand the value of using both biblical and 理解人类行为的经验方法. 为此，学生得到发展 their research and critical thinking skills in our General Psychology laboratory, 然后在整个专业中继续发展这些技能.

The senior capstone pulls together a student’s past coursework, present interests, and future goals to create a scholarly product that explores a psychological topic 牢固地建立在圣经原则之上的. 此外，学生有机会 to submit research to a professional conference in their sophomore or junior year, after which many choose to hone their topic in advanced research or internship opportunities.

Graduate Outcomes

Covenant Psychology students graduate with confidence in their ability to weave together 他们的信仰和职业召唤. 我们的校友通过职业展示他们的知识在广泛的领域，包括:

咨询/临床心理学
Social Work
Neuropsychology
教育部、教育或非营利组织管理
Occupational Therapy
Speech Language Pathology
Nursing or Public Health
工业/组织心理学

校友研究生学习机构包括:

Texas Tech University
Georgetown University
Wheaton College (Illinois)
田纳西大学查塔努加和诺克斯维尔分校
University of Alabama
University of Georgia
Suffolk University
改革宗神学院
富勒神学院
奥古斯塔大学乔治亚医学院
南加州大学

Elijah Stephens ’03

John-Michael Forman ’10

A huge benefit of attending and studying psychology at Covenant is the access to a 各种各样的分支学科，都在同一个地方. 根据我的经验，这是很罕见的 have the variety we have (e.g. 认知的，临床的，实验的) with the same goal of understanding our work as falling under the work of the Kingdom of God.

Dr. Rod Wilson

心理学副教授

Programs & Features

To graduate with a major in psychology, students must earn a total of 126 hours, 59 of which will come from the core curriculum and 24 of which will come from electives 取决于学生选择的专业.

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A psychology minor at Covenant provides basic foundational knowledge of psychology, allowing students to supplement their major field with a deeper understanding of how people think and act.

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Our department offers a certificate for students to explore the rapidly growing, advanced field of Neuroscience, combining biological and psychological approaches to understanding the connections between brain, mind, and body with a Christian perspective.

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PSY 383 Addiction
PSY 333跨文化心理学
学习的科学
PSY 360宗教心理学

情绪调节的跨文化方法
“An Invitation to Tears: The Psychological and Biblical Case for Grief”
网络广告中的决策心理学
“Psychologically Healthy Approaches to Eating and Exercise within a Christian Framework”
“Behavioral and Neurological Wounds: Long-term Effects of Untreated Childhood Trauma in Adult Survivors”

指导顶点要求

Junior and senior psychology majors can choose to complete an internship that provides supervised professional experience in a psychology-related career field. Our students 曾在以下地点实习:

Choices Pregnancy Center
Parkridge Valley行为健康
生命之泉社区健康
儿童权益中心:艾米·哈尼之家
Chattanooga Football Club
The Bethlehem Center

Every student enrolled in PSY 261 Introduction to Research Methods completes a unique research project with a small team of other students and supervised by a faculty member. Students typically take this course their sophomore or junior year, and many are surprised 看他们有多喜欢这门课! 大三和大四的学生都有工作的机会 one-on-one with a faculty member on more advanced research projects.

Every student has the opportunity and is strongly encouraged to submit their research 至少参加一次专业会议. 我们的学生有令人印象深刻的记录 presenting and winning awards at regional and national conferences with projects such as:

The Effect of Teleological Bias on the Seductive Allure of Neuroscience
The Transcendent in Trauma: The Role of Spirituality in Trauma-Specific Psychotherapy
The Effect of Restrictive Highlighting on Recall and Reading Comprehension
神对决定的帮助:祷告、虔诚和尽责
敬畏对认知好奇心的影响
权势套装对女性更有影响力吗? 衣着认知与性别.
ADHD特征对价值导向任务的影响

The Covenant College Department of Psychology annually presents several awards to recognize student excellence in academics, research, and Christian service, and the 部门努力促进多元化和团结. 这些奖项，设立于 2020, are supported entirely by donations from alumni and others in honor or memory of former faculty members whose long-time commitments to the college and the department 仍然每天使我们社区的每个成员受益.

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