UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Applied Psychology Major
Program Chair, John S. Brent, Ph.D. Curriculum Development Team: John S. Brent, Ph.D. Raymond L. Forbes, Ph.D., Lead Faculty Eunice Luyego, Ph.D., Instructional Designer Advisory Board (listed on page page 201)
The Applied Psychology major prepares students for professions requiring strong communication, interpersonal, and critical thinking skills. The Professional Core and Major Area course work fosters a working knowledge of theories and techniques to improve the performance of individuals, groups, and organizations. The major is firmly established in the applications oriented research and practices of the behavioral and social sciences. The Applied Psychology major also gives students the opportunity to customize the program according to their career interests and objectives.
Psychology is consistently listed among the top five most popular undergraduate majors in the United States. Some graduates with a psychology degree choose to pursue graduate studies in psychology or a related field, but the majority of graduates find employment in for-profit, government, and non-profit organizations. Many graduates will choose to pursue careers consistent with values, strengths, and preferences identified during their program course work.
Psychology is a field of study with broad professional and personal applications. By providing an Applied Psychology program focusing on the development of individuals within organizations, that includes business related studies in the Major Area course work, Franklin provides an advantage for students interested in employment in business and organizational settings. An undergraduate major in Applied Psychology also prepares students for careers in human service professions, and readies students for admission to graduate and professional schools.
More specifically, Franklin’s Applied Psychology major gives students the added advantage of acquiring social and behavioral science knowledge to actualize more of their own potential, make the most of organizational opportunities, employ assessment instruments and procedures for intervention planning, and apply coaching methods to strengthen the performance of individuals and work teams. The emphasis on practical knowledge and skills serves to benefit employers having positions involving psychological applications such as career development, human resource consulting, training and development, management coaching, interpersonal effectiveness training, performance assessment, and employee relations.
Franklin’s Applied Psychology major program emphasizes approaches and methods derived from the emerging disciplines of positive psychology and executive coaching. Positive psychology emphasizes the study and development of human strengths which is a departure from the traditional focus on pathology and treatment. Executive coaching is a newly established approach to developing individual capacities and performance, usually within an organizational setting.
In brief, the Applied Psychology major provides students with the interdisciplinary study appropriate to the baccalaureate, and equips them with a practical knowledge of the relevant theories and applied skills necessary to enhance their value as employees and citizens.
The educational objectives of the Applied Psychology major are to enable graduates to: • Formulate a goals-based action plan for enhancing personal and/or professional adjustment and effectiveness
• Research career opportunities and position requirements within the field of applied psychology
• Employ executive coaching principles and methods to enhance the performance of individuals and groups
• Apply relevant psychology-based approaches to solve problems and capitalize on organizational opportunities
• Incorporate applied psychological concepts and tools into a work-related project
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.)
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY (124 SEMESTER HOURS) FUNDAMENTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (24 HOURS)*
*All courses must be at the 100 or 200 level
Minimum of three semester hours of English Composition (if the course does not have a research paper component, COMM 130 Research Paper, two semester credits, is also required) Choose COMM 120 College Writing.
Minimum of three semester hours of Mathematics (at least one mathematics or statistics course beyond the level of intermediate algebra) Choose from MATH 160 College Algebra, MATH 180 Applied Calculus, MATH 210 Finite Mathematics, MATH 220 Business Calculus, or MATH 215 Statistical Concepts.
Minimum of six semester hours of Sciences (two science courses, with one having a laboratory component) Choose from the Science discipline.
Minimum of six semester hours of Social and Behavioral Sciences (which must be in at least two different disciplines) Choose from the Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, and Sociology disciplines.
Minimum of six semester hours of Arts and Humanities Choose from the Humanities discipline.
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