Department of psychology

The Saint Martin’s University Psychology Program has three interrelated objectives:

• To provide students with knowledge through classroom work and field experience that will prepare them for entry-level positions in human services professions.
• To provide students with opportunities to examine and interpret human lives and relationships through psychological perspectives.
• To help prepare interested students for graduate studies in psychology and related fields.

To meet these objectives the University’s Psychology Program provides:

• A rigorous educational environment in which faculty members work closely with their students.
• A faculty with extensive experience as educators and with applied practice.
• Class sizes that enable students to receive individual attention.
• A strong liberal arts component that broadens career options and the possibility of professional advancement.

The department structures coursework and field placements to integrate experiential learning with rigorous study of psychology as the scientific study of human beings.

The department's curriculum does not emphasize any single school of thought. Instead, it provides a broad-based education in psychology that gives students completing the program the skills and self-confidence to use a variety of perspectives in their work with people.

Students may take as many as 12 internship credits while completing their psychology major. Students pursue internships consistent with their own interests in a variety of settings. These include school counseling, youth outreach, parent and family support, juvenile and adult corrections, drug and alcohol counseling, youth recreation leadership, mental health counseling, case management, social welfare casework, elder services, halfway house and shelter work, vocational rehabilitation and personnel work.