Future Students
After PAU
P3: Psychology and Social Action Graduates
Graduates from the P3 program will have received a bachelor of science degree in psychology and will be prepared to enter a wide variety of different careers, where psychology will help them to become change agents in the multicultural and global world we now live in. Psychology has quickly become one of the most popular undergraduate majors in the United States and for good reasons.
The intellectual, intrapersonal and interpersonal skills that one develops by studying psychology are useful not only in one's personal life but also in a wide variety of professional fields. Click here to learn more about career areas that graduates with Psychology majors pursue.
Many students, who complete a bachelor's degree in psychology, decide to pursue graduate studies in order to more deeply explore psychological theory and to prepare themselves for professions in psychology. Students who pursue graduate study in psychology must choose a specialization. Click here to learn more about the different specialization areas in Psychology.
Graduates of the P3 program will be very well prepared for entering graduate level programs in psychology. They will have acquired the knowledge and skills required for entry into such programs and they will have a clear idea of where their professional interests and aptitudes lie. Students who do exceptionally well in the program and who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology will be considered for admission to the graduate program at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.
Business Psychology Graduates
According to the American Psychological Association, about 90,000 students graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology each year, and 95% of them are gainfully employed within six months. Five percent go on to graduate school, and the rest go into jobs directly. Graduates entering the workforce go into jobs like marketing, sales, management, manufacturing, finance, and the service sectors—you name it, and they do it. They can do it because they have great interpersonal skills. They understand how people think, operate, and what motivates them. Business Psychology graduates have what employers are looking for.
Graduates from this program will have an excellent foundation for careers in Human Resource, in Marketing/Sales, as Organization Development specialists/consultants, as trainers, as applied academic researchers; or to prepare students for further education towards a master’s or doctoral degree.
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