The College of Charleston
Department of Psychology
About the Department

The College of Charleston awards an undergraduate degree in Psychology. No advanced degrees in Psychology are currently offered by the College. The following description is provided by the College Undergraduate Catalog.

The Department of Psychology offers courses in both traditional and newly developed areas of psychological investigation to acquaint the student with the methods of inquiry and body of knowledge that constitute modern psychology. Special topics and independent study courses offer opportunities for both students and instructors to explore individual areas of interest.

The department's program prepares undergraduate majors for careers in human services and psychology-related fields, for graduate programs in psychology and other professions, and for careers in any field in which a liberal arts education is useful. An understanding of human behavior is relevant to any occupation or profession which involves interaction with others.

The department possesses excellent facilities for the study of both human and animal behavior including a laboratory for the experimental analysis of behavior plus four laboratories and two observation suites.

The department welcomes those students planning to major in the field and those students whose major interest lies elsewhere but who wish to take courses in psychology either to broaden and support their other interests or to fulfill the minimum degree requirements in social science. For all students, PSYC 103 is the basic course, and it is a prerequisite for all other psychology courses.