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Industry & Public Service


Looking for electives to take that align with your career goals? Check out these suggestions. Whether you want to begin a career right after graduation or apply to graduate school, you'll find classes that fit your interests. Students interested in these career paths find employment in the areas of data analytics, human resources, organizational support, executive assistance, the law, courts, evaluation, research, and more. You can download a .pdf of these suggestions here


Business (HR & I/O)

Recommended Psychology Electives:
PSY 261 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology
PSY 273 - Social Psychology
PSY 357 - Learning Theory
PSY 425 - Cognitive Psychology
PSY 462 - Personality


Recommended Directed Electives:
PSY 325 - Tests & Measures
PSY 376 - Industrial Psychology
PSY 377 - Sport Psychology
PSY 381 - Psychology of Gender
PSY 400 - Qualitative Psychology
PSY 400 - Moral Psychology
PSY 435 - Community Psychology
PSY 489 - Internship
PSY 499 - Research in Psychology

Non-Profit/Public Policy

Recommended Psychology Electives:
PSY 273 - Social Psychology
PSY 322 - Abnormal Psychology
PSY 357 - Learning Theory
PSY 425 - Cognitive Psychology
PSY 462 - Personality


Recommended Directed Electives:
PSY 298 - Human Sexuality
PSY 325 - Tests & Measures
PSY 332 - Forensic Psychology
PSY 361 - Child & Adolescent Psychology
PSY 371 - Adulthood & Aging
PSY 381 - Psychology of Gender
PSY 376 - Industrial Psychology
PSY 400 - Qualitative Psychology
PSY 435 - Community Psychology
PSY 498 - Internship
PSY 499 - Research in Psychology

Law, Courts, & Criminology

Recommended Psychology Electives:
PSY 261 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology
PSY 273 - Social Psychology
PSY 357 - Learning Theory
PSY 425 - Cognitive Psychology
PSY 462 - Personality


Recommended Directed Electives:
PSY 332 - Forensic Psychology
PSY 361 - Child & Adolescent Psychology
PSY 362 - Clinical Psychology
PSY 371 - Adulthood & Aging
PSY 376 - Industrial Psychology
PSY 422 - Psychopathology in Child. & Adol.
PSY 400 - Moral Psychology
PSY 400 - Wrongful Convictions
PSY 400 - Psychology of Fear
PSY 435 - Community Psychology
PSY 498 - Internship
PSY 499 - Research in Psychology