Major

Applied Psychology

Degree type:
BA
Mode of study:
Online
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Discover your path for graduate studies, research or career advancement through our Applied Psychology program.  

Earn your degree in applied psychology from the Weekend/Evening & Online College at Mount Saint Mary’s University and you’ll be ready for graduate programs across a wide variety of specializations. These can include research psychology, counseling psychology, clinical psychology and child/adolescent psychology, as well as other applied areas of psychology. 

As a Weekend/Evening & Online College student, you’ll study with highly rated professors who use motivating methods to bring the real world into your classroom. With small student-to-faculty ratios, you’ll enjoy personal attention from Mount advisors who can help you with course selection; graduate and career planning; and internships in a wide variety of clinical, research and healthcare settings around Southern California. 

A Bachelor of Arts in Applied Psychology degree from the Weekend/Evening & Online College is the first step toward a graduate psychology education and a professional career in a wide range of valued and specialized disciplines. 

Program Formats

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Fully Online

Earn your degree 100% online with the support of our distinguished faculty.

Degree requirements 

The following is a complete list of degree requirements for those pursuing a BA in Applied Psychology from the Weekend/Evening & Online College at Mount Saint Mary’s University. 

Lower-division required courses 

Nine (9) units total 

  • PSY 1: Introduction to Psychology (3 units) 
  • PSY 12: Child/Human Development (3 units) 
  • PSY 40: Basic Statistical Methods (3 units) 
    OR 
  • MTH 38: Elements of Probability and Statistics (3 units) 

Upper-division required courses 

21 units total 

  • PSY 103: Applied Psychology (3 units) 
  • PSY 125: Basic Communication Skills (3 units) 
    OR 
  • PSY 163: Communicating in a Diverse World (3 units) 
  • PSY 141: Applied Research Methods & Statistics (3 units) 
  • PSY 154: Applied Psychology Practicum (3 units) 
  • PSY 162: Applied Qualitative Research Methods (3 units) 
  • PSY 168: Abnormal Psychology (3 units) 
  • PSY 195: Capstone (3 units) 

Elective courses 

Students must take 24 additional units of upper-division psychology courses. Consult with your advisor to discuss courses that fit your interests and goals. These applied courses cannot count toward other Psychology requirements. 

Total units for major: 54 units