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 Department of Counseling Psychology & Human ServicesPsychology at APUAlaska Pacific University offers you a unique approach to studying psychology: create your own specialty focus here in the Last Frontier. Some possibilities for creative concentrations might include counseling, wilderness psychology, human sexuality, or developmental studies. Pursue your own path of studies while striving to achieve self-understanding, critical thinking, creative expression, and activism. Your studies help you to grow both personally and professionally, with the faculty providing mentorship throughout your educational journey. Career PlacementA degree in Psychology can prepare you for entry level career positions in the helping and human service professions as well as graduate programs .Primary Psychology Faculty Ellen Cole, Ph.D. (Counseling Psychology) Psychology of women; human sexuality; wilderness psychology. Jeff Ickes, Ph.D. (Counseling Psychology) Love and interpersonal relationships; self-concept; social psychology. Robert Lane, Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology) Cognitive-behavioral therapy; substance abuse/dependence; Ericksonian hypnosis, and brief therapy. Kim Kjaersgaard, Ph.D. (Human Development) Developmental studies; spiritual development; testing and assessment; applied research. Nora Tobin Primary Psychology Faculty Dorothy Sheperd Renee Georg Sample Courses
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The faculty of the Department of Counseling & Psychological Studies is dedicated to the exploration and understanding of the art and science of being human. The program provides you with a solid foundation of knowledge blended with experiential learning inside and outside the classroom. The curriculum allows you to choose courses from a menu format to create your own specialty concentration in psychology. Possibilities for creative concentrations might include, but are not limited to, wilderness psychology, cultural psychology, counseling and developmental studies. As you pursue your own path of study, our goals are for you to achieve the following competencies:
We challenge and foster all of our majors to grow both personally and professionally, to be leaders in the field, and to actively contribute to a better community and world. Our program of study provides you with a solid foundation for launching you into a psychology or human services career, further graduate work, and lifelong learning .Active LearningThe psychology department believes that active learning implies the use of critical thinking. Questioning often involves how the new material fits in with previously learned information and theories. The student will be guided to extrapolate meaning to new situations.
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You'll receive a solid foundation of knowledge blended with experiential learning inside and outside the classroom. A special capstone experience that our program offers is the Senior Project -- an exciting opportunity for you to delve even further into your own special interests in the field by designing, conducting, and assessing your own in-depth semester long study.