The program offers a broad range of courses including, Developmental Psychology, Learning and Cognition, Social Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Industrial\Organizational Psychology, Bio-Psychology, Psychology of Personality, Counseling, Experimental Psychology, and Data Analysis.

• Students must take a total of 43 credit hours in psychology and are encouraged to sample courses in the diverse areas of the field to fulfill personal interests and explore vocational possibilities.
• Students also have a total of 39 free elective credit hours to sample additional courses in psychology or other disciplines.

Undergraduate Checklist (pdf)

Psychology majors go to the College of Education's Student Success Center to register for classes each semester in rooms 202 & 302 of the T.J. Farr Building.

• Professional advisors have been trained to help you select courses and complete the registration process.
•  Juniors and Seniors will need to meet with their faculty mentor before they can register for classes in the Student Success Center.
• Student Success Center | P: 931-372-6036 | E: edadvising@tntech.edu

Psychology Club Fundraiser

Psychology majors can meet with a faculty member to discuss career plans, courses to take for different career paths, graduate school, and opportunities to get involved in research and psychology related activities.

• Each student is assigned a faculty mentor when they become a psychology major. Contact one of the professional advisors for psychology to locate your faculty mentor or Elizabeth Honeycutt, ehoneycutt@tntech.edu.
• Please make an appointment to talk with your faculty mentor in advance.

 A minor in psychology consists of 15 hours of PSY courses and must include 6 Upper Division hours (3000 or higher).

• In addition to the formal classroom and laboratory training, practicums are available for the students to gain experience and test their vocational aspirations in a variety of applied settings.
• There is also an active psychology club that invites guest speakers of interest, makes field trips and attends state and regional psychological conventions. Tennessee Tech has a chapter of Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology.

The personal approach to research necessitates close contact with instructors and fosters an apprenticeship system. To facilitate this approach, research-oriented courses typically are small and have fewer than 15 students.

• The psychological laboratories are equipped for studies in group dynamics, learning, cognition, perception, development, human physiology, and industrial psychology. In addition, the laboratories include facilities for computerized data collection and analysis.
• This research training culminates in a senior thesis of the student's own design. Some of these research projects are presented at regional and national psychological conventions or published in scientific journals.