2020-21 Academic Catalog

Department of Psychology

This is an archived copy of the 2020-21 catalog. To access the most recent version of the catalog, please visit http://catalog.msstate.edu.

Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Danielle Nadorff
Office: 214 Magruder

Mississippi State University offers majors leading to the B.S., the M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. Undergraduate students wishing to major in psychology must have a minimum 2.0 GPA on all college work attempted prior to entering the major. Transfer students also must have a minimum 2.0 GPA to be admitted to the psychology major. Students must earn a grade of C or higher in all PSY courses applied toward the psychology major requirements.

The Bachelor of Science degree program in psychology is designed to provide training either for immediate employment or for advanced training in psychology or related fields. Many careers in psychology require advanced study beyond the bachelor’s degree, but there are also career opportunities at the bachelor’s level.

A bachelor’s degree in psychology prepares graduates to pursue:

  • master’s or doctoral study in psychology, such as clinical or counseling psychology, cognitive psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, experimental psychology, forensic psychology, etc.
  • graduate school in related areas such as guidance, clinical mental health counseling, school counseling, educational psychology, rehabilitation, social work, criminology, law school, management, marketing, etc.
  • admission to medical, nursing, or physical therapy school with a psychology major and all necessary science courses.
  • immediate employment in private business, community mental health, or government (e.g., case management, social work, personnel work, quality control jobs, management training, marketing research, sales, etc.).