Student Learning Outcomes

In keeping with Dominican’s concern for students’ intellectual development, the undergraduate Psychology Department has identified the following student learning objectives that majors will achieve.

The student will demonstrate:

1. Familiarity with the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, enduring conflicts, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology.
2. Understanding and application of the scientific method, ethics, and research methods in psychology as evidenced in a senior thesis utilizing appropriate resources to conduct a literature review, data analysis, presentation, and interpretation of results.
3. Understanding and application of psychological theory and principles to a diverse range of real life issues.
4. Knowledge and understanding of the empirical findings from experimental psychology.
5. Comprehension of the range of career possibilities in psychology and the development of a personal career plan.