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2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Forensic Psychology Minor


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Professors: Joel Alexander, David Foster, Ethan McMahan, Lauren Roscoe, Chehalis Strapp, Tamina Toray
Associate professors: Jaime Cloud
Assistant professors: Alicia Ibaraki, Dan McCarthy

Mission

Create lifelong learners in psychology utilizing the scientist-practitioner model. Graduates of our program will understand the scientific foundations of the discipline and the core knowledge/concepts in the field. Graduates will also be able to apply psychology to solve human difficulties; at both personal levels with self and others and at a community level with the issues and problems that face us as a society, a nation and a world.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain and/or apply principles, skills, values or ethics of psychology.
  2. Apply appropriate research methods to critically analyze human behavior.
  3. Identify and demonstrate knowledge of sociocultural and international diversity.

The Forensic Psychology minor should be planned with a psychology adviser. The Forensic Psychology minor consists of 27 credits, of which at least 15 credits must be upper division. All students complete a required core and then choose from the electives listed below. 

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