Psychology - Majors & Minors - Knox College
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Psychology - Majors & Minors - Knox College
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Psychology
Understanding why people act, think, and feel the way they do is a powerful tool, no matter where your career may take you.
Meet Your Professors
Visit Knox
Psychology Faculty
Psychology Courses
Psychology Requirements
Psychology Department Website
Major, Minor
Ever wonder what makes people do the weird things they do? That’s totally normal.
If you have a deep curiosity about your fellow humans, studying psychology is one of the best ways to satisfy it. Here, you’ll learn how to transform that curiosity into a deeply scientific pursuit of answers. You’ll learn how to build an effective research study, how to interpret the results, how to share your findings, and how to put them to work in the real world.
Like you, our psychology faculty are deeply interested in the world around them, from how memory works to the psychology of successful sports teams, from child development to aging, from sex and gender to drugs and alcohol. You’ll work side by side with them in the lab learning how to conduct research on humans and animals—and, with their guidance, design and conduct your own research projects.
Major or Minor in Psychology
Both the B.A. and B.S. degrees in psychology will prepare you for graduate school, but choosing which one is right for you will ultimately depend on your intended career focus and/or other opportunities you may want to pursue at Knox (study abroad, a second major in a different discipline, etc.).
Requirements
Courses
Course Spotlight
Knox offers nearly 40 courses in psychology, ranging from research methods and statistics to specialized seminars focused on evolution, anxiety, religion and spirituality, and more. Once you master the basics, there is endless opportunity to focus on areas of special interest to you—and to find a faculty mentor with a similar focus.
PSYC 201 Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 264 Sports Psychology and Performance
PSYC 276 Behavioral Pharmacology
PSYC 277 Psychopathology
What Our Psychology Alumni Are Doing
They’re clinicians and therapists, but also teachers, chief executives, marketing managers, and policymakers.
Devyani Gore ’17 | Research Specialist at UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Olivia Grierson ’22 | Program Manager, Trauma Education for the American College of Surgeons
Sam Tatum ’18 | Housing Coordinator, Tipping Point
Karla Poblano ’20 | Family Support Specialist, El Hogar del Nino
Emily Stevenson ’18 | Family Advocate, La Rabida Children's Hospital
Clinical Psychology Term
Experience what it’s like to work in an organization that serves and supports people with psychological disorders, disability, or social disadvantage.
Participants in Clinical Psychology Term spend 10 weeks focused exclusively on working in a clinical setting. You’ll take specialized coursework on psychotherapy and mind-body interventions while also completing an on-site internship with a community health organization. In past years, students have worked with:
Thrive Community Services (for adults with developmental disabilities)
Center for Youth and Family Solutions
Safe Harbor Domestic Violence Shelter
School District 205
Galesburg Rescue Mission
Salvation Army
The Consultants (addiction treatment center)
Learn more about
Clinical Psychology Term
.
Inside Our Psychology Labs
Psych students spend a lot of time inside our spacious Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center, commonly known as “SMC” (pronounced “smack”). Hang out there long enough and people will start calling you a “SMC rat”—not to be confused with our literal SMC rats, who have their own lab where you can put them through a maze or operant conditioning chambers as part of our research. For human subjects, you can observe behavior behind one-way mirrors, through electroencephalography (EEG), or measure minute facial and bodily responses to stimuli.
Meet Our Psychology Majors
Jonathan Doriscar
Jonathan is deeply involved in research at Knox.
Meet Jonathan
Becca Gadiel
Becca is Knox's 2021-22 Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois and a recent Phi Beta Kappa inductee.
Meet Becca
Taylor Davis
In spite of a number of life-altering circumstances, Taylor Davis succeeded in pursuing his educational goals.
Meet Taylor
Your Potential = Positive Emotions
As a Knox College graduate with a psychology degree, you can find success in many different fields.
$61,305
Estimated Salary of Alumni with Psychology Degrees
Psychology FAQs
Since
psychology is a natural science at Knox, we emphasize instruction in how to do research. Our students engage in research in most of our classes, as research assistants in professor’s labs, and as the principal investigator on their own research project. Some students do multiple independent research projects.
We adhere to the Boulder (scientist-practitioner) Model. That is, we believe research informs therapeutic practice and therapeutic practice informs research. Having instruction and experience doing research will make you a better clinician.
If you want to pursue a graduate degree in a non-clinical area of psychology, particularly if you are interested in doctoral programs, opting for a psychology BS would be a good choice.
Want to learn more? We’re psyched.
Contact us for more information about courses, research opportunities, and potential scholarships.
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Skip to Main Content
Psychology
Understanding why people act, think, and feel the way they do is a powerful tool, no matter where your career may take you.
Meet Your Professors
Visit Knox
Psychology Faculty
Psychology Courses
Psychology Requirements
Psychology Department Website
Major, Minor
Ever wonder what makes people do the weird things they do? That’s totally normal.
If you have a deep curiosity about your fellow humans, studying psychology is one of the best ways to satisfy it. Here, you’ll learn how to transform that curiosity into a deeply scientific pursuit of answers. You’ll learn how to build an effective research study, how to interpret the results, how to share your findings, and how to put them to work in the real world.
Like you, our psychology faculty are deeply interested in the world around them, from how memory works to the psychology of successful sports teams, from child development to aging, from sex and gender to drugs and alcohol. You’ll work side by side with them in the lab learning how to conduct research on humans and animals—and, with their guidance, design and conduct your own research projects.
Major or Minor in Psychology
Both the B.A. and B.S. degrees in psychology will prepare you for graduate school, but choosing which one is right for you will ultimately depend on your intended career focus and/or other opportunities you may want to pursue at Knox (study abroad, a second major in a different discipline, etc.).
Requirements
Courses
Course Spotlight
Knox offers nearly 40 courses in psychology, ranging from research methods and statistics to specialized seminars focused on evolution, anxiety, religion and spirituality, and more. Once you master the basics, there is endless opportunity to focus on areas of special interest to you—and to find a faculty mentor with a similar focus.
PSYC 201 Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 264 Sports Psychology and Performance
PSYC 276 Behavioral Pharmacology
PSYC 277 Psychopathology
What Our Psychology Alumni Are Doing
They’re clinicians and therapists, but also teachers, chief executives, marketing managers, and policymakers.
Devyani Gore ’17 | Research Specialist at UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Olivia Grierson ’22 | Program Manager, Trauma Education for the American College of Surgeons
Sam Tatum ’18 | Housing Coordinator, Tipping Point
Karla Poblano ’20 | Family Support Specialist, El Hogar del Nino
Emily Stevenson ’18 | Family Advocate, La Rabida Children's Hospital
Clinical Psychology Term
Experience what it’s like to work in an organization that serves and supports people with psychological disorders, disability, or social disadvantage.
Participants in Clinical Psychology Term spend 10 weeks focused exclusively on working in a clinical setting. You’ll take specialized coursework on psychotherapy and mind-body interventions while also completing an on-site internship with a community health organization. In past years, students have worked with:
Thrive Community Services (for adults with developmental disabilities)
Center for Youth and Family Solutions
Safe Harbor Domestic Violence Shelter
School District 205
Galesburg Rescue Mission
Salvation Army
The Consultants (addiction treatment center)
Learn more about
Clinical Psychology Term
.
Inside Our Psychology Labs
Psych students spend a lot of time inside our spacious Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center, commonly known as “SMC” (pronounced “smack”). Hang out there long enough and people will start calling you a “SMC rat”—not to be confused with our literal SMC rats, who have their own lab where you can put them through a maze or operant conditioning chambers as part of our research. For human subjects, you can observe behavior behind one-way mirrors, through electroencephalography (EEG), or measure minute facial and bodily responses to stimuli.
Meet Our Psychology Majors
Jonathan Doriscar
Jonathan is deeply involved in research at Knox.
Meet Jonathan
Becca Gadiel
Becca is Knox's 2021-22 Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois and a recent Phi Beta Kappa inductee.
Meet Becca
Taylor Davis
In spite of a number of life-altering circumstances, Taylor Davis succeeded in pursuing his educational goals.
Meet Taylor
Your Potential = Positive Emotions
As a Knox College graduate with a psychology degree, you can find success in many different fields.
$61,305
Estimated Salary of Alumni with Psychology Degrees
Psychology FAQs
Since
psychology is a natural science at Knox, we emphasize instruction in how to do research. Our students engage in research in most of our classes, as research assistants in professor’s labs, and as the principal investigator on their own research project. Some students do multiple independent research projects.
We adhere to the Boulder (scientist-practitioner) Model. That is, we believe research informs therapeutic practice and therapeutic practice informs research. Having instruction and experience doing research will make you a better clinician.
If you want to pursue a graduate degree in a non-clinical area of psychology, particularly if you are interested in doctoral programs, opting for a psychology BS would be a good choice.
Want to learn more? We’re psyched.
Contact us for more information about courses, research opportunities, and potential scholarships.
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