Psychology Degree Diversifies DWC Curriculum

 

(Nashua, NH) — Daniel Webster College (DWC) is offering a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology beginning in the Fall of 2006, in an announcement recently made by DWC President Robert E. Myers.

 

“The inclusion of Psychology will be an outstanding addition to our curriculum,” said Myers. “The new degree will continue to diversify not only our academic inventory, but assist in the diversification of the undergraduate student body.”

 

The mission of Psychology degree is to prepare students for careers in the applied behavioral sciences.  The program, based on a scientist-practitioner model, is structured to inculcate the core competencies necessary to permit students to compete successfully for graduate school and as a platform to support advanced study in such specialties as human resource management, human factors/aviation psychology, educational psychology, organizational behavior, cyber-psychology and marketing. 

 

Psychology continues to be among the most popular college majors and a wealth of data exists to support placement opportunities for graduates. According to DWC Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Michael Fishbein, the addition of a psychology degree is a natural addition and fit for the current college curriculum, as the major is based on an expansion of the existing psychology concentration currently available to all majors.

 

“The Bachelor of Science in Psychology reflects the tradition and mission of the institution in that we are looking to create applications of the degree in the field,” said Fishbein. “For example, students who will join us in the fall can earn the degree by completing a sequence of courses in marketing. Over the next few years, we plan to add pathways to the degree through marketing and human resource management. We also anticipate that pathways such as aviation psychology, human factors, and human computer interaction will become available over the next two years.”

 

Professor Susan Nicosia, of the division of Social Science and Humanities, noted that the degree would have a strong service-learning component. “The degree is a blend of social and natural sciences. Students can expect active engagement throughout,” she said. Nicosia added that “students would graduate from the program prepared for immediate employment or to continue with graduate studies. The degree could even be used as a pre-law concentration.”

 

DWC is able to implement the new major this coming fall because the core of the degree is found in the constituent elements of what already exists in concentrations the college offers. “For example, a student already majoring in business who wants to specialize and strengthen their knowledge of the psychological side of field can use elective credits to take those courses,” said Fishbein. “And for students coming into the program, they won’t be taking newly-introduced courses, but rather courses that are already offered, which gives them a jumpstart on the degree and gives the College a jumpstart on developing the curriculum.”

 

For more information about the Psychology baccalaureate degree program, visit www.dwc.edu, call the Undergraduate Admissions Office at 603-577-6600 or Professor Susan Nicosia at 603-577-6651.