Research and Internships: * Mississippi Psychological Association Department of mpassoc.org/ * TC-MC Research Symposium: Social Sciences Division This annual event, sponsored by Tougaloo * American Psychological Association apa.org/about/students.aspx Tougaloo College College and Mississippi College, provides a * Mississippi Academy of Sciences forum for students to make scholarly msacad.org/ presentations of their senior research projects. *http://www.apa.org/about/division/ * Individual Faculty Research index.aspx Assistance: Students may become actively involved in Our Psychology Faculty* assisting faculty with their research.

* Internship in Psychology: Shaila Khan, PhD This course affords students the opportunities Professor & Chair to gain practical experiences through Phone: (601) 977-7805 supervised observation and “hands on” Email: [email protected] activities in various fields and settings of . Gary Chong, Ph.D. Associate Professor Psychology Organizations Phone: (601) 977-4471 * Psychology Club – Get ‘psyched’ about Psych! Email: [email protected] * 2016 Psychology Graduates

* For more faculty information, visit Providing Opportunities http://www.tougaloo.edu/soc/psychology/ for Intellectual faculty/index.htm and Professional

Psychology Seniors with Dr. Khan (Chair, upper right) Development

Psychology graduates generally report being pleased with their studies, which helped prepare them for life and their careers.

What is Psychology? http://careersinpsychology.org/

Psychology is the science of human and animal Mission Statement “BETs”... Behavior, , and Thinking. It is a What Do… broad discipline, where interests may range across The objectives of our department for its students are the biological, psychological, and socio-cultural Psychologists provide services to help resolve a wide development of a scientific understanding of psychology, domains. variety of problems and “put the pieces together” for and a capacity to evaluate new developments critically in individuals, families, groups, organizations, and the field. Our well-rounded curriculum features core communities. The clients or patients may vary in courses on the basics of psychology, and electives to background, the nature of their problems, and the provide students more advanced levels of understanding situations or settings in which psychologists work with them. and research skills in a number of specialty areas. Our graduates are well equipped to pursue higher studies in The Job Outlook psychology or other vocations. Our department also prepares students for a lifetime journey of conscientious Opportunities for work in psychology are projected to learning, healthy caring, and thoughtful conduct. expand, especially for those with advanced degrees. An Some Major Areas of undergraduate degree constitutes a solid preparation for Psychology graduate studies in psychology, or in other fields such as social work, medicine, nursing, allied health sciences, public health, education, business, law, criminal justice, human resources, or for work in any vocation needing  “people skills” and knowledge are desirable.   General Psychology   Industrial/Organizational Psychology  Learning & Cognition  Physiological/  Quantitative Psychology  School/  Social/