Liberal Arts Education: 

Psychology with a Concentration in Sociology

    At Virginia Wesleyan College, in order to graduate each student must complete courses that satisfies a frame of references. According to the Student Catalog, a liberally educated person must be a self-sufficient learner, therefore students should become acquainted with and gain facility in the ways of knowing which are typically employed in a wide range of disciples. The Frames of References is designed to provide students with the broadened powers of learning associated with the modes of knowing in these particular areas (22).

                                                               

                                         

Frames of References

Courses Taken

Aesthetic Understanding Latin American Music & Dance
Communication Organizational Communications
Empirical Knowledge Design & Evaluating Research in Psychology
Historical Perspective History of the US Since 1877
Institutional & Cultural Systems Family (Sociology)
Ethical Values & Faith Perspectives Philosophy of Religion
Senior Integrative Experience History & Systems in Modern Psychology

 

General Studies

Courses Taken

English College Writing & African American Literature
Foreign Language Spanish
Laboratory Science College Chemistry
Mathematics Algebra & Statistics
Writing Conflict Management & Popular Culture Topic

 

 

Psychology Major: Sociology Minor:
General Psychology Introduction to Sociology
Abnormal Psychology Theoretical Foundations of Sociology
Cognitive Development Social Psychology
Theories of Personality Family
Psychology of a Healthy Personality Small Groups
Psychology & the Law Social Problems
Quantitative Analysis of Research Data  
Original Research Project  

 

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