Gain an understanding of both psychological research and design toward user-friendly/user-centered practices and approaches in the design, development and analysis of software, hardware and other technology-based applications. It involves designing, researching and programming technological interfaces and products in a way that is easy and intuitive for people to adapt to and use. The Design and Psychology curriculum integrates software skills with creative decision-making as well as integrating human perspective into the design process.

Deepen your understanding of human behavior, mental processes and the factors that influence them to prepare for a career in counseling, social work, human resources and research. The minor consists of 21 credit hours.

Engage in faculty research and gain hands-on experience in school-based intervention practices and social competence promotion. Upon graduation, you will be eligible for school psychologist credentials from the Ohio Department of Education and the Nationally Certified School Psychologist designation.

Prepare to excel in the areas of business or social services, or gain the foundational knowledge to continue your studies in a graduate program to become a college professor or clinical psychologist. Learn to apply a broad range of psychological concepts that describe and explain the thoughts, emotions and behaviors of humans and animals, apply basic statistical concepts, create psychological research designs and evaluate psychological research.

Focus on research design, analysis and substantive research areas within psychological science. Engage in individual research experiences culminating in the completion of a master's thesis, to develop expertise in a specific research area. Faculty expertise in this program spans memory processes, decision-making, perception, language processes, human performances, motor control and research methodology.