Psychology and Counseling Department
Professors: Shannon Kundey (co-chair)
Professor Emerita: Linda Scott
Associate Professors: ShoemakerShannon, Shaine MeganAndrew Campbell (co-chair),
Associate Professor Emerita: Wanda Ruffin
Assistant Professors: Sangeeta Gupta, Stephanie Masters, Jessica McManus, Erik Messinger, Molly Moreland, Amber Samuels, Atiya Smith
At the undergraduate level, the Department of Psychology and Counseling offers a B.A. degree in Psychology, B.A. degree in Art Therapy, a minor in Biopsychology, a minor in Forensic Psychology, and a minor in Psychology. Psychology majors explore the complexities of human behavior—from first responses at birth to the process of death and dying. Art Therapy is an interdisciplinary major combining elements of psychology and art that prepares undergraduate students to pursue graduate study in the field of art therapy. The Psychology minor enables students to integrate the complexities of human behavior with their major area of study. The Biopsychology minor specifically focuses on the intersection of biology and psychology while the Forensic Psychologyminor enables students to explore the intersection of psychology and the law.
At the graduate level, the department offers a M.S. degree in Counseling and graduate certificates in Thanatology as well as Trauma, Crisis, Grief, and Loss. Designed to meet Maryland licensure requirements, the Counseling degree provides training in clinical mental health counseling or school counseling, with an additional, optional emphasis in the certificate areas. Counselors work in primary and secondary schools, community mental health programs, hospitals, substance abuse clinics, at-risk youth programs, social services agencies, and private counseling practices. The Thanatology offerings prepare individuals for careers in research, administration, or service with the terminally ill and bereaved, as well as to provide education on death and dying. The Trauma, Crisis, Grief, and Loss offerings provide grounding in psychological trauma, grief, loss, as well as crisis intervention and disaster behavioral health response. The Trauma, Crisis, Grief, and Loss certificate appeals to professionals in many fields, including counseling, education, healthcare, hospice, social work, clergy, military, etc.
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