The core curriculum for the online bachelor’s degree in psychology, which is aligned with American Psychological Association guidelines, is designed to provide you with a solid grounding in the major theoretical schools of psychology and the findings of research. The program covers the application of psychological concepts and principles to individual cognitive and emotional functioning, the workplace, and interpersonal relationships. The program also emphasizes the application of biological, social, and professional principles and concepts in response to psychological needs.
This program is designed to help prepare you for graduate study, research, or direct services work at a mental health or medical facility. It can also provide useful skills for work in related fields, such as human resources, advertising, customer relations, or program management.
Our curriculum is designed with input from employers, industry experts, and scholars. You’ll learn theories combined with real-world applications and practical skills you can apply on the job right away. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS (A MINIMUM OF 120 CREDITS)
What You’ll Learn
Through your coursework, you will learn how to:
- Apply major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology to prepare for graduate study or relevant careers.
- Apply basic knowledge of research methodology, statistics, measurement, guidelines, ethical standards, laws, and regulations to design, participate in, and evaluate research in a variety of contexts.
- Apply knowledge of human behavior to inform personal growth, communicate effectively, solve problems, make decisions, and interact with individuals, communities, and organizations.
- Use critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry, technology, and the scientific approach to solve problems related to current and emerging trends in psychology.
- Value diversity and different perspectives, tolerate ambiguity, and act ethically to communicate appropriately with various populations.
Explore the fascinating landscape of the human mind and prepare for a career in human services or further graduate study with a bachelor's degree in psychology
The Bachelor of Science in psychology will help prepare you for graduate study or a multitude of careers in the field. While acquiring a knowledge base of theory, research, and practice in psychological sciences, you'll hone your quantitative skills, written and oral communication proficiencies, analytical and scientific reasoning, and ability to analyze human behavior. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment demand for graduates with a Bachelor of Art in Judaic studies is set to grow by 5% between 2018 and 2024. A degree in Judaic studies will prepare you for programs coordinator, publications editor, rabbi, and resource director in some non-profit organizations.
Program Outline:
General Education Requirements
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course will familiarize the student with the basic philosophical questions and the different attempts of the great philosophers to offer answers to these questions. The student will learn a philosophical point of view to approach these questions. It will present an overview of the origins of western philosophy. This course serves to meet the Gordon Rule requirements.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course will introduce the roots of Western Civilization from the Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans. The student will learn a philosophical point of view to approach these questions. It will present an overview of the origins of western philosophy. This is a humanities distribution course. This course serves to meet the Gordon Rule requirements.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to college-level writing, offering freshmen students training in the techniques and skills required to write unified, coherent paragraphs and essays and in the use of the library and electronic formats as a source of reference. Students receive instruction on the principles, practice, and skills of argumentation and critical reading and thinking. This course serves to meet the US Higher Educational Institution Gordon Rule writing requirements.
Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Expand knowledge of sentence construction and overall essay organization.
- Write a documented research paper using the library and electronic formats.
- Proofread and revise your writing.
- Locate information in the library using various formats and write correct bibliographical references.
- Identify and correct Run-Ons and Fragments within a passage.
- Understand the writing process and follow the four steps in writing.
- Identify subjects and verbs.
- Make subjects and verbs agree.
- Develop fluency in writing by increasing the frequency of writing.
- Identify and correct spelling errors.
- Correct use of capital letters and punctuation marks in sentences and paragraphs.
3 Credits
Course Description:
Students will apply and refine their writing skills in various types of writing such as persuasive writing, argumentative writing, comparison, and contrast writing, research papers, expository writing, writing about literature, and creative writing. This course serves to meet the US Higher Educational Institution Gordon Rule writing requirements. Prerequisite: ENG – 1101
Learning Outcome:
- Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Produce essays that demonstrate their skills in the major rhetorical patterns such as narration, description, process, definition, argumentation, persuasion, and comparison and contrast.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of research and proper documentation.
- Be able to reflect on what contributed to their writing process and evaluate their work.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course covers developments in social and cultural changes through modern times. Topics covered will examine the sociological perspectives, sociological research, sexuality, cultural debates, the process of socialization, groups and organizations, crime and deviance, stratification, inequality and discrimination that affects ageism and gender, race and ethnicity, issues involving the economy, different forms of government, marriage, religion, health, and environment safety, urbanization, and social movements.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course covers developments in political, social, and cultural changes through modern times. Topics covered will examine a diverse perspective, sociological research, sexuality, cultural debates, the process of socialization, groups and organizations, crime and deviance, stratification, inequality and discrimination that affects ageism and gender, race and ethnicity, issues involving the economy, different forms of government, marriage, religion, health, and environment safety, urbanization, and social movements.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course covers the developments of the Zionist movement to the formation of the State of Israel.
3 Credits
Course Description:
The nature of human behavior as a dynamic developmental phenomenon. While the emphasis is psychological, an understanding of the physical aspects of development and their social implications is included. Observation and written analysis of principles of learning involved in human development is required. This course meets teacher certification requirements in the area of psychological foundations. At the end of the course, the student will be familiar with the principles that surround the field of psychology and will have an understanding of the basic concepts and terminology that are emphasized in the field as it relates to human development.
3 Credits
Course Description:
The nature of human behavior as a dynamic developmental phenomenon. While the emphasis is psychological, an understanding of the physical aspects of development and their social implications is included. Observation and written analysis of principles of learning involved in human development is required. This course meets teacher certification requirements in the area of psychological foundations. This course provides an overview of the various areas included in the field of human psychology.
3 Credits
Course Description:
The following topics are included in this course; functions; domain and range of a function; graphs of functions and relations; algebra of functions; composite and inverse functions; linear, quadratic, and rational functions; absolute value and radical functions and equations; exponential and logarithmic properties, functions and equations; systems of equations and inequalities; mathematical modeling; and applications involving the able listed topics.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course offers a chronological survey of guiding ideas and trends within western culture, as reflected in the philosophy, literature, and fine arts of the ancient, medieval, and modern times. The instructor will select a succession of periods that can be covered meaningfully within the term. The student will acquire knowledge of the cultural achievements falling within selected periods in the development of western civilization, along with an understanding of how these achievements contribute to making the west’s present cultural inheritance.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course introduces ideas and examples of art appreciation, music, philosophy, drama, literature, and dance with an emphasis on critical appreciation of the influences that shape each genre. The course retains the focus on the arts as an expression of cultural and personal values.
3 Credits
Course Description:
World History to 1500 is an introductory course to human history around the globe from the origins of humankind to approximately the year 1500 CE (Common Era). Throughout the semester students will become familiar with the development of, and interactions between, peoples, states, civilizations, and empires. Among the topics we will examine are the rise of cities, the evolution of technology and navigation, the development of means of communication, the importance of agriculture, the rise and fall of empires, the evolving conduct of warfare, and the emergence of intellectual thought and local and world religions.
Total Credits Hours
39
Core Courses Requirements
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course is an introductory course in the use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include graphical and numerical descriptive measures, probability, common random variables and their distributions including the binomial and normal distributions, the Central Limit Theorem, sampling procedures, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. This course has been exempted from the requirements of the Writing Across the Curriculum policy.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course provides a survey of genetic, neural, and endocrine bases of behavior. Focus topics include brain neuroanatomy, neural communication, sensory processes, motivation, emotion, and arousal.
3 Credits
Course Description:
An introduction to theory, research, and applications in the field of psychology. Topics include biological bases of behavior, perception, learning and memory, psychological development, personality, social psychology, and the identification and treatment of mental illness.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course will provide an introduction to experiments (methods and results) and theory in cognitive psychology. Topics covered will include object recognition, attention, memory, concepts, language, imagery, problem solving and reasoning and the neural bases of cognitive processes.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the concepts and principles of behavior analysis and behavior modification techniques applied to diverse areas such as mild and severe behavior problems in children and adults, behavior medicine, organizational behavior, sports psychology, and self-management.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to the quantitative methods employed by psychologists and other social scientists to answer their empirical questions. You will learn both descriptive and inferential statistics during the semester. After you have taken this course, you should be better able to understand and interpret the results sections of articles in scientific journals. You will understand, for example, what it means to say that two groups have different levels of anxiety at a statistically significant level, and what calculations are involved in drawing such a conclusion. As another example, you should come away from this class with a good understanding of what it means (and, importantly, what it does not mean) to say that crime rates and ice cream sales are positively correlated.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course covers the methodological tools used in psychological research studies, with specific emphasis on observational, correlational, experimental, and quasi-experimental designs. Students will develop testable hypotheses, design a quantitative experimental research study, and use APA-format to write a report similar to those found in professional psychological journals.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course surveys the spectrum of human perception, cognition, and behavior—from consciousness and emotions to sex and violence—through the lens of evolution by natural selection. Students will develop an introductory understanding of the principles of biological evolution and will learn to apply that understanding toward the study of the human experience. Particular attention will be paid to addressing common misunderstandings of the field of evolutionary psychology, and to understand the fundamental differences between the evolutionary approach and traditional social science approaches.
3 Credits
Course Description:
Principles of Learning examines theories and research concerning the basic principles and concepts of learning. Theories of classical and operant conditioning will be explored, in addition to selected theories which explore the interaction between learning, memory and motivation. Additionally, basic neuroanatomy and neurochemistry underlying various learning processes will also be introduced.
3 Credits
Course Description:
Exploration of the historical roots of psychology, and the bases and growth of psychology as a science. Examines the major historical and contemporary theories of psychology with an emphasis on enduring issues.
3 Credits
Course Description:
Issues relevant to the field of psychology. Examinations of different cultural groups and their values as they pertain to the individual, the family, time, proxemics (personal and interpersonal space), communication styles, and body language. Different cultural worldviews will be explored as they pertain to locus of control, conception of mental illness, and attitude toward seeking psychological help.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This class will cover the fundamentals of the sensory world, such as taste, touch, vision, hearing and extrasensory phenomenon. Students in sensation and perception will explore the value of each sense in the perceptual world and will be encouraged to consider what life would be like without each sense. Perceptual illusions will be employed in order to encourage students to delve into the neural underpinnings of sensory perception. Through studying the pathways from sensations to perceptions, students will gain an appreciation of the fragility of perceptions.
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to the field of psychophysiology, with a focus on human psychophysiology and physiological measures of emotion and cognition. Students in this course will examine the theory of psychophysiology as well as common psychophysiological techniques.
3 Credits
Course Description:
Students will have the opportunity to integrate information from a variety of specialties in psychology. Each seminar will have a focal theme that will allow students to gain new perspectives, as well as apply knowledge from prior courses and experiences. This course is presented as a capstone experience, therefore students with advanced standing in the psychology major will benefit the most from the seminar.
Electives Courses
Total Credits Hours
42
13 Classes (39 Semester Credits)
Disclaimer: Hebrew University and University Central of Ashdod (UCEA) College of Arts/Science reserves the right, because of changing conditions, to make modifications of any nature in academic programs and requirements of the university and its constituent colleges without advance notice. Students are advised to consult regularly with an academic advisor concerning their programs of study.
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