Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Booth University College, Canada

A Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Booth University College offers many career prospects. Our unique program addresses practical social, cultural, and diversity issues. An emphasis on ethics and experiential learning means you'll graduate with practical skills that transfer to a variety of roles.

Optional Streams

• Core Psychology: Our core Bachelor of Arts in Psychology program.
• Community Mental Health: Focuses on social psychology, community psychology, social change, and neuroscience. Courses are streamlined toward critical counselling and intervention skills.
• Applied Psychology: This stream focuses on the practical application of psychology, and includes two internships.
• Honours Program: Students complete an independent research project and thesis. 

You have the option to specialize in Applied Psychology, our Honours program, or both. 

Studying at Booth UC
Our Psychology program is unique from other programs in Canada. 

• It addresses practical social, cultural, and diversity issues, with an added emphasis on ethics. The program prepares you to be a valuable contributor in today's diverse workplaces.
• Our classes are small. At many institutions, first-year psychology classes have hundreds of students. Our small classes allow you to form meaningful connections with your classmates and professors.
• Our professors get to know you personally so they can offer individualized guidance.
• We provide research apprenticeships.
• Our internship program lets you gain hands-on experience. 

In a Booth UC Psychology degree, you learn and practice your growing skills as a psychologist all at once. 
 

Internship

• Gain hands-on experiential learning working in agencies and institutions here in Winnipeg. This is an opportunity to apply your knowledge in a working environment. 
• You'll get valuable experiences and references that can help you secure a job after graduation.

What You'll Learn

Here’s what you can expect to learn in this program, in addition to our Institutional Learning Outcomes:

Develop knowledge in the discipline of psychology that covers sociocultural and diversity issues, human development, learning and information processing, and biological contributions to behaviour.

• Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
• Show a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
• Describe applications of psychology.

Develop skills in the application of scientific inquiry and critical thinking.

• Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena.
• Prove psychological information literacy.
• Demonstrate innovative and integrative thinking and problem-solving.
• Demonstrate interpretation, design, and conduct of basic psychological research.
• Show incorporation of sociocultural factors in scientific inquiry.

Develop ethical and social responsibility in a diverse world.

• Prove the ability to apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice.
• Demonstrate the ability to build and enhance interpersonal relationships.
• Describe key values that build community at local, national, and global levels.

Develop effective communication skills.

• Show effective writing for different purposes.
• Demonstrate effective presentation skills.
• Prove the ability to interact effectively with others.

Develop professionally.

• Describe how to apply psychological content and skills to career goals.
• Demonstrate self-efficacy and self-regulation.
• Demonstrate project-management skills.
• Exhibit the ability to enhance teamwork capacity.
• Describe a meaningful professional direction for life after graduation.

As a Christian University College, we also strive to:

Develop sensitivity to sociocultural, international, and diversity issues.

• Describe how psychology can be used to understand different perspectives and worldviews, including those of Christianity and other faiths.
• Demonstrate knowledge about how psychology can differ across cultures.
• Exhibit tolerance to different worldviews while also being able to engage in critical dialogue in relation to both a Christian faith and the discipline of psychology.

Develop an ability to apply psychological theory in the community.

• Describe how psychology can be used to enhance social justice and aid marginalized populations in order to further social justice.
• Exhibit the ability to conduct basic research for the betterment of the community.
• Describe how psychological theory can be applied to rectify social problems and inequities.
• Describe the strengths and limitation involved in community-based research.