Courses & Topics
Our courses are designed to prepare students for continued study at the graduate level as clinicians and scholars.
You will receive a well-rounded education through our core curriculum and classes in the psychology major. Courses include:
- Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Psychology
- Psychopathology: Critical Perspectives
- Foundations to Community Psychology
- LGBTQ Mental Health
- Zombies & Psychological Life
- Psychology of Evil and Human Destruction
Department of Psychology faculty frequently provide students with real-world learning opportunities and include them in research efforts. Pictured from left are students Nicolette "Nik" Tymczyszyn, Dillion Peterson, Darian Lees, Vivian Kinter, Cynthia Gelien and Professor Robert McInerney, Ph.D. The group collaborated with Professor Autumn Redcross, Ph.D., and the ALC Court Watch program to conduct ethnographic observations on mental health court. Read about their experience.
Confluence Psychology Alliance Group

Point Park students have the opportunity to engage with faculty and peers through Confluence, an undergraduate humanistic psychology alliance that offers a place for multiplicity and diversity of thought, community, friendship and pro-action/activist outreach. It is open to all majors – all those interested in the psychological life of fiction, film, dance, politics, music, philosophy and everything else under the sun. Confluence members are unapologetic about their intellectual pursuits and unabashedly passionate! Learn more here.
"My experience in my small town inspired me to go into the field of psychology, but it wasn’t until I reached Point Park that I decided to pursue the community focus. Confluence is an opportunity to get involved with the University and Pittsburgh communities, which I am thrilled to do." – Marley Smartnick, Confluence chairperson
Psychology Internships
Students in our psychology major participate in internships and practicums at local agencies (many of which are within walking distance of campus) including:
- The Mobile Thriving Respite
- Pittsburgh Action Against Rape
- Imagine Further Collective
- Operation Safet Net
- Bridge Outreach
- Inside our Minds
- Persad
- The Counseling Initiative
- ALS/Courtwatch
- Visible Hands/Integrative Community Therapy
- Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Pittsburgh
- Strong Women, Strong Girls
- The Bradley Center
Psychology Alumni in Graduate School
Alumni of our B.A. psychology program have gone on to complete graduate school at a variety of schools such as:
- Chicago School of Professional Psychology
- Duquesne University
- The University of West Georgia
- Chatham University
- Seattle University
- Carlow University
Career Options
With a bachelor's degree in psychology, our students are well-prepared for continued study at the graduate level or to pursue various career opportunities, such as:
- Advocate
- Administrator
- Case Manager
- Clinician
- Licensed Counselor
- Social, Market, or Data Researcher
- Therapist
- Therapeutic Support Specialist