Psychology B.S.
Study in North Carolina, Psychology B.S.
Degree: B.S.
Location(s): Rhode Island, North Carolina
Internship: Required, 6 credits
Credits: 120
Gain Insight Into Human Behavior
The JWU Charlotte curriculum also offers a generous selection of free electives and minors where you can explore additional interests and extend your training beyond the limits of the psychology major. We offer an optional counseling specialization that includes an internship experience during which you will gain hands-on experience within a supervised clinical setting. While our curriculum’s foundation is general psychology, many of our courses emphasize counseling theories, skills and interventions.
Our faculty are not only exceptional educators but also have active, ongoing industry experience in the field of counseling. They incorporate their expertise into the course curriculum with real clinical examples and experiential class activities for students to develop and practice their clinical skills. Examples include mock clinical interviews, counseling sessions, case formulation, group counseling, diagnosis and treatment planning.
Why Study Psychology at JWU Charlotte?
The lessons you learn here can allow you to make a difference in the lives of others — even before you graduate. Throughout the program, there will be experiential education opportunities for you to put your lessons into practice with real clients in real clinical settings. Learning by doing is the foundation of a JWU education, but it’s especially important in this program so that you’re prepared to head into the industry and make a positive impact on others right away.
- Learn how to apply key concepts, theories and research findings to understand, explain and evaluate human behavior.
- Use creative and critical thinking to evaluate, interpret, design and conduct basic psychological research ethically.
- Have opportunities to intern in real clinical settings.
- Learn from a program coordinator who is a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive and ongoing clinical and instructional experience
- Have practical career guidance above and beyond the academic curriculum.
Charlotte Campus
JWU Charlotte sits right in the heart of the Queen City with a sleek glass-fronted, tree-lined campus.
You can walk to big spots like Truist Field Ballpark, Bank of America Stadium, 7th Street Public Market and Romare Bearden Park.
JWU has become closely connected to Charlotte’s booming industries as well as local mental health and counseling programs such as Charlotte Rescue Mission, Mosaic Pediatric Therapy and more. This offers Psychology students hands-on experiences tied to real, local opportunities.
Changing Lives Through Art
Recent graduate Teagan Bradford ’26 spent her last semester at JWU interning at Rebound, the Men’s Addiction Recovery Center at the Charlotte Rescue Mission. She conducted original research about how art can impact the mental well-being and recovery of the program’s residents. “It was an opportunity that not a lot of undergrads get — to really get hands-on experience at this point in our careers,” says Bradford of her internship. “It’s almost unheard of, and we’re very lucky to have that at JWU.”
Study Psychology in Charlotte, North Carolina
Faculty Contact
Howard Slutzky, Psy.D.
Professor
College of Arts & Sciences
980-598-3224
howard.slutzky@jwu.edu