Online Bachelor's in Psychology

Online Bachelor's in Psychology

Why should you get this degree?

Are you curious about the human mind, or why people do the things they do? Are you committed to the idea that you want to be a responsive, considerate mental health professional, or an advocate for your community? Are you passionate about engaging in innovative research on the mind and human behavior? If so, a bachelor's degree in psychology may be right for you. The Department of Psychology at Fort Hays State University provides compelling, hands-on experiential programs that will arm you with practical skills and theory.

The Psychology Department is pleased to offer a faculty-student mentoring program. This program is designed to enhance collaboration between faculty and students and provide guidance about career opportunities for future professionals in the field of psychology. To access mentoring and career resources, click here.

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology

• Completion of 10 hours of a single foreign language

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Psychology

• A candidate for the BS in Psychology must complete 20 hours of course work in Natural Science and/or Mathematics.
• We recommend the BS option for students who intend to go to graduate school.

What can I do with the BA or BS degree?

Students earning a bachelor's degree in psychology will have a foundation to enter a specific career or to pursue additional graduate work. The first question to ask yourself is "what do you want to do?" The second question is "do you want to pursue graduate work?"

Psychology is a diverse discipline, grounded in science, with extensive applications in everyday life. Some psychologists do research to develop theories and test their ideas through carefully crafted research methods involving observation and experimentation. Other psychologists apply the discipline's scientific knowledge to help people, organizations, and communities obtain optimal functioning. Psychologists support people with mental, behavioral, and emotional problems. They also study and encourage behaviors to enhance wellness. 

As psychological research continues to yield new information, whether it’s improved interventions to manage depression or how humans interact with artificial intelligence, these findings become part of the discipline’s body of knowledge and are applied in clinical, school, and corporate settings, within the judicial system, and even in professional sports.

Psychology Major Requirements

Our undergraduate psychology curriculum for both the BA and BS emphasizes scientific and theoretical knowledge as well as hands-on experiences. Students complete core courses that provide a framework for the foundations of psychology as a science as well as a broad introduction to the various sub-disciplines (e.g., General Psychology; Science of Psychology; Psychology as a Discipline and Profession).

Our elective classes are designed around three content emphasis areas:

• Social Cognitive Emphasis: This emphasis area focuses on social influence and cognition as well as environmental factors that influence the way we think, feel, behave, and make decisions.
• Developmental Cultural Emphasis: This emphasis area connects the developmental process of an individual to culture to identify how are social, emotional, and neurological development is shaped.
• Applied Mental Health Emphasis: This emphasis area focuses on the application of psychology within the fields of clinical psychology (mental health), sports psychology, and forensic psychology.

BA & BS Coursework - Total 36 credit hours:

Recommended Course Sequence

The faculty in the Department of Psychology have put considerable thought into recommending the following sequence of required courses. In our experience, students who take courses in this order maximize their chances of success. PSY 100 (General Psychology) serves as a prerequisite for all of our courses. Next, we recommend students take PSY 101 and PSY 201, followed by PSY 480, then PSY 498 and PSY 668. 

How much does FHSU Online tuition cost?

*Tuition and Fees are subject to change at any time by the Kansas Board of Regents. FHSU Online Tuition - Fort Hays State University (FHSU)

Interested in the program?

Please contact the Department of Psychology at 785-628-4405.