Social Psychology

A program that focuses on the scientific study of individual behavior in group contexts, group behavior, and associated phenomena. Includes instruction in social learning theory, group theory and dynamics, sex roles, social cognition and inference, attribution theory, attitude formation, criminal behavior and other social pathologies, altruistic behavior, social development, and social ecology.

While Social Psychology has degrees up to the Masters degree, the majority of students earn a Associates degree. Students major in Social Psychology all over the country, though the major at the Award of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years level sees the most graduates in Michigan. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Social Psychology is $37,800.