Lincoln Christian University



The Psychology program prepares you for future employment in church, parachurch, and other community-based settings. Graduates are equipped to work with individuals and families in entry-level positions such as inner city ministries, children's and group homes, social service agencies, crisis pregnancy centers, and benevolent and care ministries in the church. Students interested in pursuing full-time positions as counselors, therapists or psychologists receive adequate training in this focus to be able to continue into graduate programs in counseling or psychology. For more information on this program, contact the program director.

Ministry/Career Opportunities:
  • Advanced Higher Education
  • Director of Christian Education (Children & Family Ministry)
  • Cross-cultural missions/urban ministry/family ministry/Christian camping/evangelistic ministry/curriculum developer/events, and training and equipping Sunday school teachers and volunteers.
  • Teacher and administrator in Christian schools
  • Leader or staff member in parachurch organizations


Program Requirements:

1. BIBLE AND THEOLOGY CORE

 41
May substitute any 6 hours in Bible
and Theology for Elementary Greek
 
2. GENERAL EDUCATION CORE

37
Psychology majors must take SS 171 (not SS 164, SS 260, SS 268), and
SC 251 and MA 295 (not SC 155, SC 157, MA 197) 


3. CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES CORE
7
Psychology majors do not need to take CM232 or CM242

4. PSYCHOLOGY REQUIREMENTS
42
PS 230 Skills of the Helping Professional 
3
PS 235 Marriage and the Family
3
PS 249 Lifespan Developmental Psychology 3
PS 289 Personality Theory 3
PS 308 Abnormal Psychology
3
PS 365 Psychology and Religion  3
PS 371 Research Methods 3
PS 380 Physiological Psychology
3
PS 376 Social Psychology 
3
Psychology Electives  (3)
 9
PS 400 Orientation to Internship 0
PS 401 Internship  
 6

5. OPEN ELECTIVES in any field  		3


TOTAL

130


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