Master Pschology with Our Bachelor of Science Degree

The Bachelor of Science (BS) in Psychology from Webster Geneva Campus is designed to provide the biological, cognitive, personality and social contexts for understanding the behavior of individuals throughout their lifespan. This is our most rigorous track, specifically designed for students who want to master the research-intensive and empirical side of the field.

Students who successfully complete the BS will have the foundation, research skills and data analysis expertise to succeed in competitive MA/PhD Psychology graduate programs (e.g., clinical psychology, experimental psychology, etc.). Students will develop a research hypothesis based on current psychological science, and then collect, analyze, interpret and present the data to address complex questions.

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Choose Webster Geneva for Your BS in Psychology

Technical and Research Experience

The Bachelor of Science curriculum is designed for students targeting research-intensive graduate programs and technical career paths. Requirements in Advanced Statistics and the Senior Thesis provide quantitative competencies and empirical foundations that make our graduates stand out in both job applications and PhD admissions.

Biological and Genetic Foundations

Go beyond behavioral theory. Unlike the Bachelor of Arts tracks, the Bachelor of Science curriculum includes a non-psychology supporting core, featuring Human Biology and Human Genetics. This ensures you understand the physiological factors that influence human behavior and mental processes.

Global Research Expert Faculty

Study at a campus where your classmates and faculty come from every corner of the globe. This diversity adds a unique cross-cultural variable to your research and data interpretation. You’ll be mentored by faculty who are experts in cognitive, developmental and experimental psychology. As a BS student, you are encouraged to contribute to the academic output of the department.

 

 

Dr. Neil German On What to Expect at Webster Geneva Campus

While the BS provides the empirical tools for research, we believe that great scientists must also understand the depth of the human experience. Program Head Dr. Neil German discusses how our diverse faculty combines clinical wisdom with academic rigor to create a truly stimulating classroom environment.

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I'm Neil German. I'm American. I've been living in Switzerland since 1992. I have a BA in Psychology, teaching certificate for teaching public schools in the States. I have an MA in Counseling Psychology, and I have a Psychoanalytic Diploma from The Jung Institute in Zurich, so I'm trained as a psychoanalyst, as well.

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Why should you come to Webster Geneva? You should come here because we have a diverse faculty, and we have a diverse student body. We have people from many different countries, from all over the world.

If you come to our classrooms, you'll have a variety of experiences. You'll have, you'll hear a lot of different opinions, you'll hear a lot of different information, and you'll be able to listen to that and maybe even change your thinking and the way you see the world in a way. So it's a very, our classroom's very stimulating, very exciting. There's always something going on.

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Oh, why should you take my classes? You should take my classes because I have extensive experience in working with dreams and for several decades, and I use them a lot in my classes, and we explore them and look at what they try to say to us, and we go into historical foundations. We even go into different theoretical foundations for dream analysis, including Freudian, Jung and existentialist. And so there's a lot to learn.

So if you come to my classes, hopefully you'll learn a lot about yourself, as well. And that's something you can probably integrate into your own life and hopefully, makes for a better life for you in some way. So there's a lot of learning that you can experience in my classes.

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Hands-On Experience and Empirical Rigor

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Our senior thesis program allows you to work one-on-one with faculty to create your own independent research study. This process of developing a hypothesis and analyzing data is essential for the research-heavy needs of Geneva’s international organizations and scientific institutions.

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Bachelor of Science in Psychology

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What Can You Do With a BS in Psychology?

The Bachelor of Science in Psychology is specifically designed for students targeting research-intensive or clinical careers. Graduates often utilize their technical training in data analysis and experimental design to secure admission into competitive MA/PhD programs in psychology, medicine and human resources. Webster BS in Psychology degree program graduates have also gone on to pursue careers such as:

  • Research Analyst (Health Care or Academic)
  • Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Data Scientist in Behavioral Analytics
  • Experimental Psychologist (with further study)
  • Policy Researcher for International NGOs

Please Note: A Bachelor of Science in Psychology is a foundational degree. Professional licensure (e.g.,, to practice as a psychologist or counselor) requires the completion of a graduate degree and meeting specific national or regional licensing requirements. Students are encouraged to check entrance requirements for any post-graduate programs prior to finishing their BS at Webster in the event they need to take additional coursework.

Benefit from Faculty Expertise

Areas of expertise among our research and adjunct professors are listed here. These are issues that are often interdisciplinary and of high interest to students in understanding the application of psychology in aspects of society. Each one of these strands includes several research topics and aims to produce both academic outputs (e.g., articles, chapters, conference presentations) and outreach activities, working with various organizations in the local community.

  • Stress, Trauma and Well-Being: PTSD recovery and post-traumatic growth, assisting war victims through body work, mindfulness, stress, burnout and well-being in organizations, Employee Well-Being Project (WellPro), emotion focused therapy, etc.
  • Mobility, Migration and Refugees: Perspective-taking and refugees, automobility, identity and sense of place, expat families, etc.
  • Development and Family Dynamics: Families in transition, attachment, family therapy, child development, sexology, parenting practices, narcissistic mothers, transgenerational transmission, couple therapy, etc.
  • Creativity, Imagination and Expressive Arts: Textile work, photography, authorship, art and narcissism, creative imagination, depth psychology, conceptual art, architecture and psyche, emotion and expression, etc.
  • Tradition, Spirituality and Religion: Craft and craftsmanship, dreams and symbols, the psychology of religion, Eastern traditions, psycho-spirituality, rituals and routines, etc.

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