Bachelor in Psychology

The undergraduate major in psychology and minor in gerontology provide students with the opportunity to develop a foundation for understanding the theory and practice of the behavioural sciences through hands-on experiences within the traditional classroom and unique field settings.

Some of the practice settings in which students gain experience include:

• Psychiatric Hospitals
• Adult Daycares
• Addiction Treatment Facilities
• Nursing Homes
• Adolescent Offender Programs
• Group Homes
• Child Partial Hospitalization
• Private Practice
• Psychiatric Clinics
• Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Medical Clinics
• Sheltered Workshops
• ICFMRs
• Residential Mental Retardation Facilities

The institution that is now William Carey University had its earliest origins in Poplarville, Mississippi, when the noted educator W. I. Thames opened Pearl River Boarding School in 1892. As did many institutions of its day, Pearl River Boarding School offered “elementary, preparatory and some college work. Operating for decades as Mississippi Woman's College, the institution was renamed in honor of the founder of modern missions in 1954 when the school became coeducational.

William Carey University is located on three campuses in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Biloxi, Mississippi, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

• The main campus is in Hattiesburg and is set on 170 acres.
• The Tradition Campus is located in Biloxi on Highway 67 in the Tradition community.
• The Baton Rouge campus is located within Baton Rouge General Hospital.