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Psychological Science and Practice Four-Year Planning Guide (PDF)

Psychology: Child and Adolescent Services Four-Year Planning Guide (PDF)

Psychology: Counseling Four-Year Planning Guide (PDF)

Psychology: Marriage and Family Studies Four-Year Planning Guide

The child and adolescent services concentration prepares you to work in a variety of human service roles that focus on children, adolescents and families. Your course work and related experiences will focus on child and adolescent development, creative therapeutic approaches for children and families and the contexts that impact children and adolescents.

If you desire to work with children, adolescents and families in agency, counseling and ministry settings, consider adding this emphasis to your program of study.

The counseling concentration prepares you to support and encourage the health and development of children, adults and families in a variety of workplace and ministry environments. You’ll examine, explore and critique psychological ideas, theories and applications from a Christian perspective. In addition, you’ll apply what you learn in the classroom to work, volunteer, internship and professional experiences throughout West Michigan.

At Cornerstone, our program is unique because:

• Faculty hold decades of experience in counseling, school-based practice and research.
• Students complete an original research project and APA research paper, with the opportunity to present at local, state and national conferences.
• Students from our program consistently score above the 90th percentile on the Major Field Assessment Test, a national standardized test of psychology majors in all different types of college and university settings.

The marriage and family studies concentration prepares you to impact our community by working with individuals and families to build lasting marriages and raise Godly children. As a student, you will develop the leadership skills and compassion to engage with diverse people in various seasons of life. You will graduate ready to engage with others about complex relationships and guide them toward solutions.

An emphasis in marriage and family studies major prepares students for a wide range of careers in human services, marriage and family counseling, community and public health agencies, as well as church and parachurch organizations.

Psychology is a discipline that prepares you to understand and work with diverse people. A psychology background is also appealing to employers in diverse areas such as professional ministry, medicine or health care, business—such as human resources and marketing—and nonprofit work.

At Cornerstone, our program is unique because:

• Faculty hold decades of experience in counseling, school-based practice and research.
• Students complete an original research project and APA research paper, with the opportunity to present at local, state and national conferences.
• Students from our program consistently score above the 90th percentile on the Major Field Assessment Test, a national standardized test of psychology majors in all different types of college and university settings.