Bachelor of Arts in Applied Psychology – Clinical Psychology Online
Develop the skills and expertise necessary to make a positive difference in the lives of those struggling with psychological issues.
Apply By:
12/30/24
Start Class:
1/13/25
Program Overview
Refine your career opportunities with an online clinical psychology degree program
The Bachelor of Arts in Applied Psychology – Clinical Psychology program explores the causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders. Through this 100% online program, you will delve into a wide range of subject areas, including abnormal psychology, multicultural issues, substance abuse and social psychology.
This program prepares you to address complex psychological disorders and their impact on individuals and communities. You will explore the fundamentals of abnormal psychology and gain insights into the influence of cultural and social factors on psychological well-being.
As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:
- Understand major theoretical approaches to personality development and research in the field
- Discover the biological principles underlying emotion, motivation, learning and memory, as well as the methods of clinical assessment of behavioral disorders
- Understand major theoretical approaches to personality development and research in the field
- Discover the biological principles underlying emotion, motivation, learning and memory, as well as the methods of clinical assessment of behavioral disorders
Career opportunities:
- Counselor
- Applied behavioral science specialist
- Case manager
- Residential assistant
- Substance abuse counselor
- Counselor
- Applied behavioral science specialist
- Case manager
- Residential assistant
- Substance abuse counselor
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At Florida Tech, we offer a variety of in-demand online programs that prepare you with relevant skills for your career of choice. Take a look at our other undergraduate programs.
At Florida Tech, we offer a variety of in-demand online programs that prepare you with relevant skills for your career of choice. Take a look at our other undergraduate programs.
Per Credit Hour
$532.50*
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Credit Hours
121
Tuition
Make your payments with ease
Tuition for the BA in Applied Psychology – Clinical Psychology is affordable. Take advantage of our pay-by-the-course system, so you can manage your budget as you pursue your degree. Technology fees are included in the total tuition.
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA in Applied Psychology – Clinical Psychology | $532.50 | $1,597.50 | $64,432.50 |
*Published tuition costs may differ from a student’s estimated total “cost of attendance,” which includes the amount an online student may choose to spend on expenses such as housing and food, books and supplies, transportation and other personal items or activities per academic year. As a Florida Tech Online student, you will only ever be billed for applicable tuition and fees. All other costs listed below are estimates per academic year required by the federal government to help you budget for your education. For further information regarding program tuition and fees, please reach out to your enrollment representative or refer to the undergraduate or graduate fees policy. View full cost of attendance information.
Potential Expenses Per Year
| Program | Technology Fees | Federal Student Loan Fees | Housing & Food | Books & Supplies | Transport | Personal Expenses | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA in Applied Psychology – Clinical Psychology (Full-Time) | $300 | $66 | $15,240 | $1,200 | $1,500 | $2,100 | $ |
| BA in Applied Psychology – Clinical Psychology (Part-Time) | $150 | $33 | $7,620 | $600 | $750 | $1,050 |
Tuition breakdown:
Per Credit Hour
$532.50*
Calendar
Note these upcoming starts
The BA in Applied Psychology - Clinical Psychology online program is ideal for working students. Choose from multiple start dates and complete your degree at the pace that best fits your schedule.
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2 2024 | 10/21/24 | 10/7/24 | 10/14/24 | 10/16/24 | 10/18/24 | 12/15/24 | 8 weeks |
| Spring 1 2025 | 1/13/25 | 12/30/24 | 1/6/25 | 1/8/25 | 1/10/25 | 3/9/25 | 8 weeks |
| Summer 2025 | 5/19/25 | 5/5/25 | 5/12/25 | 5/14/25 | 5/16/25 | 7/13/25 |
Now enrolling:
Next Apply Date
12/30/24
Start Class
1/13/25
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Admissions
See the requirements for the online clinical psychology bachelor's program
At Florida Tech, we’ve streamlined the admission process to help you get started quickly. Please read the requirements for the BA in Applied Psychology – Clinical Psychology online program.
- Completed application
- For freshman: Official transcripts from a high school or equivalent (GED or certificate of completion, must bear date of graduation)
- For transfers: Official transcripts from all accredited colleges/universities attended
- Minimum GPA of 2.5
Official transcripts, test scores and other documents should be sent to:
Mail address:
Office of Admissions
150 W. University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901
Admission Requirements
- 2.5 GPA
- No application fee
- Official transcripts
Courses
Explore topics in the BA in Applied Psychology – Clinical Psychology
For the BA in Applied Psychology – Clinical Psychology online, the curriculum comprises 121 credit hours, including 33 credit hours of general education courses, 72 credit hours of applied psychology courses, 15 credit hours of free electives and a 1 credit hour introductory course.
ASC 1006: Mastering eLearning
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 1
Helps students new to Florida Tech and online learning to adjust to the university and acquire essential academic survival skills (online classroom behavior, academic honesty, study skills, etc.) that enhance academic integration into college. Requirement for all Florida Tech Online students
PSY 1411: Introduction to Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Overviews psychological processes, including both areas in which psychology is a natural science (physiological psychology, sensation and perception, basic learning and cognition) and a social science (motivation, human development, personality, social interaction, psychopathology and psychotherapy).
PSY 2510: Research and Computer Literacy
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Addresses the research and computer literacy needs of psychology, and behavioral and social science students. Includes reading, evaluating and summarizing scientific literature; scientific writing (APA format); research terminology; and proper document and presentation format.
PSY 3012: Research Methods in Applied Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces basic research methods in applied psychology. Includes experimental research design, qualitative and quantitative approaches to data analysis, and interpretation and critiquing.
PSY 3013: Applied Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the various major concepts of applied psychology. Includes theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, historical trends, principles and practices as they apply to personal, social and organizational issues.
PSY 3344: Multicultural Issues
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers how to recognize, understand and respect the complexity, key concepts, theoretical perspectives and empirical findings of sociocultural and international diversity.
PSY 3421: Psychology of Learning and Motivation
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Studies the principles of learning and motivation based primarily on nonhuman studies in classical and instrumental conditioning. Focuses on procedures, theories and applications.
PSY 3441: Social Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Surveys the areas of social psychology as it has evolved in American psychology, including its history, methods and theories of intrapersonal, interpersonal and group behavior. Reviews sociological approaches to social psychology and cultural processes that affect social phenomena.
PSY 3761: Abnormal Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines psychological disorders, including theories for their development, symptomology and system of classification.
PSY 3901: Experimental Psychology 1
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers experimental methodology and statistics. Introduces students to fundamental concepts in experimental design and statistics that support research in the field of psychology. Emphasizes the application, use and interpretation of statistics through the use of computer-based software.
PSY 4112: Applied Tests and Measures
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the key concepts, principles and construction of measures. Focuses on the criticality of reliability and validity.
PSY 4512: Personal and Professional Development
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Explores realistic goals for implementation of psychological knowledge, skills, abilities and values in occupational and/or educational pursuits in a variety of settings that meet personal goals. Also includes how those goals may meet societal needs.
PSY 4712: Professional and Ethical Issues
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines and discusses the value of empirical evidence, tolerance of ambiguity, ethical behaviors (including the APA Ethics Code) and other values that underpin psychology as a science.
PSY 4901: Experimental Psychology 2
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers experimental methodology and statistics. Builds on the knowledge introduced in PSY 3901 Experimental Psychology 1. Includes independent work related to research design and analysis of data sets. Culminates in the production of a final research project. Serves as the QEP course for the applied psychology program
PSF 4106: Crisis and Conflict Resolution
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines crisis and conflict resolution in interpersonal and organizational contexts. Uses theory from behavioral and social sciences to assess, manage and resolve crisis and conflict situations in a criminal justice environment. Includes nature of and responses to crisis and conflict, and strategies for resolving them.
PSY 3423: Physiological Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Studies the biological bases of human behavior, including in-depth treatment of nervous system anatomy and physiology, and the biological concepts underlying emotion, motivation, learning and memory.
PSY 3425: Health Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the scientific interrelationships among the biological, cultural, environmental and psychological factors involved in physical health and the prevention of illness.
PSY 3442: Psychology of Personality
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Overviews the major theoretical approaches to personality development and research in the field.
PSY 4462: Clinical and Community Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Overviews clinical psychology and community psychology. Reviews methods of clinical assessment and treatment of behavioral disorders. Presents the concepts of community psychology as they have developed from the fields of psychology, social work and public administration
COM 1101: Composition and Rhetoric
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The first of two courses in college-level writing skills. Focuses on writing essays using various rhetorical modes: persuasion, description, comparison and analysis. Presents basic methods of library research, as well as the MLA documentation system. Students write one research paper and several essays.
WRI 1001: WRI 1001 First-Year Writing 2
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Continues work begun in WRI 1000 First-Year Writing 1. Includes study in rhetorical analysis and the conventions of various genres. Also includes intensive instruction in writing and revision of work that culminates in a research paper.
COM 1102: Writing About Literature
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The second of two courses in college-level writing skills. Focuses on reading and analyzing poems, plays and short works of fiction. Students write several essays and one research paper on literary topics.
COM 2223: Scientific and Technical Communication
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Practice in the technical and scientific writing style and format, including gathering and using data to prepare reports. Includes abstracts, reports, letters, technical descriptions, proposals and at least two oral presentations.
COM 2224: Business and Professional Writing
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Designed for the future business professional. Includes business research methods, report writing, business correspondence and communication in the workplace. Covers analytical, informational, routine and special reports.
HUM 2051: Civilization 1: Ancient Through Medieval
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces civilization from its early development to the European Renaissance. Emphasizes the interpretation of primary texts that reflect the intellectual and historical changes in society. The first of two interdisciplinary courses
HUM 2052: Civilization 2: Renaissance Through Modern
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Similar in purpose and method to HUM 2051, continues the interpretation of primary texts, emphasizing the Renaissance period, the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Modern Age.
HUM 2332: American History: From Reconstruction to the Present
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the major ideas, ideals and events that have determined the American experience in the 19th and 20th centuries.
HUM 2552: Survey of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Surveys key philosophical problems that occupied philosophers in the modern period and today. Emphasizes the analysis of theories by modern and contemporary philosophers on issues such as the nature of knowledge, facts versus values, personal identity, and consciousness in their historical context.
MTH 1051: Introductory Discrete Mathematics
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Elementary coverage of discrete mathematics. Includes logical arguments, mathematical induction in proofs, sets and relations (extension to functions and their properties), elementary counting principles (inclusion-exclusion), permutations and combinations.
MTH 1701: College Algebra
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Real-number system; arithmetic operations with polynomials, special products and factoring; linear, fractional and quadratic equations; inequalities, exponents, radicals and absolute values; functions and graphs; and complex numbers, logarithms, logarithmic and exponential functions
EST 2703: Statistics
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Emphasizes mathematical concepts. Includes measures of central tendency and spread; probability; binomial, normal and t distributions; statistical inference; and linear regression and correlation.
AVS 2102: Aerodynamics
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Presents basic aeronautical factors affecting aircraft design and performance. Major topics include atmospheric properties, lift, drag, thrust, aircraft performance, stability and control, high-speed aerodynamics, operating strength limitations, and aerodynamics of specific flying problems.
EDS 1021: General Physical Science
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces the concepts and applications of the physical sciences for non-science majors. Includes the processes and history of science, thermodynamics, electricity, waves, chemical reactions, nuclear energy, relativity and the formation of the Earth and the universe.
EDS 1022: EDS 1022 General Biological Science
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces the concepts and applications of the biological sciences for non-science majors. Includes cell structure, function and reproduction, genetics and genetic engineering, evolution and the environmen
EDS 1023: The Final Frontier
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers topics essential for understanding our universe in the 21st century. Introduces astronomy concepts for nonscience majors. Includes principles that demonstrate the size of Earth and our solar system, the age of Earth, the origin of the elements and the age of our universe. Also includes how humans may colonize off-Earth locations.
EDS 1031: Survey of Science 1: Physical Science
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Includes a survey of physics, chemistry and astronomy including motion, forces, energy, electricity, waves, the metric system and the application of science and technology to everyday living.
EDS 1032: Survey of Science 2: Life Science
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Facilitates student understanding of laws, phenomena and processes of cellular and human biology, and to address selected current topics in ecology and environmental science.
EEC 2303: Introduction to Macroeconomics
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces the concepts that aid in understanding both aggregate economic conditions and the policy alternatives designed to stabilize national economies. Includes the determination of GDP and national income, inflation, unemployment, monetary policy, economic growth and exchange rates.
EEC 2304: Introduction to Microeconomics
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces the neoclassical theory of price determination. Includes supply and demand analysis, production and cost theory, market structures, externalities and public goods, factor payments, income distribution and informational asymmetries.
EDS 3131: Perspectives on Science and Mathematics
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Explores how scientific investigators explain the natural world. Provides an overview of the history of science and mathematics to broaden comprehension. Puts work in science and mathematics pedagogy in historical context. Improves writing, research and analysis skills.
HUM 2332: American History: From Reconstruction to the Present
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the major ideas, ideals and events that have determined the American experience in the 19th and 20th centuries.
PSF 3551: Integrated Theories of Crime
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Explores the basic questions concerning human nature, human behavior, crime and criminality from the perspectives of sociological, psychological and criminological theories.
PSY 1411: Introduction to Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Overviews psychological processes, including both areas in which psychology is a natural science (physiological psychology, sensation and perception, basic learning and cognition) and a social science (motivation, human development, personality, social interaction, psychopathology and psychotherapy).
PSY 1461: Psychology of Adjustment and Personal Growth
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the relevance of psychological understanding in personal and interpersonal situations, including definitions and discussions of human adjustment factors, such as anxiety, stress, coping mechanisms and psychological adaptation.
PSY 1462: Substance Abuse
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines experimental evidence on the physical, physiological and psychological effects of drug use and conclusions relating to the real vs. alleged effects of drugs.
PSY 1463: Human Sexuality
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Integrates and presents biological, psychosocial and cultural aspects of human sexuality within the context of the most recent research findings.
PSY 2446: Sport Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Surveys the theory, research and applications of psychology pertaining to exercise and sports. Presents current topics and issues relevant to sport psychology.
PSY 3441: Social Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Surveys the areas of social psychology as it has evolved in American psychology, including its history, methods and theories of intrapersonal, interpersonal and group behavior. Reviews sociological approaches to social psychology and cultural processes that affect social phenomena.
PSY 3442: Psychology of Personality
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Overviews the major theoretical approaches to personality development and research in the field.
PSY 3531: Child Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Overviews psychological principles, theories and research pertaining to the developing child from conception through early adolescence. Includes biological and environmental influences on affective, cognitive, moral, social and personality development.
PSY 3541: Psychology of Leadership
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the research and application of the essential competencies of effective leadership such as managing conflict, facilitating communication and leading groups and teams.
PSY 3543: Psychology of the Workplace
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the many ways psychology is applied in organizations to improve performance and quality of work life. Includes employee selection and personnel law, performance management, training, motivation, job attitudes, stress, teamwork, leadership and organizational development.
PSY 3761: Abnormal Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines psychological disorders, including theories for their development, symptomology and system of classification.
PSY 4462: Clinical and Community Psychology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Overviews clinical psychology and community psychology. Reviews methods of clinical assessment and treatment of behavioral disorders. Presents the concepts of community psychology as they have developed from the fields of psychology, social work and public administration
SOC 1101: Human Behavior Perspective
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Offers an interdisciplinary viewpoint of the many ways in which human beings function as individuals, members of larger groups and members of particular cultures. Explores the disciplines of sociology, psychology and criminology in seeking to understand and explore human behavior.
SOC 1102: Global Perspective
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Surveys various global issues arising since World War II. Combines history, political science and economics. Emphasizes the interaction of the superpowers during the Cold War, the post-colonial emergence of the Third World, the ascendancy of regional and international economic and political institutions and the reshaping of contemporary Europe.
SOC 2551: Social Problems
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces the contemporary social issues such as poverty, unemployment, energy, pollution, sexual deviance, drugs and crime. Includes causes, interactions, policy and possible solutions
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