The Psychology Department at Simpson University will help you succeed by giving you a strong foundation in psychology informed by Christian theology. This means you’ll be prepared to serve others in a discipline committed to understanding human behavior using an approach grounded in the principles of the Christian faith.

Psychology is a scientific discipline that seeks to understand and explain human and non-human behavior. Psychology is also a profession that requires both an empathetic understanding of people as individuals and an objective, clinical perspective that studies common characteristics of human behavior. To combine these two elements, the psychology department at Simpson University offers curriculum, research activities, and community resources to give students a balanced exposure to psychology. Professors teach several psychology courses seminar-style, an interactive teaching method that links interpersonal development and academic engagement, where talking and thinking produce struggle, growth and fun.