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UNDERGRADUATE

Undergraduate in psychology

Be a professional with a scientific perspective, capable of understanding human behavior from its socio-cultural, biological, and individual conditions, firmly maintaining ethical and social commitment with responsibility by understanding human behavior.

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Start date: May 6

Modality: 100% virtual

Duration: 4 years - 120 credits

Investment: $140 per credit

Courses 100% in Spanish

Degree: Bachelor’s in Psychology

Program Differentiation

Encourages joining research groups, analysis, trends, projects, and evaluations of social programs.

Develops leadership and teamwork skills, innovation, negotiation, and management.

Trains in current contexts that contemplate the diversity and characteristics of global and local society.

 

Teaches tools for counseling, social programs, community, institutions holders.

Progressive Certifications

SOCIAL PROGRAMS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Semestre 4 – Sociocultural basis of behavior
Semestre 11 – Behavior Analysis
Semestre 11 – Social and Community Psychology
Semestre 12 - Social Programs Design, Development and Evaluation
COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
Semestre 10 – Couples and Family Counseling
Semestre 10 – School Counseling
Semestre 10 – Prevention and approach to addictions
Semestre 11 - Health Counseling

Certificate Program in Basic Management Skills

Semestre 1 - Introduction to anthropology and appreciation of diversity
Semestre 1 - Leadership and Teamwork
Semestre 3 - Sociology, glocal citizenship and social responsibility
Semestre 5 - Inferential Statistics
Semestre 5 - Innovation
Semestre 6 - Negotiation

Institutional Differentiation

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Online Experience

We offer an online education of the highest quality level; our modality offers you support in your learning process and overcomes the barriers of time and distance.

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Integral Wellness

We go side by side with our students so that they achieve personal and professional success, improving their, their families’ and their communities’ conditions and economic opportunities.

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Educational Excellence

Our educational model is autonomous, modern, active, enterprising, innovative, and based on practical cases.

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Continuous Growth

Our future graduates will be able to acquire the skills that will allow them to perform competently in their profession, with the mentality and willingness to continue their growth.

 
 

Research Areas

  • Psychological Essays and Measurements
  • Counseling
  • Prevention
  • Analysis and Research in Psychology

Applicant Profile

Our applicants have the following characteristics to start their studies:

  • Willingness and autonomy to meet the requirements of virtual education.
  • Sensitivity to the problems of others, criticality, analysis of reality, dedication to service and listening skills.
  • Interest in understanding human and social behavior.
 
 

What skills and abilities will you gain?

  • You will understand the psychological, emotional, cognitive, and social components of human behavior.
  • You will have a basic understanding of the various disciplines in psychology, as well as major theories and history of psychology.
  • You will gain familiarity and experience with psychological research methods, including data collection and analysis.
  • You will know the ethics of research.
  • You will demonstrate social and ethical responsibility in a diverse world.
  • You will use scientific reasoning and think critically.

Subjects

Know some of the relevant subjects of the career:

PSY 314

Discover in an illustrative way the history of psychology from ancient Greece to its consolidation in the 20th century.

PSY 303

Learn in this space of critical reflection on the ethical and legal aspects and implications in the exercise of the profession of psychology from an international perspective.

PSY 355

Learn about the basic management of a series of psychological tests and the construction of psychological tests for research and professional practice.

PSY 485

Develop the understanding of human groups in different social and community environments, and their manifestations such as leadership, values, expectations, interests, identity and comparison processes, among others.
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Certification and international validity

Your degree will be issued in the US and in English without mentioning the "online" study modality. In case the student requires it in Spanish, it can be provided in that language. It will be valid to validate or apostille in Latin America.

 
 

What job opportunities will you have when you graduate from the Undergraduate Degree in Psychology program?

As a graduate, you will be able to work professionally in various public or private sector organizations related to human behavior. By virtue of this you will be able to venture into the educational, social, business and health fields in general.

The positions you can work at are:

  • Behavioral health
  • Social services leader
  • HR leader
  • Employee training consultant

Average Salary – USA
$ 72,694 (annually)

Average Salary – Florida
$ 71,179 (annually)

Labor market growth to 2028 – Florida
14.9%

Job openings to 2028 – Florida
134,047
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics United States.

Meet your professors

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Iván Montes Iturrizaga
Professor
La Salle University Linkedin
Degrees
Doctor in Educational Science - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PE)
Advanced training course in rational emotive and cognitive behavioral theory and techniques - Albert Ellis institute, New York (USA)
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Eduardo Franco Chalco
Teaching researcher
University of María Auxiliadora Linkedin
Degrees
Bachelor of Psychology at the Catholic University of Santa María
Master of Statistics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PE)
PhD in Psychology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (CL)
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Benito Manuel Rosas García
In Terapia
Director
Degrees
Doctor, Psicología Dinámica y Clínica, Universidad La Sapienza (IT)
Master, Adicciones, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (PE)
Master, Psicoterapia Hypnótica Ericksoniana, Scuola Italiana Di Ipnosi (IT)

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