College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

Mission Statement

The mission of the Argosy University’s College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences is to prepare students to become skilled, professional practitioners, who can function ethically and effectively within multicultural settings and with diverse populations. The College demonstrates its commitment to academic excellence and integrity by providing high quality instruction, delivered in convenient formats by scholar/practitioner faculty, which leads to careers in a wide variety of practitioner and applied fields. Graduates of the College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential for meeting the highest standards of professional service.

Privacy

Personal growth and development is considered necessary to becoming an effective counselor. As a result, courses incorporate strategies for promoting such growth. These experiences may include, among others, journaling, reflecting on one’s difficulties with the counseling process, identifying and sharing personal issues and history that may hinder effective and culturally sensitive counseling, and sharing personal experiences with bias and discrimination. We recognize the sensitivity necessary to create an environment of safety for such sharing, and expect faculty and students to conduct themselves in a way that promotes such safety. One necessary component in creating safety is the faith that one’s disclosures will be held in confidence. Therefore, we expect students to keep confidential any material shared in class and in course assignments. Also, students enrolled in the clinical psychology degree programs should review the “Non-Academic Competence Policy” and the “Guidelines for Students’ Sharing Affective Experiences and Reactions to Didactic and Clinical Material” described in the Master of Arts (MA) in Clinical Psychology degree program  and the Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in Clinical Psychology degree program .