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Make life better for the people and populations around you. With a focus on real-world application, Walden’s online degrees in psychology are designed to help you turn inspiration into action and knowledge into power.
From teaching and research to consulting and program evaluation, our online psychology degree programs emphasize vital skills that are relevant in a number of settings and fields. You’ll be supported along the way by a community of fellow change agents dedicated to making a positive impact.
Choose from psychology programs at undergraduate and graduate levels, and tailor your studies with a variety of program options.
Our dedicated faculty, who are active in their fields and communities, bring firsthand experiences and insights to every class.
Benefit from robust student services that include our online University Library, Writing Center, and Academic Skills Center.
Walden’s Education for Good® philosophy is woven into each program, giving you the skills you need to create social change.
Extend your research skills beyond our core requirements. Coursework includes survey research, tests/measurement, advanced mixed-methods analysis, and multivariate analysis.
This PhD in Psychology specialization focuses on classic educational psychology theory and how to use testing and measurement, with emphasis on adult learners.
Focuses on the intersection of psychology and health. Coursework explores health psychology, biopsychology, psychoneuroimmunology, and how to change health behavior.
Focuses on how our thinking is affected by social context. It includes a focus on social cognition/attitudes, survey research, and applied social psychology.
Design your own program of study. This specialization provides you with maximum flexibility to create a program that closely matches your personal and professional goals.
Prepare yourself as a leader and administrator in the field of human development. The Administration and Leadership specialization focuses on the latest theories and research in developmental psychology and equips you with knowledge and skills in the areas of organizational behavior, leadership development, and consulting.
Apply the latest theories and research on child development, abnormal psychology, behavior analysis, and health issues affecting children and adolescents.
Gain knowledge of how to conduct both quantitative and qualitative research, as well as how to critically review the latest research in human development.
Gain an understanding of the relationship between health, health behavior, and human development. You’ll learn to apply the latest theories and research in developmental psychology to real-world situations in the healthcare industry or within human and social services.
The Self-Designed specialization lets you design your own program of study. This offering provides you with maximum flexibility to design a program that closely matches your personal and professional goals.
Focus on how cultures impact human development, explains international perspectives on human development, and describes how current global crises such as terrorism, genocides, mass migration, refugee crises impact development including health and mental health of global population under crises.
Apply developmental theories and the latest research in human development to the science of learning and instruction.
Combining advanced I/O theory, methods, and research with perspectives on the global business environment, this doctoral specialization can prepare you to face challenges in organizational behavior as a leader in I/O consulting.
Prepare to meet the growing demand for professional certified coaches in corporations, health and wellness, general business, government agencies, educational institutions, and other types of businesses.
Deepen your scholarly and practical knowledge of workplace and organizational behavior, with a specific focus on how the science of industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology applies to employee assessment, selection, performance management, motivation, work attitudes, leadership, and organizational behavior and development.
Enhance your scholarly and practical understanding of the relationship between industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology and human resource management (HRM) practices in today’s diverse workplaces.
The Self-Designed specialization allows you to create a unique learning program to deepen your understanding of I/O psychology.
Discover how you can work with police departments or other law enforcement agencies assisting in officer selection and training, stress management, critical incident stress debriefing, hostage negotiations, and selection of special operations officers.
Examine probation and parole services, corrections, and their interaction in the criminal justice system. You will explore the many ways you can collaborate with the court system as you gain a basic understanding of expert testimony, jury selection, and eyewitness testimony.
Dive more deeply into the experience of the victim as well as that of first responders who may experience vicarious traumatization by working closely with victims.
Gain a broad understanding of the forensic psychology field and how its principles are applied in a range of settings, from correctional institutions to court systems to community-based programs.
Gain a broad understanding of the intersection between forensic psychology and criminal justice fields. This self-designed specialization allows you to create a unique learning program to deepen your knowledge of forensic psychology as well as focus on criminal justice practice and theory.
Gain leadership insights that will prepare you to effectively manage crisis situations. You will explore definitions of leadership, major theoretical leadership models, and contextual and situational factors related to leadership and change.
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