This program lets students start undergraduate studies at ASU while they raise their English proficiency and academic grades. They will take a combination of English language and academic courses, and receive extra support to prepare them for degree-level study in the USA. By successfully completing ASU-USA Pathways, they will earn transferable credits and are guaranteed admission to Year 1 of selected ASU majors.

Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior. This diverse field includes mental health and counselling as well as child development, neuroscience and brain function, memory and decision-making, behavior analysis, statistics and crosses into other disciplines such as medicine, law, business, and economics.

Emphasizing critical thinking and reasoning, and quantitative research methods and writing, this program goes beyond the classroom with practical experiences through internships, service-learning and faculty-supervised research. (Some opportunities are not available to students enrolled in the degree offered through ASU Online.)

The BS degree differs from the BA in that it requires two additional lab courses and advanced statistical training, providing a greater depth of knowledge in the biological and neuroscientific aspects of psychology that are increasingly important for bother research and clinical practice. The advanced statistical training further prepares students for careers and graduate training involving psychological research, clinical research and legal policy research.