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Bachelor of Psychology Online

BA of Arts in Psychology

Prepare for a transformative career with Naropa’s Bachelor of Psychology Online, merging contemplative teachings and modern psychology.

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Program Overview

Naropa’s BA in Psychology Online integrates contemplative and mindfulness teachings from diverse wisdom traditions with modern psychology and neuroscience. This program equips you with essential skills and compassion to confidently serve others. Choose from concentrations in contemplative neuroscience, psychological science, psychology of health and healing, somatic psychology, or transpersonal and humanistic psychology.

Naropa’s online degree in psychology features tracks in mindfulness and science.
The Mindfulness Track embodies deep listening, presence, compassionate inquiry, and meditation, engaging in Western and contemplative approaches. The Science Track is a combination of traditional psychological research, cognitive neuroscience, and mindfulness.

Through the online BA in Psychology, you will explore yourself, your path, and your appeal to serve. Naropa creates a brave space for students to do deep inner work and explore their own complex identity and inner wisdom. This is an essential step in learning how to guide others.

As an online psychology bachelor’s student, you will study with accomplished and insightful faculty like Jordan Quaglia, PhD, and Jennifer Bacon, PhD.
Dr. Quaglia conducts groundbreaking research on mindfulness, compassion, and lucidity. Dr. Bacon offers Naropa bachelor of psychology students a unique perspective on addressing issues of overrepresentation in special education, racial and gender equity, child advocacy, and writing for social justice.

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Quick Facts

  • Online degree
  • 2 concentration options: mindfulness or science
  • 41 credit hours (of the 120 credits required for a bachelor's degree)
  • Transfer up to 90 semester credits
  • Hands-on, immersive internship
  • Flexible start dates
  • Admissions open for 2025
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Program Format

Naropa University offers a flexible, fully accredited psychology degree online. This four-year program includes 41 credit hours, blending psychology core requirements with concentrations tailored to your interests in contemplative and modern psychology.
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Course Spotlight

Awakening Compassion: Working with Others

This course delves into compassionate action through Mahayana Buddhism’s bodhisattva path and Contemplative Psychology. Students acquire skills like embodied presence, deep listening, and empathic attendance. Practices such as metta and tonglen meditation are emphasized. Practical application is essential, requiring students to engage in attending relationships. The curriculum also delves into compassion’s nuances across various cultural contexts.

Degree
Requirements

A Bachelor of Arts degree (120 credits), consists of a Core Curriculum (24 credits) and at least one major, as well as minors and/or elective courses of the student’s choosing.

For the Online Psychology Major, 41 credit hours are required. 

Online Psychology Major Requirements

Required Courses

Set A (9 Credits)

  • PSYB-101E Introduction to Psychology(3)

  • PSYB-314E Psychology of Mindfulness Meditation(3)

  • PSYB-301E Research Methods and Statistics(3)

Set B (2 Credits)

Take twice for 2 credits:

  • COL-299E Special Topics: Workshop(1)

Mindfulness Track

  • PSYB-325E Awakening Compassion: Working with Others(3)

Science Track

  • PSYB368e Psychology and Neuroscience of Emotion (3)

 

Both Tracks:

Choose at least one course from Set A:

  • PSYB304e Somatic Intelligence (3)

  • PSYB329e Approaches to Healing (3)

  • PSYB354e Transpersonal Psychology (3)

  • PSYB359e Learning from Trauma (3)

Choose at least one course from each Set B:

  • PSYB345e Developmental Psychology (3)

  • PSYB357e Cognitive Science (3)

  • PSYB373e Social Psychology (3)

  • PSYB420e Abnormal Psychology (3)

 
Electives
Choose three additional Psychology courses (9 credits)

Mindfulness Track:

  • PSYB415e Maitri: Working with Emotions (3)

Science Track:

  • PSYB462e Contemplative
    Neuroscience (3)

Both Tracks:

  • COL450e Internship (3)
  • COR340e Capstone I(3)
  • COR440e Capstone II(3)

Total: 41 credits

Why Choose Naropa?

Internship Insights

A culminating internship experience helps online bachelor of psychology students find compelling work in both clinical and research settings. Whether you want to work in leadership, social work, psychology, therapy, education, or alternative health care, your in-depth studies at Naropa will prepare you for a fulfilling career.

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Flexible Start Dates

Naropa University is now offering the option to start the Online BA in Psychology in spring, summer, or fall. This enables students to extend their coursework over more semesters and/or shorten the length of time it takes to complete their degree, providing greater flexibility for academic success.

Faculty & Institutional Mentorship

Receive a quality online education, with faculty mentorship to guide you through this transformative experience. Our Career & Life Development will also help you make the most of your studies, guiding your professional development.

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How this Program Prepares You

Sharpening Intellect

The Online BA in Psychology students will find a broad spectrum of courses, including Western psychology and Eastern approaches to healing mind and body. Some of the curriculum’s diverse course offerings include Perception, Abnormal Psychology, Cognitive Science, Dream Psychology, Hakomi, Nutrition, Psychology of the Five Elements, Expressive Arts, and many others.

Nourishing Compassion

Contemplative education fosters genuine self-kindness and empathy toward others, fueling your commitment to compassion and service. Practical volunteer fieldwork opportunities in a required service-learning course will enhance your interpersonal skills, crucial for professions emphasizing sensitivity.

Career Readiness

Your online bachelor of psychology journey culminates with an enriching internship experience, guiding students to secure meaningful roles in clinical and research environments. Be it leadership, social work, psychology, therapy, education, or alternative health care, Naropa’s comprehensive studies equip you for a rewarding career.

What You'll Learn

Mindfulness

Do inner work to heal yourself and find the tools to heal others.

Hands-on Experience

Apply your knowledge in a hands-on internship in your field.