Red Deer,
AB,
Canada
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Psychology in Red Deer Canada | Red Deer Polytechnic
Red Deer Polytechnic
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Red Deer Canada
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
CAD
23,100
(c. USD16,613.77)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
Explore how biological and environmental influences shape thoughts, feelings, and actions. Develop scientific reasoning, analytical skills, and innovative problem-solving abilities to comprehend human behavior. Your identity is shaped by cognition, emotions, actions, and brain function, which transform how you interact, work, and grow alongside others. Pursuing psychology helps unravel the complexities of human conduct and its underlying motivations (including your own).
Psychology systematically examines mental processes, emotional responses, and behavioral patterns, emphasizing the dynamic relationship between biological factors and environmental influences. This curriculum covers diverse psychological domains—social, cognitive, developmental, clinical, neurobiological, and health psychology—all connected through a wellness-oriented approach and inventive solution-finding.
Through practical community engagement and research projects, you'll gain firsthand experience applying psychological principles to address real-world challenges and foster societal benefits. The competencies cultivated in this program will equip you for careers across multiple industries, advanced studies in psychology or related disciplines, or admission to professional programs like law or medical school.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
Admission requirements for specific programs will often refer to Alberta Grade 12 course groups. If you completed your studies outside of Alberta, please visit our International Course Equivalencies webpage for equivalencies from a variety of countries around the world.
Students applying to Bachelor of Arts in Psychology must have a minimum average of 60% with no mark below 50% in the following courses or their equivalents: ELA 30-1 (ENGL 095)
Math 30-1 (MATH 096) or 30-2 (MATH 092)
3 courses from Groups A, B, C, or D with no more than one course from Group B or D or
Minimum average of 60% with no mark below 50% in the following courses or their equivalents: ELA 30-1 (ENGL 095)
Math 30-1 (MATH 096) or 30-2 (MATH 092)
1 additional course from Groups A, B, C, or D
Group A - Aboriginal Studies 30, English Language Arts (ELA) 30-1, Social Studies 30-1, Language 30 or 35 (other than English)
Group B - Art 30, Art 31, Band 35, Choir 35, Dance 35, Drama 30, Music 35, Performing Arts 35A
Group C - Biology 30, Chemistry 30, Mathematics 30-1 or 30-2, Mathematics 31, Physics 30, Science 30, Five credits of Advanced Level Computer Science (CSE)
Group D - Five credits of course work at the 30, 33 or 35 level
Two 3-credit subjects at the 30 level (excluding Special Projects)
English Language Proficiency
 
- IELTS Academic - 6.5 with at least 5.5 on each band score
- TOEFL - 83 iBT 557 PBT
- CAEL - 60 with at least 55 on each band score
- MET - 61 with at least 58 on each band score
- PTE – 59 with at least 56 on each band score
- Duolingo English Test - 115-125
- Oxford - 7 Overall
Tuition
CAD
23,100