THE MARIANO Marcos State University will offer Bachelor of Science in Psychology starting Academic Year 2022-2023.

The Board of Regents gave the go signal during their regular meeting held on October 14.

Prof. Christine Joy Lim, program-in-charge and faculty member of the College of Arts and Sciences-Department of Social Sciences, said the move will expand opportunities for psychology professionals.

“As our province is also developing economically with the influx of multi-national companies investing here, the need to outsource workforces can be minimized by supplying more BS Psychology graduates from MMSU,” Lim said.

BS Psychology can also be considered as a pre-medicine course and for pre-law and business management courses.

MMSU President Dr. Shirley Agrupis said the university is working on the development of the laboratory and completion of library resources for students who will take the course.

“Competent and high-caliber professors of the program will surely develop industry-ready graduates, thereby contributing to national development,” Agrupis said.