University of West Georgia

===Psychology program===
The university is one of only two public universities in the United States offering a psychology program with a [[humanistic]] and transpersonal focus. In 1967, Mike Arons, a student of [[Abraham Maslow]], [[Paul Ricoeur]], and Jim Klee became chair of the West Georgia psychology department. Jim Thomas, then on the psychology faculty at West Georgia, and others had asked Maslow to recommend someone to them to initiate a humanistic emphasis there, and Arons was Maslow's recommendation.<ref>{{Cite web| title = History| publisher = UWG Department of Psychology | url = http://www.westga.edu/~psydept/history.htm| access-date = 1 February 2009}}</ref>

The department has offered a Ph.D. in psychology since the fall of 2011.  In February 2011 The Ph.D., "Psychology: Consciousness and Society," was approved by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

The psychology department has the most diverse student base within the University of West Georgia, with many of the doctoral students coming from Ivy League and other first-tier universities. Many of the students are either international or have had experience living abroad.<ref>{{Cite web| title = UWG Psychology Student Knowledge Base | publisher = UWG Psychology Students. 16 Dec 2011. | url = http://uwgpsychology.org | access-date = 16 December 2011}}</ref>