This question has been addressed (very well) by the American Psychological Association:  http://www.apa.org/education/undergrad/psych-career.aspx.

If you view our application materials, you will see there is no separate category or designation identifying you as an ‘online only’ student.  We are a brick and mortar university and all of the courses required for our Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Psychology are offered as traditional ‘face-to-face’ classes.  However, we have also placed […]

Yes.  NSU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) http://www.sacs.org/ .   This accreditation means that NSU’s accreditation through SACS covers each academic program that NSU offers including the Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.  Your courses will transfer to any other accredited school in the U.S. and your degree will […]

Go to https://www.nsula.edu/admissions/ and follow all steps to admission including:

Apply for admission at http://www.applyweb.com/aw?nsula.  This form is available to be filled out and submitted online. There is a $25 application fee that can be paid electronically. Students can log into the “Activity Log” to see the date the application is actually “received” by the […]

The student must have completed a FAFSA form before financial aid eligibility can be calculated. The FAFSA can be found at www.fafsa.ed.gov.

The following financial aid forms are available on the web (https://www.nsula.edu/financialaid/forms/) in PDF format to be downloaded, printed, and mailed back to the Financial Aid Office:

• NSU Scholarship Application
• NSU Financial Aid Data Form […]
  

After you have completed your online application and have been accepted to NSU, please contact the Department of Psychology by emailing us at psychology@nsula.edu or calling us at 318-357-6594 so we can assign you an academic advisor. Advisor assignments are matched based on the student’s last name initial and the faculty member responsible for […]

Once you have been approved for admission, you can complete a degree audit that will tell you which courses you need to complete in order to receive your degree:

٠Go to https://my.nsula.edu/ and choose “Degree Audit” under “Faculty and Advising”.

٠Online courses that are available each semester can be found by going to the eNSU website https://www.nsula.edu/ensu/course-offerings/.  […]

In order to find out what courses will transfer and what they will count for in your degree at NSU, you will need to send your transcripts to NSU and have then evaluated by our Registrar.  The Registrar will evaluate your transcripts as part of the admission process.

٠Send transcripts (high school or other college) or […]

If you have completed less than 30 hours at NSU, you will have to contact your advisor for assistance in registering for courses.  If you are unsure of your advisor, please see question #5 and contact the faculty member which is responsible for your last name initial (see pages 3-4 for faculty contact information).

If you […]

Fees and tuition can be paid online. Visit the following websites for more information:
http://businessaffairs.nsula.edu/tuition-and-fees/ or https://www.nsula.edu/ensu/tuition-and-fees/

٠Out-of-state students who live outside the state of Louisiana and who do not take any on-campus (face-to-face) courses at NSU are not charged out-of-state fees.   Let me repeat this as we get asked this question more than any other: […]