Psychology

Major Description

The Psychology major involves coursework that explores behavior, emotions, cognitive processes and the factors that influence them from a variety of perspectives.

Requirements for the Psychology major.

Psychology is a pluralistic discipline with roots in and connections to the natural sciences, the social sciences, medicine, and the humanities, and the McDaniel Europe program gives students training in these various roots, providing rigorous theoretical and practical training necessary for a career as a psychologist in medicine, business, and education, as well as preparation for graduate-level work. Psychology students work closely with faculty and other students on research projects, developing their own, individualized research projects in their final year. This work is enhanced with internship opportunities putting students in different, challenging organizational environments in which their growing knowledge of psychology is essential.

Job and Further Study Opportunities

Students completing the Psychology major will find many professional opportunities in business, education, medicine, and public administration. The Psychology major is also the best platform for advancing to graduate programs in counselling, school psychology, education, clinical psychology, psychological science, social work, criminal justice, organizational psychology, behavior analysis, law school and education administration.

Psychology gives a student a wonderful understanding of oneself and of other people, and a sense of how we function in the world and the things that are important to us.
Bernie Weiss
Bernie Weiss
Professor of Psychology

Skills You Get

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Social Psychology

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Behavioral Neuroscience & Analysis

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Research Methods

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Counselling