皇后大学

Students have the opportunity to work alongside faculty researchers and graduate students, investigating topics such as sexuality, bullying, mood disorders, and infant cognition.

Psychology asks questions such as:

• Do our perceptions equal reality?
• How does stress affect us?
• How do early experiences affect our development?

Our Introductory Psychology course uses an innovative and engaging course design to build strong foundational knowledge in the psychological sciences. In addition to lectures, students are guided through concepts using a combination of reading, and interactive on-line materials. Students also work in small groups of 6 to explore psychological phenomena and test theories. This is truly a student-centered approach.

Major in Psychology

A major is an intensive course of study in one discipline, with approximately half of your courses within the discipline with room for an optional minor in any other Arts and Science discipline.

Job and Career Opportunities

Psychology occupies a remarkable position among the sciences, spanning a number of related disciplines. The natural-science branch studies basic processes of sensation, perception, memory, attention, thinking, language and behaviour. Psychologists in these areas study a wide variety of problems in humans and animals, such as the effects of brain damage or drug induced changes on behaviour, how various neurochemicals affect normal and abnormal behaviour, how our short-term memory works, or how we problem solve. The social science branch of psychology examines a wide range of problems, such as child development, personality differences, how people act in groups or organizations, and various aspects of normal and abnormal behaviour. Some students go on to complete Masters and Doctoral degrees and find research careers in academia, government and large organizations. Others stress applied aspects and become expert in areas such as the treatment of abnormal behaviour or in personnel selection. Still others who do not go to graduate school use their undergraduate degree as a jump off to law, public administration, education and a wide variety of careers where knowledge of human behaviour is valued.

Where could Psychology students go after graduation?

• Advertising
• Basic and applied research
• Business administration and management
• Child and youth care
• Community development
• Conflict resolution and mediation
• Consumer behaviour
• Corrections
• Counseling
• Career counseling
• Ergonomics
• Forensic assessment
• Health care administration
• Human resources
• Law
• Foreign Service
• Marketing
• Media - electronic and print
• Medicine
• Mental health services
• Neuroscience
• Occupational health and safety
• Occupational therapy
• Physical therapy
• Professor
• Program evaluation
• Psychiatry
• Residental care
• Social work
• Speech language pathology
• Teaching