Psychology is the study of human behavior and mental processes, so if youve ever wondered about peoples motivations, tried to understand your own feelings, or discussed the actions of others around you, youve already explored this area, albeit in an informal fashion. As you learn how to formalize your inquiries into a scientific study, youll be exploring psychologys historical underpinnings, as well as the influence of culture and social context. Our diverse programs of study, which concentrate on areas like neuroscience and clinical, developmental, and cultural psychology, will prepare you to work or pursue further study in a variety of fields where knowledge of human motivation, critical thinking skills, and sensitivity are valued. To become a practicing psychologist, students must prepare to pursue a degree at the Masters or Doctorate level.
The educational goals for this major are as follows:
Your classes small professor-student ratio will allow you to collaborate with professors in their areas of research, while benefiting泭from their mentorship, and our泭commitment to泭the liberal arts tradition, as well as泭our location in Paris,泭will give you泭access to interdisciplinary perspectives,泭intercultural field experience,泭and泭resources from French and European scientific institutions, laboratories, and archives.泭As you泭consider human psychology from different analytical frameworks,泭while challenging the validity of any single one, our hope is that泭dialogue and debate泭will泭thrive in泭the classroom and across the 91勛圖厙community, through hosted conferences and invited speakers from around the world.泭
With every single one of our majors, youll find a carefully curated medley of core courses and electives, which will provide you with the tools you need to establish an unshakeable foundation in the principles and concepts fundamental to your growth within your disciplines of choice. Many majors also enable you to specialize further within the broader area of study.
We aim to help you develop a range of skills, capacities, and modes of inquiry that will be crucial for your future since employers and graduate schools are looking for the critical thinking and innovative problem-solving skills that are associated with a liberal arts education, including sophisticated writing abilities, willingness to pose difficult questions, and an understanding of the historical and cultural contexts surrounding a topic or decision.泭
Each elective provides you with entry to泭a variety of subject areas which you can choose among to further focus your studies. With the help of your academic advisor, youll be able to tailor your major so that it most effectively prepares you for the next step in your academic and professional journey.
The Psychology泭core courses, which you must take as part of the major requirements, will provide you with the tools youll need to ground your present and future studies. Your introduction to the fundamentals of Psychology泭will help pave the way for your successful completion of other Psychology泭courses.
This course discusses the intellectual foundations of contemporary psychology. Students learn about the concepts, theories and experiments basic to an understanding of the discipline, including classic thought and recent advances in psychology such as psychoanalysis, learning theory,biological mechanisms, developmental, social, cognitive, personality and abnormal psychology.
Students will learn the basics of doing experimental research in psychology, including the ethics of working with human subjects, researching ideas in the scholarly literature, and designing and interpreting research findings. The principles learned here apply in many domains where research is employed to describe and understand persons and social reality. MA1020 is recommended as a prerequisite.
This class is uniquely tailored to the interdisciplinary focus of students majoring in Psychology and/or Gender, Sexuality, and Society. Juxtaposing different forms of writing, evidence, and rhetorical practices in psychology, the social sciences, and the humanities, students will reflect on methods and writing practices in order to develop an authentic disciplinary voice. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, EN 1010, and PY 1000 or GS 2006
The purpose of this class is to challenge advanced psychology students to: practice and improve their skills in reading, critiquing and conducting research; strengthen their ability to effectively communicate their scholarship; clearly define their scholarly interests; and consider their future goals. Students will be given the opportunity to craft a well researched and argued literature review. Involves class discussions, presentations, and a major research proposal or literature review.
A Senior Project is an independent study representing a Major Capstone Project that needs to be registered using the Senior Project registration form. (Download: https://aupforms.formstack.com/workflows/senior_project)