Psychology Degree Program

What will you learn?

Why people do the things they do is an age-old question. Psychology is the study that aims to answer this question by studying the human mind and behaviour using careful observation, experimentation and analysis.

 

Besides just being scientific, Psychologists also need to be creative in the way they apply scientific findings. They are innovators, evolving new approaches to meet the changing needs of people, organizations, and societies.

Our Psychology degree program exposes you to the tremendously varied field of Psychology. We equip you with the theoretical knowledge and practical training to conduct both basic and applied research, serve as consultants to communities and organizations and diagnose and treat people. You will gain insight into the human mind and their behavior, enabling you to explore the processes involved in normal and abnormal thoughts, feelings and actions. Major fields of study include:

• Clinical Psychology
  This study focuses on assessing and treating mental, emotional and behavioural disorders.

• Counselling Psychology
  Learn how to help people accommodate to change and deal with problems in their everyday lives using various techniques.

• Development Psychology
  This study focuses on the physiological, cognitive and social development of human beings throughout their lives, and also developmental disabilities and their effects on the individual.

• Educational Psychology
  This study involves learning the effective teaching and learning methods to influence a student’s motivation and classroom behaviour.

• Experimental Psychology
  This study focuses on the behaviour processes of human beings and animals. Prominent areas of study include motivation, learning, attention, sensory and perceptual process, substance abuse and its effects, cognition, as well as genetic and neurological factors affecting human behaviour.

• Forensic Psychology
  This study focuses on psychological principles applied to legal issues.

• Industrial/Organisational Psychology
  This study focuses on principles and research methods applied to the work place to improve productivity and quality of work.

• School Psychology
  This study involves classroom management strategies and skills, parenting skills, how to deal with substance abuse, students with disabilities and gifted students.

• Social Psychology
  This study focuses on how a person’s mental life and behaviour is shaped by interaction with other people.

• Sports Psychology
  This study will enable you to help athletes to focus on goals, motivation and dealing with the fear of failure in competition.

 Popular Universities for American University Program (Psychology)

US Universities	Canadian Universities
Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Acadia University
Iowa State University	Trent University
Michigan State University	University of Lethbridge
University at Buffalo	University of Manitoba
University of Central Arkansas	University of New Brunswick
University of Kansas	University of Saskatchewan
University of Missouri-Columbia	University of Windsor
University of Missouri-Kansas City	University of Winnipeg
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Oklahoma-Norman
University of Iowa
Wichita State University
Winona State University

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