Guidebooks

A resource for Arts & Sciences students, the guidebook focuses on policies, the majors, experiential education, the core curriculum and major requirements. Copies are available in the dean's office, or as PDFs, below.

Psychology
Department's Website

The science of psychology is defined as the study of behavior and mental processes. Psychology is an interdisciplinary science that includes the methods and knowledge derived from natural and other social sciences.

The psychology curriculum explores such topics as the behavior of individuals in groups; personality; human behavioral development from infancy through old age; mental disorders; sensory processes of vision and hearing; animal and human learning; thinking, memory and language; and brain and physiological mechanisms of behavior. In addition to standard lecture classes, course work includes laboratory experimentation and small-group seminars to encourage critical and creative thinking about psychology.

The curriculum enables students to develop a solid scientific background in psychology and prepares students for careers in teaching, business, public service, and research. It also provides the basics for entrance into graduate programs in experimental, clinical, and educational psychology; social work; law; and medicine.