Psychology

Psychology is a scientific discipline that employs systematic methods of inquiry to study and explain human behavior, both normal and abnormal in terms of a variety of underlying variables. Physiological, environmental and cognitive processes; developmental factors and individual differences, and social and interpersonal influences and contexts are used to study human behavior. Topics offered in areas such as psychobiology, learning and memory, motivation, perception, cognition measurement, personality, clinical, social, developmental, community and health psychology.

Students who continue on into a bachelor's and master's programs can find employment opportunities in the medical, teaching, counseling and social welfare fields.