心理学 Major

心理学

The Discipline of 心理学 seeks to develop graduates who are well prepared to proceed to graduate training or to employment. The faculty perceives its responsibility as going beyond instruction, to challenge and to stimulate students, and to develop students' commitment to academic excellence, social responsibility, and professionalism. The ultimate aim is to facilitate acquisition of knowledge and experience on which students may build in order to make significant contributions to psychology as a profession and assume leadership roles within their communities.

心理学 is a basic science of human behavior and mental processes. The goals of the 心理学 Department are:

- to contribute to the understanding of humanity through scientific inquiry into the behavior of living organisms by means of a range of research methods
- to provide fundamental training for mental health practitioners or professionals and researchers in the field of human behavior and development

Students who complete the psychology program will be able to:

- define and use appropriately the important concepts of contemporary psychology;
- identify the major historical and contemporary theories of psychology;