The program offers a spectrum of courses designed to provide the student with a broad background in these areas. At both the M. A. and Ph. D. levels of study, the student must take a combination of specified and elective courses and complete a research thesis. Interested students should feel free to contact social psychology faculty members for any additional information. Personality study attempts to understand the individual by looking at one's consistencies at specific times, in specific situations, and across times and situations. Personality psychology thus studies individuals and individual differences.
Most universities have courses and programs oriented toward personality study.
Professional employment includes university teaching and research appointments as well as consultanships with private and public agencies and groups.