Linda Gallahan, Assistant Professor Arthur Kohn, Assistant Professor Todd Schultz, Assistant Professor Psychology can be defined as the empirical analysis of mind and behavior. The department members believe that reliable knowledge of psychological processes represents a necessary condition for meaningful action in the world. Psychology is a versatile, inherently interdisciplinary, and multi-methodological enterprise. Because we support the traditional aims of liberal arts education, we help students learn how to think clearly and critically, challenge orthodox assumptions, organize and present complicated information, make use of both qualitative and quantitative methods, write well, and develop a commitment to ideals of scholarship and lifelong learning. Initial requirements for the major in Psychology include Introduction to Psychology, Experimental Psychology, and Behavior Statistics.
Students choose from a broad approach, and other times are strictly theoretical or applied.
The course of study concludes with a required, year long Senior Research Project in which students reflect over the field, consolidate knowledge from previous classes, and form and test hypotheses of their own. The research project culminates in a written thesis of high quality. This course provides a cross-cultural review of general principles of human psychology. Fills cross-cultural core requirement. Psy 180 Lifespan Human Development A survey of human development and developmental theories from conception until death focusing on physical, cognitive, and social changes that occur across the lifespan.