Course description
Specialization in Psychology is designed for Psychology majors interested in careers that apply psychological principles to the world of work. Our graduates work in a variety of areas such as benefits, training, recruiting, compensation, human resources, market research, sales, computer systems, teaching, school psychology, and health care management. The specialization retains the dual purpose of preparing undergraduates for advanced work in I/O Psychology and Human Resources (HR) graduate programs while providing them with business-oriented knowledge and skills to facilitate immediate entry into the workforce.
Learning Outcome
- Upon completion of this course
students shall able to:
- Clearly define
psychology
- Understand and compare
the major perspectives in psychology
- Describe different
research methods in psychology with their benefits and drawbacks
- Recognize how people
sense and give meaning to their environment
- Understand and appreciate
learning new behaviour from different theoretical bases.
- Recognize memory
processes
- Explain motivational
and emotional processes
- Comprehend the
development of personality
- Describe the characteristics of major psychological
Course Content
- Developmental
Psychology: Adolescence
- Health Psychology
- Abuse, Neglect, and the Psychological Dimensions of
Intimate Violence (DSS)
- Behavior Assessment and Intervention I
- Mental Aspects of Sports Performance
- Behavioral Assessment and Intervention II
- History and Systems of Psychology
- Introduction to Interviewing and Counseling (CI)
- Educational Psychology for Teachers
Compulsory Reading Materials
- Passer, W.M., Smith, R.E., Atkinson, M.L., Mitchell, J.B. & Muir, D.W. (2011). Psychology: Frontiers and applications, 4th Canadian Edition, Toronto, ON: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Optional Reading Materials
- Wade, C., Tavris, C., Saucier, D., & Elias,
L. Psychology. 2nd
Canadian Edition with MyPsychLab. Toronto, Ontario: Pearson Education Canada,
Inc., 2007.
- Hock, R. Forty
Studies that Changed Psychology. 6th Edition. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009.