2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Psychology
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Psychological Sciences
Emily Bovier, Chair
402 Mahar Hall
315-312-4013
www.oswego.edu/psychology
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Psychology—the scientific study of human and animal behavior and how such knowledge can be applied—is useful in many contexts, including health care, education, business, industry, sports and law. SUNY Oswego’s Department of Psychological Sciences offers a superior program taught in an exciting atmosphere.
The Department of Psychological Sciences offers both a major BA and a minor in psychology. In both programs, students explore psychological science and behavior from the viewpoint of objective research. Through the application of scientific reasoning and methodology to the study of complex psychological subject matter, our majors acquire the analytical and critical thinking skills valued in the contemporary career marketplace. The rigorous curriculum also provides graduates with the strong, broad background in the field required for admission to graduate programs in psychology or related fields.
The Department of Psychological Sciences also offers a multidisciplinary BA/MBA program jointly with the School of Business. The program is designed to prepare Oswego psychology graduates for careers in business. At the conclusion of the program students receive a BA in Psychology, a minor in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration.
The Psychology/Human Computer Interaction (HCI) program is another multidisciplinary program offered jointly by the Department of Psychology and the HCI Program that is designed to allow students who are interested in pursuing an advanced degree in HCI to complete both degrees in a shortened time frame. Students receive a BA in Psychology and a MA in Human Computer Interaction upon successful completion of the program.
All students enrolled in Department of Psychological Sciences major programs are encouraged to engage in hands-on work in their area of interest. Students may elect to work on research projects with individual faculty or to pursue advanced research or independent study of their own. The department has excellent resources to support research in comparative and physiological psychology, evolutionary psychology, perceptual processes, human and animal learning, social psychology, experimental psychology and statistics, human factors, cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, gender and sexuality, psychology and law, health psychology and multicultural psychology.
Several faculty have federally funded and unfunded research projects that students can become involved with including the areas of infant perception, cardiovascular reactivity, and other areas of ongoing investigation.
The Department of Psychological Sciences is very proud to be home to an active chapter of Psi Chi, the national honors society in Psychology, as well as an active Psychology Club that is open to all interested students.
Because of very heavy student interest in the programs offered by the Department of Psychological Sciences, admission of first-year students and both internal and external transfer students may be restricted. Consult the Admissions Office (315-312-2250) or the Department of Psychological Sciences (315-312-4013) for current admissions requirements.
The Department of Psychological Sciences cosponsors the following programs. The department has a representative-advisor to consult with those interested in the Cognitive Science program and to advise psychology majors who wish to build an elective sequence in this area.
Cognitive Science – BA Degree
Cognitive Science – BS Degree
Linguistics – BA Degree
Philosophy-Psychology Joint Major – BA Degree
The Graduate Advanced Certificate Program - Interdisciplinary Trauma Studies - is cosponsored by the Department of Psychological Sciences.
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