The Department of Psychology has a complete discipline training system, covering many mainstream research directions such as developmental psychology, social psychology, counseling psychology and cognitive psychology. Its professional strength in the field of adolescent mental health guidance and group psychological research is outstanding, so it is sought after by many overseas students who intend to engage in psychological counseling, mental health education and social psychological research work.
In daily teaching, the department not only imparts systematic psychological theoretical knowledge, but also arranges students to enter schools, community service centers and psychological counseling institutions for practical observation and auxiliary counseling work. It pays attention to training students' ability to observe psychological changes and solve practical psychological confusion, and combines the psychological characteristics of people in different cultural environments to carry out differentiated teaching for international students.
The department has a professional psychological behavior research laboratory, which can carry out standardized psychological experiment research and data sorting work. The teachers of the department have rich experience in cross-cultural psychological research, and have in-depth research on the psychological adaptation problems of overseas groups, adolescent psychological growth and other practical topics. Graduates can be engaged in school psychological counseling, social group mental health service, psychological industry research and other work in various countries, with stable professional development directions.
Department of Psychology Website(https://www.bc.edu/morrissey/departments/psychology)
