The Psychology Major’s flexible curriculum comprises introductory, foundational and advanced courses, culminating in a final capstone course taken during your senior year. Throughout your time in the program, you'll have the opportunity to develop applied skills through rigorous and highly focused experiential learning in community-based internships and research laboratories.
Psychology is the science of human behavior and mental processes. This includes the study of the body-mind connections, the brain, and human cognitive, emotional and social interactions. The TUJ major in psychological studies touches on many different areas of psychology such as neuroscience, clinical, social, cognitive, and developmental psychology, as well as gender, sexuality and cross-cultural aspects of psychology in the Japanese context.
Psychological Studies Program is a knowledge/skills-based major that can prepare students for graduate-level programs in psychology, counseling, education, medicine and other health-related areas. Students learn methods to conduct psychological research, including statistical analysis, scientific reasoning and problem solving. Students are also expected to write academic papers in the American Psychological Association writing style. The program offers a wide spectrum of different courses and this is a highly customizable major applicable to many career paths.
TUJ Psychological Studies Program offers very unique cross-cultural perspectives in psychology, with the special emphasis on global and Japan related phenomena and the international team of instructors helps students to develop psychological skills beneficial in the diverse and multicultural modern world.
SAMPLE CURRICULUM
An overview of required courses.
Introductory Courses
- Introduction to Psychology or Honors: Introduction to Psychology
- Careers in Psychology
- Statistics for Psychology
- Critical Thinking in Psychology
Required Major Electives
Psychology Science Requirement (One of the following)
- Human Biology
- General Biology I
- General Biology II
- Introduction to Organismal Biology
- Introduction to Biomolecules, Cells and Genomes
- General Botany
- Introduction to Chemistry I and Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory I
- Introduction to Chemistry II and Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory II
- Applications of Chemistry
- General Chemistry I and General Chemistry Laboratory I
- General Chemistry II and General Chemistry Laboratory II
- Physical Geology
- Physical Geography
- Human Anatomy and Physiology I
- Human Anatomy and Physiology II
- Introduction to General Physics I
Developmental/Clinical/Social Foundation Courses (Two of the following)
- Foundations of Psychopathology
- Foundations of Developmental Psychology
- Foundations of Social Psychology
- Foundations of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Foundations of Health Psychology
Brain and Cognitive Sciences Foundation Courses (Two of the following)
- Foundations of Cognitive Psychology
- Foundations of Learning and Behavior Analysis
- Foundations of Sensation and Perception
- Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience
- Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience
Required Methods Course
- Conducting Psychological Research
Advanced Courses (3000-3620)
Select three of the following:
- Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology
- Advanced Undergraduate Statistics
- Affective Neuroscience
- Topics: Brain, Behavior and Cognition
- Direct Applications of Behavioral Principles
- The Science of Sleep
- Topics: Clinical
- Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice
- Child Psychopathology and Treatment
- Phases of Development: Infancy
- Psychological Testing: Measuring IQ, Thoughts, Feelings, and Attitudes
- Personality, Social and Emotional Development
- Cognitive and Language Development
- Neuroscience of Development and Aging
- Social Cognition
- Psychology of Power, Oppression, and Privilege
- Personnel Psychology
- Human Performance Improvement
- Psychopharmacology
- Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- Advanced Topics in Health Psychology
- Social Health Psychology
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Clinical Applications of Health Psychology
- History and Systems of Psychology
- Topics in Psychology
- Forensic Psychology
Psychology Elective
One additional course at the Foundation Level or the Advanced Level (2000-3620).
Capstone Course
Seniors only - minimum of 90 credits completed and completion of PSY 3096
- Capstone in Psychology
FEATURED COURSES
A list of recently offered electives.
PSY 3002 Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology
PSY 3151 Direct Application of Behavioral Principles
PSY 3620 Psychology of Extremism
PSY 3620 Clinical Sexology in the Japanese Context
PSY 3151 Direct Application of Behavioral Principles
PSY 3620 Psychology of Extremism
PSY 3620 Clinical Sexology in the Japanese Context