Overview
How do people perceive the world? What motivates them? How do children learn? What makes us angry, or sad, or happy or depressed? How does the brain work?
These are just some of the questions you'll be able to explore in SUNY Cortland’s Psychology Department. And as you explore, you’ll benefit from far-ranging faculty expertise, innovative teaching and leading-edge technological resources.
Choose areas of study that interest you. Learn from a multitalented faculty who are experts in educational psychology, personality/social, abnormal psychology, learning, cognition, emotion, neuroscience, psychopharmacology and psychology of the exceptional child.
Practice the methods of psychology in such real-world settings as schools, counseling centers, or social service agencies. Add depth to your learning by conducting research in Cortland's first-rate laboratories.
A Cortland psychology degree can lay the groundwork for graduate school in psychology, education or social work; for law school or medical school; and for careers in research, applied psychology, counseling and a variety of other fields.
Student Profile
Tanisha Billy
A life-changing semester abroad in Ghana taught Tanisha Billy to rely on herself and boosted her self confidence. Now she advocates for international education and serves as an ambassador for a school in Kenya.
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- Matthew Cranson Exemplifies AmeriCorps Service September 01, 2010
- Childhood Autism Specialist to Discuss Technology Tools April 08, 2010
- Speaker Discusses Schizophrenia and Race on Feb. 18 February 04, 2010
Majors/Minors
Student Research Projects
The Effect of Cue Salience on Visual Orienting
Shirleen M. McClarren
Pilot Study: The Effect of Video Gaming On Attention-Related EEG Activity
Whitney R. Creager and Bryant Withers
A Comparison of Visual Orienting and Parental–Report Ratings of Attention Behavior
Melissa J. Jenks and Ivano R. Iaia
