Undergraduate Studies

The Department of Psychology offers research-based BSc programs that focus on various aspects of behaviour in humans and animals.  Our emphasis is on cognitive, perceptual, social, physiological and genetic bases of behaviour.  As a science program, we adopt an objective approach in which the study of behaviour is grounded in empirical research.

Psychology is the science that examines the structure and organization of behaviour in animals and humans. It is concerned with the means by which behaviour is acquired, and explores the mechanisms of adaptation to the social and physical environments. Emphasis is on cognitive, social, physiological, genetic and other factors that determine or affect behaviour.

Topics covered by Psychology courses are developmental changes in behaviour, learning, the structure and organization of the senses, modes of perceiving and responding to the environment, genetic events that shape behaviour, the origins and implications of drives, motives, conflicts, and emotions, and the wide variety of individual and species differences that are produced by differences in genetic endowment, physiology and past experience.

Announcements

Psychology Program Information Session

DATE: Thursday, April 12th at 4:30pm - 6:30pm  — NO Registration required
LOCATION: 245IB (Instructional Centre)
SPEAKER: Dr. Stuart Kamenetsky, Associate Chair and Undergraduate Director
TOPICS: Degree and program requirements, program enrolment process, types or programs offered, careers in Psychology and related areas.

2012-13 Undergraduate Thesis Application Available
The Psychology Thesis Program provides advanced undergraduate students with an opportunity to conduct an independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member, culminating in a written thesis. Students enrolled in the thesis program (PSY400Y) also attend weekly meetings to discuss: (a) general topics important to conducting research; (b) student research proposals; and (c) the outcomes of research projects.
http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/psychology/sites/files/psychology/public/users/coxjodie/ApplicationPSY400.pdf