The curriculum of the program offered by Drew University?provides a grounding in all the main core areas of the discipline, but also allows opportunities for students to do independent research and to study specialized, interdisciplinary and applied topics.

Because the total number of credits required to complete the major is limited, students are also able to take advantage of the full range of liberal arts courses offered at Drew. Our pedagogy promotes a high quality education by emphasizing excellence in teaching, research methodology, experiential learning, mentoring, independent study and utilization of technology.

Learning Goals

If you graduate as a successful psychology major from Drew University, you can expect the following:

• You will be familiar with the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings and historical trends in psychology.
• You will understand and be able to apply basic research methods in psychology, including research design, data analysis, and interpretation.
• You will learn to respect and use critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry, and, when possible, the scientific approach to solve problems related to behavior and mental processes.
• You will be able to apply psychological principles to personal, social, and organizational issues. This includes the development of insight into your own and others? behavior and mental processes and application of effective strategies for self-management and self-improvement.
• You will be able to communicate effectively to a professional/scientific community.