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Psychology Program

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. The discipline embraces all aspects of the human experience, from the functions of the brain to the actions of groups, from child development to care for the aged, from relationships in the workplace to adult romantic relationships to driver behaviors. Across different contexts, such as a laboratory in a university, a mental clinic, a human resources department in a corporation, or a nursery school and using different methodologies and techniques such as surveys, interviews, observations, and experiments, psychologists try to understand human behavior.

METU Northern Cyprus Campus Psychology Program

The undergraduate program is designed to acquaint students with a broad knowledge and basic skills in the main fields of psychology. The required courses aim to equip students with the basics of different fields of psychology, such as social, clinical, developmental, industrial/organizational, physiological, and health psychology, and methodologies employed in psychological research. In addition to the required courses, students are expected to take a minimum of 13 elective courses. Six of these courses are departmental elective courses (see the list below) and aim to provide students with in-depth knowledge in their areas of interest in psychology. Six non-departmental elective courses aim to introduce students other scientific disciplines which are closely related to psychology (e.g., sociology, philosophy, economics, etc.). By offering a broad spectrum of elective courses, the undergraduate program gives the students opportunity to specialize in different areas of psychology and to get familiar with the interdisciplinary nature of social sciences.

Career Opportunities

Students graduating from psychology department can work in hospitals, counseling centers (e.g., health centers of universities), nursery schools and higher level schools, research institutions, or assume administrative and research positions at state institutions. They can also work at various advertisement firms, and other public and private organizations to develop assessment techniques for selection, placement, and to coordinate human relationships, public relations, and human resources. Naturally, the level at which they will be employed and the nature of their responsibilities will tend to vary depending on their post-graduate qualifications and the requirements of the related institutions. A significant number of graduates may also work towards a masters' degree for specialization or study in a Ph.D. program with the goal of becoming an academician.

Curriculum (METU NCC Psychology Program)

FIRST YEAR
First Semester
PSYC 101	Introduction to Psychology I	(4-0) 4
PSYC 113	Research Methods in Psych. I	(3-2) 4
SOCL 109	Introduction to Sociology	(3-0) 3
BIOL 106	General Biology	(3-0) 3
ENGL 101	Development of Reading and Writing Skills I	(4-0) 4
TUR 101 (a)	Turkish I	(2-0) NC
CNG 100	Introduction to Information Technologies and Applications	(2-0) NC
Second Semester
PSYC 102	Introduction to Psychology II	(4-0) 4
PSYC 116	Statistics for Psychology I	(3-2) 4
	Non-Dept. Elective (PHL)	(3-0) 3
	Non-Dept. Elective (SOCL)	(3-0) 3
ENGL 102	Development of Reading and Writing Skills II	(4-0) 4
TUR 102 (a)	Turkish II	(2-0) NC
SECOND YEAR
Third Semester
PSYC 217	Statistics for Psychology II	(3-2) 4
PSYC 221	Developmental Psychology I	(4-0) 4
PSYC 251	Social Psychology I	(4-0) 4
PSYC 281	Exp. Psychology I: Learning	(4-0) 4
ENGL 211	Academic Oral Presentation Skills	(3-0) 3
HST 201 (b)	Principles of Kemal Atatürk I	(2-0) NC
Fourth Semester
PSYC 214	Research Methods in Psych. II	(3-2) 4
PSYC 222	Developmental Psychology II	(4-0) 4
PSYC 252	Social Psychology II	(4-0) 4
PSYC 284	Cognitive Psychology II	(4-0) 4
	Non-Dept. Elective (ECO)	(3-0) 3
HST 202 (b)	Principles of Kemal Atatürk II	(2-0) NC
THIRD YEAR
Fifth Semester
PSYC 331	Testing & Meas. in Psych.	(3-2) 4
PSYC 355	Industrial Psychology	(3-2) 4
PSYC 340	Theories of Personality	(4-0) 4
	Departmental Elective	(3-0) 3
	Non-Dept. Elective	(3-0) 3
PSYC 300	Summer Practice	NC
Sixth Semester
PSYC 342	Psychopathology	(4-0) 4
PSYC 374	Biological Psychology	(3-2) 4
	Non-Dept. Elective	(3-0) 3
	Non-Dept. Elective	(3-0) 3
ENGL 311	Adv. Communication Skills	(3-0) 3
FOURTH YEAR
Seventh Semester
PSYC 442	Clinical Psychology	(4-0) 4
PSYC 449	Intro. to Health Psychology	(4-0) 4
	Departmental Elective	(3-0) 3
	Departmental Elective	(3-0) 3
Eighth Semester
	Free Elective	(3-0) 3
	Departmental Elective	(3-0) 3
	Departmental Elective	(3-0) 3
	Departmental Elective	(3-0) 3

(a) Foreign students will take TUR 201 and TUR 202, which may be taken in the first year by the consent of the advisor.

(b) Foreign students will take HST 400 instead of HST 201 and HST 202

ELECTIVE COURSES:

• PSYC 240 Coping with Stress
• PSYC 272 Human Nervous System
• PSYC 282 Experimental Psychology II: Perception
• PSYC 301 Background in Psychology
• PSYC 302 Visual Perception
• PSYC 312 Experimental Design and Analysis
• PSYC 320 Topics in Developmental Psychology
• PSYC 321 Cognitive Development
• PSYC 322 Social Development
• PSYC 332 Intelligence Testing
• PSYC 336 Organizational Psychology
• PSYC 341 Psychology of Adjustment
• PSYC 343 Topics in Clinical Psychology
• PSYC 345 Speech And Language Pathology
• PSYC 347 Counseling the Communicatively Disordered
• PSYC 349 Aging and Communication Disorders
• PSYC 350-353 Topics in Social Psychology
• PSYC 352 Environment and Behavior
• PSYC 354 Introduction to Traffic Psychology
• PSYC 357 Culture and Relationship
• PSYC 358 Social Identity, Majority- Minority Relations and Acculturation
• PSYC 371 Emotion
• PSYC 372 Motivation and Emotion
• PSYC 380 Topics in Experimental Psychology
• PSYC 381 Cognitive Processes I
• PSYC 382 Cognitive Processes II
• PSYC 384 Speech Perception
• PSYC 385 Introduction to Cognitive Science
• PSYC 386 Auditory Perception
• PSYC 390-399 Workshop
• PSYC 410 General Experimental Psychology
• PSYC 414 Computer Applications in Psychology
• PSYC 420 Experimental Child Psychology
• PSYC 421 Topics in Developmental Psychology
• PSYC 422 Language Acquisition and Development
• PSYC 424 Applied Developmental Psychology
• PSYC 426 Childhood Psychopathology
• PSYC 431 Personality Assessment
• PSYC 432 Job Analysis and Performance Appraisal
• PSYC 434 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• PSYC 436 Job Analysis and Personnel Selection
• PSYC 440 Topics in Clinical Psychology
• PSYC 441 Theories of Psychotherapy
• PSYC 443 Community Psychology
• PSYC 447 Family Therapy Approaches
• PSYC 448 Methods of Family Therapy
• PSYC 450 Topics in Social Psychology
• PSYC 451 Experimental Social Psychology
• PSYC 452 Psychology of Gender
• PSYC 454 Social Psychological View of Media
• PSYC 455 Psychology of the Self and Attachment
• PSYC 456 Applied Social Psychology
• PSYC 460 Issues in Contemporary Psychology
• PSYC 470 Systems and Theories in Psychology
• PSYC 483 Psychopharmacology