MacEwan University is a prominent institution of higher education located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. With a history dating back to 1971, the university offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across various disciplines, including arts, sciences, business, health, and social sciences. MacEwan University is known for its emphasis on hands-on learning, practical experience, and industry partnerships, ensuring students are well-prepared for their chosen careers. The university's supportive and inclusive environment fosters critical thinking, creativity, and community engagement. MacEwan University is committed to providing quality education, advancing research, and making a positive impact on its students and the community.

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Why do people do what they do? This is the fundamental question that the discipline of psychology attempts to answer. The specific topics that psychologists study can be as diverse as forgiveness, eyewitness testimony and human sexuality. Given such diversity, it’s not surprising that psychology has become a popular field of study for many undergraduates. When you choose a major in psychology, you learn to formulate evidence-based arguments, critically evaluate research findings and identify important ethical issues—skills that are highly valued by employers in both the public and private sector. Students with a strong interest in the influence of biological factors on behaviour, including learning, cognition and memory, typically enrol in the Bachelor of Science, major in psychology and take science-based electives or minors in such disciplines as biological sciences and statistics. Show less

As a first-year student, you explore foundational principles of psychology through introductory courses, including the option of a hybrid course that takes place in class and online. This broad-based approach continues in the second year and helps you discover more specialized interests in either clinical work or research.

If your interests lie in a helping profession, courses in your third and fourth years focus on clinical psychology and assessment. The field placement in clinical psychology provides an opportunity for you to gain relevant practical experience in a mental health setting. If you choose a research path, you can work one-on-one with a faculty supervisor in an individual study course. Whichever path you choose—clinical or research—you benefit from in-depth engagement with your professors who serve as mentors and co-collaborators and connect you to hands-on experiences in the community.

As you move through the program, you gain experience and expertise in critically analyzing material, solving problems, specifying research questions and investigating data at increasingly complex levels. You become more confident engaging with others, presenting your ideas to your peers and evaluating your own work and your classmates’.

Specific Major Requirements
PSYC 104 Introductory Psychology I 3
PSYC 105 Introductory Psychology II 3
PSYC 212 Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology 3

Choose 15 credits from the following: 15
PSYC 223
Developmental Psychology
PSYC 233
Personality
PSYC 241
Social Psychology
PSYC 258
Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 267
Perception
PSYC 275
Brain and Behaviour
PSYC 281
Principles of Behaviour

General Major Requirements
Choose 18 to 36 credits from senior-level PSYC or PABA

Secondary Major or Minor(s)
Students have the option of completing a second Science major, or one or two minors. Minor courses must be completed at the senior-level.

Options
Students can complete up to 15 credits in out-of-faculty options, with no more than 3 credits in physical activity (PACT) courses.

Total Credits: 120

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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