Program Description
The International Psychology concentration, within the Psychology master's program, provides students with the skills to apply psychological principles to a variety of international settings. The curriculum covers such areas as the social psychology of cultures; stereotyping behavior, attitude, and values; acculturation; and the international psychology of gender.
Students take 24 core credits designed to provide them with a broad, foundational knowledge of psychology, as well as a specific concentration to support their career focus. Coursework consists of 18 credit hours in foundational psychology (core courses), six credit hours in an applied research project, and the remaining 12 credit hours taken within their concentration.
Department
Psychology
Concentrations
Licensure
Total Credits
36
Fieldwork Requirements
Sample Courses
The Social Psychology of Cultures
Lays a theoretical and experiential foundation for students in multicultural psychology. Blends exposure to theory and literature, cross-cultural immersion, and personal introspection. Provides a basic framework for understanding privilege and power, systems of oppression and domination, worldview, cultural competency, and identity. Explores the impact and social construction of culture, gender, ethnicity, religion/spirituality, class, race, ableness, and immigrant status. Students address the intersection of multiple identities and will explore the impact of their own culture and held personal stereotypes, beliefs, and assumptions.
Stereotyping Behavior, Attitude, and Values
Examines the psychology of stereotyping and its affect on behavior, attitudes, and personal values. Topics include: the structure of stereotyping behavior, the relationship between stereotyping and personality, stereotyping of race, gender, and age, and the stigma of stereotyping.
Acculturation
Examines the dimensions of acculturation across multiple cultures. Topics include: psychological models of ethnic identity, psychological adaptation to multiple cultures, and the relationship between acculturation and mental health.
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