Program highlights
Honours stream
Honours stream — get more extensive exposure to the knowledge and practice of the discipline.
Scholarship and bursary opportunities — submit an application to receive recognition for your work
Optimize my courses — navigate your options with your program advisor
Enhance your degree — work with your program advisor to determine which one of our more than 50 minors fits your goals
Gain the scientific foundation and critical thinking skills that will give you insight into how people perceive the world and interact with others. Discover how social, cognitive and biological factors affect and are affected by the development of typical and atypical behaviour from conception to infancy through old age.
Career possibilities
- Health or human services worker
- Counsellor
- Research analyst
- Psychologist or psychotherapist*
- Marketing or public relations officer
- Hospice coordinator
- Government researcher
- Technical writer
* additional education, experience and/or training required
Admission requirements and costs
Curriculum and courses
Questions?
Information about program offerings, admission requirements and the application process can be answered by an admissions and recruitment specialist.
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