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Psychology Program

How to Feel, Think, and Act as a Person Who Studies the Science of the Mind

This program aims to train students in a broad range of knowledge and research methods, from the basics of the field of psychology to applied skills, and to develop an understanding of the various characteristics of the human mind and human behaviors; students empirically unravel both social and psychological issues with the knowledge and methods they have acquired.

Educational Policy

The discipline of psychology uses empirical methods to study human feelings, knowledge, thought, and learning processes, as well as a variety of psychology topics such as interpersonal relationships and human development, while engaging with a number of other neighboring fields. This program educates students in the experimenting and research methods necessary for psychological research, and students learn these research techniques through both lectures and practical seminars; this education serves as the main pillar of study within the program, equipping students with the ability to set their own research themes.

Studying in This Program

The main classes in this program are lectures and practical seminars for students in their second year and later, which teach foundational knowledge and other topics in various fields of psychology. In their second year, students learn the fundamental ways of thinking and basic techniques of psychological research, through psychological experiments, psychological statistics, and more. In their third year, students learn more advanced experimentation and investigation methods, and tackle research and investigations based on their own interests. In their fourth year, students summarize their own research in a graduation thesis.