Psychology

This course addresses the productive and problematic use and impact of digital technologies across the lifespan, exploring cognitive, emotional, or socio-cultural perspectives. Topics include: implications of being a digital native or digital immigrant, the effects of techno stress,..

Study Tours: Denmark, Amsterdam

Disciplines: Communication, Psychology, Sociology

Pre-requisites: Yes

What is the nature of psychological disorders that develop during childhood and adolescence, and how are these experienced by young people in Scandinavia? In this course, we will review the neurobiological and psychological features associated with the development and maintenance of disorders such as ADHD and autism spectrum disorders by situating them within a broader sociocultural framework...

Study Tours: Sweden, Madrid

Disciplines: Neuroscience, Pre-Medicine / Health Science, Psychology

Pre-requisites: Yes

This course is a study of clinical psychology with a focus on the way we approach the field within a European context. The course covers the origins of European clinical psychology, cultural, and ethical issues, as well as different psychotherapeutic schools. The focus throughout the course is on adult mental health.

Study Tours: Vienna, Denmark

Disciplines: Ethics, Human Development, Pre-Medicine / Health Science, Psychology

Pre-requisites: Yes

What makes people commit crime? Are there gender differences? What is the role of perception? How are assessments and interventions conducted with those convicted of a serious crime, or those who have been the victim of a crime?

Study Tours: Sweden, Edinburgh

Disciplines: Criminology / Criminal Justice, Legal Studies, Psychology, Sociology

Pre-requisites: Yes

This course combines a study of theory, research, and application in the rapidly growing field of positive psychology. You critically examine the psychology of well-being with its possibilities and limitations, focusing on topics such as positive emotions, character strengths, flow, flourishing, mindfulness, creativity, and post-traumatic growth within the context of culture and history...

Study Tours: Prague, London, Edinburgh, Denmark, Arctic Norway-Sweden

Disciplines: Education / Educational Studies, Human Development, Organizational Behavior, Psychology

Pre-requisites: Yes

This course combines a study of theory, research, and application in the rapidly growing field of positive psychology. Critically examine the psychology of well-being with both its possibilities and limitations, focusing on topics such as positive emotions, character strengths, flow, flourishing, mindfulness, creativity, and post-traumatic growth within the context of culture and history...

Study Tours: Sweden, Athens

Disciplines: Education / Educational Studies, Human Development, Organizational Behavior, Psychology

Pre-requisites: Yes