Psychology - Rochester Institute of Technology

Psychology from Rochester Institute of Technology is a Campus Bachelor Personality Psychology degree that prepares you for a Psychology career. Program Overview The bachelor of science degree in psychology provides students with a strong grounding in the discipline of psychology, integrated with a technological focus. Upon entry, students are assigned a faculty adviser to mentor their progress through the program. Students also are provided with curriculum planning strategies and career discussions through the program?s Freshman Seminar. Curriculum The program is unique and encompasses three key elements: the choice among four interdisciplinary tracks, a technical/professional concentration, and a cooperative education requirement. Interdisciplinary tracks Students choose one of the following interdisciplinary tracks: visual perception, information processing, biopsychology, or clinical psychology . Technology is integrated into these tracks to produce a nontraditional and career-oriented psychology major. The tracks are also active fields of research in psychology , and students receive training that provides a strong foundation for graduate school and related to employment in related fields. The visual perception track focuses on human perceptual systems. Vision is presented as the integration of anatomy, physiology, and behavior. Students learn psychophysical methods. The track covers cutting-edge topics such as color perception, the retinal mosaic and neural plasticity. It stresses current research showing that visual perception is a living and growing field. The information processing track uses an interdisciplinary approach to study cognitive processes such as judgment and decision making, memory, learning, language, problem solving, attention, and perception. The track explores the interaction of human factors, psychology, and technology. The biopsychology track studies brain function as the basis of behavior. It focuses on topics such as lateralization, cortical specialization, brain injury, and psychopharmacology. Psychophysiological measures (including EEG, EMG, and skin conductance) are covered in depth along with the relationship between brain chemistry and behavior. Students perform laboratory work on the brain and its relationship to attention, memory, language, perception, and psychological disorders. The clinical psychology track emphasizes the scientific and empirical foundations of clinical and applied work. Empirically based methods are introduced to understand and modify human psychological problems. This track prepares students for graduate programs in mental health. View more details on Rochester Institute of Technology . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Personality Psychology courses.