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Psychology Department Overview
What is Psychology?
Courses in the Psychology Department address fundamental questions about human nature such as: What are the basic laws of human behavior? How do people use information? What motivates people to do what they do? How do people develop and change? How do families, organization, and communities influence people?
Our courses also train students to use scientific methods to determine the validity of answers to questions like the ones listed above. Other courses examine possibilities for applying psychological science to solve human problems.
Academic Atmosphere
Our faculty is genuinely committed to teaching. We promote an atmosphere of collegiality among faculty, students, and support staff. We expect excellence from our students and encourage them to develop to their full potential by going beyond coursework to participate in research and community service.
Facilities and Resources
The Department of Psychology is located in Lorton Hall, a recently renovated building near the center of the TU campus. The building contains faculty offices, classrooms, offices for graduate students on assistantships, research space, study areas, and clinical training space.
McFarlin Library, a two-minute walk from Lorton Hall, contains more than three million items and more than 6,000 periodical subscriptions. The library's catalogue is computerized and is accessible from terminals across campus. Computer searches of the major information databases in psychology are available to students at no charge.
Students in psychology are strongly encouraged to become computer literate.
Major computer application suites and statistical packages (e.g., SPSS)
are available for word processing, data analyses, test
interpretation, and other tasks. The university has
several computer labs with a variety of hardware
configurations and software packages for student use.
Visiting scholars and professionals often join the graduate faculty in presenting special courses, workshops, and seminars. Each year, a number of colloquium speakers offer opinions, ideas, and research on topics of current interest in psychology.
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