Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: None 

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Explain how an entrepreneurial mindset supports and accelerates innovation and growth in the contexts of businesses, industries, and countries.
2. Evaluate the multifaceted nature of entrepreneurship in Vietnam and internationally, and how it impacts the economy, society, and environment. Have access to insights on VinGroup’s governance principles (the 6 Hóa).
3. Recommend strategies to evaluate the entrepreneurial mindset, values, and behaviors, and to further develop the entrepreneurial mindset, both individually and organizationally.
4. Grow your own entrepreneurial mindset and innovation-related skills, including identifying and evaluating opportunities, taking calculated risks, solving problems creatively, communicating effectively, and influencing stakeholder groups.
5. Demonstrate the ability to work productively in teams to collaboratively explore opportunities, generate ideas, and find and communicate solutions to a predefined challenge during the course hackathon.

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: None

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Define foundational concepts of leadership traits, leadership styles, values, and trends, and their applications to real-life situations, especially in a turbulent world.
2. Describe and evaluate the differences and similarities between management and leadership, and their application in an organizational setting.
3. Evaluate the multifaceted nature of leadership in Vietnam and internationally, and their impact on work environments, particularly in a VUCA context. Have access to insights on Vingroup’s mission, vision, and core values.
4. Develop your own leadership mindset by setting a vision, developing self-awareness, understanding others’ perspectives, understanding situational contexts, communicating effectively, and making informed decisions. setting a vision, accepting accountability, understanding self and others’ limits, inspiring and motivating others, and creating the collaborative conditions for success
5. Apply basic leadership values and skills through action-based learning, building self, interpersonal, and team leadership during the leadership bootcamp.

Hours: 165

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand and articulate knowledge of the National Defense and Security policies of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
2. Understand basic concepts of national defense and security work.
3. Understand and practice the fundamental rules and disciplinary regulations in military organization.
4. Practice the fundamental techniques and tactics of infantry combat

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: N/A

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Explain the history, contemporary nature, and purpose of the Vietnamese legal system, including its key institutions, doctrines, and principles.
2. Describe and evaluate key differences and similarities between legal system management in Vietnam and internationally.
3. Understand the mechanisms of legal duty, justification of punishment, and the roles of courts and juries.
4. Apply fundamental legal rules and principles in a wide range of selected areas of the law, demonstrating critical thinking and ethical considerations.
5. Develop a mindset of compliance and appreciate the importance of adhering to legal standards in professional and personal context

Hours: 45

Pre-requisite: None

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Define and understand the essential components of service learning, including benefits, impact, and key attributes.
2. Critically reflect on social issues and UNESCO’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) with reference to a planned service project
3. Plan and implement a service project in accordance with local laws and regulations
4. Reflect on the outcomes of that service project and how it could have been improved
5. Develop sensitivity and empathy to local community members

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: None

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Appreciate the purpose and importance of creative and critical thinking.
2. Identify, develop, and criticize claims and arguments in accordance with principles of logical reasoning and scientific evidence
3. Apply creative and critical thinking with supporting tools and techniques for problem-solving.
4. Embed creative and critical thinking in workplace idea generation.
5. Build foundations for enhancing individual and team effectiveness.

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: N/A

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Identify and analyze problems from life and business in order to determine computational solutions.
2. Break down problems into logical steps and data requirements.
3. Use basic data structures and algorithms for problem-solving.
4. Design simple algorithms and computational models.
5. Implement solutions using basic programming skills.
6. Evaluate and optimize computational solutions.

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: NA

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Identify and explain core attitudes, values, and practices of academic culture and how academic writing reflects these.
2. Reflect critically on the differences between academic and opinion writing and apply this understanding in the composition of academic essays, including referencing, quoting, and paraphrasing.
3. Evaluate the differences between academic and professional writing in terms of style, purpose, target audience, and techniques.
4. Develop your clear, concise, and well-structured writing skills, focusing on the most critical documents and situations in academic and professional work such as academic essays, newspaper articles, business reports, proposals, speeches…
5. Use AI to develop, enhance, and revise writing in both academic and professional contexts.

Hours: 45

Pre-requisite: NA

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Cultivate self-leadership, enhancing self-confidence, self-esteem, self-determination, and self-control.
2. Self- acquire and apply college readiness skills, life-long learning, effectively adapting to academic, social, and personal challenges of university life
3. Self- develop essential career skills, preparing for personal and professional success.
4. Embrace community involvement by actively participating in community service, demonstrating a commitment to positive societal impact and a pay-it-forward spirit.
5. Regularly reflect on personal growth and practice self-leadership throughout your university life, from the initial enrollment CV to the Individual Development Plan (IDP) and the pre-graduation CV, ensuring ongoing development and readiness for life after graduation.

Hours: 45

Pre-requisite: None

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the important principles of a healthy lifestyle, including balanced nutrition, regular physical activity, and mental well-being.
2. Understand your own health, develop your own personal health strategies, including techniques for managing stress effectively and maintaining a balanced life.
3. Engage in self-discipline for nutrition, exercise, and rest, and actively participate in various physical and mental well-being clubs at the university.
4. Recognize the impact of lifestyle choices on long-term health and well-being, and make informed decisions to enhance your quality of life.
5. Be motivated to promote well-being within communities through various means such as research, awareness campaigns, and participation in health clubs.

Credit: Depending on College Program

On successful completion of the internship, students will be able to:

1. Develop work habits, skills and attitudes necessary for job success
2. Identify, record, and carry out performance objectives (agreed upon by the employer, or supervisor) related to their job assignment
3. Develop communication, interpersonal and other critical skills needed to function successfully in the role and similar roles
4. Develop industry-specific technical skills and knowledge needed to function successfully in the role and similar roles
5. Acquire employment contacts leading directly to a full-time job following graduation from college.

Credit: 3

Pre-requisite: NA

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the basic philosophical foundations of Marxism-Leninism, including dialectical materialism and historical materialism
2. Explain its significance in the development of Vietnam’s state ideology and relevance to other areas of society including history, politics and economics
3. Know that Vietnamese philosophy features elements of syncretism and be able to describe those elements (e.g., Marxism-Leninism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, etc.)
4. Describe, evaluate and compare different answers to foundational philosophical questions such as “what exists?”, “what is knowledge?”, and “what is right and wrong?”
5. Understand and assess different approaches to the nature of science and scientific progress

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: NA

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the complexity of how the world is interconnected through the political economy.
• Develop an informed understanding of conceptual terms and theoretical approaches used in understanding the global economy.
• Understand the transformation of Vietnam in the context of the global political economy.
• Cultivate a critical-minded awareness of major trends in the global political economy.
• Acquire an informed understanding of the rise of China and India and the resulting impacts on Vietnam, ASEAN, and the world.

Credit: 2
Pre-requisite: NA

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Describe and explain the concepts of politics and social change of Vietnam and around the region, and acquire some lexicon of the subject;
2. Understand how politics and political systems are key to socio-economic developments, including but not limited to the Marxist-Leninist views;
3. Understand the ways politics affects economic management, and help determine national success
4. Compare Vietnam’s national development with national efforts elsewhere in Asia;

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: NA

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Know the major events, persons, and historical conditions the led to the creation and development of Ho Chi Minh Ideology and engage Ho Chi Minh Ideology as both a historical and living body of thought.
2. Consider the ongoing transformation of Ho Chi Minh thought and its significance in history and for Vietnam’s future.
3. Critically review historical artifacts, including textual documents, art, literature, archeology, and accounts of informants and grasp the historical factors and precedents that relate to contemporary issues
4. Gain ability to apply historical and cultural knowledge to understanding and analyzing contemporary problems
5. Present historical evidence-based arguments and conduct probing discussions about challenging historical subjects
6. Explore multiple perspectives about the past, especially the past as understood from the vantage of former historical actors.

Credit: 2
Pre-requisite: NA

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Know the major events, persons, and historical conditions the led to the creation and development of the Vietnamese Communist Party
2. Critically review historical artifacts, including textual documents, art, literature, archeology, and accounts of informants.
3. Grasp the historical factors and precedents that relate to contemporary issues and gain the ability to apply historical and cultural knowledge to understanding and analyzing contemporary problems
4. Present historical evidence-based arguments
5. Explore multiple perspectives about the past, especially the past as understood from the vantage of former historical actors.

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: None

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the ways in which individual identities, values, and perceptions and biases are shaped by cultures and different forms of life
2. Know the theories and practice related to the impact of culture in our daily ecologies in local and global contexts
3. Identify and understand the intersection of one’s own and others’ cultural identities
4. Apply knowledge of practice, theory, and personal reflection of different cultures to a particular issue that requires collaboration or cooperation between individuals or groups from different cultural backgrounds

Credit: 2

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Know the main actors, structures, and processes of international relations
2. Understand the basic theoretical principles of international relations and compare the competing underlying frameworks on human and social nature
3. Identify the respective objectives of international organizations in international politics, collaboration, and cooperation
4. Explore a case study, problem-solving scenario or dilemma involving international relations and devise a strategy/solution supported by theory and solid argumentation
5. Critically assess alternative strategies and points of view on complex scenarios requiring international relations

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: NA

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of arts and visual arts in general, including their function, and historical, religious, cultural, social, and environmental contexts and relevance;
2. Understand and define the basic principles of arts, visual arts, and design; explain and analyze a work of art from an informed and objective viewpoint, its physical attributes and formal construction;
3. Identify how art works are created and processed;
4. Make a reference to the significance and application of the arts in students’ own field of studies and interests;
5. Analyze Vietnam arts and situate Vietnam arts in the global context.

Credit: 2

Pre-requisite: NA

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Show improved skill in their chosen artistic field (e.g., music, dance, theatre, visual arts) and express their creativity and individuality through performance(s).
2. Evaluate and discuss different forms of artistic performance, identifying key elements and techniques, and write reflective assessments on their personal artistic development.
3. Work well with peers to create and perform artistic pieces, and effectively give and receive constructive feedback.
4. Clearly communicate the artistic vision and choices behind their performances both verbally and in writing (if required) and develop their skills in presenting artistic work to an audience, including stage presence and audience engagement.
5. Explore and appreciate a variety of artistic traditions from around the world, with a special focus on Vietnamese culture, and place their own artistic work in a wider cultural and historical context.
6. Plan, organize, and complete an artistic performance project from start to finish, demonstrating good time management and organizational skills.
7. Understand and apply ethical considerations in artistic performance, including respecting intellectual property and cultural sensitivities, and behave professionally during rehearsals, performances, and collaborative projects.

On successful completion of the study abroad program, students will be able to:

1. Develop skills and self-confidence for interacting with people from a different location and culture
2. Competently navigate living, studying and potentially working in a different location and culture
3. Understand how different backgrounds and cultures impact one another’s views, values, behaviours, and biases
4. Reflect on how the experience has produced a global mindset and the values of being a global citizen
5. Build life-long connections and a network of partners for academic study, professional and personal life

Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Describe and explain a “big idea”, which may be a new solution to a problem, a disrupting technology, or an innovative method or way of doings things
2. Identify the implications of a big idea for everyday life or a professional setting
3. Develop a strategy for using a big idea to improve an existing approach or create a new application
4. Evaluate the application of a big idea, including an assessment of its positive impacts, negative impacts, and mitigating strategies for the theme of the year

Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2
This course exposes and engages students with a variety of different global perspectives on important issues of the day. Each week the seminar will be led by a different faculty member or guest speaker who will choose a topic, assign pre-class reading, and organize the class activities. Potential contemporary issues include Chat GPT and AI, the aging crisis, immigration, globalization, the new space race, Industry 4.0, etc.

Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Identify and explain a range of ethical concerns across different professional and real-world domains of human interaction.
2. Apply ethical theories and offer rational justification to moral dilemmas.
3. Understand the moral stakeholders involved and the ethical obligations required for certain professional standards/codes, as well as the rationale behind them.
4. Apply ethical theories and offer rational justification to moral dilemmas where no professional standards/codes are established

Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2
This course introduces students to more advanced topics in reasoning, logic, and the topics of evidence and testing in science. In deductive reasoning students advance in topics in critical thinking to include first-order predicate calculus and modal logic. In statistical reasoning students learn the axioms of probability theory, Bayesian confirmation theory and issues in the confirmation of scientific theories including advanced topics from the Hypothetical-Deductive Method and
Falsificationism.

Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2
This course introduces and elaborates on the concept of development and the role of sustainability. The course would engage the ideas of development from an interdisciplinary and multi dimensional perspective. The course content aims to answer questions such as: what is development? How does development happen? What contributes to development? Why do the development stories differ at the country, regional, and global levels? Besides the theoretical explanation of development, practical insights would be provided via real-world exposure, case studies, contemporary reading material, and capstone projects. The course would focus on the interaction and interrelationship between environment and development by exploring the role of sustainability.

Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2
As more information becomes digitized, researchers can use powerful AI tools to better analyze that data and visualize it for communication. This course introduces students to the main advances in digital humanities, how to code for basic research and scholarship with an eye to potential application in the areas: communications, psychology and economics.

Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the fascinating science of psychology. The field of psychology is incredibly broad, encompassing a wide variety of topics and perspectives, from evolution to morality. The common goal of all psychological science is to understand how the mind and brain interface with the external world to shape behavior. This course is designed to provide students with a basis for thinking about psychological questions and with an overview of the different specialized areas of psychology that students might choose to study in more depth in the future.

Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course introduces the fundamental concepts and techniques of statistical analysis. The focus is on developing skills in descriptive and inferential statistics, including data collection and analysis, probability theory, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis. Students will also learn how to use statistical software to perform data analysis.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010
Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide students with a general introduction to the underlying biological principles and mechanisms that give rise to complex human behavior. Topics to be covered may
include: the anatomical structure of nerve cells and how they communicate, properties of brain organization and function, processing in sensory systems, cognitive neuroscience, and neural and
hormonal influences on health and emotion. This course will focus on how emerging methods and approaches are beginning to make it possible for psychologists, computer scientists, statisticians,
engineers and biologists to gain an integrated understanding of complex behavior.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010
Credits: 3
Psychology is the scientific study of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In this course, students will learn the critical skills to evaluate others’ research and conduct their own scientific research in psychology. This course is essential for becoming a wise consumer of information from sources such as the media, the government, and corporations. This course is also essential for becoming a wise producer of research in psychology. However, all of the material covered in this course applies beyond psychology and the university setting, so the course will improve your ability to think critically and logically about any topic that you may encounter in other courses, in job settings, and in your daily life.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010
Credits: 3
The goal of social psychology is to understand how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, and implied presence of others. At the heart of social psychology is the recognition that people are dramatically influenced by social situations. This course will provide students with an overview of research and theory in social psychology. Not only will students learn about interesting, relevant, and timely research findings, they ll also learn how social psychologists have discovered this evidence. What makes the social psychological approach to understanding human behavior different than, say, a philosophical or historical approach is that social psychology is a science. It applies the scientific method to the study of the human condition. In this course, students will learn about the psychological science of topics such as attitudes, persuasion, conformity, obedience, perceptions of others, stereotyping and discrimination, romantic relationships, aggression, and helping behavior. The course emphasizes an understanding of important scientific methods, findings, and principles in the field of social psychology, which then applies to everyday life and to broader societal problems.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010
Credits: 3
The focus of this course will be on individual development across life span. At a general level, the course will examine the genetic and biological contributions to individual development, the social contextual contributions, and the interaction between these two general sets of variables. Specific topics will include behavioral genetics, temperament, parent-child relations, sibling relations, peer relations, the self,  intelligence, emotional development, and problems of social development (antisocial behavior, depression).

Prerequisites: PSYC1010
Credits: 3
Cognitive psychology is the study of how we sense and interpret information from the world around us, incorporate this new information with our prior experiences, and determine how to
respond to an ever-changing environment. While the main purpose of this course is to introduce students to the scientific study of the mind, students will also begin to understand the central role cognition plays in our everyday lives. The course will proceed in three distinct modules: Attention and Perception, Learning and Memory, and Higher Cognitive Function.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2010, PSYC2020, PSYC2030,
PSYC2040, PSYC2050
Credits: 3
Forensic psychology is the application and practice of psychology in the legal system, relating to police/law enforcement, criminal and delinquent behavior, victimology and victim services, courtrooms, and correctional facilities and/or prisons. This course covers a broad spectrum of the various areas that involve law and psychology. The course will depict visual aids that may be graphic (gore, gruesome) in nature to demonstrate various crimes (i.e., rape, homicide, mutilation, and so forth) that a forensic psychologist/psychiatrist would encounter with their job function.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2030, PSYC2040, PSYC2050
his course comprehensively reviews important landmarks in cross-cultural research, showing how culture impacts people and human development. The course will emphasize empirical approaches
to cross-cultural study and explain the importance of culture in human cognition, language, parenting as well as child development. Students will gain an understanding of interconnectedness, difference, and diversity in a global society. This course examines sociocultural variation in children’s development and its implications for working with children and families in educational and other applied settings. It will help students apply an awareness of global issues to consideration
of individual or collective responsibilities within a global society. Students will learn to appreciate the ways in which one’s behavior, thinking, emotion, language, health/ resilience, and development are cultural products.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010
Credits: 3
This course involves an introduction to the most important theories on personality to date. The existence of a variety of viewpoints indicates that there is no clear and integrated theory that dominates the field. However, each of these theories can be evaluated according to conventional scientific criteria because all of them claim to be scientific in nature. Therefore, besides giving you an appreciation of the ways in which theorists have conceptualized human personality, the major objective of the course is to place students in a position to evaluate these theories and to decide which ones have merit and are worthy of continuing scientific investigations.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2030, PSYC2040, PSYC2050
Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the practice and profession of school psychology. Students explore the foundations of school psychology practice, including historical, legal, ethical, and multicultural foundations. They also explore career pathways in school psychology and gain an in-depth knowledge of training, credentialing, and employment contexts. Beyond these foundations, students learn about concepts in assessment and intervention in the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral domains. The course concludes with a discussion of systems-level reform and future directions for the profession. Overall, this course is designed to teach students about the historical and contemporary status of the field of
school psychology. The course format will include a combination of lectures, discussions, video presentations, small and large group activities, and case studies to facilitate student learning.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2010, PSYC2040

Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide an introduction to abnormal child and adolescent psychology. In this course, students will study the causes, maintenance, and treatment of children’s behavioral, socio-emotional, and cognitive disorders from a developmental perspective. This perspective examines the course of child and adolescent disorders over time, pays special attention to risk and protective factors, and examines child psychopathology in the context of normal child development.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2010, PSYC2040

Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of major theories of counseling and psychotherapy. The goal of this course is for students to gain a working knowledge of major counseling theories, including their central propositions, associated techniques, and applications. This course is designed to help students achieve two key learning goals. The first goal is for students to gain knowledge of major counseling theories. The second goal is for students to learn and practice applying relevant knowledge and skills to case conceptualization.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2040, PSYC3040

Credits: 3
In this course, students will learn how to implement a system of ongoing child assessment. Students will learn about and practice using methods of effective ongoing assessment to improve children’s learning. Approaches to engaging children’s families and working with colleagues in assessment efforts are also part of the course. This course will provide information and opportunities for individualizing ongoing assessment strategies for children who are dual language learners and children with special needs. Students will learn about tools for screening and understand the process for referrals for more comprehensive evaluations. Students will learn how to use assessment information to adjust teaching for more effective instruction and how to use aggregated data to evaluate and improve teaching for groups of children. Finally, students will learn strategies for continual improvement in the area of child assessment.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2040, PSYC3040
Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the field of learning disabilities (LD). The focus of the course is on causes, characteristics, assessment, and instructional needs of students with LD. Topical coverage addresses cognitive characteristics that distinguish students with LD in areas of attention, memory, and organization, and the academic needs of students in writing, reading, and math, and social  competence. The needs of students with LD across the continuum of
educational placements will be examined. Ongoing developments in the field with changing conceptualizations of LD and alternative identification methods to IQ-achievement discrepancy (e.g., RTI) will be covered in depth.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2040, PSYC3040

Credits: 3
Theory and practice of consultation is fundamental to the delivery of mental health services in schools. The course will include models of behavioral and instructional consultation in schools and with families. Assignments will support and facilitate student’s understanding of consultation in schools. Emphasis will be on identifying ways to work collaboratively in teams, assess and intervene in problematic behavioral and instructional situations. Issues of race, cultural, linguistic and diversity differences will also be interwoven throughout the course.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2030
Credits: 3
This course is a graduate/advanced undergraduate level survey of topics relevant to the fields of organizational psychology (OP) and organizational behavior (OB). The objective of the course is to acquaint you with key concepts, theories, and substantive issues relevant to the study and understanding of OP/OB. Although the primary perspective is psychological in nature – that is, we assume that the basic behaving units are individuals – the course also incorporates a multilevel perspective.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2030, PSYC2050
The course is meant to survey the main motivational theories and to examine the internal forces or influences that direct individual towards goal attainment at work. The focus will be on social cognitive processes and how situational factors trigger various responses that can then drive behavior. The course explores theories on cognitive determinants of motivation (e.g., goal setting, mindsets, control beliefs), affect processes (e.g., emotions both giving rise to and arising
from progress or hindrance in goal pursuit) and valuation mechanisms (e.g., values influence motivation via the processes of goal content, goal striving, and identity development). In addition, we investigate the sociocultural level of motivation. We expand the conceptualization of motivational drive to include external factors such as culturally based knowledge and social interaction as potential motivators.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2030, PSYC2050

Credits: 3
Contemporary approaches to business emphasize the importance of adopting a consumer focus. Marketing, in particular, is a customer-driven function that begins and ends with the consumer—from recognizing his or her needs to ensuring post-purchase satisfaction. In this course students will enhance their understanding of how and why people choose, use, and evaluate goods and services the way they do. While all of us are consumers, our intuitions about our own behavior as well as that of others are often inaccurate. In this class we will use theories developed in marketing, psychology, and other behavioral sciences to better predict how consumers will respond to different marketing activities.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2030
Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of group dynamics and how they impact individual behavior and decision-making processes. The course will explore the fundamental concepts and theories of group dynamics, including group formation, communication patterns, roles, norms, cohesion, conflict, and leadership. Students will also examine the various factors that influence group behavior, such as culture, diversity, and power
dynamics. Throughout the course, students will engage in a variety of learning activities, including readings, discussions, case studies, and experiential exercises. They will learn to apply their knowledge of group dynamics to real-world situations and develop practical skills
to facilitate effective group processes. They will also learn to recognize and overcome barriers to effective communication and collaboration within groups. By the end of the course, students will have a comprehensive understanding of group dynamics and the ability to apply this knowledge to improve group performance and collaboration. They will also have developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills relevant to group processes and decision-making.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2030
Credits: 3
Organizations and businesses cannot be successful without ensuring the health and safety of their workforce. As employees’ health and safety is interlinked with many factors in their work and nonwork environment, there are various approaches in studying and addressing employee stress, well-being, and safety issues (e.g., human factors, public health, counseling, law, etc.). This course will mainly use the “organizational psychology” approach focusing on important psychosocial factors in the workplace that affect employee stress, well-being, and safety. This focus is also intended to help students see the importance of good people management. By fulfilling the course requirements successfully, students obtain fundamental principles and up-to date knowledge of how organizations can prevent and manage work stress, as well as enhance health and safety of their workforce. Students will also have a greater understanding of possible
prevention and intervention strategies managers and HR  professionals can use to minimize the impact of stressors and ensure healthy and safe work environments.

Prerequisites: PSYC1010, PSYC2050, PSYC3030
Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of psychological assessment, including psychometrics, test construction, validation, clinical interviewing, and psychological tests. Specific categories of tests that may be covered include intelligence tests, achievement tests, neuropsychological tests, psychosocial and behavioral instruments, career inventories, positive psychological instruments, personality inventories, and projective tests.