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Psychology Discipline
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Welcome to the Psychology Discipline at UMM!
The psychology curriculum focuses on understanding and applying the scientific method to the problems
of the behavioral sciences and of individual and social human behavior. The courses meet the needs of
liberal arts students as well as of students planning to specialize in one of the fields of psychology
at the graduate level.
Here are the top six reasons students interested in psychology
should choose the University of Minnesota, Morris:
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Award-winning faculty and students |
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The discipline boasts more than seven faculty, all of whom have a
Ph.D. Several of the psychologists teaching at UMM have
won the "Outstanding Teacher of Undergraduate Psychology Award" given each year by the Minnesota Psychological
Association. Several UMM
psychology faculty have also won the all-University Morse-Alumni Award for Contributions to Undergraduate
Education; one has won the All-University Tate Award for distinguished advising. Several professors from the discipline have
also been honored with the Minnesota Undergraduate Teacher of the Year in Psychology Award, CASE's Minnesota Professor of the Year,
and a national bronze medal award, also from CASE. More.
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Hands-on instruction |
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All UMM psychology majors gain a variety of laboratory experiences and complete at least one empirical (data-gathering) research project of their own.
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Preparation for helping professions |
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UMM's psychology discipline offers a strong selection of courses to prepare the graduate for BA-level employment, including Developmental Psychology,
Psychopathology, Helping Relationships, Organizational Psychology, Negotiation, Health Psychology, Conduct Codes and Legal Constraints on Practice in the
Human Services, Research Methods, and Field Experiences in Psychology. The UMM Career Center assists in locating outstanding for-credit internship
experiences in a wide variety of field settings.
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First-rate preparation for graduate school |
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Our alumni report being better prepared than many of their fellow graduate students. This stems in part from the extensive hands-on experience that UMM
Psychology majors receive while working closely with UMM faculty, often leading to co-authorships and sole authorships of scientific articles.
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Graduate schools attended by UMM graduates
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University of Chicago Law School
City University of New York
Florida State University
George Washington MedicalSchool
New York University
Notre Dame
Purdue
Texas A&M
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University of California, Berkeley
University of Iowa
University of Nebraska
University of New Mexico
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota, Law School
University of Minnesota, Medical School
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Excellent laboratory facilities |
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UMM has completely renovated its Social Science Building (recently renamed John Q. Imholte Hall), upgrading
technology
while maintaining the building's original style and character. The
Psychology Lab houses equipment for recording physiological information
(such as EEGs, including evoked brain potentials), an animal lab and
related experimental equipment, sound-shielded experimental cubicles,
numerous computers equipped for running experiments on cognitive processes
such as attention and memory, and a child observation area. All facilities are available for students' research
projects. For more on undergraduate research opportunities at UMM, please visit our Undergraduate Research
page.
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Publication opportunities |
UMM's Psychology Discipline has produced over 100 publications that were coauthored by our
undergraduates; some students were sole authors. In addition, our students have made countless
presentations at national and regional professional conferences on a frequent basis in addition to
regularly taking part in a variety of undergraduate research presentation venues. Research and publication
during the undergraduate years are invaluable to those seeking admission to graduate programs.
If you'd
like more information
about the Psychology program at UMM, please call the Social Sciences Division Office a 320-589-6200 and ask for the
phone number or e-mail address of the psychology discipline coordinator.
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